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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 19, 1997
REGISTRATION NOS. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION TEXAS 74-0483432
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL I DELAWARE TO BE APPLIED FOR
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL II DELAWARE TO BE APPLIED FOR
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL III DELAWARE TO BE APPLIED FOR
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL IV DELAWARE TO BE APPLIED FOR
(Exact name of each registrant (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
as specified in its charter) incorporation or organization)
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MARK S. BERG, ESQ.
2929 ALLEN PARKWAY
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019-2155
(713) 522-1111
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrants' principal executive offices and agent for service)
Copies to:
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SCOTT N. WULFE, ESQ. JOHN H. NEWMAN, ESQ.
VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P. BROWN & WOOD LLP
1001 FANNIN, SUITE 2300 ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10048
(713) 758-2222 (212) 839-5300
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time
to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement as determined in
light of market conditions and other factors.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. [ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [X]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] ------------------
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [ ] ------------------
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [ ]
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED(1) REGISTERED(2) PER UNIT(3) OFFERING PRICE(3) REGISTRATION FEE
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American General Corporation Debt
Securities(4)...........................
American General Corporation Warrants to
Purchase Debt Securities................
American General Corporation Preferred
Stock, par value $1.50 per share(5).....
American General Corporation Preferred
Stock Warrants..........................
American General Corporation Common Stock,
par value $.50 per share, with attached
right(5)(6)............................. $1,500,000,000 100% $1,500,000,000 $454,546
American General Corporation Common Stock
Warrants................................
American General Capital I Preferred
Securities..............................
American General Capital II Preferred
Securities..............................
American General Capital III Preferred
Securities..............................
American General Capital IV Preferred
Securities..............................
Guarantees of American General Corporation
with respect to Preferred
Securities(7)...........................
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(1) Securities registered hereunder may be sold separately, together or as units
with other securities registered hereunder.
(2) Plus an additional principal amount of Debt Securities issued with an
original issue discount such that the aggregate initial offering price of
all securities registered hereunder will not exceed $1,500,000,000.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in
accordance with Rule 457(o). Exclusive of accrued interest, if any.
(4) Plus such indeterminate amount of Debt Securities as may be issued in
connection with the issuance of Preferred Securities of American General
Capital I, American General Capital II, American General Capital III and
American General Capital IV. Such Debt Securities will be issued for no
additional consideration.
(5) Plus such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock
as may from time to time be issued upon conversion or exchange of Debt
Securities, Preferred Stock or Preferred Securities registered hereunder, to
the extent any of such Debt Securities, shares of Preferred Stock or
Preferred Securities are, by their terms, so convertible or exchangeable.
Such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock will be issued for no
additional consideration.
(6) Preferred Share Purchase Rights are currently attached to, and trade with
the Common Stock, and entitle the holder thereof to purchase 1/100 of a
share of the Company's Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock. These
attached rights will be issued for no additional consideration.
(7) No additional consideration will be received for the American General
Corporation Guarantees with respect to the Preferred Securities.
THE REGISTRANTS HEREBY AMEND THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANTS
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement contains the following two separate prospectuses:
1. A form of prospectus to be used in connection with offerings by American
General Corporation of its Debt Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, or
Warrants to purchase its Debt Securities, Common Stock or Preferred Stock.
2. A form of prospectus to be used in connection with offerings by American
General Capital I, American General Capital II, American General Capital III,
and American General Capital IV of their preferred securities, together with
related debt securities and guarantees of American General Corporation.
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INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR
MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR
THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE
SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY SUCH STATE.
PROSPECTUS
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED NOVEMBER 19, 1997
[AMERICAN GENERAL LOGO]
$1,500,000,000
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
DEBT SECURITIES AND WARRANTS TO PURCHASE DEBT SECURITIES
PREFERRED STOCK AND PREFERRED STOCK WARRANTS
COMMON STOCK AND COMMON STOCK WARRANTS
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American General Corporation ("American General" or the "Company") may offer
from time to time, together or separately, (i) one or more series of its
unsecured debt securities ("Debt Securities") which may be either senior (the
"Senior Securities") or senior subordinated (the "Subordinated Securities") in
priority of payment, both of which may be convertible or exchangeable into
common stock, par value $.50 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock"),
preferred stock, par value $1.50 per share, of the Company ("Preferred Stock"),
other Debt Securities, Debt Warrants, Common Stock Warrants or Preferred Stock
Warrants (each as herein defined); (ii) warrants (without limitation as to
number or offering price) to purchase Debt Securities ("Debt Warrants"); (iii)
shares of Preferred Stock, which may be convertible into shares of Common Stock
or exchangeable for Debt Securities; (iv) warrants (without limitation as to
number or offering price) to purchase Preferred Stock ("Preferred Stock
Warrants"); (v) shares of Common Stock and (vi) warrants (without limitation as
to number or offering price) to purchase Common Stock ("Common Stock Warrants"),
in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of the offering.
The Debt Securities, Debt Warrants, Preferred Stock, Preferred Stock Warrants,
Common Stock and Common Stock Warrants are collectively referred to herein as
the "Securities."
The Senior Securities will rank equally with all other unsubordinated and
unsecured indebtedness of the Company. The Subordinated Securities will be
unsecured and subordinated as described under "Description of Debt
Securities -- Subordination."
When a particular series of Securities is offered, a supplement to this
Prospectus (a "Prospectus Supplement") setting forth certain terms of the
offered Securities will be delivered together with this Prospectus. The
applicable Prospectus Supplement, among other things and where applicable, will
include: (i) with regard to Debt Securities, the specific designation, priority,
aggregate principal amount, rate (which may be fixed or variable) and time of
payment of any interest, authorized denominations, maturity, offering price,
place or places of payment, redemption terms at the option of the Company, terms
of any repayment at the option of the holder, terms for sinking fund payments,
terms for conversion or exchange into other securities, provisions regarding
original issue discount securities, and other terms of such Debt Securities;
(ii) with regard to Preferred Stock, the specific designation, number of shares,
title, stated value and liquidation preference of each share, issuance price,
dividend rate or method of calculation, dividend periods, dividend payment
dates, any redemption or sinking fund provisions, any conversion or exchange
provisions, any voting rights, and other specific terms thereof; (iii) with
respect to Common Stock, the number of shares, issuance price and other terms
thereof; and (iv) with regard to Debt Warrants, Preferred Stock Warrants and
Common Stock Warrants, where applicable, the duration, amount, offering price,
exercise price, terms of the securities for which they are exercisable, any
voting rights, detachability and other terms thereof. The applicable Prospectus
Supplement may also contain applicable information about certain federal income
tax, accounting and other considerations relating to, and any listing on a
securities exchange of, the Securities covered by such Prospectus Supplement.
The aggregate initial public offering price of all Securities which may be
sold under this Prospectus shall not exceed $1,500,000,000, less the aggregate
initial public offering price of any securities of certain American General
funding entities which are sold under a separate prospectus which also
constitutes a part of the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus
constitutes a part. See "Available Information."
The Company may sell the Securities directly, through agents, underwriters
or dealers as designated from time to time, or through a combination of such
methods. If any such agents, underwriters or dealers are involved in the sale of
the Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered, the names
of such agents, underwriters or dealers and any applicable agent's commission,
underwriter's discount or dealer's purchase price and the net proceeds to the
Company from such sale will be set forth in, or may be calculated on the basis
set forth in, the applicable Prospectus Supplement. See "Plan of Distribution"
for possible indemnification arrangements for any such agents, underwriters and
dealers.
This Prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of the Securities
without the delivery of one or more Prospectus Supplements.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The date of this Prospectus is , 1997.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER
OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, NOR HAS THE COMMISSIONER OF
INSURANCE RULED UPON THE ACCURACY OR THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Reports, proxy statements
and other information filed by the Company may be inspected and copied at the
public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the Commission's Regional Offices at 500
West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661 and Seven World Trade Center, New
York, New York 10048. Copies of such materials may be obtained from the Public
Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549, at prescribed rates, or from the Commission's Web site at
"http://www.sec.gov". In addition, such material may also be inspected and
copied at the offices of The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New
York, New York 10005 and The Pacific Stock Exchange, Incorporated, 301 Pine
Street, San Francisco, California 94104.
The Company, American General Capital I, American General Capital II,
American General Capital III and American General Capital IV have filed with the
Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (herein, together with all
amendments and exhibits, referred to as the "Registration Statement") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
Securities offered hereby. This Prospectus, which constitutes part of the
Registration Statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the
Registration Statement, certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with
the rules and regulations of the Commission. For further information, reference
is hereby made to the Registration Statement.
In addition to this Prospectus, the Registration Statement contains another
prospectus which relates to the offer and sale from time to time of "Preferred
Securities" (as defined therein) of American General Capital I, American General
Capital II, American General Capital III and American General Capital IV and
junior subordinated debt securities and guarantees of the Company. Certain
payment obligations of such entities under any such Preferred Securities would
be guaranteed by the Company to the extent set forth in such prospectus and any
applicable prospectus supplement thereto. The $1,500,000,000 aggregate maximum
initial public offering price of Securities which may be sold under this
Prospectus will be reduced by the amount of the aggregate initial public
offering price of any Preferred Securities and any junior subordinated debt
securities sold separately from Preferred Securities under such other
prospectus.
Statements contained herein concerning the provisions of any document filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the
Commission are not necessarily complete, and in each instance reference is made
to the copy of such document so filed. Each such statement is qualified in its
entirety by such reference.
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The following documents, which have been filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act (File No. 1-7981), are incorporated
herein by reference:
- the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996;
- the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March 31, 1997, June 30, 1997 and September 30, 1997;
- the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 12, 1997 with
respect to the announcement of the signing of a merger agreement with
USLIFE Corporation;
- the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 21, 1997 with
respect to the filing of the Company's historical Consolidated
Financial Statements for the three years ended December 31, 1996 and
the related Management's Discussion and Analysis;
- the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 15, 1997 with
respect to the consolidated total revenues, net income and net income
per share of the Company for the one month and seven months ended July
31, 1997, which reflect the acquisition of USLIFE Corporation using
the pooling of interests method of accounting;
- the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 11, 1997 with
respect to the announcement of a definitive agreement under which the
Company will acquire the remaining common equivalent shares of Western
National Corporation; and
- the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 10, 1997 with
respect to the filing of the Company's consolidated balance sheets as
of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated statements
of income, shareholders' equity, common stock activity, and cash
flows, and Management's Discussion and Analysis, for the three years
ended December 31, 1996, restated to include the acquisition of USLIFE
Corporation using the pooling of interests method of accounting.
Each document filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the filing of the
Registration Statement and prior to the termination of the offering of the
Securities made hereby shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document.
Any statement contained herein, in a Prospectus Supplement or in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of the Registration Statement and this
Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein, in a Prospectus
Supplement or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement or
this Prospectus.
The Company will provide without charge to each person, including any
beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this Prospectus is delivered, upon the
written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents
which are incorporated herein by reference, other than exhibits to such
documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into
such documents). Requests should be directed to the Company, 2929 Allen Parkway,
Houston, Texas 77019-2155, Attention: Treasury Department, telephone (713)
831-1949.
INFORMATION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain of the statements contained in documents incorporated herein by
reference may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act.
Forward-looking statements are made based upon American
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General's current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and
their potential effects upon American General. There can be no assurance that
future developments affecting American General will be those anticipated by its
management. Actual results may differ materially from those included in the
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties including, but not limited to, the following: changes in general
economic conditions, including the performance of financial markets, interest
rates, and the level of personal bankruptcies; customer responsiveness to both
new products and distribution channels; competitive, regulatory, or tax changes
that affect the cost of or demand for American General's products; adverse
litigation results; American General's ability to render its computer systems
year 2000 compliant; American General's failure to achieve anticipated levels of
earnings or operational efficiencies related to recently acquired companies, as
well as other cost-saving initiatives; and difficulties in combining the
operations of American General with the operations of each of Western National
Corporation, USLIFE Corporation and Home Beneficial Corporation.
THE COMPANY
The Company, with assets of $79.4 billion and shareholders' equity of $7.3
billion as of September 30, 1997, is the parent company of one of the nation's
largest diversified financial services organizations. The Company provides
financial services to consumers, emphasizing personal service and frequent
customer contact.
Since American General is a holding company, rights to participate in any
distribution of assets of any subsidiary upon its liquidation or reorganization
or otherwise (and thus the ability of holders of Securities to benefit
indirectly from such distribution) are subject to the prior claims of creditors
of that subsidiary, except to the extent that American General may itself be a
creditor of that subsidiary. Claims on American General's subsidiaries by other
creditors include substantial claims for policy benefits and debt obligations,
as well as other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business. In
addition, since many of American General's subsidiaries are insurance companies
subject to regulatory control by various state insurance departments, the
ability of such subsidiaries to pay dividends to American General without prior
regulatory approval is limited by applicable laws and regulations. Further,
certain non-insurance subsidiaries are similarly restricted in their ability to
make dividend payments by long-term debt agreements. At December 31, 1996, the
amount available to the Company for dividends from subsidiaries not limited by
such restrictions was approximately $750 million.
The principal executive offices of American General are located at 2929
Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019-2155, and its telephone number is (713)
522-1111.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Except as may otherwise be provided in an applicable Prospectus Supplement,
the net proceeds to be received by the Company from the sale of the Securities
being offered hereby will be added to American General's general corporate funds
and may be used for the repayment of long- or short-term indebtedness or for
other general corporate purposes.
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES
AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
The following table sets forth the ratio of earnings to fixed charges and
ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for
the periods indicated.
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SEPTEMBER 30, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1997 1996 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges:
Consolidated operations.................... 2.3 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.3 2.5
Consolidated operations, corporate fixed
charges only............................ 5.6 7.2 6.4 5.3 6.3 5.3 5.5
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges
and preferred stock dividends:
Consolidated operations.................... 1.9 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.3 2.5
Consolidated operations, corporate fixed
charges and preferred stock dividends
only.................................... 3.3 5.4 4.7 4.7 6.3 5.3 5.5
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For purposes of computing these ratios, earnings represent income before
income tax expense, net dividends on preferred securities of subsidiaries, and
the cumulative effect of accounting changes, adjusted for undistributed income
of an equity investee and fixed charges (excluding capitalized interest). Fixed
charges consist primarily of interest expense (including capitalized interest)
on short-term and long-term borrowings. Preferred stock dividends consist of
dividends on preferred securities of subsidiaries and convertible preferred
stock.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The Senior Securities are to be issued under a Senior Indenture, dated as
of November 15, 1997 (the "Senior Indenture"), between the Company and Bankers
Trust Company, as trustee, and the Subordinated Securities are to be issued
under a Senior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of November 15, 1997 (the
"Subordinated Indenture"), between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as
trustee. Bankers Trust Company, in its capacity as trustee under the Senior
Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture, is referred to herein as the
"Trustee."
The forms of the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture (being
sometimes referred to herein collectively as the "Indentures" and each
individually as an "Indenture") are filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement. The statements and descriptions in this Prospectus or in any
Prospectus Supplement regarding provisions of the Debt Securities and the
Indentures are summaries thereof, do not purport to be complete and are subject
to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions
of the Indentures and the Debt Securities, including the definitions therein of
certain terms. Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in the
Indentures. Wherever particular sections of the Indentures or terms that are
defined in the Indentures are referred to herein or in a Prospectus Supplement,
it is intended that such sections or defined terms shall be incorporated by
reference herein or therein, as the case may be.
The Indentures allow for the issuance of Debt Securities denominated in
foreign currencies and/or in bearer form. The Company does not intend to issue
any such Debt Securities pursuant to this Prospectus. Accordingly, certain
provisions of the Indentures relating to such Debt Securities are not described
herein.
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The Debt Securities will be direct, unsecured obligations of the Company.
The indebtedness represented by the Subordinated Securities will be subordinated
in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Superior Indebtedness of
the Company as described under "-- Subordination."
The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. The particular
terms of each series of Debt Securities, as well as any modifications or
additions to the general terms of the Debt Securities as described herein which
may be applicable in the case of a particular series of Debt Securities, are
described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series of Debt
Securities. Accordingly, for a description of the terms of a particular series
of Debt Securities, reference must be made to both the Prospectus Supplement
relating thereto and to the description of Debt Securities set forth in this
Prospectus.
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement for the terms of the
particular series of Debt Securities being offered thereby, including but not
limited to the following: (1) the title of such Debt Securities and the series
in which such Debt Securities shall be included; (2) any limit on the aggregate
principal amount of such Debt Securities; (3) the percentage of their principal
amount at which such Debt Securities will be issued and, in the case of Original
Issue Discount Securities, the principal amount thereof payable upon
acceleration of the maturity thereof; (4) the date or dates on which the
principal of such Debt Securities is payable or the manner in which such dates
are determined; (5) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) or amount
or amounts per annum at which such Debt Securities will bear interest, if any,
or the method of determining such rate or amount; (6) the date from which such
interest, if any, on such Debt Securities will accrue, the dates on which such
interest, if any, will be payable, the date on which payment of such interest,
if any, will commence and the record dates for such interest payment dates, if
any; (7) the right, if any, of the Company to extend an interest payment period;
(8) the place of payment (if other than New York City) and the place where such
Debt Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or
for conversion; (9) the terms of any mandatory or optional redemption (including
any sinking fund provisions or any provisions for repayment at the option of a
Holder or upon the occurrence of a specified event); (10) whether such Debt
Securities shall be convertible or exchangeable for other securities and, if so,
the terms of any such conversion or exchange and the terms of such other
securities; (11) whether such Debt Securities are to be issued initially or
permanently in the form of a global Debt Security and, if so, the identity of
the Depository (hereinafter defined) for such global Debt Security; (12) any
deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or
covenants of the Company with respect to such Debt Securities and any change in
the rights of the Trustee or the Holders to accelerate the maturity of such Debt
Securities; and (13) any other terms of such Debt Securities. Debt Securities
may also be issued under the Indentures upon the exercise of Debt Warrants. See
"Description of Warrants -- Debt Warrants."
The Indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amount of Debt
Securities that may be issued thereunder or of any particular series of such
Debt Securities and provide that the Debt Securities may be issued thereunder
from time to time in one or more series up to the aggregate principal amount
which may be authorized from time to time by the Company. (Section 301 of each
Indenture) All Debt Securities issued under an Indenture will rank equally and
ratably with any additional Debt Securities issued thereunder.
Unless the Prospectus Supplement relating to a particular issuance of Debt
Securities specifies otherwise, Debt Securities will be issued in denominations
of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. No service charge will be made for any
transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, but the Company may require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith. (Sections 302 and 305 of each Indenture)
Some of the Debt Securities may be issued under the Indentures as Original
Issue Discount Securities (bearing no interest or interest at a rate which at
the time of issuance is below market rates) to be sold at a discount below their
stated principal amount. Federal income tax consequences and
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other special considerations applicable to any such Original Issue Discount
Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement relating to a
particular series of Debt Securities, the principal of and any premium or
interest on Debt Securities issued in certificated form will be payable, and,
subject to certain limitations, the transfer of Debt Securities will be
registrable, at the office of the Trustee designated for that purpose in New
York City, provided that, at the option of the Company, interest may be paid by
check, wire transfer or any other means permitted in the form of such Debt
Securities. Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement,
payment of any installment of interest on a Debt Security will be made to the
person in whose name such Debt Security is registered at the close of business
on the record date for such interest. In the case of global Debt Securities
(which will be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee), payment
will be made to the Depository or its nominee in accordance with the
then-existing arrangements between the paying agent(s) for such global Debt
Securities and the Depository. See "-- Global Debt Securities." (Sections 305,
307 and 1002 of each Indenture)
The Indentures do not contain any provision that limits the ability of the
Company to incur indebtedness (either directly or through merger or
consolidation) or that would afford Holders of Debt Securities protection in the
event of a highly leveraged or similar transaction involving the Company, except
as described herein under "-- Limitations on Liens" and "-- Merger and
Consolidation." Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement relating to the
series of Debt Securities offered thereby for information with respect to any
deletions from, modifications of, or additions to, the Events of Default or
covenants that may be included in the terms of such series of Debt Securities,
including any addition of a covenant or other provision providing event risk or
similar protection.
Under the Indentures, the Company will have the ability, in addition to the
ability to issue Debt Securities with terms different from those of Debt
Securities previously issued, to "reopen" a previous issue of a series of Debt
Securities and issue additional Debt Securities of such series.
LIMITATIONS ON LIENS
The Senior Indenture provides that, unless otherwise specified in a
Prospectus Supplement relating to a particular Series of Debt Securities, the
Company will not, and will not permit any Designated Subsidiary (as defined
below) to, directly or indirectly, create, issue, assume, incur or guarantee any
indebtedness for money borrowed which is secured by a mortgage, pledge, lien,
security interest or other encumbrance of any nature on any of the present or
future common stock of a Designated Subsidiary, unless the Senior Securities
and, if the Company so elects, any other indebtedness of the Company ranking at
least pari passu with the Senior Securities, shall be secured equally and
ratably with (or prior to) such other secured indebtedness for money borrowed so
long as it is outstanding and is so secured. (Section 1007 of the Senior
Indenture) The Subordinated Indenture does not contain a comparable provision.
The term "Designated Subsidiary" means any present or future consolidated
Subsidiary of the Company the consolidated assets of which constitute 15 percent
or more of the consolidated assets of the Company. As of September 30, 1997, the
Company's Designated Subsidiaries were AGC Life Insurance Company, American
General Life Insurance Company and The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT, NOTICE AND WAIVER
If an Event of Default with respect to any Debt Securities of any series
Outstanding under either of the Indentures shall occur and be continuing, the
Trustee under such Indenture or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount
of the Debt Securities of that series Outstanding may declare, by notice as
provided in the applicable Indenture, the principal amount (or such lesser
amount as may be provided for in the Debt Securities of that series) of all the
Debt Securities of that series Outstanding to be due and payable immediately;
provided, that in the case of an Event of Default involving certain events in
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bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, acceleration is automatic; and,
provided further, that if all Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities
of that series shall have been cured, or waived as hereinafter provided, and all
amounts due otherwise than on account of such acceleration shall have been paid
or deposited with the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Debt Securities of that series then Outstanding may rescind and
annul such acceleration and its consequences. (Section 502 of each Indenture)
Upon acceleration of the Maturity of Original Issue Discount Securities, an
amount less than the principal amount thereof will become due and payable.
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement relating to any Original Issue
Discount Securities for the particular provisions relating to acceleration of
the Maturity thereof. Any past default under either Indenture with respect to
Debt Securities of any series, and any Event of Default arising therefrom, may
be waived by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of all Debt
Securities of such series Outstanding under such Indenture, except in the case
of (i) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on
any Debt Securities of such series or (ii) default in respect of a covenant or
provision which may not be amended or modified without the consent of the Holder
of each Outstanding Debt Security of such series affected. (Section 513 of each
Indenture)
Unless the Prospectus Supplement relating to a particular issuance of Debt
Securities specifies otherwise, each of the following constitutes an Event of
Default with respect to each series of Debt Securities under each Indenture: (a)
default in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security of such series
when such interest becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a period of 30 days; (b) default in the payment of the principal of and any
premium on any Debt Security of such series when it becomes due and payable,
whether at the Stated Maturity, upon redemption or repayment, by acceleration or
otherwise; (c) default in the making of any sinking fund payment on any Debt
Security of such series; (d) default in the performance or breach of any
covenant or warranty of the Company contained in the applicable Indenture for
the benefit of such series or in the Debt Securities of such series, and the
continuance of such default or breach for 90 days after written notice has been
given as provided in such Indenture; (e) acceleration of the maturity of any
indebtedness for money borrowed of the Company in a principal amount in excess
of $25,000,000 if such acceleration is not annulled or such indebtedness is not
discharged within 15 days after written notice as provided in such Indenture;
(f) certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization; and (g) any
other Event of Default provided with respect to the Debt Securities of such
series. (Section 501 of each Indenture)
The Trustee is required, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default
with respect to the Debt Securities of any series which is known to the Trustee
and is continuing (without regard to any grace period or notice requirements),
to give to the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series notice of such
default; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment
of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Debt Securities of such
series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to the
Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding
such notice if it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice
is in the interests of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series; and
provided further that, in the case of any default referred to in clause (d) of
the preceding paragraph with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, no
such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the
occurrence thereof. (Section 602 of each Indenture)
The Trustee, subject to its duties during default to act with the required
standard of care, may require indemnification by the Holders of the Debt
Securities of any series with respect to which a default has occurred before
proceeding to exercise any right or power under the Indentures at the request of
the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series. (Sections 601 and 603 of each
Indenture) Subject to such right of indemnification and to certain other
limitations, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt Securities of any series under either Indenture may direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the
Debt Securities of such series. (Section 512 of each Indenture)
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No Holder of a Debt Security of any series may institute any action against
the Company under either of the Indentures (except actions for payment of
overdue principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Debt Security or for
the conversion or exchange of such Debt Security in accordance with its terms)
unless the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities of that series then Outstanding under such Indenture shall have
requested the Trustee to institute such action and offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred
in compliance with such request and the Trustee shall not have instituted such
action within 60 days of such request. (Sections 507 and 508 of each Indenture)
The Company is required to furnish annually to the Trustee statements as to
the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under each Indenture.
(Section 1005 of each Indenture)
MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION
The Company may consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell or convey all
or substantially all of its assets to, any other corporation, association,
company or business trust, provided that (a) (i) in the case of a merger, the
Company is the surviving company in the merger, or (ii) the entity surviving the
merger, formed by such consolidation or which acquires such assets shall be a
corporation, association, company or business trust organized and existing under
the laws of The United States of America or a state thereof and shall expressly
assume payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Debt
Securities and the performance and observance of all of the covenants and
conditions of the Indentures to be performed or observed by the Company and (b)
the Company or such successor entity, as the case may be, shall not immediately
thereafter be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition.
The Senior Indenture also provides an additional condition that the Company or
such successor entity shall not immediately after such consolidation, merger or
sale have outstanding (or otherwise be liable for) any indebtedness for money
borrowed secured by a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other
encumbrance prohibited by the provisions of the Senior Indenture relating to
limitations on liens or shall have secured the Outstanding Senior Securities
equally and ratably with (or prior to) such other secured indebtedness for money
borrowed so long as it is outstanding and is so secured. (Section 801 of each
Indenture)
MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
Modification and amendment of each of the Indentures may be made by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series
affected thereby, provided that no such modification or amendment may, without
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby,
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of
principal of or interest on, any Debt Security; (b) reduce the principal amount
of or the amount of interest on or any premium payable with respect to any Debt
Security; (c) reduce the amount of principal of an Original Issue Discount
Security that would be due and payable upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof
or that would be provable in bankruptcy; (d) adversely affect any right of
repayment at the option of the Holder of any Debt Security; (e) change the place
or currency of payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Debt Security; (f) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after the Stated Maturity, or any date of redemption or
repayment, thereof; (g) adversely affect any right to convert or exchange any
Debt Security or, in the case of the Subordinated Indenture, modify the
subordination provisions in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Subordinated
Securities; (h) reduce the above-stated percentage in aggregate principal amount
of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series necessary to modify or amend the
Indentures with respect to any such series or reduce the percentage of
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series necessary to waive any past default or
compliance with certain restrictive provisions to less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of such series, or reduce certain requirements of the
Indentures for quorum or voting; or (i) modify the provisions of the Indentures
described in this paragraph or those regarding waiver of compliance with certain
provisions of, or certain defaults and their consequences under, the Indentures,
except to increase the percentage
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of Outstanding Debt Securities necessary to modify and amend each Indenture or
to give any such waiver, and except to provide that certain other provisions of
each Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may
waive compliance by the Company with certain restrictive provisions applicable
to such series. (Sections 902 and 1008 of the Senior Indenture and Sections 902
and 1007 of the Subordinated Indenture)
Modification and amendment of each of the Indentures may be made by the
Company and the Trustee without the consent of any Holder of Outstanding Debt
Securities, for any of the following purposes: (a) to evidence the succession of
another entity to the Company and the assumption of the covenants of the
Company; (b) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Debt Securities or to surrender any right or
power conferred upon the Company; (c) to add any additional Events of Default
with respect to all or any series of Debt Securities; (d) to change or eliminate
any restrictions on the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest
on Debt Securities, to modify the provisions relating to global Debt Securities,
or to permit the issuance of Debt Securities in uncertificated form, provided
any such action does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the
Debt Securities of any series in any material respect; (e) to add to, change or
eliminate any provision of the Indentures, provided that such amendment shall
become effective only if there is no Outstanding Debt Security of any series
then entitled to the benefit of such provision or such amendment does not apply
to any then Outstanding Debt Security; (f) to secure the Debt Securities
pursuant to the requirements of the Indentures or otherwise; (g) to establish
the form or terms of the Debt Securities of any series; (h) to provide for the
acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt
Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts under the Indentures by more than one Trustee; (i) to provide for the
discharge of the Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of any series by
the deposit of monies or Government Obligations in trust; (j) to change the
conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or
provisions of issuance, and authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities;
(k) to provide for conversion or exchange rights of any series of Debt
Securities pursuant to the requirements of the instrument authorizing such
series; (l) in the case of the Subordinated Indenture, to limit or terminate the
benefits to the holders of Superior Indebtedness of the subordination provisions
contained in the Subordinated Indenture; or (m) to cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency in the Indentures or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under the Indentures, provided such action does not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Debt Securities of any
series in any material respect. (Section 901 of each Indenture)
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Unless the Prospectus Supplement relating to a particular issuance of Debt
Securities specifies otherwise, the Company and the Trustee, without the consent
of any Holder of Outstanding Debt Securities, may execute a supplemental
indenture to provide that the Company will be discharged from any and all
obligations in respect of the Debt Securities of any series (except for certain
obligations to register the transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, to convert
convertible Debt Securities, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated Debt
Securities, to maintain paying agencies and to hold moneys for payment in trust)
on the 91st day after the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee under the
applicable Indenture, in trust, of money or Government Obligations, or a
combination thereof, which through the payment of interest and principal thereof
in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay
the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any mandatory sinking fund
payments in respect of, the Debt Securities of such series on the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date of such payments in accordance with the terms of the
applicable Indenture and such Debt Securities. Such a supplemental indenture may
only be executed if certain conditions have been satisfied, including a
condition that the Company has received from, or there has been published by,
the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or there has been a change
in the applicable federal income tax law,
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in either case, to the effect that such a discharge will not cause the Holders
of the Debt Securities of such series to recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes. The provisions of such a supplemental indenture
shall not be applicable to any series of Debt Securities then listed on the New
York Stock Exchange if the provisions would cause the Outstanding Debt
Securities of such series to be delisted. (Section 901 of each Indenture)
Each of the Indentures provides that, when the conditions set forth in
Section 401 thereof have been satisfied with respect to a series of Debt
Securities, upon the request of the Company, such Indenture will cease to be of
further effect with respect to such series (except as to any surviving right of
registration of transfer or exchange of Debt Securities expressly provided for
therein). Such conditions include that (i) all Debt Securities of such series
issued under such Indenture either shall have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation or shall be due, or are to be called for redemption, within one
year and (ii) with respect to all Debt Securities of such series issued under
such Indenture but not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
there shall have been irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, in trust, money or
Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, which through the payment of
interest and principal thereof in accordance with their terms will provide money
in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of, and any premium and interest
on, all such Debt Securities on the dates such payments are due in accordance
with the terms of the applicable Indenture and such Debt Securities. (Section
401 of each Indenture)
DEFEASANCE OF CERTAIN COVENANTS
Unless otherwise provided in the Prospectus Supplement relating to a series
of Debt Securities, the Company will have the option to omit to comply with the
covenants described under "-- Limitations on Liens" above, if applicable, and
any additional covenants not included in the original applicable Indenture that
may be specified as applicable to such series in the Prospectus Supplement with
respect thereto. The Company, in order to exercise such option, will be required
to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee under the applicable Indenture, in
trust, money or Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, which through
the payment of interest and principal thereof in accordance with their terms
will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of, any premium
and interest on, and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of, the Debt
Securities of such series on the dates such payments are due in accordance with
the terms of the applicable Indenture and such Debt Securities. The Company will
also be required to deliver to the Trustee under the applicable Indenture an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the deposit and related covenant
defeasance will not cause the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series to
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes. Such covenant
defeasance would not be available in certain circumstances, including, with
respect to any series of Debt Securities then listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, if such defeasance would cause the Outstanding Debt Securities of such
series to be delisted. (Section 1009 of the Senior Indenture and Section 1008 of
the Subordinated Indenture) The Prospectus Supplement relating to a particular
issuance of Debt Securities may describe further provisions, if any, permitting
such an omission to comply.
GLOBAL DEBT SECURITIES
The Debt Securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more global Debt Securities that will be deposited with, or on
behalf of, a depository (the "Depository"). Unless and until it is exchanged in
whole or in part for the individual Debt Securities represented thereby, a
global Debt Security may not be transferred except as a whole among the
Depository, any successor Depository and their respective nominees.
The specific terms of the depository arrangement with respect to a series
of Debt Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to
such series. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
the following provisions will apply to all depository arrangements.
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Upon the issuance of a global Debt Security, the Depository for such global
Debt Security or its nominee will credit, on its book-entry registration and
transfer system, the respective principal amounts of the individual Debt
Securities represented by such global Debt Security to the accounts of persons
that have accounts with such Depository ("Participants"). Such accounts will be
designated by the underwriters or agents with respect to such Debt Securities or
by the Company if such Debt Securities are offered and sold directly by the
Company. Ownership of beneficial interests in a global Debt Security will be
limited to Participants or persons that may hold interests through Participants.
Ownership of beneficial interests in such global Debt Security will be shown on,
and the transfer of that ownership will be effected only through, records
maintained by the applicable Depository or its nominee (with respect to
interests of Participants) and the records of Participants (with respect to
interests of persons other than Participants). The laws of some states may
require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such
securities in definitive form. Such limitation and such laws may impair the
ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global Debt Security.
So long as the Depository for a global Debt Security, or its nominee, is
the registered owner of such global Debt Security, such Depository or such
nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or Holder of the
Debt Securities represented by such global Debt Security for all purposes under
the applicable Indenture. (Section 308 of each Indenture) Except as provided
below, owners of beneficial interests in a global Debt Security will not be
entitled to have any of the individual Debt Securities of the series represented
by such global Debt Security registered in their names, will not receive or be
entitled to receive physical delivery of such Debt Securities in definitive
form, and will not be considered the owners or Holders thereof under the
applicable Indenture.
Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on
individual Debt Securities represented by a global Debt Security registered in
the name of a Depository or its nominee will be made to the Depository or its
nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the global Debt Security
representing such Debt Securities. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying
Agent, or the Security Registrar for such Debt Securities will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of the global Debt
Security for such Debt Securities, for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
records relating to such beneficial ownership interests or for any other matter
relating to the actions and practices of the Depository, its nominee or its
Participants. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security
Registrar for such Debt Securities will be liable for any delay by the
Depository, its nominee or any of its Participants in identifying the owners of
beneficial interests in a global Debt Security, and the Company and the Trustee
may conclusively rely on, and will be protected in relying on, instructions from
the Depository or its nominee for all purposes. (Section 308 of each Indenture)
The Company expects that the Depository for a series of Debt Securities, or
its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium or interest in
respect of a global Debt Security representing any of such Debt Securities, will
immediately credit Participants' accounts with payments in amounts proportionate
to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of such global
Debt Security for such Debt Securities as shown on the records of such
Depository or its nominee. The Company also expects that payments by
Participants to owners of beneficial interests in such global Debt Security held
through such Participants will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices, as is now the case with securities registered in "street
name." Such payments will be the responsibility of such Participants.
If the Depository for a series of Debt Securities is at any time unwilling,
unable or ineligible to continue as depository and a successor depository is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days or if the Company executes and delivers
to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that a global Debt Security shall
be exchangeable for certificated Debt Securities or if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing with respect to a series of Debt Securities, the
Company will issue individual certificated Debt Securities of such series in
definitive form in exchange for the global Debt Security or Debt Securities
representing such series of Debt Securities. (Section 305 of each Indenture)
Accordingly, the Company may at any time and in its sole discretion, subject to
any limitations described in the
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Prospectus Supplement relating to such Debt Securities, determine not to have
any Debt Securities of a series represented by one or more global Debt
Securities and, in such event, will issue individual certificated Debt
Securities of such series in definitive form in exchange for the global Debt
Security or Debt Securities representing such series of Debt Securities. In any
such instance, the individual certificated Debt Securities of such series issued
by the Company will be issued to Participants, as directed by the Depository or
its nominee, or to the beneficial owners holding Debt Securities of such series
through such Participants, as directed by such Participants, all in accordance
with standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with
securities registered in "street name." Certificated Debt Securities of such
series so issued in definitive form will be issued in denominations, unless
otherwise specified by the Company, of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
Unless otherwise provided in the Prospectus Supplement relating to a series
of Debt Securities, the Depository for each series of Debt Securities
represented by one or more global Debt Securities will be The Depository Trust
Company, New York, New York ("DTC"). DTC has advised the Company that it is a
limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a
"banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member
of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of
the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant
to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC holds securities that
its Participants deposit with DTC and facilitates the settlement among
Participants of securities transactions in deposited securities through
electronic computerized book-entry changes in Participants' accounts, thereby
eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates.
Participants include securities brokers and dealers (which may include the
underwriters, dealers or agents, if any, involved in the offering of the
Securities), banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other
organizations. DTC is owned by a number of its Participants and by the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc. and the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to DTC's book-entry system is
also available to others, such as securities brokers and dealers, banks, and
trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a
Participant, either directly or indirectly. The rules applicable to DTC and its
Participants are on file with the Commission.
SUBORDINATION OF SUBORDINATED SECURITIES
In the event of any distribution, division or application of all or any
part of the assets of the Company, or the proceeds thereof, occurring by reason
of the liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company, or by reason
of any execution, sale, receivership, insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, or
proceedings for reorganization, or readjustment of the Company or its
properties, payment or distribution of any kind upon the Subordinated Securities
of each series Outstanding (other than from the defeasance funds referred to
below) will be subordinated to the prior payment in full of all Superior
Indebtedness (including the payment of any interest accruing thereon after the
commencement of any such proceedings). (Sections 1501 and 1502 of the
Subordinated Indenture) The Subordinated Indenture also provides that in the
event of the acceleration of the principal amount of the Subordinated Securities
of any series (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, such
portion of the principal amount thereof as may be specified in the terms
thereof) as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to
such series under the Subordinated Indenture, the holders of Superior
Indebtedness will be entitled to declare such Superior Indebtedness due and
payable and in such event to receive payment in full of all principal, premium
and interest on all Superior Indebtedness before the Holders of the Subordinated
Securities of such series are entitled to receive any payment. The Subordinated
Indenture further provides that in the event of a default in the payment of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Superior Indebtedness, so long as
such payment shall not have been made or provided for, or in the event of the
acceleration of the maturity of any Superior Indebtedness which has not been
rescinded and annulled, no payment of principal or any premium or interest will
be made on the Subordinated Securities (other than, if applicable, payment from
funds which were deposited to defease the Subordinated Securities). (Sections
1502 of the Subordinated Indenture) The Holders of the Subordinated Securities
of each series will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of
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the Superior Indebtedness to the extent of payments made to the holders of
Superior Indebtedness upon any distribution of assets in any such proceedings
out of the distributive share of the Subordinated Securities. (Section 1503 of
the Subordinated Indenture)
As a result of such subordination, upon the distribution of assets upon
insolvency, the holders of Superior Indebtedness, as well as certain general
creditors of the Company, may recover more, ratably, than Holders of the
Subordinated Securities. Additionally, the Company currently conducts certain of
its operations through subsidiaries, and the holders of Debt Securities (whether
or not Subordinated Securities) will be structurally subordinated to the
creditors of the Company's subsidiaries.
Superior Indebtedness is defined in the Subordinated Indenture as the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, and any other payment due
pursuant to, any of the following, whether outstanding at the date of execution
of the Subordinated Indenture or thereafter incurred, created or assumed:
(a) all obligations of the Company for money borrowed;
(b) all obligations of the Company evidenced by notes, debentures,
bonds or other securities, including obligations incurred, created or
assumed in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or
businesses;
(c) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Company;
(d) all reimbursement obligations of the Company with respect to
letters of credit, bankers acceptance or similar facilities issued for the
account of the Company;
(e) all obligations of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred
purchase price of property or services (but excluding trade accounts
payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business);
(f) all payment obligations of the Company under any interest rate,
currency or commodity swap agreement, option agreement, hedge agreement,
forward contract, or similar agreement designed to protect the Company or
another person against fluctuations in interest rates, exchange rates or
commodity prices;
(g) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (f)
above of another person and all dividends of another person, the payment of
which, in either case, the Company has assumed or guaranteed, or for which
the Company is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, jointly or
severally, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and
(h) all amendments, modifications, renewals, extensions, refinancings,
replacements and refundings by the Company of any such indebtedness
referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above (and of any such amended,
modified, renewed, extended, refinanced, refunded or replaced indebtedness
or obligations);
other than (i) any indebtedness, renewal, extension, refinancing, replacement,
refunding, assumption, guarantee or other obligation that expressly provides, or
in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee
of the same it is expressly provided, that such indebtedness, renewal,
extension, refinancing, replacement, refunding, assumption, guarantee or other
refinancing is junior in right of payment to or is pari passu with the
Subordinated Securities; (ii) the Subordinated Securities and the 13 1/2%
Restricted Subordinated Notes Due 2002 of the Company, which notes rank pari
passu with the Subordinated Securities; (iii) the 6% Series A Convertible Junior
Subordinated Debentures due 2025, the 7.57% Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures, Series A, the 8 1/8% Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures, Series B, the 8 1/8% Series B Junior Subordinated
Debentures, and the 8.45% Series A Junior Subordinated Debentures of the Company
and any other junior subordinated debentures of the Company that may be issued
under the indentures pursuant to which such debentures were issued or under the
Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of November 15, 1997, between the
Company and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee; and (iv) any guarantee by the
Company of the payment obligations of American General Delaware, L.L.C.,
American General Capital, L.L.C., American General Institutional Capital A,
American General Institutional Capi-
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tal B, American General Capital I, American General Capital II, American General
Capital III and American General Capital IV with respect to their preferred
securities. (Section 101 of the Subordinated Indenture)
As of September 30, 1997, an aggregate of $2.4 billion of Superior
Indebtedness was outstanding. The Subordinated Indenture does not limit the
amount of Superior Indebtedness that may be incurred by the Company in the
future.
The subordination provisions of the Subordinated Indenture may be modified
or amended as provided under "-- Modification and Waiver," provided that no such
modification or amendment may adversely affect the rights of any holder of
Superior Indebtedness without the consent of such holder. (Section 907 of the
Subordinated Indenture)
CONVERSION
Certain Debt Securities may be convertible into other securities (the
"Convertible Debt Securities"). The Holders of such Convertible Debt Securities
of a specified series may be entitled (subject to prior redemption, repayment or
repurchase, if applicable), if so provided in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, to convert any Convertible Debt Securities of such series (in
denominations set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement) into another
series of Debt Securities, Debt Warrants, Preferred Stock, Preferred Stock
Warrants, Common Stock, Common Stock Warrants or other securities, as the case
may be, at the conversion price set forth in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, subject to adjustment as described in such Prospectus Supplement.
The relevant provisions for each series of Convertible Debt Securities will be
set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. (Sections 301 and 1502 of the
Senior Indenture and Sections 301 and 1602 of the Subordinated Indenture)
TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURES
The Company and certain of its affiliates maintain banking, borrowing and
other relations with Bankers Trust Company and certain of its affiliates.
Bankers Trust Company serves as trustee under other indentures maintained by the
Company and it may own Debt Securities.
The Indentures provide that an alternative Trustee may be appointed by the
Company with respect to any particular series of Debt Securities. Any such
appointment will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such
series of Debt Securities.
The Trustee, prior to default, undertakes to perform only such duties as
are specifically set forth in the Indentures and, after default, is required to
exercise the same degree of care as a prudent individual would exercise in the
conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to such provision, the Trustee is
under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by an Indenture
at the request of any Holder of Debt Securities, unless offered reasonable
indemnity by such Holder against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might
be incurred thereby. The Trustee is not required to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of its duties
if the Trustee reasonably believes that repayment or adequate indemnity is not
reasonably assured to it. Each Indenture contains other provisions limiting the
responsibilities and liabilities of the Trustee. (Sections 601 and 603 of each
Indenture)
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED STOCK
The following description of the terms of the Preferred Stock sets forth
certain general terms and provisions of the Preferred Stock to which an
applicable Prospectus Supplement may relate. Certain other terms of any series
of Preferred Stock offered by an applicable Prospectus Supplement will be
specified in such Prospectus Supplement. If so specified in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement, the terms of any series of Preferred Stock may differ
from the terms set forth below. The description of the terms of the Preferred
Stock set forth below and in an applicable Prospectus Supplement does not
purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Statement of Resolutions relating to the applicable series of
Preferred Stock, which will be filed as an exhibit to, or incorporated by
reference in, the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part.
GENERAL
Pursuant to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as
amended (the "Articles"), the Bylaws of the Company, and applicable Texas law,
the Board of Directors of the Company, or an authorized committee thereof, has
the authority, without further shareholder action, to issue up to 60,000,000
shares of Preferred Stock, $1.50 par value, in one or more series and in such
amounts and for such consideration, as may be determined from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, or an authorized committee
thereof, and to fix before the issuance of any shares of Preferred Stock of a
particular series, the number of shares constituting that series and the
distinctive designation of that series; the dividend rate (or method of
determining the same); the voting rights; conversion privileges; redemption
rights; repurchase obligations; sinking fund availability; rights upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up and the priority thereof; restrictions
upon the Company with respect to the creation of debt or the issuance of
additional Preferred Stock or other stock ranking prior to or on a parity
therewith with respect to dividends or upon liquidation; restrictions on the
Company with respect to the issuance of, payment of dividends upon, or the
making of other distributions with respect to, or the acquisition or redemption
of, shares ranking junior to the Preferred Stock; the priority of each series of
Preferred Stock in relation to other series of Preferred Stock; and any other
designations, powers, preferences and rights, including, without limitation, any
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. The holders of any series
of Preferred Stock shall not have any preemptive rights to acquire any shares or
securities of any class which may at any time be issued, sold or offered for
sale by the Company.
As of the date of this Prospectus, the Company had no Preferred Stock
outstanding other than the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock described below under
"-- 7% Convertible Preferred Stock." As of such date, the Company had Preferred
Share Purchase Rights outstanding. A description of these rights is provided
under "Description of Common Stock -- Preferred Share Purchase Rights."
DIVIDENDS
The holders of the Preferred Stock of each series will be entitled to
receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company, out
of funds legally available therefor, dividends at such rates and on such dates
as will be specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Such rates may be
fixed or variable or both. If variable, the formula used for determining the
dividend rate for each dividend period will be specified in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement. Dividends will be payable to the holders of record as
they appear on the stock books of the Company on such record dates as will be
fixed by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, all
series of Preferred Stock will be senior in right as to dividends and in
liquidation to the Common Stock and any other class of stock of the Company
ranking junior to the Preferred Stock.
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VOTING RIGHTS
Except as indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement or as expressly
required by applicable law, the holders of the Preferred Stock will not be
entitled to vote. In the event the Company issues a series of Preferred Stock
with voting rights, unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such series, each such share will be entitled to one vote on matters
on which holders of such series of the Preferred Stock are entitled to vote.
Since each full share of any series of Preferred Stock of the Company shall be
entitled to one vote, the voting power of such series, on matters on which
holders of such series and holders of other series of Preferred Stock are
entitled to vote as a single class, shall depend on the number of shares in such
series, not the aggregate stated value, liquidation preference or initial
offering price of the shares of such series of Preferred Stock.
CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE
The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of the Preferred Stock will
set forth the conditions or terms, if any, upon which any such series will be
convertible or exchangeable, and the terms of the securities into which such
series will be convertible or exchangeable.
REDEMPTION RIGHTS
A series of the Preferred Stock may be redeemable, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company or any holder thereof, and may be subject to mandatory
redemption pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise, in each case upon terms, at
the times and at the redemption prices specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement and subject to the rights of holders of other securities of the
Company. Preferred Stock redeemed by the Company will be restored to the status
of authorized but unissued preferred shares.
REPURCHASE OBLIGATION
The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of the Preferred Stock will
state the conditions and terms, if any, upon which such series shall be subject
to repurchase by the Company.
RIGHTS UPON LIQUIDATION
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company, the holders of each series of Preferred Stock shall
be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Company available for
distribution to shareholders, before any distribution of assets is made to
holders of Common Stock or any other class or series of shares ranking junior to
such Preferred Stock upon liquidation, a liquidating distribution in the amount
per share as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series of
Preferred Stock plus accrued and unpaid dividends. If, upon any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company the amounts
payable with respect to Preferred Stock of any series and any other shares of
the Company ranking as to any such distribution on a parity with such Preferred
Stock of such series are not paid in full, the holders of such Preferred Stock
of such series and of such other shares will share ratably in any such
distribution of assets of the Company in proportion to the full respective
preferential amounts to which they are entitled. Neither the sale of all or
substantially all of the property or business of the Company nor the merger or
consolidation of the Company into or with any other corporation shall be deemed
to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, of the
Company. Except as indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, after
payment of the full amount of the liquidating distribution to which they are
entitled, the holders of Preferred Stock of any series will not be entitled to
any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Company.
CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS UPON THE COMPANY
The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of the Preferred Stock will
describe any conditions or restrictions upon the Company which are for the
benefit of such series, including restrictions upon the
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creation of debt or other series of Preferred Stock; payment of dividends; or
distributions, acquisitions or redemptions of shares ranking junior to such
series.
7% CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
As of September 30, 1997, there were issued and outstanding 2,317,701
shares of the Company's 7% Convertible Preferred Stock. The 7% Convertible
Preferred Stock is entitled to receive annual cumulative dividends at a rate per
annum of 7% of the stated liquidation preference of $36.7625. On March 1, 2001
(the "Mandatory Conversion Date"), unless previously redeemed or converted, each
share of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock will mandatorily convert into (i) one
share of the Company's Common Stock, subject to adjustment in certain events,
and (ii) the right to receive cash in an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid
dividends thereon. Shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock are not redeemable
prior to March 1, 2000 (the "Initial Redemption Date"). At any time and from
time to time on and after the Initial Redemption Date, the Company may redeem
any or all of the outstanding shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock in
exchange for a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained
by dividing (i) 101.75% of the stated liquidation preference, declining
quarterly to 100% of the stated liquidation preference on the Mandatory
Conversion Date, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon by (ii) the
Current Market Price (as defined) of the Common Stock on the applicable date of
determination, but in no event less than .8264 of a share of Common Stock. At
any time prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date, unless previously redeemed,
each share of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible at the option of the
holder into .8264 of a share of Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments.
The holders of shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock have the right to
vote in the election of Directors of the Company and upon each other matter
coming before any meeting of the holders of Common Stock on the basis of 4/5 of
one vote for each share of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock. On such matters, the
holders of shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock and the holders of Common
Stock will vote together as one class except as otherwise provided by law or the
Articles. In addition, holders of shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock have
additional voting rights with respect to certain other matters, including
certain rights to elect two directors in the event of specified dividend
arrearages. The shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock rank prior to the
Common Stock as to the payment of dividends and distribution of assets upon
liquidation.
DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK
The following summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the Company's Articles and Bylaws, which are
incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which
this Prospectus is a part.
GENERAL
The Company is authorized to issue 300,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par
value $.50 per share. As of September 30, 1997, there were outstanding
243,532,716 shares of the Company's Common Stock.
Holders of the Company's Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends
when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company out of any
funds legally available therefor, and are entitled upon liquidation, after
claims of creditors and preferences of any series of the Company's Preferred
Stock, to receive pro rata the net assets of the Company. See "Description of
the Preferred Stock."
The holders of the Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share
held and are vested with all of the voting power, except as the Board of
Directors of the Company or an authorized committee thereof may provide with
respect to any series of Preferred Stock. Directors of the Company are elected
for a one-year term expiring upon the annual meeting of stockholders of the
Company. The holders of the Common Stock do not have cumulative voting rights.
The holders of Common Stock do not have any preemptive rights to acquire
any shares or other securities of any class which may at any time be issued,
sold or offered for sale by the Company. The
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holders of Common Stock have no conversion rights and the Common Stock is not
subject to redemption by either the Company or a stockholder.
The rights of holders of Common Stock are subject to the preferential
rights of the holders of outstanding shares of the Company's 7% Convertible
Preferred Stock and the preferential rights of any Preferred Stock that may be
issued in the future.
The Company's Common Stock is listed on the New York, Pacific, London and
Swiss Stock Exchanges. First Chicago Trust Company of New York is the transfer
agent, registrar and dividend disbursing agent for the Common Stock.
PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE RIGHTS
On July 27, 1989, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the
issuance of one preferred share purchase right (a "Right") for each share of
Common Stock outstanding on August 7, 1989 and for each share of Common Stock
issued thereafter but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the
Termination Date (as each such term is defined below). A Right is attached to
each share of Common Stock and entitles the registered holder to purchase from
the Company one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, par value $1.50 per share, of the Company (the "Junior
Preferred Shares"), at a price of $120 per one one-hundredth of a Junior
Preferred Share, subject to certain adjustments.
The Rights will expire on August 7, 1999, unless the expiration date is
extended or the Rights are redeemed earlier (any such date being the
"Termination Date"). The Rights are not exercisable or transferable separately
from the shares of Common Stock until the "Distribution Date" which will occur
on the earlier of (i) 10 business days following the first public announcement
that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons (an "Acquiring
Person") has acquired beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding
Common Stock and any other shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors or entitled to vote in respect of
any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Company's
assets, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (the "Voting
Stock") or (ii) 10 business days following the commencement of, or the first
public announcement of an intention to commence, a tender or exchange offer the
consummation of which would result in the beneficial ownership by a person or
group of affiliated or associated persons of 25% or more of the then outstanding
Voting Stock.
In the event the Company is acquired in a merger or other business
combination transaction or 50% or more of its consolidated assets or earnings
power should be sold or otherwise transferred, each holder of a Right will have
the right to receive, upon payment of the Right's then current exercise price,
common stock of the acquiring company which has a market value of two times the
exercise price of the Right. In the event that any person becomes an Acquiring
Person, each holder of a Right will thereafter have the right to receive upon
exercise thereof that number of shares of Common Stock (or under certain
circumstances, Common Stock-equivalent Junior Preferred Shares) having a market
value of two times the exercise price of the Rights.
At any time 10 business days after a person or group of affiliated or
associated persons has become an Acquiring Person and prior to the acquisition
by any person or group of 50% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock, the Board
of Directors of the Company may exchange the Rights (other than Rights acquired
or beneficially owned by such Acquiring Person, which Rights held by such
Acquiring Person shall then be null and void), in whole or in part, at an
exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock (or one one-hundredth of a share of
Junior Preferred Stock), appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split,
stock dividend or similar transaction, for each two shares of Common Stock for
which the Right is then exercisable.
At any time prior to the close of business on the tenth day following the
first public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated
persons has become an Acquiring Person, the Board of Directors of the Company
may redeem the then outstanding Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of
$.01 per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock
dividend or similar transaction (the "Rights Redemption Price"). Any such
redemption of the Rights may be made effective at such time, on
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such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors of the Company in
its sole discretion may establish.
The purchase price payable, and the number of Junior Preferred Shares or
other securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject
to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution in the event of a stock
dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or reclassification of, the Junior
Preferred Shares.
The number of outstanding Rights and the number of one one-hundredths of a
Junior Preferred Share issuable upon exercise of each Right are also subject to
adjustment in the event of reclassification of securities, or recapitalization
or reorganization of the Company or other transaction involving the Company
which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing by more than one
percent the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity
securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned by any
Acquiring Person, in any such case, prior to an exchange by the Company as
described above.
The terms of the Rights may be amended, including extending the expiration
date, by the Board of Directors of the Company without the consent of the
holders of the Rights, except in certain circumstances.
The Rights have certain anti-takeover effects. The Rights will cause
substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire the Company
on terms not approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Rights
should not interfere with any merger or other business combination approved by
the Board of Directors of the Company since the Rights may be redeemed by the
Company at the Rights Redemption Price prior to the time that a person or group
has acquired beneficial ownership of 50% or more of the Voting Stock.
The Junior Preferred Shares will be non-redeemable and rank junior to all
other series of the Company's Preferred Stock. Each whole Junior Preferred Share
will be entitled to receive a quarterly preferential dividend in an amount equal
to the greater of (i) $0.25 or (ii) subject to certain adjustments, 100 times
the dividend declared on each share of Common Stock. In the event of the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, each whole Junior
Preferred Share will be entitled to receive a preferential liquidation payment
in an amount equal to the greater of (i) $1.50, or (ii) 100 times the aggregate
amount to be distributed per share to holders of Common Stock, plus, in either
case, an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon. In the event
of any merger, consolidation or other transaction in which Common Stock is
exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash or other property,
each whole Junior Preferred Share will be entitled to receive 100 times the
amount received per each share of Common Stock. Each whole Junior Preferred
Share will be entitled to 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the
shareholders of the Company, and Junior Preferred Shares will generally vote
together as one class with the Common Stock and any other voting capital stock
of the Company on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the
Company.
If such registration is then required by applicable law, the Company will
use its best efforts to cause the offer and sale of Junior Preferred Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Rights to be registered pursuant to the Securities
Act at any such time as the Rights become exercisable.
The foregoing description of the Rights and the Junior Preferred Shares
does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the Rights Agreement, as amended, which is an exhibit to the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part, and the Statement of Resolution
Establishing Series of Shares of the Junior Preferred Shares.
BUSINESS COMBINATION LAW
The Company is subject to Part Thirteen of the Texas Business Corporation
Act, known as the "Business Combination Law," which became effective September
1, 1997. In general, the Business Combination Law prevents an "affiliated
shareholder" (or its affiliates or associates) from entering into or engaging in
a "business combination" with an "issuing public corporation" during the
three-year
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period immediately following the date on which the affiliated shareholder became
an affiliated shareholder, unless (a) before the date such person became an
affiliated shareholder, the board of directors of the issuing public corporation
approves the business combination or the acquisition of shares that caused the
affiliated shareholder to become an affiliated shareholder, or (b) not less than
six months after the date such person became an affiliated shareholder, the
business combination is approved by the affirmative vote of holders of at least
two-thirds of the issuing public corporation's outstanding voting shares not
beneficially owned by the affiliated shareholder or its affiliates or
associates. For the purposes of the foregoing, "affiliated shareholder" is
defined generally as a person that is or was within the preceding three-year
period the beneficial owner of 20% or more of a corporation's outstanding voting
shares; "business combination" is defined generally to include (i) mergers,
share exchanges or conversions involving the affiliated shareholder, (ii)
dispositions of assets involving the affiliated shareholder having an aggregate
value equal to 10% or more of the market value of the assets or of the
outstanding common stock or representing 10% or more of the earning power or net
income of the corporation, (iii) certain issuances or transfers of securities by
the corporation to the affiliated shareholder other than on a pro rata basis,
(iv) certain plans or agreements relating to a liquidation or dissolution of the
corporation involving an affiliated shareholder, (v) certain reclassifications,
recapitalizations, distributions or other transactions that would have the
effect of increasing the affiliated shareholder's percentage ownership of the
corporation and (vi) the receipt of tax, guarantee, loan or other financial
benefits by an affiliated shareholder other than proportionately as a
shareholder of the corporation; and "issuing public corporation" is generally
defined to include most publicly held Texas corporations, including the Company.
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
The Company may issue Debt Warrants, Preferred Stock Warrants, and Common
Stock Warrants (collectively, the "Warrants"). Each Debt Warrant will entitle
the holder thereof to purchase Debt Securities of a particular series at such
exercise price as shall be set forth in, or be determinable as set forth in, the
Prospectus Supplement relating to the Debt Warrants offered thereby. Similarly,
each Preferred Stock Warrant and Common Stock Warrant (collectively, the "Stock
Warrants") will entitle the holder thereof to purchase such number of shares of
Preferred Stock of a particular series or of Common Stock, as the case may be,
and at such exercise price, as shall be set forth in, or calculable from, the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. Warrants may be issued independently or
together with other Securities and may be attached to or separate from such
other Securities. Each series of Warrants may be issued under a separate warrant
agreement (each a "Warrant Agreement") to be entered into between the Company
and a bank or trust company designated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement
as warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent"). Each Warrant Agent will act solely as
the agent of the Company in connection with the applicable Warrants and will not
assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with holders or
beneficial owners of such Warrants.
The following describes the type of information that will be set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of Warrants.
DEBT WARRANTS
If Debt Warrants are offered, the applicable Prospectus Supplement will
describe the terms of such Debt Warrants, the Warrant Agreement relating to such
Debt Warrants and the certificates, if any, representing such Debt Warrants,
including the following, where applicable: (1) the specific designation and
number of such Debt Warrants; (2) the offering price, if any, of such Debt
Warrants; (3) the designation, aggregate principal amount, denominations and
terms of the series of Debt Securities purchasable upon exercise of such Debt
Warrants and the procedures and conditions relating to the exercise of such Debt
Warrants; (4) the designation and terms of any related series of Securities with
which such Debt Warrants are issued and the number of such Debt Warrants issued
with each such Security; (5) the date, if any, on and after which such Debt
Warrants and the related Securities will be separately transferable; (6) the
principal amount of the series of Debt Securities purchasable upon
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exercise of each such Debt Warrant and the price at which such principal amount
of Debt Securities may be purchased upon such exercise and whether such Debt
Securities may be purchased for consideration other than cash; (7) the date on
which the right to exercise such Debt Warrants shall commence and the date on
which such right shall expire; (8) any anti-dilution provisions of such Debt
Warrants; (9) any redemption or call provisions applicable to such Debt
Warrants; (10) if the series of Debt Securities purchasable upon exercise of
such Debt Warrants are Original Issue Discount Securities, a discussion of
certain Federal income tax considerations applicable thereto; (11) the place or
places where the certificates, if any, representing such Debt Warrants may be
transferred and registered; (12) information with respect to any book-entry
procedures, if any; and (13) any other terms of such Debt Warrants.
STOCK WARRANTS
If Stock Warrants are offered, the applicable Prospectus Supplement will
describe the terms of such Stock Warrants, the Warrant Agreement relating to
such Stock Warrants and the certificates, if any, representing such Stock
Warrants, including the following, where applicable: (1) the designation and
aggregate number of such Stock Warrants; (2) the offering price, if any, of such
Stock Warrants; (3) in the case of Preferred Stock Warrants, the designation and
terms of the series of Preferred Stock purchasable upon exercise of such
Preferred Stock Warrants and whether such series of Preferred Stock is
convertible or exchangeable for other Securities; (4) the aggregate number of
shares of Common Stock or such series of Preferred Stock purchasable upon
exercise of such Stock Warrants and the minimum number of Stock Warrants that
are exercisable; (5) the terms of the Securities with which such Stock Warrants
are being offered and the number of such Stock Warrants being offered with each
such Security; (6) the date on and after which such Stock Warrants and the
related Security will be transferable separately; (7) the number of shares of
Common Stock or Preferred Stock purchasable upon exercise of each such Stock
Warrant and the price at which such number of shares of Common Stock or
Preferred Stock may be purchased upon such exercise; (8) the date on which the
right to exercise such Stock Warrants shall commence and the date on which such
right shall expire; (9) any anti-dilution provisions of such Stock Warrants;
(10) any redemption or call provisions applicable to such Stock Warrants; (11)
the place or places where the certificates, if any, representing such Stock
Warrants may be transferred and registered; (12) whether the Stock Warrants
represented by the warrant certificates will be issued in registered or bearer
form; (13) information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; and (14)
any other terms of such Stock Warrants.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
GENERAL
The Company may sell Securities to or through underwriters or dealers;
directly to other purchasers; through agents; or through any combination of such
methods of sale. Any such underwriter, dealer or agent involved in the offer and
sale of the Securities being offered will be named in an applicable Prospectus
Supplement or Prospectus Supplements (including any Pricing Supplement or
Pricing Supplements).
The distribution of the Securities may be effected from time to time in one
or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at
market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such
prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.
In connection with the sale of Securities, underwriters may receive
compensation from the Company or from purchasers of Securities for whom they may
act as agents, in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions.
Underwriters may sell Securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may
receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from
the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as
agent. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of
Securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any
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discounts or commissions received by them from the Company and any profit on the
resale of Securities by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and
commissions, under the Securities Act. Any compensation paid by the Company to
underwriters, dealers or agents in connection with the offering of the
Securities, and any discounts, concessions or commissions allowed by
underwriters to participating dealers, will be described in an applicable
Prospectus Supplement or Pricing Supplement.
Unless otherwise set forth in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
obligations of the underwriters or agents to purchase the Securities being
offered will be subject to conditions precedent and the underwriters will be
obligated to purchase all such Securities if any are purchased. The initial
public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or
paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
Under agreements which may be entered into by the Company, underwriters,
dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of Securities may be
entitled to indemnification by the Company against and/or contribution by the
Company toward certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act and to reimbursement for certain expenses.
Certain of the underwriters, dealers or agents and their associates may be
customers of, engage in transactions with and perform services for the Company
or one or more of its affiliates in the ordinary course of business.
The Securities being offered may or may not be listed on a national
securities exchange. No assurances can be given that there will be a market for
such Securities.
The specific terms and manner of sale, including the place and time of
delivery, of the Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is being
delivered, and whether such Securities will be listed on a national securities
exchange, will be set forth or summarized in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement.
DELAYED DELIVERY ARRANGEMENTS
If so indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company will authorize
underwriters, dealers or other persons acting as the Company's agents to solicit
offers by certain institutions to purchase Securities from the Company pursuant
to contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date. Institutions
with which such contracts may be made include commercial and savings banks,
insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and
charitable institutions and others, but in all cases purchases by such
institutions must be approved by the Company. The obligations of any purchaser
under any such contract will be subject to the condition that the purchase of
the Securities shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of
the jurisdiction to which such purchaser is subject. The underwriters and such
other agents will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or
performance of such contracts.
LEGAL OPINIONS
Unless otherwise indicated in a Prospectus Supplement, the validity of each
issue of the Securities will be passed upon for the Company by Vinson & Elkins
L.L.P., Houston, Texas, and certain legal matters relating to the Securities
offered hereby will be passed upon for any underwriters, dealers or agents of a
particular issue of Securities by Brown & Wood LLP, New York, New York. Brown &
Wood LLP may rely as to matters of Texas law on the opinion of Vinson & Elkins
L.L.P. J. Evans Attwell, an attorney in the firm of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., is a
director of the Company.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and schedules of the Company and its
subsidiaries appearing in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October
10, 1997 have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set
forth in their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by
reference. See "Incorporation by Reference."
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Such consolidated financial statements and schedules are, and audited
consolidated financial statements to be included in subsequently filed documents
will be, incorporated herein in reliance upon the reports of Ernst & Young LLP
pertaining to such consolidated financial statements (to the extent covered by
consents filed with the Commission) given upon the authority of such firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.
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INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR
MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR
THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE
SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS
OF ANY SUCH STATE.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED NOVEMBER 19, 1997
PROSPECTUS
[AMERICAN GENERAL LOGO]
$1,500,000,000
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL I
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL II
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL III
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL IV
PREFERRED SECURITIES
FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED, AS DESCRIBED HEREIN,
BY
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
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American General Corporation, a Texas corporation ("American General" or the
"Company"), may from time to time offer in one or more series or issuances its
junior subordinated debentures (the "Junior Subordinated Debentures"). The
Junior Subordinated Debentures will be unsecured and subordinate and junior in
right of payment to the extent and in the manner set forth herein to Senior
Indebtedness (as defined in "Description of Junior Subordinated Debentures
- --Subordination") of the Company. If provided in an accompanying Prospectus
Supplement, the Company will have the right to defer payments of interest on any
series of Junior Subordinated Debentures by extending the interest payment
period thereon at any time or from time to time for up to such number of
consecutive interest payment periods (which shall not extend beyond the Stated
Maturity Date (as defined herein) of the Junior Subordinated Debentures) with
respect to each deferral period as may be specified in such Prospectus
Supplement (each, an "Extension Period"). In such circumstance, however, the
Company would not be permitted, subject to certain exceptions set forth herein,
to declare or pay any dividends, distributions or other payments with respect
to, or repay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, the Company's capital
stock or debt securities that rank pari passu with or junior to such series of
Junior Subordinated Debentures. See "Description of Junior Subordinated
Debentures -- Option to Defer Interest Payments" and "-- Restrictions on Certain
Payments."
American General Capital I, American General Capital II, American General
Capital III, and American General Capital IV, each a trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (each, a "Trust," and collectively, the "Trusts"),
may severally offer, from time to time, preferred securities (the "Preferred
Securities") representing beneficial ownership interests in such Trust. The
Company will be the owner of the common securities (the "Common Securities" and,
together with the Preferred Securities, the "Trust Securities") representing
common beneficial ownership interests in such Trust. Holders of the Preferred
Securities will be entitled to receive preferential cumulative cash
distributions ("Distributions") accumulating from the date of original issuance
and payable periodically as specified in an accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this Prospectus is , 1997.
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Concurrently with the issuance by a Trust of its Preferred Securities, such
Trust will invest the proceeds thereof and of contributions received in respect
of the Common Securities in a corresponding series of the Company's Junior
Subordinated Debentures (the "Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures")
with terms corresponding to the terms of that Trust's Preferred Securities (the
"Related Preferred Securities"). Accordingly, if, as provided in an accompanying
Prospectus Supplement, the Company has the right to defer the payment of
interest on a series of Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures, then, if
interest payments are so deferred, Distributions on the Related Preferred
Securities would also be deferred, but would continue to accumulate at the rate
per annum set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement. See "Description of
Preferred Securities -- Distributions."
Taken together, the Company's obligations under each series of
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Indenture and the related
Declaration and the related Guarantee (each, as defined herein), in the
aggregate, provide a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payments
of Distributions and other amounts due on the Related Preferred Securities. See
"Relationship Among the Preferred Securities, the Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures and the Guarantees -- Full and Unconditional Guarantee."
The payment of Distributions with respect to the Preferred Securities of each
Trust and payments on liquidation of such Trust or redemption of such Preferred
Securities, in each case out of funds held by such Trust, are each irrevocably
guaranteed by the Company to the extent described herein (each, a "Guarantee").
See "Description of Guarantees." The obligations of the Company under each
Guarantee will be unsecured and subordinate and junior in right of payment to
all Senior Indebtedness of the Company to the extent and in the manner set forth
herein and in such Guarantee.
The Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures will be the sole assets of
each Trust, and payments under the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures
will be the only revenue of each Trust. If so provided in an accompanying
Prospectus Supplement, the Company may redeem the Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures (and thereby cause the redemption of the related Trust
Securities) or may dissolve a Trust and, after satisfaction of liabilities to
the creditors of such Trust as required by applicable law, cause the
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures to be distributed to the holders of
the Related Preferred Securities in exchange therefor upon liquidation of their
interests in such Trust. See "Description of Preferred Securities -- Liquidation
Distribution Upon Dissolution."
The Junior Subordinated Debentures and Preferred Securities may be offered
in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of offering;
provided, however, that the aggregate initial public offering price of all
Junior Subordinated Debentures (other than Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures) and Preferred Securities (including the Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures) issued pursuant to the Registration Statement of which
this Prospectus forms a part shall not exceed $1,500,000,000. See "Additional
Information." Certain specific terms of the Junior Subordinated Debentures or
Preferred Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered will
be described in an accompanying Prospectus Supplement, including without
limitation and where applicable and to the extent not set forth herein, (a) in
the case of Junior Subordinated Debentures, the specific designation, aggregate
principal amount, denominations, Stated Maturity Date (including any provisions
for the shortening or extension thereof), interest payment dates, interest rate
(which may be fixed or variable) or method of calculating interest, if any,
applicable Extension Period or interest deferral terms, if any, place or places
where principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, will be payable, any
terms of redemption, any sinking fund provisions, any terms for any conversion
or exchange into other securities, initial offering or purchase price, methods
of distribution and any other special terms, and (b) in the case of Preferred
Securities, the identity of the Trust, specific title, aggregate stated
liquidation amount, number of securities, Distribution rate or method of
calculating such rate, Distribution payment dates, applicable Distribution
deferral terms, if any, place or places where Distributions will be payable, any
terms of redemption, any terms for conversion or exchange into other securities,
initial offering or purchase price, methods of distribution and any other
special terms.
(ii)
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The Prospectus Supplement also will contain information, as applicable,
about certain United States federal income tax consequences relating to the
Junior Subordinated Debentures or Preferred Securities.
The Junior Subordinated Debentures and Preferred Securities may be sold to
or through underwriters, through dealers, remarketing firms or agents or
directly to purchasers. See "Plan of Distribution." The names of any
underwriters, dealers, remarketing firms or agents involved in the sale of
Junior Subordinated Debentures or Preferred Securities in respect of which this
Prospectus is being delivered and any applicable fee, commission or discount
arrangements with them will be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement. The
Prospectus Supplement will state whether the Junior Subordinated Debentures or
Preferred Securities will be listed on any national securities exchange or
automated quotation system. If the Junior Subordinated Debentures or Preferred
Securities are not listed on any national securities exchange or automated
quotation system, there can be no assurance that there will be a secondary
market for the Junior Subordinated Debentures or Preferred Securities.
This Prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of Junior Subordinated
Debentures or Preferred Securities unless accompanied by a Prospectus
Supplement.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER
OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, NOR HAS THE COMMISSIONER OF
INSURANCE RULED UPON THE ACCURACY OR THE ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Reports, proxy statements
and other information filed by the Company may be inspected and copied at the
public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and at the Commission's Regional Offices at 500
West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661 and Seven World Trade Center, New
York, New York 10048. Copies of such materials may be obtained from the Public
Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549, at prescribed rates, or from the Commission's web site at
"http://www.sec.gov". In addition, such material may also be inspected and
copied at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New
York, New York 10005 and The Pacific Stock Exchange, Incorporated, 301 Pine
Street, San Francisco, California 94104.
The Company and the Trusts have filed with the Commission a registration
statement on Form S-3 (herein, together with all amendments and exhibits,
referred to as the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the securities offered
hereby. This Prospectus, which constitutes part of the Registration Statement,
does not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement,
certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations
of the Commission. For further information, reference is hereby made to the
Registration Statement.
In addition to this Prospectus, the Registration Statement contains another
prospectus which relates to the offer and sale from time to time of certain
other securities by the Company. The $1,500,000,000 aggregate maximum initial
public offering price of securities which may be sold under this Prospectus will
be reduced by the amount of the aggregate initial public offering price of any
securities sold under such other prospectus.
Statements contained herein concerning the provisions of any document filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the
Commission are not necessarily complete, and in each instance reference is made
to the copy of such document so filed. Each such statement is qualified in its
entirety by such reference.
No separate financial statements of any Trust have been included herein.
The Company and the Trusts do not consider that such financial statements would
be material to holders of the Preferred Securities because each Trust is a newly
formed special purpose entity, has no operating history or independent
operations and is not engaged in and does not propose to engage in any activity
other than holding as trust assets the Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures of the Company and issuing the Trust Securities. See "The Trusts,"
"Description of Preferred Securities," "Description of Junior Subordinated
Debentures -- Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures" and "Description of
Guarantees." In addition, the Company does not expect that any of the Trusts
will file reports under the Exchange Act with the Commission.
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The following documents, which have been filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act (File No. 1-7981), are incorporated
herein by reference:
- the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996;
- the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March
31, 1997, June 30, 1997 and September 30, 1997;
- the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 12, 1997 with
respect to the announcement of the signing of a merger agreement with
USLIFE Corporation;
- the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 21, 1997 with
respect to the filing of the Company's historical Consolidated Financial
Statements for the three years ended December 31, 1996 and the related
Management's Discussion and Analysis;
- the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 15, 1997 with
respect to the consolidated total revenues, net income and net income per
share of the Company for the one month and seven months ended July 31,
1997, which reflect the acquisition of USLIFE Corporation using the
pooling of interests method of accounting;
- the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 11, 1997 with
respect to the announcement of a definitive agreement under which the
Company will acquire the remaining common equivalent shares of Western
National Corporation; and
- the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 10, 1997 with
respect to the filing of the Company's consolidated balance sheets as of
December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated statements of
income, shareholders' equity, common stock activity, and cash flows, and
Management's Discussion and Analysis, for the three years ended December
31, 1996, restated to include the acquisition of USLIFE Corporation using
the pooling of interests method of accounting.
Each document filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the filing of the
Registration Statement and prior to the termination of the offering of the
securities made hereby shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document.
Any statement contained herein, in a Prospectus Supplement or in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of the Registration Statement and this
Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein, in a Prospectus
Supplement or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration
Statement or this Prospectus.
The Company will provide without charge to each person, including any
beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this Prospectus is delivered, upon the
written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents
which are incorporated herein by reference, other than exhibits to such
documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into
such documents). Requests should be directed to the Company, 2929 Allen Parkway,
Houston, Texas 77019-2155, Attention: Treasury Department, telephone (713)
831-1949.
INFORMATION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain of the statements contained in documents incorporated herein by
reference may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act.
Forward-looking statements are made based upon American General's
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current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their
potential effects upon American General. There can be no assurance that future
developments affecting American General will be those anticipated by its
management. Actual results may differ materially from those included in the
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties including, but not limited to, the following: changes in general
economic conditions, including the performance of financial markets, interest
rates, and the level of personal bankruptcies; customer responsiveness to both
new products and distribution channels; competitive, regulatory, or tax changes
that affect the cost of or demand for American General's products; adverse
litigation results; American General's ability to render its computer systems
year 2000 compliant; American General's failure to achieve anticipated levels of
earnings or operational efficiencies related to recently acquired companies, as
well as other cost-saving initiatives; and difficulties in combining the
operations of American General with the operations of each of Western National
Corporation, USLIFE Corporation and Home Beneficial Corporation.
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
The Company, with assets of $79.4 billion and shareholders' equity of $7.3
billion as of September 30, 1997, is the parent company of one of the nation's
largest diversified financial services organizations. The Company provides
financial services to consumers, emphasizing personal service and frequent
customer contact.
Since American General is a holding company, rights to participate in any
distribution of assets of any subsidiary upon its liquidation or reorganization
or otherwise (and thus the ability of holders of Preferred Securities or Junior
Subordinated Debentures to benefit indirectly from such distribution) are
subject to the prior claims of creditors of that subsidiary, except to the
extent that American General may itself be a creditor of that subsidiary. Claims
on American General's subsidiaries by other creditors include substantial claims
for policy benefits and debt obligations, as well as other liabilities incurred
in the ordinary course of business. In addition, since many of American
General's subsidiaries are insurance companies subject to regulatory control by
various state insurance departments, the ability of such subsidiaries to pay
dividends to American General without prior regulatory approval is limited by
applicable laws and regulations. Further, certain non-insurance subsidiaries are
similarly restricted in their ability to make dividend payments by long-term
debt agreements. At December 31, 1996, the amount available to the Company for
dividends from subsidiaries not limited by such restrictions was approximately
$750 million.
The principal executive offices of American General are located at 2929
Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019-2155, and its telephone number is (713)
522-1111.
THE TRUSTS
Each Trust is a statutory business trust created under Delaware law
pursuant to (i) a declaration of trust executed by the Company, as Sponsor of
the Trust, the Delaware Trustee and an Administrative Trustee (each as defined
herein) of such Trust and (ii) the filing of a certificate of trust with the
Delaware Secretary of State. Each declaration of trust will be amended and
restated in its entirety (each, as so amended and restated, a "Declaration")
substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of
which this Prospectus forms a part. Each Declaration will be qualified as an
indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust
Indenture Act"). Each Trust exists for the exclusive purposes of (i) issuing and
selling its Trust Securities, which represent undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of such Trust, (ii) investing the gross proceeds from the sale of
such Trust Securities in a series of Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures issued by the Company, and (iii) engaging in only those other
activities necessary, advisable or incidental thereto (such as registering the
transfer of Trust Securities). Accordingly, the Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures will be the sole assets of each Trust, and payments
under the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures will be the sole source
of revenue for each Trust.
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All of the Common Securities of each Trust will be owned directly or
indirectly by the Company. The Common Securities of a Trust will rank pari
passu, and payments will be made thereon pro rata, with the Preferred Securities
of such Trust, except that upon the occurrence and continuance of an event of
default under a Declaration resulting from an event of default under the
Indenture, the rights of the Company as holder of the Common Securities to
payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation or redemption
will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Preferred Securities of
such Trust. See "Description of Preferred Securities -- Subordination of Common
Securities." The Company will acquire, directly or indirectly, Common Securities
in an aggregate Liquidation Amount equal to at least 3% of the total assets of
each Trust.
Each Trust will have a term that generally corresponds to the Stated
Maturity of the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures specified in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, but may dissolve earlier as provided in the
applicable Declaration. Each Trust's business and affairs are conducted by its
trustees, each appointed by the Company as holder of the Common Securities. The
trustees for each Trust will be Bankers Trust Company, as the Property Trustee
(the "Property Trustee"), Bankers Trust (Delaware), as the Delaware Trustee (the
"Delaware Trustee"), and three individual trustees (the "Administrative
Trustees") who are employees or officers of or affiliated with the Company
(collectively, the "Issuer Trustees"). Bankers Trust Company, as Property
Trustee, will act as sole trustee under each Declaration for purposes of
compliance with the Trust Indenture Act. Bankers Trust Company will also act as
trustee under the Guarantees and the Indenture. See "Description of Guarantees"
and "Description of Junior Subordinated Debentures." The holder of the Common
Securities of a Trust, or the holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities if an event of default under the Declaration for such Trust
has occurred and is continuing, will be entitled to appoint, remove or replace
the Property Trustee and/or the Delaware Trustee for such Trust. In no event
will the holders of the Preferred Securities have the right to vote to appoint,
remove or replace the Administrative Trustees; such voting rights are vested
exclusively in the holder of the Common Securities. The duties and obligations
of each Issuer Trustee are governed by the applicable Declaration. The Company
will pay all fees and expenses related to each Trust and the offering of the
Preferred Securities and will pay, directly or indirectly, all ongoing costs,
expenses and liabilities of each Trust.
The principal executive office of each Trust is c/o American General
Corporation, 2929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019-2155, Attention: Treasury
Department, telephone (713) 831-1949.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Except as may otherwise be provided in an applicable Prospectus Supplement,
the net proceeds to be received by the Company from the sale of any Junior
Subordinated Debentures being offered hereby (including Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures issued to the Trusts in connection with the investment
by the Trusts of all of the proceeds from the sale of Trust Securities) will be
added to American General's general corporate funds and may be used for the
repayment of long- or short-term indebtedness or for other general corporate
purposes.
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES
AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
The following table sets forth the ratio of earnings to fixed charges and
ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for
the periods indicated.
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ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1997 1996 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges:
Consolidated operations................ 2.3 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.3 2.5
Consolidated operations, corporate
fixed charges only.................. 5.6 7.2 6.4 5.3 6.3 5.3 5.5
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed
charges and preferred stock dividends:
Consolidated operations................ 1.9 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.3 2.5
Consolidated operations, corporate
fixed charges and preferred stock
dividends only...................... 3.3 5.4 4.7 4.7 6.3 5.3 5.5
</TABLE>
For purposes of computing these ratios, earnings represent income before
income tax expense, net dividends on preferred securities of subsidiaries, and
the cumulative effect of accounting changes, adjusted for undistributed income
of an equity investee and fixed charges (excluding capitalized interest). Fixed
charges consist primarily of interest expense (including capitalized interest)
on short-term and long-term borrowings. Preferred stock dividends consist of
dividends on preferred securities of subsidiaries and convertible preferred
stock.
DESCRIPTION OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
The Junior Subordinated Debentures are to be issued in one or more series
under a Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of November 15, 1997, as it may
be supplemented or amended from time to time (as so supplemented or amended, the
"Indenture"), between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee (the
"Debenture Trustee"). This summary of certain terms and provisions of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures and the Indenture, which summarizes the material
provisions thereof, does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Indenture, the form of which is
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms
a part, and to the Trust Indenture Act, to each of which reference is hereby
made. The Indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. Whenever
particular defined terms of the Indenture are referred to herein or in a
Prospectus Supplement, such defined terms are incorporated herein or therein by
reference.
GENERAL
Each series of Junior Subordinated Debentures will rank pari passu with all
other series of Junior Subordinated Debentures and will be unsecured and
subordinate and junior in right of payment to the extent and in the manner set
forth in the Indenture to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined below) of the
Company. See "--Subordination." Because the Company is a holding company, the
right of the Company to participate in any distribution of assets of any
subsidiary upon such subsidiary's liquidation or reorganization or otherwise
(and thus the ability of the holders of Junior Subordinated Debentures and
Related Preferred Securities to benefit indirectly from such distribution), is
subject to the prior claims of creditors of that subsidiary, except to the
extent that the Company may itself be recognized as a creditor of that
subsidiary. Accordingly, the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be effectively
subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of the Company's
subsidiaries, and holders of Junior Subordinated Debentures should look only to
the assets of the Company for payments on the Junior
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Subordinated Debentures. In addition, since many of the Company's subsidiaries
are insurance companies subject to regulatory control by various state insurance
departments, the ability of such subsidiaries to pay dividends to the Company
without prior regulatory approval is limited by applicable laws and regulations.
Further, certain non-insurance subsidiaries are similarly restricted in their
ability to make dividend payments by long-term debt agreements. Except as
otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Indenture does
not limit the incurrence or issuance of other secured or unsecured debt of the
Company, including Senior Indebtedness, whether under the Indenture, any other
existing indenture or any other indenture that the Company may enter into in the
future or otherwise or afford holders of Junior Subordinated Debentures
protection in the event of a highly leveraged or similar transaction that may
adversely affect the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. See
"-- Subordination" and the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to any
offering of Preferred Securities or Junior Subordinated Debentures.
The Junior Subordinated Debentures will be issuable in one or more series
pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the Indenture or a resolution of the
Company's Board of Directors or a committee thereof.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the following terms of
the Junior Subordinated Debentures: (1) the title of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures; (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures; (3) the date or dates on which the principal of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures is payable (the "Stated Maturity Date") or the
method of determination thereof, including the right, if any, of the Company to
shorten or extend the Stated Maturity Date in certain circumstances; (4) the
rate or rates, if any, at which the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall bear
interest, the dates on which any such interest shall be payable (the "Interest
Payment Dates"), the right, if any, of the Company to defer or extend an
Interest Payment Date, and the record dates for any interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date (the "Regular Record Dates") or the method by which any of
the foregoing shall be determined; (5) the place or places where, subject to the
terms of the Indenture as described below under "-- Payment and Paying Agents,"
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures will be payable and where, subject to the terms of the Indenture as
described below under "-- Denominations, Registration and Transfer," the Junior
Subordinated Debentures may be presented for registration of transfer or
exchange and the place or places where notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debentures and the Indentures may
be made ("Place of Payment"); (6) any period or periods within which, or date or
dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon
which Junior Subordinated Debentures may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company or a holder thereof; (7) the obligation, if any, of
the Company to redeem, purchase or repay the Junior Subordinated Debentures and
the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the other
terms and conditions upon which the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall be
redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) the denominations in which any Junior Subordinated Debentures shall be
issuable if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof; (9) if other than in U.S. Dollars, the currency or currencies
(including currency unit or units) in which the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall be
payable, or in which the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall be denominated;
(10) any additions, modifications or deletions in the events of default under
the Indenture or covenants of the Company specified in the Indenture with
respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures; (11) if other than the principal
amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Junior Subordinated
Debentures that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
maturity thereof; (12) any additions or changes to the Indenture with respect to
a series of Junior Subordinated Debentures as shall be necessary to permit or
facilitate the issuance of such series in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; (13) any
index or indices used to determine the amount of payments of principal of and
premium, if any, on the Junior Subordinated Debentures and the manner in which
such amounts will be determined; (14) the terms and conditions relating to the
issuance of a temporary Global Security representing all of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures of such series and the exchange of such temporary Global
Security for definitive Junior
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Subordinated Debentures of such series; (15) subject to the terms described
herein under "-- Global Junior Subordinated Debentures," whether the Junior
Subordinated Debentures of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the depository for such
Global Securities, which depository shall be a clearing agency registered under
the Exchange Act; (16) the appointment of any paying, authenticating or
conversion agent or agents; (17) the terms and conditions of any obligation or
right of the Company or a holder to convert or exchange the Junior Subordinated
Debentures into Preferred Securities; (18) whether such Junior Subordinated
Debentures shall be convertible or exchangeable for other securities or property
and, if so, the terms of any such conversion or exchange and the terms of such
other securities; (19) the form of Declaration and Guarantee Agreement, if
applicable; (20) the relative degree, if any, to which such Junior Subordinated
Debentures of the series shall be senior to or be subordinated to other series
of such Junior Subordinated Debentures or other indebtedness of the Company in
right of payment, whether such other series of Junior Subordinated Debentures or
other indebtedness are outstanding or not; (21) the right, if any, of the
Company to defease any obligations under the Indenture, and the terms,
conditions and provisions relating thereto; and (22) any other terms of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures not inconsistent with the provisions of the
Indenture.
Junior Subordinated Debentures may be sold at a substantial discount below
their stated principal amount, bearing no interest or interest at a rate which
at the time of issuance is below market rates. Certain United States federal
income tax consequences and special considerations applicable to any such Junior
Subordinated Debentures will be described in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement.
If the purchase price of any of the Junior Subordinated Debentures is
payable in one or more foreign currencies or currency units or if any Junior
Subordinated Debentures are denominated in one or more foreign currencies or
currency units or if the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any
Junior Subordinated Debentures is payable in one or more foreign currencies or
currency units, the restrictions, elections, certain United States federal
income tax consequences, specific terms and other information with respect to
such series of Junior Subordinated Debentures and such foreign currency or
currency units will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
If any index is used to determine the amount of payments of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any series of Junior Subordinated Debentures,
special United States federal income tax, accounting and other considerations
applicable thereto will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
DENOMINATIONS, REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Junior Subordinated Debentures will be issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Junior
Subordinated Debentures of any series will be exchangeable for other Junior
Subordinated Debentures of the same issue and series, of any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, of the same original issue
date and stated maturity and bearing the same interest rate.
Junior Subordinated Debentures may be presented for exchange as provided
above, and may be presented for registration of transfer (with the form of
transfer endorsed thereon, or a satisfactory written instrument of transfer,
duly executed), at the office of the appropriate securities registrar or at the
office of any transfer agent designated by the Company for such purpose with
respect to any series of Junior Subordinated Debentures and referred to in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, without service charge and upon payment of any
taxes and other governmental charges as described in the Indenture. The Company
will appoint the Debenture Trustee as securities registrar under the Indenture.
If the applicable Prospectus Supplement refers to any transfer agents (in
addition to the securities registrar) initially designated by the Company with
respect to any series of Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Company may at any
time rescind the designation of any such transfer agent or approve a change in
the location through which any such transfer agent acts, provided that the
Company maintains a transfer
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agent in each place of payment for such series. The Company may at any time
designate additional transfer agents with respect to any series of Junior
Subordinated Debentures.
In the event of any redemption, neither the Company nor the Debenture
Trustee shall be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange
Junior Subordinated Debentures of any series during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of selection for redemption of Junior
Subordinated Debentures of that series and ending at the close of business on
the day of mailing of the relevant notice of redemption or (ii) transfer or
exchange any Junior Subordinated Debentures so selected for redemption, except,
in the case of any Junior Subordinated Debentures being redeemed in part, any
portion thereof not to be redeemed.
GLOBAL JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
The Junior Subordinated Debentures of a series may be issued in whole or in
part in the form of one or more Global Junior Subordinated Debentures that will
be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depository (the "Depository") identified
in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series. Unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Junior Subordinated Debentures
represented thereby, a Global Junior Subordinated Debenture may not be
transferred except as a whole among the Depository, one or more successor
Depositories or their respective nominees.
The specific terms of the depository arrangement with respect to a series
of Junior Subordinated Debentures will be described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such series. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, the following provisions will apply to depository arrangements.
Upon the issuance of a Global Junior Subordinated Debenture, the Depository
for such Global Junior Subordinated Debenture or its nominee will credit, on its
book-entry registration and transfer system, the respective principal amounts of
the individual Junior Subordinated Debentures represented by such Global Junior
Subordinated Debenture to the accounts of persons that have accounts with such
Depository ("Participants"). Such accounts shall be designated by the
underwriters or agents with respect to such Junior Subordinated Debentures or by
the Company if such Junior Subordinated Debentures are offered and sold directly
by the Company. Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Junior
Subordinated Debenture will be limited to Participants or persons that may hold
interests through Participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global
Junior Subordinated Debenture will be shown on, and the transfer of that
ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by the applicable
Depository or its nominee (with respect to interests of Participants) and the
records of Participants (with respect to interests of persons who hold through
Participants). The laws of some states require that certain purchasers of
securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such
limits and such laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in
a Global Junior Subordinated Debenture.
So long as the Depository for a Global Junior Subordinated Debenture, or
its nominee, is the registered owner of such Global Junior Subordinated
Debenture, such Depository or such nominee, as the case may be, will be
considered the sole owner or holder of the Junior Subordinated Debentures
represented by such Global Junior Subordinated Debenture for all purposes under
the Indenture governing such Junior Subordinated Debentures. Except as provided
below, owners of beneficial interests in a Global Junior Subordinated Debenture
will not be entitled to have any of the individual Junior Subordinated
Debentures of the series represented by such Global Junior Subordinated
Debenture registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive
physical delivery of any such Junior Subordinated Debentures of such series in
definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under
the Indenture.
Payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on individual
Junior Subordinated Debentures represented by a Global Junior Subordinated
Debenture registered in the name of a Depository or its nominee will be made to
the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of
the Global Junior Subordinated Debenture representing such Junior Subordinated
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Debentures. None of the Company, the Debenture Trustee, any Paying Agent, or the
Securities Registrar for such Junior Subordinated Debentures will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of the Global Junior
Subordinated Debenture representing such Junior Subordinated Debentures or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests.
The Company expects that the Depository for a series of Junior Subordinated
Debentures or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium, if
any, or interest in respect of a permanent Global Junior Subordinated Debenture
representing any of such Junior Subordinated Debentures, immediately will credit
Participants' accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their
respective beneficial interest in the principal amount of such Global Junior
Subordinated Debenture for such Junior Subordinated Debentures as shown on the
records of such Depository or its nominee. The Company also expects that
payments by Participants to owners of beneficial interests in such Global Junior
Subordinated Debenture held through such Participants will be governed by
standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with
securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in
"street name." Such payments will be the responsibility of such Participants.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, if a
Depository for a series of Junior Subordinated Debentures is at any time
unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as depository and a successor
depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days or there shall have
occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global
Security, the Company will issue individual Junior Subordinated Debentures of
such series in exchange for the Global Junior Subordinated Debenture
representing such series of Junior Subordinated Debentures. In addition, the
Company may at any time and in its sole discretion, subject to any limitations
described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Junior Subordinated
Debentures, determine not to have any Junior Subordinated Debentures of such
series represented by one or more Global Junior Subordinated Debentures and, in
such event, will issue certificated Junior Subordinated Debentures of such
series in exchange for the Global Junior Subordinated Debenture. Further, if the
Company so specifies with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures of a
series, an owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Junior Subordinated
Debenture representing Junior Subordinated Debentures of such series may, on
terms acceptable to the Company, the Debenture Trustee and the Depository for
such Global Junior Subordinated Debenture, receive certificated Junior
Subordinated Debentures of such series in exchange for such beneficial
interests, subject to any limitations described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such Junior Subordinated Debentures. In any such instance, an owner
of a beneficial interest in a Global Junior Subordinated Debenture will be
entitled to physical delivery of certificated Junior Subordinated Debentures of
the series represented by such Global Junior Subordinated Debenture equal in
principal amount to such beneficial interest and to have such Junior
Subordinated Debentures registered in its name. Individual Junior Subordinated
Debentures of such series so issued will be issued in denominations, unless
otherwise specified by the Company, of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
Any Global Junior Subordinated Debenture that is exchangeable pursuant to
the preceding paragraph shall be exchangeable for certificated Junior
Subordinated Debentures registered in such names as the Depository shall direct.
It is expected that such instructions will be based upon directions received by
the Depository from its Participants with respect to ownership of beneficial
interests in such Global Junior Subordinated Debenture. The Company and the
Trustee may conclusively rely on, and will be protected in relying on,
instructions from the Depository or its nominee for all purposes.
PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENTS
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment
of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on Junior Subordinated
Debentures will be made at the office of the Debenture Trustee in the City of
New York or at the office of such paying agent or paying agents as the Company
may designate from time to time in the applicable Prospectus Supplement or
otherwise, except that at the option of the Company payment of any interest may
be made (i) except in the case of
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Global Junior Subordinated Debentures, by check mailed to the address of the
person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the securities register
or (ii) by transfer to an account maintained by the person entitled thereto as
specified in the securities register, provided that proper transfer instructions
have been received by the Regular Record Date. Unless otherwise indicated in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of any interest on Junior Subordinated
Debentures will be made to the person in whose name such Junior Subordinated
Debenture is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest, except in the case of defaulted interest. The Company may at any
time designate additional paying agents or rescind the designation of any paying
agent; however the Company will at all times be required to maintain a paying
agent in each Place of Payment for each series of Junior Subordinated
Debentures.
Any moneys deposited with the Debenture Trustee or any paying agent, or
then held by the Company in trust, for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Junior Subordinated Debenture and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest
has become due and payable shall, at the request of the Company, be repaid to
the Company and the holder of such Junior Subordinated Debenture shall
thereafter look, as a general unsecured creditor, only to the Company for
payment thereof.
OPTION TO DEFER INTEREST PAYMENTS
If provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company will have
the right at any time and from time to time during the term of any series of
Junior Subordinated Debentures to defer payment of interest for up to such
number of consecutive interest payment periods as may be specified in such
Prospectus Supplement (each, an "Extension Period"), subject to the terms,
conditions and covenants, if any, specified in such Prospectus Supplement,
provided that such Extension Period may not extend beyond the Stated Maturity
Date of such series of Junior Subordinated Debentures. During an Extension
Period, the Company will be restricted from making certain payments described
below under "-- Restrictions on Certain Payments." Certain United States federal
income tax consequences and special considerations applicable to any such Junior
Subordinated Debentures will be described in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement.
REDEMPTION
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, Junior
Subordinated Debentures will not be subject to any sinking fund.
To the extent set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Company may, or may be required to, redeem the Junior Subordinated Debentures of
any series at prices and on terms set forth in such Prospectus Supplement. If
the Junior Subordinated Debentures of any series are so redeemable only on or
after a specified date or event or upon the satisfaction of additional
conditions, the applicable Prospectus Supplement will specify such date or event
or describe such conditions.
If set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, a series of Junior
Subordinated Debentures may be redeemable in the event of certain changes in tax
law affecting the ability of the Company to deduct, for federal income tax
purposes, the interest payable on such Junior Subordinated Debentures. The
applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the terms of any such right and
the status of any then pending changes in tax law relevant to such right.
For so long as an applicable Trust is the holder of Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures, the proceeds of any redemption of such Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures will be used by the Trust to redeem the related
Trust Securities in accordance with their terms.
Except as set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, notice of any
redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the
redemption date to each holder of Junior Subordinated Debentures to be redeemed
at its registered address. Unless the Company defaults in
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payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will
cease to accrue on such Junior Subordinated Debentures or portions thereof
called for redemption.
RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS
Except as otherwise specified in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Company will covenant, as to each series of Junior Subordinated Debentures, that
it will not, and will not permit any subsidiary of the Company to, (i) declare
or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock, (ii)
make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay or
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company (including other series
of Junior Subordinated Debentures) that rank pari passu in all respects with or
junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated Debentures or (iii) make any
guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt
securities of any subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu
with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated Debentures (other than (a)
dividends or distributions in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to
subscribe for or purchase shares of, common stock of the Company, (b) any
declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation or extension of
a stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the
future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c)
payments under the Guarantee with respect to the series of Related Preferred
Securities, (d) as a result of a reclassification of the Company's capital stock
or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of the Company's capital
stock for another class or series of the Company's capital stock, (e) the
purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company's capital stock
pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the
security being converted or exchanged, and (f) acquisitions of common stock of
the Company in connection with the satisfaction by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries of its obligations under any benefit plan for its directors,
officers or employees), if at such time (i) there shall have occurred and be
continuing any event of which the Company has actual knowledge (a) that is, or
with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would constitute an
Event of Default under the Indenture with respect to the Junior Subordinated
Debentures of such series and (b) in respect of which the Company shall not have
taken reasonable steps to cure, (ii) if such Junior Subordinated Debentures are
held by a Trust, the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of
any obligations under the Guarantee relating to the Related Preferred Securities
or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of its election of an Extension
Period as provided in the Indenture with respect to the Junior Subordinated
Debentures of such series and shall not have rescinded such notice, and such
Extension Period, or any extension thereof, shall be continuing.
MODIFICATION OF INDENTURE
From time to time the Company and the Debenture Trustee may, without the
consent of the holders of any series of Junior Subordinated Debentures, amend or
supplement the Indenture for specified purposes, including, among other things,
curing ambiguities, defects or inconsistencies or to make any other provision
with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture (provided that
any such action does not materially adversely affect the interest of the holders
of any series of Junior Subordinated Debentures or the holders of any Related
Preferred Securities so long as they remain outstanding) and qualifying, or
maintaining the qualification of, the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Debenture
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of
each outstanding series of Junior Subordinated Debentures affected, to modify
the Indenture in any manner affecting the rights of the holders of such series
of the Junior Subordinated Debentures; provided, that no such modification may,
without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Junior Subordinated
Debenture so affected, (i) change the Stated Maturity Date of any series of
Junior Subordinated Debentures (except as otherwise specified in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement), or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the
rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, (ii) reduce the
percentage of principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures of any series,
the holders of which are required to consent to any such
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modification of the Indenture or (iii) effect certain other changes specified in
the Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures, so long as any of the Related Preferred
Securities remain outstanding, no such modification may be made that adversely
affects the holders of such Related Preferred Securities in any material respect
without the prior consent of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of such Related Preferred Securities and no amendment may be
made that would impair the right of the holders of such Related Preferred
Securities to institute a Direct Action as discussed under "-- Enforcement of
Certain Rights by Holders of Related Preferred Securities" without the consent
of each holder thereof.
In addition, the Company and the Debenture Trustee may execute, without the
consent of any holder of Junior Subordinated Debentures, any supplemental
Indenture for the purpose of creating any new series of Junior Subordinated
Debentures.
DEBENTURE EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The Indenture provides that any one or more of the following described
events with respect to a series of Junior Subordinated Debentures that has
occurred and is continuing constitutes a "Debenture Event of Default" with
respect to such series of Junior Subordinated Debentures (whatever the reason
for such Debenture Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(i) failure for 30 days to pay any interest on such series of Junior
Subordinated Debentures when due (subject to the deferral of any due date
in the case of an Extension Period);
(ii) failure to pay any principal or premium, if any, on such series
of Junior Subordinated Debentures when due whether at maturity, upon
redemption, by acceleration of maturity or otherwise; provided that a valid
exchange upon its maturity of a Junior Subordinated Debenture in accordance
with its terms for another security shall not constitute such a default;
(iii) if applicable to such series of Junior Subordinated Debentures,
failure by the Company to issue any property or other securities into which
or for which the Junior Subordinated Debentures are convertible or
exchangeable upon an election by the holder or holders of such Junior
Subordinated Debentures to convert or exchange such Junior Subordinated
Debentures, as the case may be;
(iv) failure to observe or perform in any material respect certain
other covenants contained in the Indenture for 90 days after written notice
to the Company from the Debenture Trustee or to the Company and the
Debenture Trustee from the holders of at least 25% in aggregate outstanding
principal amount of such affected series of outstanding Junior Subordinated
Debentures; or
(v) certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the
Company.
The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Junior Subordinated Debentures of each series affected have the right to direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Debenture Trustee. The Debenture Trustee or the holders of not less than
25% in aggregate outstanding principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures
of each series affected may declare the principal due and payable immediately
upon a Debenture Event of Default (other than a Debenture Event of Default
described in clause (v) above, which shall result in the immediate acceleration
of the maturity of all such Junior Subordinated Debentures). The holders of a
majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of Junior Subordinated
Debentures of each series affected may annul such declaration and waive the
default if the default (other than the nonpayment of the principal of such
Junior Subordinated Debentures which has become due solely by such acceleration)
has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest
and principal due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the
Debenture Trustee.
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The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of each
series of the Junior Subordinated Debentures affected thereby may, on behalf of
the holders of all the Junior Subordinated Debentures of such series, waive any
past default, except a default in the payment of principal or interest (unless
such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments
of interest and principal due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited
with the Debenture Trustee) or a default in respect of a covenant or provision
which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of
the holder of each outstanding Junior Subordinated Debenture of such series. The
Company is required to file annually with the Debenture Trustee a certificate as
to whether or not the Company is in compliance with all the conditions and
covenants applicable to it under the Indenture.
In case a Debenture Event of Default shall occur and be continuing with
respect to a series of Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures, the
Property Trustee will have the right to declare the principal of and the
interest on such Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures, and any other
amounts payable thereon or with respect thereto under the Indenture, to be
forthwith due and payable and to enforce its other rights as a creditor with
respect to such Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures. See "Description
of Preferred Securities -- Enforcement of Certain Rights by Holders of Preferred
Securities" and "-- Voting Rights; Amendment of Each Declaration."
ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS BY HOLDERS OF RELATED PREFERRED SECURITIES
If a Debenture Event of Default with respect to a series of Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures has occurred and is continuing and such event is
attributable to the failure of the Company to pay interest, or premium, if any,
on or principal of such Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures on the due
date, a holder of Related Preferred Securities may institute a legal proceeding
directly against the Company for enforcement of payment to such holder of the
principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on such Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Related Preferred Securities of such holder (a "Direct
Action"). The Company may not amend the Indenture to remove the foregoing right
to bring a Direct Action without the prior written consent of the holders of all
of the Related Preferred Securities outstanding. Notwithstanding any payments
made to a holder of Related Preferred Securities by the Company in connection
with a Direct Action, the Company shall remain obligated to pay the principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on the Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures, and the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holder of
such Related Preferred Securities with respect to payments on the Related
Preferred Securities to the extent of any payments made by the Company to such
holder in any Direct Action.
The holders of the Related Preferred Securities will not be able to
exercise directly any remedies other than those set forth in the preceding
paragraph available to the holders of the Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures unless there shall have been an Event of Default under the
Declaration. See "Description of Preferred Securities -- Events of Default;
Notice."
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OF ASSETS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS
The Indenture provides that the Company shall not consolidate with or merge
into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, and no Person shall consolidate with
or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless (i) in
case the Company consolidates with or merges into another Person or conveys or
transfers its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person,
the successor Person is organized under the laws of the United States or any
state or the District of Columbia, and such successor Person expressly assumes
the Company's obligations on the Junior Subordinated Debentures issued under the
Indenture; (ii) immediately after giving effect thereto, no Debenture Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become
a Debenture Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iii)
certain other conditions as prescribed by the Indenture are met.
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The general provisions of the Indenture do not afford holders of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures protection in the event of a highly leveraged or other
transaction involving the Company that may adversely affect holders of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
The Indenture provides that when, among other things, all Junior
Subordinated Debentures of a particular series not previously delivered to the
Debenture Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable or (ii) will
become due and payable at their Stated Maturity Date within one year of the date
of deposit or (iii) 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
deposits or causes to be deposited irrevocably with the Debenture Trustee funds,
in trust, for the purpose and in an amount in the currency or currencies in
which such Junior Subordinated Debentures are payable sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Junior Subordinated Debentures not
previously delivered to the Debenture Trustee for cancellation, for the
principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of the deposit or to
the Stated Maturity Date or redemption date, as the case may be, then the
Indenture will cease to be of further effect with respect to such series of
Junior Subordinated Debentures (except as to the Company's obligations to pay
all other sums due pursuant to the Indenture and to provide the officers'
certificates and opinions of counsel described therein and obligations with
respect to transfer, exchange, conversion and certain other matters), and the
Company will be deemed to have satisfied and discharged the Indenture with
respect to such series of Junior Subordinated Debentures.
CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE
If and to the extent indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Junior Subordinated Debentures of any series may be convertible or exchangeable
into Junior Subordinated Debentures of another series, Preferred Securities of
another series or other debt or equity securities or property. The specific
terms on which Junior Subordinated Debentures of any series may be so converted
or exchanged will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Such
terms may include provisions for conversion or exchange, either mandatory, at
the option of the holder, or at the option of the Company, in which case the
number of shares of Preferred Securities or other securities to be received by
the holders of Junior Subordinated Debentures would be calculated as of a time
and in the manner stated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
SUBORDINATION
In the Indenture, the Company has covenanted and agreed that any Junior
Subordinated Debentures issued thereunder will be subordinate and junior in
right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness to the extent provided in the
Indenture.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company to creditors upon
any liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, marshaling of assets or liabilities or any bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar proceedings of the Company, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness will be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due on
or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness (including any
interest accruing thereon after commencement of such proceedings), before the
holders of Junior Subordinated Debentures will be entitled to receive any
payment (other than payment in shares of stock or other subordinated securities
issued in a reorganization proceeding or payments from funds previously
deposited in trust to defease the Junior Subordinated Debentures under the
Indenture) on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Junior Subordinated Debentures or on account of any purchase, redemption or
other acquisition of the Junior Subordinated Debentures by the Company.
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The holders of the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be subrogated to the
rights of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness to the extent of payments made
to the holders of Senior Indebtedness out of the distributive share of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures.
The Company may not make any payments in respect of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures or on account of the purchase, redemption or other acquisition of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures (other than payment in shares of stock or other
subordinated securities issued in a reorganization proceeding or payments from
funds previously deposited in trust to defease the Junior Subordinated
Debentures under the Indenture) if there has occurred and is continuing a
default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on
any Senior Indebtedness (a "Senior Payment Default"). In addition, if any event
of default (other than a Senior Payment Default), or any event which after
notice or lapse of time (or both) would become an event of default, with respect
to Senior Indebtedness, permitting the holders thereof (or a trustee or agent on
behalf of the holders thereof) to accelerate the maturity thereof has occurred
and is continuing (a "Senior Nonmonetary Default"), and the Company or the
Debenture Trustee has received written notice thereof from a holder of such
Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of a holder of such Senior
Indebtedness, then the Company may not make any payments in respect of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures or on account of the purchase, redemption or
other acquisition of the Junior Subordinated Debentures (other than payment in
shares of stock or other subordinated securities issued in a reorganization
proceeding or payments from funds previously deposited in trust to defease the
Junior Subordinated Debentures under the Junior Subordinated Indenture), for a
period (a "blockage period") commencing on the date the Company or the Debenture
Trustee receive such written notice and ending on the earlier of (i) 179 days
after such date and (ii) the date, if any, on which the Senior Indebtedness to
which such default relates is discharged or such default is waived in writing or
otherwise cured or ceases to exist and any acceleration of Senior Indebtedness
to which such Senior Nonmonetary Default relates is rescinded or annulled.
In any event, not more than one blockage period may be commenced during any
period of 360 consecutive days, and there must be a period of at least 181
consecutive days in each period of 360 consecutive days when no blockage period
is in effect. Following the commencement of a blockage period, the holders of
Senior Indebtedness will be precluded from commencing a subsequent blockage
period until the conditions set forth in the preceding sentence are satisfied.
No Senior Nonmonetary Default that existed or was continuing on the date of
commencement of any blockage period with respect to the Senior Indebtedness
initiating such blockage period will be, or can be, made the basis for the
commencement of a subsequent blockage period, unless such default has been cured
for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
The term "Senior Indebtedness" shall mean the principal of, and any premium
and interest on, and any other payment due pursuant to, any of the following,
whether outstanding at the date of execution of the Indenture or thereafter
incurred, created or assumed:
(a) all obligations of the Company for money borrowed;
(b) all obligations of the Company evidenced by notes, debentures,
bonds or other securities, including, without limitation, the Company's
13 1/2% Restricted Subordinated Notes Due 2002 and obligations incurred,
created or assumed in connection with the acquisition of property, assets
or businesses;
(c) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Company (as defined in
the Indenture);
(d) all reimbursement obligations of the Company with respect to
letters of credit, bankers acceptances or similar facilities issued for the
account of the Company;
(e) all obligations of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred
purchase price of property or services (but excluding trade accounts
payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business);
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(f) all payment obligations of the Company under any interest rate,
currency or commodity swap agreement, option agreement, hedge agreement,
forward contract, or similar agreement designed to protect the Company or
another person against fluctuations in interest rates, exchange rates or
commodity prices;
(g) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (a) through (f)
above of another person and all dividends of another person, the payment of
which, in either case, the Company has assumed or guaranteed, or for which
the Company is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, jointly or
severally, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and
(h) all amendments, modifications, renewals, extensions, refinancings,
replacements and refundings by the Company of any such indebtedness
referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above (and of any such amended,
modified, renewed, extended, refinanced, replaced or refunded indebtedness
or obligations);
other than (i) the Junior Subordinated Debentures and the 8.45% Series A Junior
Subordinated Debentures of the Company; the 6% Series A Convertible Junior
Subordinated Debentures due 2025 of the Company; the 8 1/8% Series B Junior
Subordinated Debentures of the Company; the 7.57% Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures, Series A of the Company; and the 8 1/8% Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures, Series B of the Company, each of which shall
rank pari passu with the Junior Subordinated Debentures; (ii) any Guarantee
executed with respect to a Trust; the Guarantee Agreement of the Company dated
as of May 24, 1995 in respect of certain securities issued by American General
Capital, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company; the Guarantee Agreement
of the Company dated as of May 24, 1995 in respect of certain securities issued
by American General Delaware, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company; the
Guarantee Agreement dated as of December 4, 1996 with respect to certain
securities issued by American General Institutional Capital A, a Delaware
business trust, and the Guarantee Agreement dated as of March 14, 1997 with
respect to certain securities issued by American General Institutional Capital
B, a Delaware business trust, and (iii) any indebtedness, renewal, extension,
refinancing, replacement, refunding, assumption, guarantee or other obligation
which expressly provides, or in the instrument creating or evidencing the same
or the assumption or guarantee of the same it is expressly provided, that such
indebtedness, renewal, extension, refinancing, replacement, refunding,
assumption, guarantee or other obligation is junior in right of payment to or is
pari passu with the Junior Subordinated Debentures. Such Senior Indebtedness
shall continue to be Senior Indebtedness and entitled to the benefits of the
subordination provisions irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver
of any term of such Senior Indebtedness.
By reason of such subordination, in the event of an insolvency, creditors
of the Company who are holders of Senior Indebtedness, as well as certain
general creditors of the Company, may recover more, ratably, than the holders of
the Junior Subordinated Debentures. Additionally, the Company currently conducts
substantially all of its operations through subsidiaries, and the holders of
Junior Subordinated Debentures will be structurally subordinated to the
creditors of the Company's subsidiaries.
The Indenture does not limit the aggregate amount of Senior Indebtedness
which may be issued. As of September 30, 1997, Senior Indebtedness of the
Company aggregated approximately $2.5 billion.
TRUST EXPENSES
Pursuant to the Indenture, the Company will irrevocably and unconditionally
agree with each Trust that holds Junior Subordinated Debentures that the Company
will pay the full amount of any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust,
other than obligations of the Trust to pay to the holders of any Preferred
Securities or other similar interests in the Trust the amounts due such holders
pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Securities or such other similar
interests, as the case may be. Such payment obligation will include any such
costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trust that are required by applicable law
to be satisfied in connection with a dissolution of such Trust.
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GOVERNING LAW
The Indenture and the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without
regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE DEBENTURE TRUSTEE
The Debenture Trustee shall have and be subject to all the duties and
responsibilities specified with respect to an indenture trustee under the Trust
Indenture Act. Subject to such provisions, the Debenture Trustee is under no
obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the Indenture at the
request of any holder of Junior Subordinated Debentures, unless offered
reasonable indemnity by such holder against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which might be incurred thereby. The Debenture Trustee is not required to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the
performance of its duties if the Debenture Trustee reasonably believes that
repayment or adequate indemnity is not reasonably assured to it.
The Company and certain of its affiliates maintain banking, borrowing and
other relations with Bankers Trust Company and certain of its affiliates.
Bankers Trust Company serves as trustee under other indentures maintained by the
Company and it may own Junior Subordinated Debentures. The Debenture Trustee
also serves as Property Trustee under each Declaration and as Guarantee Trustee
under each Guarantee.
CORRESPONDING JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
The Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures may be issued in one or
more series of Junior Subordinated Debentures under the Indenture with terms
corresponding to the terms of a series of Related Preferred Securities. In that
event, concurrently with the issuance by a Trust of its Preferred Securities,
such Trust will invest the proceeds thereof and the consideration paid by the
Company for the Common Securities of such Trust in such series of Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures issued by the Company to such Trust. Each series
of Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures will be in the principal amount
equal to the aggregate stated Liquidation Amount of the Related Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities of such Trust and will rank pari passu with
all other series of Junior Subordinated Debentures.
The Company will covenant, as to each series of Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures, (i) to directly or indirectly maintain 100 percent
ownership of the Common Securities of the related Trust; provided, however, that
any permitted successor of the Company under the Indenture may succeed to the
Company's ownership of the Common Securities, (ii) to use its reasonable efforts
to cause the relevant Trust (a) to remain a business trust, except as permitted
by the Declaration of such Trust, and (b) to continue to be classified as a
grantor trust and not as an association taxable as a corporation or a
partnership for United States federal income tax purposes and (iii) to use its
reasonable efforts to cause each holder of related Trust Securities to be
treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED SECURITIES
Pursuant to the terms of the Declaration for each Trust, the Issuer
Trustees on behalf of such Trust will issue the Preferred Securities and the
Common Securities. The Preferred Securities of a particular issue will represent
beneficial ownership interests in the applicable Trust and the holders thereof
will be entitled to a preference in certain circumstances with respect to
Distributions and amounts payable on redemption or liquidation over the Common
Securities of such Trust, as well as other benefits as described in the
corresponding Declaration. This summary of certain provisions of the Preferred
Securities and each Declaration, which summarizes the material terms thereof,
does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to, all the provisions of each
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Declaration, including the definitions therein of certain terms, and the Trust
Indenture Act, to each of which reference is hereby made. Wherever particular
defined terms of a Declaration (as amended or supplemented from time to time)
are referred to herein or in a Prospectus Supplement, such defined terms are
incorporated herein or therein by reference. The form of the Declaration has
been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus
forms a part. Each of the Trusts is a legally separate entity and the assets of
one are not available to satisfy the obligations of any of the others.
GENERAL
The Preferred Securities of a Trust will rank pari passu, and payments will
be made thereon pro rata, with the Common Securities of that Trust except as
described under "-- Subordination of Common Securities." Legal title to the
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures will be held by the Property
Trustee in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Related Preferred
Securities and Common Securities. Each Guarantee Agreement executed by the
Company for the benefit of the holders of a Trust's Trust Securities (the
"Guarantee") will be a guarantee on a subordinated basis with respect to the
related Trust Securities but will not guarantee payment of Distributions or
amounts payable on redemption or liquidation of such Trust Securities when the
related Trust does not have funds on hand available to make such payments. See
"Description of Guarantees."
DISTRIBUTIONS
Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Prospectus Supplement,
Distributions on each series of Preferred Securities will be cumulative, will
accumulate from the date of original issuance and will be payable on such dates
as specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Except as set forth in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, in the event that any date on which
Distributions are payable on a series of Preferred Securities is not a Business
Day (as defined below), payment of the Distribution payable on such date will be
made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest
or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day
is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect
as if made on the date such payment was originally payable (each date on which
Distributions are payable in accordance with the foregoing, a "Distribution
Date"). A "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday,
or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or
required by law or executive order to close.
Each Trust's Preferred Securities will represent beneficial ownership
interests in the applicable Trust, and the Distributions on each Preferred
Security will be payable at a rate specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement for such Preferred Securities. The amount of Distributions payable
for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months and, for any period of less than a full calendar month, the number of
days elapsed in such month, unless otherwise specified in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement. Distributions to which holders of Preferred Securities
are entitled will accumulate additional Distributions at the rate per annum if
and as specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. The term
"Distributions" as used herein includes any such additional Distributions unless
otherwise stated.
If provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company may have
the right under the Indenture pursuant to which it will issue the Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures to elect to defer the payment of interest at any
time or from time to time on any series of the Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures for up to such number of consecutive interest payment periods as may
be specified in such Prospectus Supplement relating to such series (each, an
"Extension Period"), provided that no Extension Period may extend beyond the
Stated Maturity Date of the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures. As a
consequence of any such deferral, Distributions on the Related Preferred
Securities would be deferred (but would continue to accumulate additional
Distributions thereon at the rate per annum set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement for such Preferred Securities) by the applicable Trust during any
such Extension Period.
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Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, during
any such Extension Period, the Company will not, and will not permit any
subsidiary to (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem,
purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the
Company's capital stock, (ii) make any payment of principal, interest or
premium, if any, on or repay or repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the
Company (including other series of Junior Subordinated Debentures) that rank
pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect
to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the
Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to the
Junior Subordinated Debentures (other than (a) dividends or distributions in
shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares
of, common stock of the Company, (b) any declaration of a dividend in connection
with the implementation or extension of a stockholders' rights plan, or the
issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or
repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under the Guarantee
with respect to the series of Related Preferred Securities, (d) as a result of a
reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the exchange or conversion of
one class or series of the Company's capital stock for another class or series
of the Company's capital stock, (e) the purchase of fractional interests in
shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange
provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged,
and (f) acquisitions of common stock of the Company in connection with the
satisfaction by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of its obligations under
any benefit plan for its directors, officers or employees). See "Description of
Junior Subordinated Debentures -- Restrictions on Certain Payments."
The revenue of each Trust available for distribution to holders of its
Preferred Securities will be limited to payments made on the Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures in which the Trust will invest the proceeds from
the issuance and sale of its Trust Securities. See "Description of Junior
Subordinated Debentures -- Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures." If the
Company does not make interest payments on such Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures, the Property Trustee will not have funds available to
pay Distributions on the Related Preferred Securities. The payment of
Distributions (if and only to the extent the Trust has funds sufficient and
legally available for the payment of such Distributions) will be guaranteed by
the Company on the basis set forth herein under "Description of Guarantees."
Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be payable to the holders
thereof as they appear on the register of such Trust on the relevant record
dates as specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
REDEMPTION OR EXCHANGE
Mandatory Redemption. Upon the repayment or redemption, in whole or in
part, of any Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures, whether at maturity
or upon earlier redemption as provided in the terms of such Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures, the proceeds from such repayment or redemption shall be
applied by the Property Trustee to redeem a Like Amount (as defined below) of
the related Trust Securities, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice
(unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement), at a
redemption price (the "Redemption Price") equal to the aggregate Liquidation
Amount (as specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement) of such Trust
Securities plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of
redemption (the "Redemption Date") and the related amount of the premium, if
any, paid by the Company upon the concurrent redemption of such Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures. If less than all of any series of Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures are to be repaid or redeemed on a Redemption
Date, then the proceeds from such repayment or redemption shall be allocated to
the redemption pro rata of the Related Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities of the applicable Trust. The amount of premium, if any, paid by the
Company upon the redemption of all or any part of any series of any
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures to be repaid or redeemed
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on a Redemption Date shall be allocated to the redemption pro rata of the
Related Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of the applicable Trust.
The Company will have the right to redeem any series of Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures on or after such dates or upon the occurrence of
such events as may be specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. If set
forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, a series of Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures may be redeemable in the event of certain changes in tax
law affecting the ability of the Company to deduct, for federal income tax
purposes, the interest payable on such Junior Subordinated Debentures. The
applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the terms of any such right and
the status of any then pending changes in tax law relevant to such right.
Distribution of Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures. Unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement and upon
satisfaction of any conditions set forth in such Prospectus Supplement, the
Company will have the right at any time to dissolve any Trust and, after
satisfaction of the liabilities of creditors of such Trust as provided by
applicable law, cause a Like Amount of Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures in respect of the Related Preferred Securities and Common Securities
issued by such Trust to be distributed to the holders of such Related Preferred
Securities and Common Securities in exchange therefor upon liquidation of the
Trust.
"Like Amount" means (i) with respect to a redemption of the Trust
Securities, Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal
amount of Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures to be paid in accordance
with their terms and (ii) with respect to a distribution of Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures upon the liquidation of the related Trust, Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures having a principal amount equal to the
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of the holder to whom such
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures are distributed.
After the liquidation date is fixed for any distribution of Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures to holders of the related Trust Securities, (i)
the related Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be outstanding, (ii)
each holder of such Trust Securities will receive a registered certificate or
certificates representing the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures to be
delivered upon such distribution and (iii) such Trust Securities will be deemed
to represent Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures having a principal
amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Securities, and bearing
accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid
Distributions on such Trust Securities, until such Trust Securities are
presented to the Administrative Trustees or their agent for cancellation,
whereupon the Company will issue to such holder, and the Debenture Trustee will
authenticate, a certificate representing such Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures.
There can be no assurance as to the market price for the Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures that may be distributed in exchange for Preferred
Securities if a dissolution and liquidation of a Trust were to occur.
Accordingly, the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures that the investor
may subsequently receive on dissolution and liquidation of a Trust may trade at
a discount to the price of the Related Preferred Securities exchanged.
Conversion or Exchange. If and to the extent set forth in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement, the Trust Securities issued by a Trust may be convertible
or exchangeable for other debt or equity securities as described in such
Prospectus Supplement. The terms of any such conversion or exchange will be set
forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES
Payment of Distributions on, and the Redemption Price of, each Trust's
Preferred Securities and Common Securities, as applicable, shall be made pro
rata based on the Liquidation Amount of such Preferred Securities and Common
Securities; provided, however, that if an Event of Default under the Declaration
of Trust occurs and is continuing, no payments in respect of Distributions on,
or payments upon liquidation, redemption or otherwise with respect to, the
Common Securities of such Trust shall be
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made until the holders of the Preferred Securities of such Trust shall be paid
in full the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution and other
payments to which they are entitled at such time.
In the case of any Event of Default under the applicable Declaration, the
Company as holder of such Trust's Common Securities will be deemed to have
waived any right to act with respect to any such event of default under the
applicable Declaration until the effect of all such events of default with
respect to such Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated. Until all events of default under the applicable Declaration with
respect to the Preferred Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the holders of
such Preferred Securities and not on behalf of the Company as holder of the
Trust's Common Securities, and only the holders of such Preferred Securities
will have the right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
LIQUIDATION DISTRIBUTION UPON DISSOLUTION
Pursuant to each Declaration, unless otherwise specified in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement, each Trust shall automatically dissolve upon expiration
of its term and shall dissolve on the first to occur of: (i) certain events of
bankruptcy, dissolution or liquidation of the Company; (ii) the distribution of
a Like Amount of the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures to the holders
of its Trust Securities if and as provided in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement; (iii) redemption of all of its Trust Securities if and as provided
in the applicable Prospectus Supplement; (iv) conversion or exchange of all of
its Trust Securities into other securities if and as provided in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement; and (v) upon the dissolution of such Trust after
obtaining the consent of a majority in Liquidation Amount of its Trust
Securities; and (vi) the entry of an order for the dissolution of such Trust by
a court of competent jurisdiction.
If an early dissolution occurs as described in clause (i), (ii), (v) or
(vi) above, such Trust shall be liquidated by the Administrative Trustees as
expeditiously as the Administrative Trustees determine to be possible by
distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of such Trust as
provided by applicable law, to the holders of such Trust Securities in exchange
therefor a Like Amount of the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures,
unless such distribution is determined by the Property Trustee not to be
practicable, in which event such holders will be entitled to receive out of the
assets of the Trust available for distribution to holders, after satisfaction of
liabilities to creditors of such Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount
equal to, in the case of holders of Preferred Securities, the aggregate of the
Liquidation Amount plus accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of
payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"). If such Liquidation
Distribution can be paid only in part because such Trust has insufficient assets
available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the
amounts payable directly by such Trust on its Trust Securities shall be paid on
a pro rata basis, except that if a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, the Preferred Securities of such Trust shall have a priority over
the Common Securities of such Trust.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; NOTICE
The occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default with respect to a series of
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures (see "Description of Junior
Subordinated Debentures -- Debenture Events of Default") constitutes an "Event
of Default" under the Declaration pursuant to which the Related Preferred
Securities are issued.
Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of Default
actually known to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit
notice of such Event of Default to the holders of such Trust's Preferred
Securities, the Administrative Trustees and the Company, as Sponsor, unless such
Event of Default shall have been cured or waived. The Company, as Sponsor, and
the Administrative Trustees of each Trust are required to file annually with the
Property Trustee a certificate as to
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whether or not they are in compliance with all the conditions and covenants
applicable to them under each Declaration.
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred
Securities shall have a preference over the Common Securities as described
above. See " -- Subordination of Common Securities" and " -- Liquidation
Distribution Upon Termination." A waiver of a Debenture Event of Default will
constitute a waiver of the corresponding Declaration Event of Default. The
existence of an Event of Default does not entitle the holders of Preferred
Securities to accelerate the maturity thereof.
ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS BY HOLDERS OF PREFERRED SECURITIES
If a Debenture Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the holders
of the Preferred Securities of the applicable Trust would rely on the
enforcement by the Property Trustee of its rights as a holder of the
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures against the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default under a Declaration has
occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the
Company to pay the principal of or premium or interest, if any, on such
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures on the date such principal, premium
or interest, as the case may be, is otherwise payable (or in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date), then a holder of the Related Preferred
Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to
such holder of the principal, premium or interest, as the case may be, on such
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures having a principal amount equal to
the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Related Preferred Securities of such
holder (a "Direct Action") on or after the respective due date specified in the
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures. In connection with such Direct
Action, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of such holder of the
Related Preferred Securities under the Declaration to the extent of any payment
made by the Company to such holder of Preferred Securities in such Direct
Action.
REMOVAL OF ISSUER TRUSTEES
Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing with
respect to a Trust, any Issuer Trustee of such Trust may be removed at any time
by the holder of the Common Securities of such Trust. If an Event of Default
with respect to a Trust has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee may be removed by the holders of a majority in Liquidation
Amount of the outstanding Preferred Securities of such Trust. In no event will
the holders of the Preferred Securities have the right to vote to appoint,
remove or replace the Administrative Trustees of any Trust, which voting rights
are vested exclusively in the Company as the holder of the Common Securities. No
resignation or removal of an Issuer Trustee and no appointment of a successor
trustee shall be effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
trustee in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Declaration.
CO-TRUSTEES AND SEPARATE PROPERTY TRUSTEE
Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any
time or from time to time, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of
the Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the trust
property may at the time be located, the Company, as the holder of the Common
Securities of any Trust, shall have power to appoint one or more persons either
to act as a co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of
such trust property, or to act as separate trustee of any such property, in
either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of
appointment, and to vest in such person or persons in such capacity any
property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the
provisions of the applicable Declaration. In case a Debenture Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee alone shall have power to
make such appointment.
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MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF ISSUER TRUSTEES
Any Person into which the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or any
Administrative Trustee that is not a natural person may be merged or converted
or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which such Issuer Trustee shall be a party, or
any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of such Issuer Trustee, shall be the successor of such Issuer Trustee under each
Declaration, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible.
MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AMALGAMATIONS OR REPLACEMENTS OF THE TRUSTS
A Trust may not merge or convert with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or
be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to, any corporation or other Person, except as
described below or under "-- Liquidation Distribution upon Dissolution" or as
otherwise provided in an applicable Prospectus Supplement. A Trust may, at the
request of the Company, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees but
without the consent of the holders of the Preferred Securities, the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, merge or convert with or into, consolidate,
amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to, a trust organized as
such under the laws of any State; provided, that (i) such successor entity
either (a) expressly assumes all of the obligations of such Trust with respect
to the Preferred Securities or (b) substitutes for the Preferred Securities
other securities having substantially the same terms as the Preferred Securities
(the "Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities rank the same
as the Preferred Securities in priority with respect to distributions and
payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise, (ii) the Company expressly
appoints a trustee of such successor entity possessing the same powers and
duties as the Property Trustee as the holder of the Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures, (iii) the Successor Securities are listed or quoted, or
any Successor Securities will be listed upon notification of issuance, on any
national securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred
Securities are then listed or quoted, if any, (iv) such merger, conversion,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not
cause the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be
downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, (v)
such merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and
privileges of the holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor
Securities) in any material respect (other than any dilution of such holders'
interests in the new entity), (vi) such successor entity has a purpose
substantially identical to that of the Trust, (vii) prior to such merger,
conversion, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or
lease, the Company has received an opinion from independent counsel to the Trust
experienced in such matters to the effect that (a) such merger, conversion,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not
adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the
Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material
respect (other than any dilution of such holders' interests in the new entity),
(b) following such merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor such successor entity will
be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"),and (c) following such
merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease, the Trust (or successor entity) will continue to be
classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income taxes, and (viii)
the Company or any permitted successor or assignee owns all of the common
securities of such successor entity and guarantees the obligations of such
successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided
by the Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Trust shall not, except with
the consent of holders of 100% in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge or convert with or into, or be
replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially
as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other entity or permit any
other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge or convert with or into, or
replace it if such consolidation, amalgama-
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tion, merger, conversion, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause
the Trust or the successor entity not to be classified as a grantor trust for
United States federal income tax purposes.
VOTING RIGHTS; AMENDMENT OF EACH DECLARATION
Except as provided below and under "Description of Guarantees -- Amendments
and Assignment" and as otherwise required by law and the applicable Declaration,
the holders of the Preferred Securities will have no voting rights.
Except as set forth in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, each
Declaration may be amended from time to time by the Administrative Trustees (and
in certain circumstances, the Company, the Delaware Trustee or the Property
Trustee), without the consent of the holders of the relevant Trust Securities
(i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provisions in such
Declaration that may be inconsistent with any other provision, or to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under such
Declaration, which shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of such
Declaration, (ii) add to the covenants, restrictions, or obligations of the
Company as Sponsor, or (iii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of
such Declaration to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust
will be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor
trust at all times that any Trust Securities are outstanding or to ensure that
the Trust will not be required to register as an "investment company" under the
Investment Company Act. Each Declaration may be amended by the Issuer Trustees
and the Company with (i) the consent of holders representing not less than a
majority (based upon Liquidation Amounts) of the outstanding Trust Securities of
such Trust, and (ii) upon receipt by the Issuer Trustees of an opinion of
counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted
to the Issuer Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect the
Trust's status as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes
or the Trust's exemption from status as an "investment company" under the
Investment Company Act, provided that, without the consent of each holder of
Trust Securities, such Declaration may not be amended to (i) change the amount
or timing of any Distribution or other payment on the Trust Securities or
otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution or other payment
required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a specified date or
(ii) restrict the right of a holder of Trust Securities to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.
Except as set forth in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, so long as any
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures are held by the Property Trustee of
a Trust, the Issuer Trustees of such Trust shall not (i) direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee
with respect to such Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures, (ii) waive
any past default that is waivable under [certain provisions of] the Indenture,
(iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration of acceleration of
the maturity of principal of such Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures
or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture
or such Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures, where such consent shall
be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the holders
of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of all outstanding Related
Preferred Securities; provided, however, that where a consent or other action
under the Indenture with respect to the Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures would require the consent or act of holders of Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures, no consent or act shall be given or taken by the
Holders of outstanding Related Preferred Securities representing at least such
specified percentage of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Related
Preferred Securities then outstanding. The Issuer Trustees shall not revoke any
action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the holders of the Related
Preferred Securities except by subsequent vote of the holders of such Preferred
Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify each holder of Related Preferred
Securities of any notice of default with respect to the Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the
holders of the Related Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of the
foregoing actions, the Issuer Trustees of such Trust shall
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obtain an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the
Trust will not be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for
United States federal income tax purposes on account of such action.
Any required approval of holders of Preferred Securities of a Trust may be
given at a meeting of holders of such Preferred Securities convened for such
purpose or pursuant to written consent. The Property Trustee of such Trust will
cause a notice of any meeting at which holders of Preferred Securities of such
Trust are entitled to vote, or of any matter upon which action by written
consent of such holders is to be taken, to be given to each holder of record of
such Preferred Securities in the manner set forth in each Declaration.
No vote or consent of the holders of Preferred Securities of a Trust will
be required for a Trust to redeem and cancel its Preferred Securities in
accordance with the applicable Declaration.
Notwithstanding that holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to vote
or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the Preferred
Securities that are owned by the Company or any affiliate of the Company shall,
for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if they were not
outstanding.
GLOBAL PREFERRED SECURITIES
The Preferred Securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Preferred Securities that will be deposited with,
or on behalf of, the Depository identified in the Prospectus Supplement relating
to such series. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement for such series, the Depository will be DTC. Global Preferred
Securities may be issued only in fully registered form and in either temporary
or permanent form. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the
individual Preferred Securities represented thereby, a Global Preferred Security
may not be transferred except as a whole among the Depository, one or more
successor depositories or their respective nominees.
The specific terms of the depository arrangement with respect to a series
of Preferred Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating
to such series. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, the Company anticipates that the following provisions will generally
apply to depository arrangements.
Upon the issuance of a Global Preferred Security, and the deposit of such
Global Preferred Security with or on behalf of the Depository, the Depository
for such Global Preferred Security or its nominee will credit, on its book-entry
registration and transfer system, the respective aggregate Liquidation Amounts
of the individual Preferred Securities represented by such Global Preferred
Securities to the accounts of Participants. Such accounts shall be designated by
the dealers, underwriters or agents with respect to such Preferred Securities or
by the Company if such Preferred Securities are offered and sold directly by the
Company. Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Preferred Security will
be limited to Participants or persons that may hold interests through
Participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global Preferred
Security will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be effected
only through, records maintained by the applicable Depository or its nominee
(with respect to interests of Participants) and the records of Participants
(with respect to interests of persons who hold through Participants). The laws
of some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical
delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such limits and such laws may
impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Preferred
Security.
So long as the Depository for a Global Preferred Security, or its nominee,
is the registered owner of such Global Preferred Security, such Depository or
such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of
the Preferred Securities represented by such Global Preferred Security for all
purposes under the Declaration governing such Preferred Securities. Except as
provided below, owners of beneficial interests in a Global Preferred Security
will not be entitled to have any of the individual Preferred Securities of the
series represented by such Global Preferred Security registered in
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their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of any
such Preferred Securities of such series in definitive form and will not be
considered the owners or holders thereof under the applicable Declaration.
Payments of the Liquidation Amount, Redemption Price and Distributions or
other payments on individual Preferred Securities represented by a Global
Preferred Security registered in the name of a Depository or its nominee will be
made to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered
owner of the Global Preferred Security representing such Preferred Securities.
None of the Company, the Property Trustee, any Paying Agent, or the Securities
Registrar for such Preferred Securities will have any responsibility or
liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account
of beneficial ownership interests of the Global Preferred Security representing
such Preferred Securities or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
The Company expects that the Depository for a series of Preferred
Securities or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of Liquidation Amount,
Redemption Price, premium or Distributions in respect of a permanent Global
Preferred Security representing any of such Preferred Securities, immediately
will credit Participants' accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to
their respective beneficial interest in the aggregate Liquidation Amount of such
Global Preferred Security for such Preferred Securities as shown on the records
of such Depository or its nominee. The Company also expects that payments by
Participants to owners of beneficial interests in such Global Preferred Security
held through such Participants will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of
customers in bearer form or registered in "street name." Such payments will be
the responsibility of such Participants.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, if a
Depository for a series of Preferred Securities is at any time unwilling, unable
or ineligible to continue as depository and a successor depository is not
appointed by the Trust within 90 days, the Trust will issue individual Preferred
Securities of such series in exchange for the Global Preferred Security
representing such series of Preferred Securities. In addition, the Trust may at
any time and in its sole discretion, subject to any limitations described in the
Prospectus Supplement relating to such Preferred Securities, determine not to
have any Preferred Securities of such series represented by one or more Global
Preferred Securities and, in such event, will issue individual Preferred
Securities of such series in exchange for the Global Preferred Security or
Securities representing such series of Preferred Securities. Further, if the
Trust so specifies with respect to the Preferred Securities of a series, an
owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Preferred Security representing
Preferred Securities of such series may, on terms acceptable to the Trust, the
Property Trustee and the Depository for such Global Preferred Security, receive
individual Preferred Securities of such series in exchange for such beneficial
interests, subject to any limitations described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such Preferred Securities. In any such instance, an owner of a
beneficial interest in a Global Preferred Security will be entitled to physical
delivery of individual Preferred Securities of the series represented by such
Global Preferred Security equal in principal amount to such beneficial interest
and to have such Preferred Securities registered in its name. Individual
Preferred Securities of such series so issued will be issued in denominations,
unless otherwise specified by the Trust, of $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof.
PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENCY
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
payments in respect of the Preferred Securities of each Trust shall be made to
the Depository, which shall credit the relevant accounts at the Depository on
the applicable Distribution Dates or, if any Trust's Preferred Securities are
not held by the Depository, such payments shall be made by check mailed to the
address of the holder entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the
Register. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
the paying agent (the "Paying Agent") shall initially be the Property Trustee of
each Trust and any co-paying agent chosen by such Trust. The Paying Agent shall
be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the
Property Trustee and the
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Company. In the event that the Property Trustee shall no longer be the Paying
Agent, the Administrative Trustees of such Trust shall appoint a successor to
act as Paying Agent for such Trust.
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Property Trustee of each Trust will act as registrar and transfer agent for the
Preferred Securities of such Trust.
Registration of transfers of Preferred Securities will be effected without
charge by or on behalf of each Trust, but upon payment of any tax or other
governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or
exchange. No Trust will be required to register or cause to be registered the
transfer of its Preferred Securities after such Preferred Securities have been
called for redemption.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE
The Property Trustee of each Trust, other than during the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default, undertakes to perform only such duties as
are specifically set forth in each Declaration and, after any such Event of
Default, must exercise the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person
would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to this
provision, the Property Trustee of each Trust is under no obligation to exercise
any of the powers vested in it by the applicable Declaration at the request of
any holder of the Trust's Preferred Securities unless it is offered reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred
thereby.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Administrative Trustees of each Trust are authorized and directed to
conduct the affairs of and to operate the Trusts in such a way that no Trust
will be deemed to be an "investment company" required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act or classified as an association taxable as a corporation
for United States federal income tax purposes and so that Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Company for
United States federal income tax purposes.
Holders of the Preferred Securities have no preemptive or similar rights.
No Trust may borrow money or issue debt or mortgage or pledge any of its
assets.
BOOK-ENTRY ISSUANCE
DTC will act as securities depository for all of the Preferred Securities
and the Junior Subordinated Debentures, unless otherwise set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement relating to an offering of Preferred Securities or Junior
Subordinated Debentures. The following discussion assumes that DTC will so act.
The Preferred Securities or the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be issued
only as fully-registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC's
nominee). One or more fully-registered global certificates will be issued for
the Preferred Securities of each Trust or for the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, representing in the aggregate the total number of such Trust's
Preferred Securities or aggregate principal balance of Junior Subordinated
Debentures, respectively, and will be deposited with DTC or its agent.
DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking
Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a
member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the
meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency"
registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC
holds securities that its Participants deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates
the settlement among Participants of securities transactions, such as transfers
and pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry
changes in Participants' accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical
movement of securities certificates. "Direct Participants" include securities
brokers and dealers, banks,
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trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is
owned by a number of its Direct Participants and by the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc. and the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the DTC system is also available to others
such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies that clear
through or maintain custodial relationships with Direct Participants, either
directly or indirectly ("Indirect Participants"). The rules applicable to DTC
and its Participants are on file with the Commission.
Purchases of Preferred Securities or Junior Subordinated Debentures within
the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants, which will
receive a credit for the Preferred Securities or Junior Subordinated Debentures
on DTC's records. The ownership interest of each actual purchaser of each
Preferred Security and each Junior Subordinated Debenture ("Beneficial Owner")
is in turn to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants' records.
Beneficial Owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their
purchases, but Beneficial Owners are expected to receive written confirmations
providing details of the transactions, as well as periodic statements of their
holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participants through which the Beneficial
Owners purchased Preferred Securities or Junior Subordinated Debentures.
Transfers of ownership interests in the Preferred Securities or Junior
Subordinated Debentures are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of
Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not
receive certificates representing their ownership interests in Preferred
Securities or Junior Subordinated Debentures, except in the event that use of
the book-entry system for a series of Preferred Securities or Junior
Subordinated Debentures is discontinued.
DTC has no knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of the Preferred
Securities or Junior Subordinated Debentures; DTC's records reflect only the
identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts such Preferred Securities
or Junior Subordinated Debentures are credited, which may or may not be the
Beneficial Owners. The Participants will remain responsible for keeping account
of their holdings on behalf of their customers.
Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct
Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Direct
Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners and the voting
rights of Direct Participants, Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners will
be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory
requirements as may be in effect from time to time.
Redemption notices will be sent to Cede & Co. as the registered holder of
the Preferred Securities or Junior Subordinated Debentures. If less than all of
a Trust's Preferred Securities or the Junior Subordinated Debentures are being
redeemed, DTC's current practice is to determine by lot the amount of the
interest of each Direct Participant to be redeemed.
Although voting with respect to the Preferred Securities or the Junior
Subordinated Debentures is limited to the holders of record of the Preferred
Securities or Junior Subordinated Debentures, in those instances in which a vote
is required, neither DTC nor Cede & Co. will itself consent or vote with respect
to Preferred Securities or Junior Subordinated Debentures. Under its usual
procedures, DTC would mail an omnibus proxy (the "Omnibus Proxy") to the
relevant Trustee as soon as possible after the record date. The Omnibus Proxy
assigns Cede & Co.'s consenting or voting rights to those Direct Participants to
whose accounts such Preferred Securities or Junior Subordinated Debentures are
credited on the record date (identified in a listing attached to the Omnibus
Proxy).
Distribution payments on the Preferred Securities or the Junior
Subordinated Debentures will be made by the relevant Trustee to DTC. DTC's
practice is to credit Direct Participants' accounts on the relevant payment date
in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC's records unless DTC
has reason to believe that it will not receive payments on such payment date.
Payments by Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by standing
instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of such
Participant and not of DTC, the relevant Trustee, or Trust or the Company,
subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from
time to time. Payment of Distributions to DTC is the responsibility of the
relevant Trustee, disbursement of such
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payments to Direct Participants is the responsibility of DTC, and disbursements
of such payments to the Beneficial Owners is the responsibility of Direct and
Indirect Participants.
DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depository with
respect to any of the Preferred Securities or Junior Subordinated Debentures at
any time by giving reasonable notice to the relevant Trustee and the Company. In
the event that a successor securities depository is not obtained, definitive
Preferred Security or Junior Subordinated Debenture certificates representing
such Preferred Securities or Junior Subordinated Debentures are required to be
printed and delivered. The Company, at its option, may decide to discontinue use
of the system of book-entry transfers through DTC (or a successor depository).
In any such event, definitive certificates for such Preferred Securities or
Junior Subordinated Debentures will be printed and delivered.
The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC's book-entry system
has been obtained from sources that the Trusts and the Company believe to be
accurate, but the Trusts and the Company assume no responsibility for the
accuracy thereof. Neither the Trusts nor the Company has any responsibility for
the performance by DTC or its Participants of their respective obligations as
described herein or under the rules and procedures governing their respective
operations.
DESCRIPTION OF GUARANTEES
A Guarantee will be executed and delivered by the Company concurrently with
the issuance by each Trust of its Preferred Securities for the benefit of the
holders from time to time of such Preferred Securities. Bankers Trust Company
will act as indenture trustee ("Guarantee Trustee") under each Guarantee for the
purposes of compliance with the Trust Indenture Act and each Guarantee will be
qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. This summary of certain
provisions of the Guarantees, which summarizes the material terms thereof, does
not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by
reference to, all of the provisions of each Guarantee, including the definitions
therein of certain terms, and the Trust Indenture Act, to each of which
reference is hereby made. The form of the Guarantee has been filed as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part. Reference
in this summary to Preferred Securities means the Preferred Securities of a
Trust to which a Guarantee relates. The Guarantee Trustee will hold each
Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the related Trust's Preferred
Securities.
GENERAL
The Company will irrevocably agree to pay in full on a subordinated basis,
to the extent set forth herein, the Guarantee Payments (as defined below) to the
holders of the Preferred Securities, as and when due, regardless of any defense,
right of set-off or counterclaim that such Trust may have or assert other than
the defense of payment. The following payments with respect to the Preferred
Securities, to the extent not paid by or on behalf of the related Trust (the
"Guarantee Payments"), will be subject to the Guarantee: (i) any accumulated and
unpaid Distributions required to be paid on such Preferred Securities, to the
extent that such Trust has funds on hand available therefor at such time, (ii)
the Redemption Price with respect to any Preferred Securities called for
redemption, to the extent that such Trust has funds on hand available therefor,
or (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution and liquidation of such
Trust (unless the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures are distributed
to holders of such Preferred Securities in exchange therefor), the lesser of (a)
the Liquidation Distribution and (b) the amount of assets of such Trust
remaining available for distribution to holders of Preferred Securities. The
Company's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct
payment of the required amounts by the Company to the holders of the applicable
Preferred Securities or by causing the Trust to pay such amounts to such
holders.
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Each Guarantee will be an irrevocable guarantee on a subordinated basis of
the related Trust's obligations under its Preferred Securities, but will apply
only to the extent that such Trust has funds sufficient to make such payments,
and is not a guarantee of collection.
If the Company does not make interest payments on the Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures held by a Trust, the Trust will not be able to pay
Distributions on its Preferred Securities and will not have funds legally
available therefor. Each Guarantee will rank subordinate and junior in right of
payment to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company to the extent and in the
manner set forth in the Guarantee. See "-- Status of the Guarantees." Because
the Company is a holding company, the right of the Company to participate in any
distribution of assets of any subsidiary upon such subsidiary's liquidation or
reorganization or otherwise, is subject to the prior claims of creditors of that
subsidiary, except to the extent the Company may itself be recognized as a
creditor of that subsidiary. Accordingly, the Company's obligations under the
Guarantees will be effectively subordinated to all existing and future
liabilities of the Company's subsidiaries, and claimants should look only to the
assets of the Company for payments thereunder. See "American General
Corporation." Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, the Guarantees do not limit the incurrence or issuance of other
secured or unsecured debt of the Company, including Senior Indebtedness, whether
under the Indenture, any other existing indenture or any other indenture that
the Company may enter into in the future or otherwise. See the applicable
Prospectus Supplement relating to any offering of Preferred Securities.
The Company will, through the applicable Guarantee, the applicable
Declaration, the applicable series of Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures and the Indenture, taken together, fully, irrevocably and
unconditionally guarantee all of each Trust's obligations under its Preferred
Securities. No single document standing alone or operating in conjunction with
fewer than all of the other documents constitutes such guarantee. It is only the
combined operation of these documents that has the effect of providing a full,
irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of a Trust's obligations under its
Preferred Securities. See "Relationship Among the Preferred Securities, the
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures and the Guarantees."
STATUS OF THE GUARANTEES
Each Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Company and
will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness
of the Company in the same manner as the Junior Subordinated Debentures. See
"Description of Junior Subordinated Debentures -- Subordination."
Each Guarantee will rank pari passu with each other Guarantee, with certain
guarantees previously issued by the Company with respect to certain preferred
securities and with all other guarantees (if any) to be issued by other issuers
to be established by the Company similar to the Trusts. Each Guarantee will
constitute a guarantee of payment and not of collection (i.e., the guaranteed
party may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Company to enforce
its rights under the Guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding
against any other person or entity). Each Guarantee will be held by the
Guarantee Trustee of each Trust for the benefit of the holders of the related
Preferred Securities. Each Guarantee will not be discharged except by payment of
the Guarantee Payments in full to the extent not paid by the relevant Trust or
upon distribution to the holders of the Preferred Securities of the
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures. None of the Guarantees places a
limitation on the amount of additional Senior Indebtedness that may be incurred
by the Company. The Company expects from time to time to incur additional
indebtedness constituting Senior Indebtedness.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An event of default under each Guarantee will occur upon the failure of the
Company to perform any of its payment or other obligations thereunder or, if
applicable, the failure of the Company to deliver other securities in exchange
for the Preferred Securities upon the conversion or exchange of such
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Preferred Securities into such other securities in accordance with their terms.
The holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the related
Preferred Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in
respect of such Guarantee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power
conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under such Guarantee.
Any holder of Preferred Securities may institute a legal proceeding
directly against the Company to enforce its rights under the related Guarantee
without first instituting a legal proceeding against the applicable Trust, the
Guarantee Trustee or any other person or entity.
The Company, as guarantor, is required to file annually with the Guarantee
Trustee a certificate as to whether or not the Company is in compliance with all
the conditions and covenants applicable to it under the Guarantee.
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, in each
Guarantee, the Company will covenant, as long as any related Preferred
Securities are outstanding, that it will not, and will not permit any subsidiary
to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase,
acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's
capital stock, (ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any,
on or repay or repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company
(including other series of Junior Subordinated Debentures) that rank pari passu
in all respects with or junior in interest to the Corresponding Junior
Subordinated Debentures or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any
guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Company
if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to the Junior
Subordinated Debentures (other than (a) dividends or distributions in shares of,
or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, common
stock of the Company, (b) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the
implementation or extension of a stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of
stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any
such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under such Guarantee, (d) as a result
of a reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the exchange or
conversion of one class or series of the Company's capital stock for another
class or series of the Company's capital stock, (e) the purchase of fractional
interests in shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or
exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or
exchanged, and (f) acquisitions of common stock of the Company in connection
with the satisfaction by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of its
obligations under any benefit plan for its directors, officers or employees), if
at such time (i) there shall have occurred and be continuing any event of which
the Company has actual knowledge (a) that is, or with the giving of notice or
the lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default under the
Indenture with respect to the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures with
respect to such series and (b) in respect of which the Company shall not have
taken reasonable steps to cure, (ii) the Company shall be in default with
respect to its payment of any obligations under such Guarantee or (iii) the
Company shall have given notice of its election of an Extension Period as
provided in the Indenture with respect to the Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures and shall not have rescinded such notice, and such Extension Period,
or any extension thereof, shall be continuing.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
The Guarantee Trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of
a default by the Company in the performance of each Guarantee, undertakes to
perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in such Guarantee and,
after default with respect to such Guarantee, must exercise the same degree of
care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his
or her own affairs. Subject to this provision, the Guarantee Trustee is under no
obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by any Guarantee at the
request of any holder of any Preferred Securities unless it is offered
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be
incurred thereby. The Guarantee Trustee is not required to expend or risk its
own funds or otherwise incur personal
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financial liability in the performance of its duties if it reasonably believes
that repayment or adequate indemnity is not reasonably assured to it.
AMENDMENTS AND ASSIGNMENT
Except with respect to any changes which do not materially adversely affect
the rights of holders of the related Preferred Securities (in which case no vote
will be required), no Guarantee may be amended without the prior approval of the
holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of such
outstanding Preferred Securities. The manner of obtaining any such approval will
be as set forth under "Description of Preferred Securities -- Voting Rights;
Amendment of Each Declaration." All guarantees and agreements contained in each
Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the holders of
the related Preferred Securities then outstanding.
TERMINATION OF THE GUARANTEES
Each Guarantee will terminate and be of no further force and effect upon
full payment of the Redemption Price of the related Preferred Securities, upon
full payment of the Liquidation Amount payable upon liquidation of the related
Trust, upon distribution of Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures to the
holders of the related Preferred Securities in accordance with their terms or,
if applicable, upon the conversion or exchange of the related Preferred
Securities into other securities in accordance with their terms. Each Guarantee
will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at
any time any holder of the Related Preferred Securities must restore payment of
any sums paid under such Preferred Securities or such Guarantee.
GOVERNING LAW
Each Guarantee will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles
thereof.
RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE PREFERRED SECURITIES, THE CORRESPONDING JUNIOR
SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES AND THE GUARANTEES
FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE
Payments of Distributions and other amounts due on any Preferred Securities
(to the extent the issuing Trust has funds available for the payment of such
Distributions) will be irrevocably guaranteed by the Company as and to the
extent set forth under "Description of Guarantees." Taken together, the
Company's obligations under each series of Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures, the Indenture, the related Declaration and the related Guarantee
provide, in the aggregate, a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of
payments of Distributions and other amounts due on the Related Preferred
Securities. No single document standing alone or operating in conjunction with
fewer than all of the other documents constitutes such guarantee. It is only the
combined operation of these documents that has the effect of providing a full,
irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of each Trust's obligations under its
Preferred Securities. If and to the extent that the Company does not make
payments on any series of Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures, the
Trust will not pay Distributions or other amounts due on such Preferred
Securities. The Guarantees do not cover payment of Distributions when the
related Trust does not have sufficient funds to pay such Distributions. In such
event, the remedy of a holder of Preferred Securities is to institute a legal
proceeding directly against the Company enforcement of payment of amounts equal
to such Distributions to such holder. The obligations of the Company under each
Guarantee are subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior
Indebtedness of the Company in the same manner as the Junior Subordinated
Debentures.
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SUFFICIENCY OF PAYMENTS
As long as payments of interest and other payments are made when due on
each series of Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures, such payments will
be sufficient to cover Distributions and other payments due on the Related
Preferred Securities, primarily because (i) the aggregate principal amount of
each series of Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures will be equal to the
sum of the aggregate stated Liquidation Amount of the Related Preferred
Securities and related Common Securities; (ii) the interest rate and interest
and other payment dates on each series of Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures will match the Distribution rate and Distribution and other payment
dates for the Related Preferred Securities; (iii) the Company shall pay for all
and any costs, expenses and liabilities of the issuing Trust except such Trust's
obligations to holders of its Trust Securities under such Trust Securities; and
(iv) each Declaration further provides that the applicable Trust will not engage
in any activity that is not consistent with the limited purposes of such Trust.
ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF PREFERRED SECURITIES
A holder of any Preferred Security may institute a legal proceeding
directly against the Company to enforce its rights under the related Guarantee
without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee, the
related Trust or any other person or entity.
A default or event of default under any Senior Indebtedness of the Company
would not constitute a default or Event of Default under the Indenture. However,
in the event of payment defaults under, or acceleration of, Senior Indebtedness
of the Company, the subordination provisions of the Indenture provide that no
payments may be made in respect of the Corresponding Junior Subordinated
Debentures until such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full or any payment
default thereunder has been cured or waived. Such subordination provisions also
provide that payments on the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures may be
blocked in the event of a Senior Nonmonetary Default with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness. Failure to make required payments on any series of Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures would constitute an Event of Default under the
Indenture.
LIMITED PURPOSE OF TRUSTS
Each Trust's Preferred Securities evidence a preferred beneficial interest
in such Trust, and each Trust exists for the sole purpose of issuing and selling
the Trust Securities, using the proceeds from the sale of the Trust Securities
to acquire the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures and engaging in only
those other activities necessary, advisable or incidental thereto. A principal
difference between the rights of a holder of a Preferred Security and a holder
of a Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debenture is that a holder of a
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debenture will be entitled to receive from the
Company the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest on
Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures held, while a holder of Preferred
Securities will be entitled to receive Distributions from such Trust (or, in
certain circumstances, from the Company under the applicable Guarantee) if and
to the extent such Trust has funds available for the payment of such
Distributions.
RIGHTS UPON DISSOLUTION
Unless the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures are distributed to
holders of the Trust Securities, upon any voluntary or involuntary dissolution
and liquidation of any Trust after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of
such Trust as required by applicable law, the holders of the related Trust
Securities will be entitled to receive, out of the assets held by such Trust,
the Liquidation Distribution in cash. See "Description of Preferred
Securities -- Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution." Upon any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation or bankruptcy of the Company, the Property Trustee, as
holder of the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures, would be a
subordinated creditor of the Company, subordinated in right of payment to all
Senior Indebtedness as and in the manner set forth in the Indenture, but
entitled to receive payment in full of principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, before any stockholders of the Company receive payments or
distributions. Since the Company will be the
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guarantor under each Guarantee and will agree to pay for all costs, expenses and
liabilities of each Trust (other than the Trust's obligations to the holders of
its Trust Securities), the positions of a holder of such Preferred Securities
and a holder of such Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures relative to
other creditors and to stockholders of the Company in the event of liquidation
or bankruptcy of the Company are expected to be substantially the same.
DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK
If specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, any series of Junior
Subordinated Debentures or the Preferred Securities of any Trust may be
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, par value $.50 per share, of
the Company ("Common Stock"). The following summary does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company's Restated
Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the "Articles") and the Bylaws of the
Company, which are incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus is a part.
GENERAL
The Company is authorized to issue 300,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As
of September 30, 1997, there were outstanding 243,532,716 shares of the
Company's Common Stock.
Holders of the Company's Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends
when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company out of any
funds legally available therefor, and are entitled upon liquidation, after
claims of creditors and preferences of any series of the Company's Preferred
Stock, to receive pro rata the net assets of the Company. See "Description of
Preferred Stock."
The holders of the Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share
held and are vested with all of the voting power, except as the Board of
Directors of the Company or an authorized committee thereof may provide with
respect to any series of Preferred Stock. Directors of the Company are elected
for a one-year term expiring upon the annual meeting of stockholders of the
Company. The holders of the Common Stock do not have cumulative voting rights.
The holders of Common Stock do not have any preemptive rights to acquire
any shares or other securities of any class which may at any time be issued,
sold or offered for sale by the Company. The holders of Common Stock have no
conversion rights and the Common Stock is not subject to redemption by either
the Company or a stockholder.
The rights of holders of Common Stock are subject to the preferential
rights of the holders of outstanding shares of the Company's 7% Convertible
Preferred Stock and the preferential rights of any Preferred Stock that may be
issued in the future.
The Company's Common Stock is listed on the New York, Pacific, London and
Swiss Stock Exchanges. First Chicago Trust Company of New York is the transfer
agent, registrar and dividend disbursing agent for the Common Stock.
PREFERRED SHARE PURCHASE RIGHTS
On July 27, 1989, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the
issuance of one preferred share purchase right (a "Right") for each share of
Common Stock outstanding on August 7, 1989 and for each share of Common Stock
issued thereafter but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the
Termination Date (as each such term is defined below). A Right is attached to
each share of Common Stock and entitles the registered holder to purchase from
the Company one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, par value $1.50 per share, of the Company (the "Junior
Preferred Shares"), at a price of $120 per one one-hundredth of a Junior
Preferred Share, subject to certain adjustments.
The Rights will expire on August 7, 1999, unless the expiration date is
extended or the Rights are redeemed earlier (any such date being the
"Termination Date"). The Rights are not exercisable or
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transferable separately from the shares of Common Stock until the "Distribution
Date" which will occur on the earlier of (i) 10 business days following the
first public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated
persons (an "Acquiring Person") has acquired beneficial ownership of 15% or more
of the outstanding Common Stock and any other shares of capital stock of the
Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or entitled to
vote in respect of any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all
of the Company's assets, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company
(the "Voting Stock") or (ii) 10 business days following the commencement of, or
the first public announcement of an intention to commence, a tender or exchange
offer the consummation of which would result in the beneficial ownership by a
person or group of affiliated or associated persons of 25% or more of the then
outstanding Voting Stock.
In the event the Company is acquired in a merger or other business
combination transaction or 50% or more of its consolidated assets or earnings
power should be sold or otherwise transferred, each holder of a Right will have
the right to receive, upon payment of the Right's then current exercise price,
common stock of the acquiring company which has a market value of two times the
exercise price of the Right. In the event that any person becomes an Acquiring
Person, each holder of a Right will thereafter have the right to receive upon
exercise thereof that number of shares of Common Stock (or under certain
circumstances, Common Stock-equivalent Junior Preferred Shares) having a market
value of two times the exercise price of the Rights.
At any time 10 business days after a person or group of affiliated or
associated persons has become an Acquiring Person and prior to the acquisition
by any person or group of 50% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock, the Board
of Directors of the Company may exchange the Rights (other than Rights acquired
or beneficially owned by such Acquiring Person, which Rights held by such
Acquiring Person shall then be null and void), in whole or in part, at an
exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock (or one one-hundredth of a share of
Junior Preferred Stock), appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split,
stock dividend or similar transaction, for each two shares of Common Stock for
which the Right is then exercisable.
At any time prior to the close of business on the tenth day following the
first public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated
persons has become an Acquiring Person, the Board of Directors of the Company
may redeem the then outstanding Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of
$.01 per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock
dividend or similar transaction (the "Rights Redemption Price"). Any such
redemption of the Rights may be made effective at such time, on such basis and
with such conditions as the Board of Directors of the Company in its sole
discretion may establish.
The purchase price payable, and the number of Junior Preferred Shares or
other securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject
to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution in the event of a stock
dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or reclassification of, the Junior
Preferred Shares.
The number of outstanding Rights and the number of one one-hundredths of a
Junior Preferred Share issuable upon exercise of each Right are also subject to
adjustment in the event of reclassification of securities, or recapitalization
or reorganization of the Company or other transaction involving the Company
which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing by more than one
percent the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity
securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned by any
Acquiring Person, in any such case, prior to an exchange by the Company as
described above.
The terms of the Rights may be amended, including extending the expiration
date, by the Board of Directors of the Company without the consent of the
holders of the Rights, except in certain circumstances.
The Rights have certain anti-takeover effects. The Rights will cause
substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire the Company
on terms not approved by the Board of Directors of the
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Company. The Rights should not interfere with any merger or other business
combination approved by the Board of Directors of the Company since the Rights
may be redeemed by the Company at the Rights Redemption Price prior to the time
that a person or group has acquired beneficial ownership of 50% or more of the
Voting Stock.
The Junior Preferred Shares will be non-redeemable and rank junior to all
other series of the Company's Preferred Stock. Each whole Junior Preferred Share
will be entitled to receive a quarterly preferential dividend in an amount equal
to the greater of (i) $0.25 or (ii) subject to certain adjustments, 100 times
the dividend declared on each share of Common Stock. In the event of the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, each whole Junior
Preferred Share will be entitled to receive a preferential liquidation payment
in an amount equal to the greater of (i) $1.50, or (ii) 100 times the aggregate
amount to be distributed per share to holders of Common Stock, plus, in either
case, an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon. In the event
of any merger, consolidation or other transaction in which Common Stock is
exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash or other property,
each whole Junior Preferred Share will be entitled to receive 100 times the
amount received per each share of Common Stock. Each whole Junior Preferred
Share will be entitled to 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the
shareholders of the Company, and Junior Preferred Shares will generally vote
together as one class with the Common Stock and any other voting capital stock
of the Company on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the
Company.
If such registration is then required by applicable law, the Company will
use its best efforts to cause the offer and sale of Junior Preferred Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Rights to be registered pursuant to the Securities
Act at any such time as the Rights become exercisable.
The foregoing description of the Rights and the Junior Preferred Shares
does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the Rights Agreement, as amended, which is an exhibit to the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part, and the Statement of Resolution
Establishing Series of Shares of the Junior Preferred Shares.
BUSINESS COMBINATION LAW
The Company is subject to Part Thirteen of the Texas Business Corporation
Act, known as the "Business Combination Law," which became effective September
1, 1997. In general, the Business Combination Law prevents an "affiliated
shareholder" (or its affiliates or associates) from entering into or engaging in
a "business combination" with an "issuing public corporation" during the
three-year period immediately following the date on which the affiliated
shareholder became an affiliated shareholder, unless (a) before the date such
person became an affiliated shareholder, the board of directors of the issuing
public corporation approves the business combination or the acquisition of
shares that caused the affiliated shareholder to become an affiliated
shareholder, or (b) not less than six months after the date such person became
an affiliated shareholder, the business combination is approved by the
affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the issuing public
corporation's outstanding voting shares not beneficially owned by the affiliated
shareholder or its affiliates or associates. For the purposes of the foregoing,
"affiliated shareholder" is defined generally as a person that is or was within
the preceding three-year period the beneficial owner of 20% or more of a
corporation's outstanding voting shares; "business combination" is defined
generally to include (i) mergers, share exchanges or conversions involving the
affiliated shareholder, (ii) dispositions of assets involving the affiliated
shareholder having an aggregate value equal to 10% or more of the market value
of the assets or of the outstanding common stock or representing 10% or more of
the earning power or net income of the corporation, (iii) certain issuances or
transfers of securities by the corporation to the affiliated shareholder other
than on a pro rata basis, (iv) certain plans or agreements relating to a
liquidation or dissolution of the corporation involving an affiliated
shareholder, (v) certain reclassifications, recapitalizations, distributions or
other transactions that would have the effect of increasing the affiliated
shareholder's percentage ownership of the corporation and (vi) the receipt of
tax, guarantee, loan or other financial benefits by an affiliated shareholder
other than proportionately as a shareholder of the corpora-
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tion; and "issuing public corporation" is generally defined to include most
publicly held Texas corporations, including the Company.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK
If specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, any series of Junior
Subordinated Debentures or the Preferred Securities of any Trust may be
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the Company's Preferred Stock,
par value $1.50 per share. The following description of the terms of the
Preferred Stock sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Preferred
Stock. Certain other terms of any series of Preferred Stock into or for which
any Junior Subordinated Debentures or Preferred Securities may be convertible or
exchangeable will be specified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such
Junior Subordinated Debentures or Preferred Securities. If so specified in any
such Prospectus Supplement, the terms of any series of Preferred Stock may
differ from the terms set forth below. The description of the terms of the
Preferred Stock set forth below and in an applicable Prospectus Supplement does
not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Statement of Resolutions relating to the applicable series of
Preferred Stock, which will be filed as an exhibit to, or incorporated by
reference in, the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part.
GENERAL
Pursuant to the Articles and Bylaws of the Company, and applicable Texas
law, the Board of Directors of the Company, or an authorized committee thereof,
has the authority, without further shareholder action, to issue up to 60,000,000
shares of Preferred Stock, $1.50 par value, in one or more series and in such
amounts and for such consideration, as may be determined from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, or an authorized committee
thereof, and to fix before the issuance of any shares of Preferred Stock of a
particular series, the number of shares constituting that series and the
distinctive designation of that series; the dividend rate (or method of
determining the same); the voting rights; conversion privileges; redemption
rights; repurchase obligations; sinking fund availability; rights upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up and the priority thereof; restrictions
upon the Company with respect to the creation of debt or the issuance of
additional Preferred Stock or other stock ranking prior to or on a parity
therewith with respect to dividends or upon liquidation; restrictions on the
Company with respect to the issuance of, payment of dividends upon, or the
making of other distributions with respect to, or the acquisition or redemption
of, shares ranking junior to the Preferred Stock; the priority of each series of
Preferred Stock in relation to other series of Preferred Stock; and any other
designations, powers, preferences and rights, including, without limitation, any
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. The holders of any series
of Preferred Stock shall not have any preemptive rights to acquire any shares or
securities of any class which may at any time be issued, sold or offered for
sale by the Company.
As of the date of this Prospectus, the Company had no Preferred Stock
outstanding other than the 7% Convertible Preferred Stock described below under
"-- 7% Convertible Preferred Stock." As of such date, the Company had Preferred
Share Purchase Rights outstanding. A description of these rights is provided
under "Description of Common Stock -- Preferred Share Purchase Rights."
DIVIDENDS
The holders of the Preferred Stock of each series will be entitled to
receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company, out
of funds legally available therefor, dividends at such rates and on such dates
as will be specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Such rates may be
fixed or variable or both. If variable, the formula used for determining the
dividend rate for each dividend period will be specified in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement. Dividends will be payable to the holders of record as
they appear on the stock books of the Company on such record dates as will be
fixed by the Board of Directors of the Company.
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Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, all
series of Preferred Stock will be senior in right as to dividends and in
liquidation to the Common Stock and any other class of stock of the Company
ranking junior to the Preferred Stock.
VOTING RIGHTS
Except as indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement or as expressly
required by applicable law, the holders of the Preferred Stock will not be
entitled to vote. In the event the Company issues a series of Preferred Stock
with voting rights, unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such series, each such share will be entitled to one vote on matters
on which holders of such series of the Preferred Stock are entitled to vote.
Since each full share of any series of Preferred Stock of the Company shall be
entitled to one vote, the voting power of such series, on matters on which
holders of such series and holders of other series of Preferred Stock are
entitled to vote as a single class, shall depend on the number of shares in such
series, not the aggregate stated value, liquidation preference or initial
offering price of the shares of such series of Preferred Stock.
CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE
The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of the Preferred Stock will
set forth the conditions or terms, if any, upon which any such series will be
convertible or exchangeable, and the terms of the securities into which such
series will be convertible or exchangeable.
REDEMPTION RIGHTS
A series of the Preferred Stock may be redeemable, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company or any holder thereof, and may be subject to mandatory
redemption pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise, in each case upon terms, at
the times and at the redemption prices specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement and subject to the rights of holders of other securities of the
Company. Preferred Stock redeemed by the Company will be restored to the status
of authorized but unissued preferred shares.
REPURCHASE OBLIGATION
The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of the Preferred Stock will
state the conditions and terms, if any, upon which such series shall be subject
to repurchase by the Company.
RIGHTS UPON LIQUIDATION
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company, the holders of each series of Preferred Stock shall
be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Company available for
distribution to shareholders, before any distribution of assets is made to
holders of Common Stock or any other class or series of shares ranking junior to
such Preferred Stock upon liquidation, a liquidating distribution in the amount
per share as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series of
Preferred Stock plus accrued and unpaid dividends. If, upon any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company the amounts
payable with respect to Preferred Stock of any series and any other shares of
the Company ranking as to any such distribution on a parity with such Preferred
Stock of such series are not paid in full, the holders of such Preferred Stock
of such series and of such other shares will share ratably in any such
distribution of assets of the Company in proportion to the full respective
preferential amounts to which they are entitled. Neither the sale of all or
substantially all of the property or business of the Company nor the merger or
consolidation of the Company into or with any other corporation shall be deemed
to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, of the
Company. Except as indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, after
payment of the full amount of the liquidating distribution to which they are
entitled, the holders of Preferred Stock of any series will not be entitled to
any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Company.
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CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS UPON THE COMPANY
The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of the Preferred Stock will
describe any conditions or restrictions upon the Company which are for the
benefit of such series, including restrictions upon the creation of debt or
other series of Preferred Stock; payment of dividends; or distributions,
acquisitions or redemptions of shares ranking junior to such series.
7% CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
As of September 30, 1997, there were issued and outstanding 2,317,701
shares of the Company's 7% Convertible Preferred Stock. The 7% Convertible
Preferred Stock is entitled to receive annual cumulative dividends at a rate per
annum of 7% of the stated liquidation preference of $36.7625. On March 1, 2001
(the "Mandatory Conversion Date"), unless previously redeemed or converted, each
share of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock will mandatorily convert into (i) one
share of the Company's Common Stock, subject to adjustment in certain events,
and (ii) the right to receive cash in an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid
dividends thereon. Shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock are not redeemable
prior to March 1, 2000 (the "Initial Redemption Date"). At any time and from
time to time on and after the Initial Redemption Date, the Company may redeem
any or all of the outstanding shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock in
exchange for a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained
by dividing (i) 101.75% of the stated liquidation preference, declining
quarterly to 100% of the stated liquidation preference on the Mandatory
Conversion Date, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon by (ii) the
Current Market Price (as defined) of the Common Stock on the applicable date of
determination, but in no event less than .8264 of a share of Common Stock. At
any time prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date, unless previously redeemed,
each share of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible at the option of the
holder into .8264 of a share of Common Stock subject to certain adjustments.
The holders of shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock have the right to
vote in the election of Directors of the Company and upon each other matter
coming before any meeting of the holders of Common Stock on the basis of 4/5 of
one vote for each share of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock. On such matters, the
holders of shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock and the holders of Common
Stock will vote together as one class except as otherwise provided by law or the
Articles. In addition, holders of shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock have
additional voting rights with respect to certain other matters, including
certain rights to elect two directors in the event of specified dividend
arrearages. The shares of 7% Convertible Preferred Stock rank prior to the
Common Stock as to the payment of dividends and distribution of assets upon
liquidation.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell the Junior Subordinated Debentures and any Trust may
sell Preferred Securities (such Junior Subordinated Debentures and Preferred
Securities, the "Offered Securities") in any of, or any combination of, the
following ways: (i) directly to purchasers, (ii) through agents and (iii)
through underwriters or dealers.
If an underwriter or underwriters are utilized in the sale, the Company
will execute an underwriting agreement with such underwriters at the time of
sale to them and the names of the underwriters and the terms of the transaction
will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, which will be used by
the underwriters to make resales of the Offered Securities in respect of which
this Prospectus is delivered to the public.
Unless otherwise set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto,
the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the Offered Securities will be
subject to conditions precedent and the underwriters will be obligated to
purchase all such Offered Securities if any are purchased. The initial public
offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to
dealers may be changed from time to time.
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During and after a sale, the underwriters may purchase and sell the Offered
Securities being offered in the open market. These transactions may include
over-allotment and stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover syndicate
short positions created in connection with the sale. These activities may
stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the Offered
Securities being offered, which may be higher than the price that might
otherwise prevail in the open market, and, if commenced, may be discontinued at
any time.
If a dealer is utilized in the sale of the Offered Securities in respect of
which this Prospectus is delivered, the Company and/or any Trust, as the case
may be, will sell such Offered Securities to the dealer, as principal. The
dealer may then resell such Offered Securities to the public at varying prices
to be determined by such dealer at the time of resale. The name of the dealer
and the terms of the transaction will be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.
Agents, underwriters, and dealers may be entitled under the relevant agreements
to indemnification by the Company and/or any Trust, as the case may be, against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
In connection with the offering of the Preferred Securities of any Trust,
such Trust may grant to the underwriters an option to purchase additional
Preferred Securities to cover over-allotments, if any, at the initial public
offering price (with an additional underwriting commission), as may be set forth
in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. If such Trust grants any
over-allotment option, the terms of such over-allotment option will be set forth
in the Prospectus Supplement for such Preferred Securities.
Underwriters, agents and dealers may engage in transactions with, or
perform services for, the Company and/or the applicable Trust and/or any of
their affiliates in the ordinary course of business.
The Offered Securities will be new issues of securities and will have no
established trading market. Any underwriters to whom Offered Securities are sold
for public offering and sale may make a market in such Offered Securities, but
such underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market
making at any time without notice. Such Offered Securities may or may not be
listed on a national securities exchange or the Nasdaq National Market. No
assurance can be given as to the liquidity of or the existence of trading
markets for any Offered Securities.
VALIDITY OF SECURITIES
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, certain
legal matters will be passed upon for the Company by Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., and
for the Trusts by Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel to
the Trusts and the Company. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement, the validity of the Guarantees and the Junior
Subordinated Debentures will be passed upon for the Underwriters by Brown & Wood
LLP. Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. and Brown & Wood LLP will rely on the opinion of
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. as to certain matters of Delaware law.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and schedules of the Company and its
subsidiaries appearing in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October
10, 1997 have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set
forth in their report thereon included therein and incorporated herein by
reference. See "Incorporation by Reference." Such consolidated financial
statements and schedules are, and audited consolidated financial statements to
be included in subsequently filed documents will be, incorporated herein in
reliance upon the reports of Ernst & Young LLP pertaining to such consolidated
financial statements (to the extent covered by consents filed with the
Commission) given upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The following are the estimated expenses to be incurred by the registrants
in connection with the offering described in this Registration Statement (other
than underwriting discount and commissions).
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<S> <C>
SEC registration fee........................................ $ 454,546
Printing.................................................... 200,000
Legal fees and expenses..................................... 450,000
Accounting fees and expenses................................ 200,000
Trustee's fees and expenses................................. 450,000
Rating agency fees.......................................... 430,000
Miscellaneous............................................... 15,454
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Total............................................. $2,200,000
==========
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Article 2.01-1 of the Texas Business Corporation Act contains detailed
provisions with respect to indemnification of directors and officers of a Texas
corporation against reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with
certain legal proceedings.
In addition, Article VI of the Company's Bylaws sets forth certain rights
of the Company's officers and directors to indemnification. The Company's
Bylaws, as in effect on the date hereof, are incorporated by reference herein as
Exhibit 4(f).
The agreements which may be entered into by the Company, underwriters,
dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of securities registered
hereunder may provide for the indemnification of the Company, the Trusts, their
respective controlling persons and directors and certain of their respective
officers by any agents, dealers or underwriters, as the case may be, against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
It is contemplated that the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust to be
entered into with respect to each Trust at the time of any offering of
securities thereby will contain provisions under which the Company will
indemnify the Trustees of such Trust for liabilities arising in connection with
their duties as Trustee. See Exhibit 4(n) below.
The Company has placed in effect insurance coverage which purports (a) to
insure it against certain costs of indemnification which may be incurred by it
pursuant to the aforementioned Bylaw provisions or otherwise, and (b) to insure
the officers and directors of the Company and of its specified subsidiaries
against certain liabilities incurred by them in the discharge of their functions
as officers and directors except for liabilities arising from their own
malfeasance.
See "Item 17. Undertakings" below for a description of the position of the
Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to such indemnification
provisions.
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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed as a part of this Registration Statement:
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<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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<C> <S>
1(a) -- Form of Underwriting Agreement (Debt Securities and
Warrants to purchase Debt Securities), including forms of
Pricing Agreement and Delayed Delivery Contract.
*1(b) -- Form of Underwriting Agreement (Common Stock and Warrants
to Purchase Common Stock), including forms of Pricing
Agreement and Delayed Delivery Contract.
*1(c) -- Form of Underwriting Agreement (Preferred Stock and
Warrants to Purchase Preferred Stock), including forms of
Pricing Agreement and Delayed Delivery Contract.
*1(d) -- Form of Underwriting Agreement (Convertible Preferred
Securities).
**1(e) -- Form of Underwriting Agreement (Non-Convertible Preferred
Securities).
4(a) -- Form of Senior Indenture, dated as of November 15, 1997,
between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as
Trustee. The form or forms of Senior Securities with
respect to each particular offering will be filed as an
exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated
herein by reference.
4(b) -- Form of Senior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
November 15, 1997, between the Company and Bankers Trust
Company, as Trustee. The form or forms of Senior
Subordinated Securities with respect to each particular
offering will be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report
on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
4(c) -- Form of Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
November 15, 1997, between the Company and Bankers Trust
Company, as Trustee. The form or forms of Junior
Subordinated Debentures with respect to each particular
offering will be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report
on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
4(d) -- Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(including Statement of Resolution Establishing Series of
Shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration
Statement No. 33-33115); Statement of Resolution
Establishing Series of Shares of Series A Cumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4(o) to Registration Statement No. 33-58317); and
Statement of Resolution Establishing Series of Shares of
7% Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4(d) to Registration Statement No. 333-00513).
4(e) -- Rights Agreement dated as of July 27, 1989, as amended by
the First Amendment thereto dated as of October 26, 1992,
by and between the Company and First Chicago Trust
Company of New York, as Rights Agent (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1989, and to
Exhibit 19 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 1992, respectively).
4(f) -- Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 1997).
*4(g) -- Form of Debt Warrant Agreement, including form of Debt
Warrant Certificates.
*4(h) -- Form of Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement, including form
of Preferred Stock Warrant Certificates.
*4(i) -- Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement, including form of
Common Stock Warrant Certificates.
4(j) -- Declaration of Trust, dated as of November 14, 1997, of
American General Capital I.
4(k) -- Declaration of Trust, dated as of November 14, 1997, of
American General Capital II.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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<C> <S>
4(l) -- Declaration of Trust, dated as of November 14, 1997, of
American General Capital III.
4(m) -- Declaration of Trust, dated as of November 14, 1997, of
American General Capital IV.
4(n) -- Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust to be
entered into with respect to each of the Trusts prior to
the offering of any securities thereby. The Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust with respect to any
offering of Preferred Securities by a Trust will be filed
as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference.
4(o) -- Form and Terms of the Preferred Securities (included in
Exhibit 4(n)).
4(p) -- Certificate of Trust of American General Capital I.
4(q) -- Certificate of Trust of American General Capital II.
4(r) -- Certificate of Trust of American General Capital III.
4(s) -- Certificate of Trust of American General Capital IV.
4(t) -- Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement to be
entered into with respect to each of the Trusts prior to
the offering of any securities thereby.
5(a) -- Opinion and Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. with
respect to the validity of securities of the Company.
5(b) -- Opinions and Consents of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
with respect to the validity of the securities of each
Trust.
*8 -- Opinion and Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. with
respect to certain tax matters.
12 -- Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred
Stock Dividends (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12
to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October
10, 1997 and Exhibit 12 to the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997).
23(a) -- Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (contained in their
opinions in Exhibits 5(a) and 8).
23(b) -- Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (contained in
their opinions in Exhibit 5(b)).
23(c) -- Consent of Ernst and Young LLP, Independent Auditor.
24 -- Powers of Attorney.
25(a) -- Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee
under the Senior Indenture.
25(b) -- Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee
under the Senior Subordinated Indenture.
25(c) -- Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to the Preferred Securities of American General
Capital I and the Junior Subordinated Debentures and
related Preferred Securities Guarantee of the Company.
25(d) -- Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to the Preferred Securities of American General
Capital II and the Junior Subordinated Debentures and
related Preferred Securities Guarantee of the Company.
25(e) -- Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to the Preferred Securities of American General
Capital III and the Junior Subordinated Debentures and
related Preferred Securities Guarantee of the Company.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
- ------- -----------
<C> <S>
25(f) -- Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to the Preferred Security of American General
Capital IV and the Junior Subordinated Debentures and
related Preferred Securities Guarantee of the Company.
</TABLE>
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* To be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated
herein by reference.
** To be filed by amendment.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
The registrants hereby undertake:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement:
(a) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(b) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement;
(c) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(b) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement;
(2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof;
(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering; and
(4) that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrants pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 above, or
otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrants in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, American
General Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement or amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas,
on November 19, 1997.
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By: /s/ ELLEN H. MASTERSON
----------------------------------
Ellen H. Masterson
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, American
General Capital I certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement or amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas,
on November 19, 1997.
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL I
By: AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, as
Sponsor
By: /s/ ELLEN H. MASTERSON
----------------------------------
Ellen H. Masterson
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, American
General Capital II certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement or amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas,
on November 19, 1997.
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL II
By: AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, as
Sponsor
By: /s/ ELLEN H. MASTERSON
----------------------------------
Ellen H. Masterson
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, American
General Capital III certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement or amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas
on November 19, 1997.
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL III
By: AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, as
Sponsor
By: /s/ ELLEN H. MASTERSON
----------------------------------
Ellen H. Masterson
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, American
General Capital IV certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement or amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas,
on November 19, 1997.
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL IV
By: AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, as
Sponsor
By: /s/ ELLEN H. MASTERSON
----------------------------------
Ellen H. Masterson
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement or amendment has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities with American General Corporation indicated on November 19, 1997.
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<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE TITLE
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<C> <S>
ROBERT M. DEVLIN* Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
- ----------------------------------------------------- and Director (principal executive officer)
Robert M. Devlin
/s/ ELLEN H. MASTERSON Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
- ----------------------------------------------------- Officer (principal financial officer)
Ellen H. Masterson
/s/ PAMELA J. PENNY Vice President and Controller (principal
- ----------------------------------------------------- accounting officer)
Pamela J. Penny
J. EVANS ATTWELL* Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
J. Evans Attwell
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE TITLE
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<C> <S>
BRADY F. CARRUTH* Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
Brady F. Carruth
JAMES S. D'AGOSTINO, JR.* Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
James D'Agostino, Jr.
W. LIPSCOMB DAVIS, JR.* Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
W. Lipscomb Davis, Jr.
LARRY D. HORNER* Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
Larry D. Horner
RICHARD J.V. JOHNSON* Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
Richard J.V. Johnson
MICHAEL E. MURPHY* Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
Michael E. Murphy
JON P. NEWTON* Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
Jon P. Newton
ROBERT E. SMITTCAMP* Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
Robert E. Smittcamp
ANNE M. TATLOCK* Director
- -----------------------------------------------------
Anne M. Tatlock
*By: /s/ MARK S. BERG
------------------------------------------------
Mark S. Berg, Attorney-in-Fact
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
- ------- -----------
<C> <S>
1(a) -- Form of Underwriting Agreement (Debt Securities and
Warrants to purchase Debt Securities), including forms of
Pricing Agreement and Delayed Delivery Contract.
*1(b) -- Form of Underwriting Agreement (Common Stock and Warrants
to Purchase Common Stock), including forms of Pricing
Agreement and Delayed Delivery Contract.
*1(c) -- Form of Underwriting Agreement (Preferred Stock and
Warrants to Purchase Preferred Stock), including forms of
Pricing Agreement and Delayed Delivery Contract.
*1(d) -- Form of Underwriting Agreement (Convertible Preferred
Securities).
**1(e) -- Form of Underwriting Agreement (Non-Convertible Preferred
Securities).
4(a) -- Form of Senior Indenture, dated as of November 15, 1997,
between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as
Trustee. The form or forms of Senior Securities with
respect to each particular offering will be filed as an
exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated
herein by reference.
4(b) -- Form of Senior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
November 15, 1997, between the Company and Bankers Trust
Company, as Trustee. The form or forms of Senior
Subordinated Securities with respect to each particular
offering will be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report
on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
4(c) -- Form of Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
November 15, 1997, between the Company and Bankers Trust
Company, as Trustee. The form or forms of Junior
Subordinated Debentures with respect to each particular
offering will be filed as an exhibit to a Current Report
on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
4(d) -- Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(including Statement of Resolution Establishing Series of
Shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration
Statement No. 33-33115); Statement of Resolution
Establishing Series of Shares of Series A Cumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4(o) to Registration Statement No. 33-58317); and
Statement of Resolution Establishing Series of Shares of
7% Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4(d) to Registration Statement No. 333-00513).
4(e) -- Rights Agreement dated as of July 27, 1989, as amended by
the First Amendment thereto dated as of October 26, 1992,
by and between the Company and First Chicago Trust
Company of New York, as Rights Agent (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1989, and to
Exhibit 19 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 1992, respectively).
4(f) -- Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 1997).
*4(g) -- Form of Debt Warrant Agreement, including form of Debt
Warrant Certificates.
*4(h) -- Form of Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement, including form
of Preferred Stock Warrant Certificates.
*4(i) -- Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement, including form of
Common Stock Warrant Certificates.
4(j) -- Declaration of Trust, dated as of November 14, 1997, of
American General Capital I.
4(k) -- Declaration of Trust, dated as of November 14, 1997, of
American General Capital II.
4(l) -- Declaration of Trust, dated as of November 14, 1997, of
American General Capital III.
4(m) -- Declaration of Trust, dated as of November 14, 1997, of
American General Capital IV.
4(n) -- Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust to be
entered into with respect to each of the Trusts prior to
the offering of any securities thereby. The Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust with respect to any
offering of Preferred Securities by a Trust will be filed
as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference.
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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4(o) -- Form and Terms of the Preferred Securities (included in
Exhibit 4(n)).
4(p) -- Certificate of Trust of American General Capital I.
4(q) -- Certificate of Trust of American General Capital II.
4(r) -- Certificate of Trust of American General Capital III.
4(s) -- Certificate of Trust of American General Capital IV.
4(t) -- Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement to be
entered into with respect to each of the Trusts prior to
the offering of any securities thereby.
5(a) -- Opinion and Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. with
respect to the validity of securities of the Company.
5(b) -- Opinions and Consents of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
with respect to the validity of the securities of each
Trust.
*8 -- Opinion and Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. with
respect to certain tax matters.
12 -- Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred
Stock Dividends (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12
to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October
10, 1997 and Exhibit 12 to the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997).
23(a) -- Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (contained in their
opinions in Exhibits 5(a) and 8).
23(b) -- Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (contained in
their opinions in Exhibit 5(b)).
23(c) -- Consent of Ernst and Young LLP, Independent Auditor.
24 -- Powers of Attorney.
25(a) -- Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee
under the Senior Indenture.
25(b) -- Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee
under the Senior Subordinated Indenture.
25(c) -- Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to the Preferred Securities of American General
Capital I and the Junior Subordinated Debentures and
related Preferred Securities Guarantee of the Company.
25(d) -- Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to the Preferred Securities of American General
Capital II and the Junior Subordinated Debentures and
related Preferred Securities Guarantee of the Company.
25(e) -- Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to the Preferred Securities of American General
Capital III and the Junior Subordinated Debentures and
related Preferred Securities Guarantee of the Company.
25(f) -- Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, of Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee,
relating to the Preferred Security of American General
Capital IV and the Junior Subordinated Debentures and
related Preferred Securities Guarantee of the Company.
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EXHIBIT 1(a)
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
DEBT SECURITIES AND WARRANTS TO PURCHASE DEBT SECURITIES
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
American General Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to issue and sell from time to time certain of its senior debt
securities (the "Senior Securities") and/or its senior subordinated debt
securities (the "Subordinated Securities" and, together with the Senior
Securities, the "Debt Securities") and/or Warrants (the "Warrants") to purchase
Senior Securities and/or Subordinated Securities registered under the
registration statements referred to in Section 1(a) below (the Senior
Securities, Subordinated Securities and Warrants, or any combination thereof,
shall be referred to herein, individually or together, as the "Registered
Securities"). The Senior Securities will be issued under a senior indenture,
dated as of November 15, 1997 (the "Senior Indenture"), between the Company and
Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee, and the Subordinated Securities will be
issued under a senior subordinated indenture, dated as of November 15, 1997
(the "Subordinated Indenture"), between the Company and Bankers Trust Company,
as Trustee. The Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture are each
sometimes referred to herein as the "Indenture". Bankers Trust Company, in its
capacity as trustee under the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture,
is referred to herein as the "Trustee". The Warrants will be issued under one
or more warrant agreements (the warrant agreement relating to any issue of
Warrants to be sold pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement (this "Agreement")
will be identified in the applicable Pricing Agreement (as hereinafter defined)
and is referred to herein as the "Warrant Agreement") between the Company and
the warrant agent identified in such Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agent").
The Registered Securities will be issued in one or more series which may vary
as to aggregate principal amounts, interest rates, maturities, sinking fund
requirements, redemption provisions, selling prices, exercise provisions and
any other terms which the Indenture or any Warrant Agreement, as the case may
be, contemplates may be contained in the Registered Securities as issued from
time to time. Particular series of the Registered Securities may be sold
pursuant to a Pricing Agreement substantially in the form set forth in Annex I
hereto (the "Pricing Agreement"), subject to the terms and conditions set forth
therein and herein. The Pricing Agreement will incorporate by reference the
provisions of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided therein. The Senior
Securities, the Subordinated Securities and the Warrants may be offered either
together or separately.
The Registered Securities that are the subject of a particular Pricing
Agreement are referred to herein as the "Securities"; provided that the Debt
Securities issuable upon exercise of Warrants are referred to herein as
"Warrant Securities." The firm or firms named in Schedule I to the Pricing
Agreement are referred to herein as the "Underwriters," and the representative
or representatives of the Underwriters, if any, specified in the Pricing
Agreement are referred to herein as the "Representatives"; provided, however,
that if the Pricing Agreement does not specify any representative of the
Underwriters, the term "Representatives" shall mean the Underwriters.
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As provided in Section 2 below, the Pricing Agreement may authorize
the Underwriters to solicit offers from certain investors to purchase
Securities from the Company pursuant to delayed delivery contracts ("Delayed
Delivery Contracts"). Securities to be purchased pursuant to Delayed Delivery
Contracts are sometimes referred to herein as "Contract Securities," and
Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters (after giving effect to the
deduction, if any, for Contract Securities) are sometimes referred to herein as
"Underwriters' Securities."
Section 1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The
Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters
that:
(a) A registration statement (Nos. 333-_________,
333-________, 333-________, 333-________ and 333-_ ____) on Form S-3
relating to the Registered Securities, including the Securities, and
all post-effective amendments thereto required to the date of the
Pricing Agreement, have been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") in the form heretofore delivered or to
be delivered to the Representatives (and, excluding exhibits to such
registration statement, but including all documents incorporated by
reference in the prospectus contained therein on or prior to the date
of the Pricing Agreement, to the Representatives for each of the other
Underwriters) and such registration statement and each such amendment
thereto, if any, have been declared effective by the Commission and no
stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the
Commission. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the term
"Registration Statement" shall mean the foregoing registration
statement, including all exhibits thereto and all documents
incorporated by reference therein as of the effective date thereof;
and any reference to the Registration Statement as amended (or similar
wording) shall mean the Registration Statement, including all
post-effective amendments thereto and all documents filed by the
Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), after the effective date of the Registration
Statement and that are deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement upon the filing of such documents with the
Commission and the information, if any, deemed to be a part thereof
pursuant to Rule 434 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"); (ii) the term "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus,
including all documents incorporated by reference therein as of the
date thereof, relating to the Registered Securities in the form
included in the Registration Statement as of the effective date
thereof or, if different, in the form in which it has most recently
been filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission on or prior
to the date of the Pricing Agreement, as amended or supplemented to
reflect the terms of the offering of the Securities by (A) if the
Company elects not to rely on Rule 434 under the Act, the Prospectus
Supplement contemplated by Section 3(a) hereof, in the form in which
such Prospectus Supplement is filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 3(a) hereof or
(B) if the Company elects to rely on Rule 434 under the Act, the Term
Sheet contemplated by Section 3(a) hereof, in the form in which such
Term Sheet is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (7)
under the Act in accordance with Section 3(a) hereof (and, in such
case, the term "Prospectus" shall include such Term
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Sheet and the Rule 434(c) (2) Prospectus referred to in Section 3(a),
if any, each individually and taken together); any reference to the
date of the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to the date of such
Prospectus Supplement or Term Sheet, as the case may be, and any
reference to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (or similar
wording) shall mean the Prospectus, including all supplements thereto
and all documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date
of the Prospectus and that are deemed to be incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus upon the filing of such documents with the
Commission; and (iii) the term "Preliminary Prospectus" shall mean any
preliminary prospectus, including all documents incorporated by
reference therein as of the date thereof, included in the registration
statement prior to the effectiveness thereof or filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Act; and any reference to
any Preliminary Prospectus as amended or supplemented (or similar
wording) shall mean such Preliminary Prospectus, including all
documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of such
Preliminary Prospectus and that are deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Preliminary Prospectus upon the filing of such
documents with the Commission. If the Company files a registration
statement to register a portion of the Securities and relies on Rule
462(b) under the Act for such registration statement to become
effective upon filing with the Commission (the "Rule 462 (b)
Registration Statement"), then any reference to "Registration
Statement" herein shall be deemed to be to both the registration
statement referred to above (Nos. 333-______ , 333-________,
333-________, 333-________ and 333-_________ (the "Original
Registration Statement")) and the Rule 462 (b) Registration Statement,
as each such registration statement may be amended pursuant to the
Act;
(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, when they were filed with the
Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and, when read together with the other information
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus at the time
the Registration Statement became effective, at the time any
post-effective amendment thereto became effective and at the time any
annual report on Form 10-K was filed by the Company and incorporated
by reference into the Prospectus, none of such documents 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 not misleading; and any further documents so filed during the
period during which delivery of a prospectus is required in connection
with the offering or sale of the Securities, and incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus, when such documents are filed with the
Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements
of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and, when read together with the other information included
or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus at the time such
documents are filed with the Commission, none of such documents will
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or
omissions made in reliance
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upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of an Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in the Prospectus;
(c) The Registration Statement, as amended, and the
Prospectus, as amended, conform, and any amendments or supplements
thereto filed during the period during which delivery of a prospectus
is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities
will conform, in all material respects to the applicable requirements
of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust
Indenture Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder. The Registration Statement, as amended, and the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, each as of the effective date
of the Registration Statement, as of the effective date of each
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, if any, and at
the time any annual report on Form 10-K was filed by the Company and
incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, did not, as of the date
of the Pricing Agreement do not, and as of the Time of Delivery (as
hereinafter defined) and during the period during which delivery of a
prospectus is required in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities, will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided,
however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of an
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the
Prospectus, or to the Statements of Eligibility on Form T-1 (the
"Forms T-1"), except as to statements or omissions in such Forms T-1
made in reliance upon information furnished in writing to the Trustee
by or on behalf of the Company for use therein;
(d) Since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has been
no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a
prospective material adverse change, in the business, financial
condition, or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than as set forth or contemplated
in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, whether or not arising
in the ordinary course of business;
(e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Texas with
corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified
as a foreign corporation for the transaction of
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business and is in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases substantial properties, or
conducts business, and where the failure so to qualify and be in good
standing would have a material adverse effect on the business of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; each of the Company's
subsidiaries defined under the Indenture as a Designated Subsidiary
(herein the "Selected Subsidiaries") has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
its jurisdiction of incorporation, has corporate power and authority
to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
substantial properties, or conducts business, and where the failure so
to qualify and be in good standing would have a material adverse
effect on the business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole; and each of the Company and the Selected Subsidiaries has all
required authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates and
permits of and from all governmental regulatory officials and bodies
(including, without limitation, each insurance regulatory authority
having jurisdiction over the Company or any insurance subsidiary of
the Company) to own or lease its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Prospectus, except such authorizations, approvals,
orders, licenses, certificates and permits which, if not obtained,
would not have a material adverse effect on the business of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and neither the Company
nor any of the Selected Subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
authorization, approval, order, license, certificate or permit which,
singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the business of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(f) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of
each of the Selected Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and (except for any
directors' qualifying shares) are owned, directly or indirectly, by
the Company, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances;
(g) The Securities have been duly authorized (or will
have been so authorized prior to their issuance) and, when executed
and authenticated pursuant to the Indenture or Warrant Agreement, as
the case may be, pursuant to which the Securities are being issued,
and issued and delivered against payment therefor pursuant to this
Agreement and the Pricing Agreement (or, in the case of any Contract
Securities, pursuant to the Delayed Delivery Contracts with respect
thereto), will be duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered
and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms
and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or Warrant Agreement, as
the case may be, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to
general equity principles; the Indenture or Warrant Agreement, as the
case may be, pursuant to which the Securities are being issued, has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and
constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject
to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles; the
Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and
the Securities and the Indenture or Warrant Agreement, as the case may
be, conform in all material respects with the descriptions thereof in
the Prospectus;
(h) The Warrant Securities, if any, have been duly authorized
(or will have been so authorized prior to issuance of the Warrants
relating thereto) for issuance and sale upon the
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exercise of the Warrants, and, when executed and authenticated
pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Indenture and issued and
delivered against payment of the exercise price in accordance with the
terms of the Warrant Agreement, will be duly executed, authenticated,
issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
principles; and the Warrant Securities, if any, will conform in all
material respects with the description thereof in the Prospectus;
(i) In the event any of the Securities are purchased
pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts, each of such Delayed Delivery
Contracts has been (or will be prior to the Time of Delivery) duly
authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the
Company and the purchaser named therein, will constitute a valid and
legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors'
rights and to general equity principles; and such Delayed Delivery
Contracts will conform in all material respects to the description
thereof in the Prospectus;
(j) The issue and sale of the Securities and Warrant
Securities, if any, the compliance by the Company with all of the
provisions of the Securities and Warrant Securities, if any, the
Indenture, the Warrant Agreement, if any, each of the Delayed Delivery
Contracts, if any, this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement, and the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will
not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument for
money borrowed to which the Company or any of the Selected
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of the Selected
Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of the Selected Subsidiaries is subject, or (ii) result
in any violation of (x) the provisions of the Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, or the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the
Company or (y) to the best knowledge of the Company, any statute or
any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Selected
Subsidiaries or any of their properties, in any manner which, in the
case of clauses (i) and (ii)(y), would have a material adverse effect
on the business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body
is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or Warrant
Securities, if any, or the consummation by the Company of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Agreement,
the Indenture, the Warrant Agreement, if any, or any Delayed Delivery
Contract, except such as have been, or will have been prior to the
Time of Delivery, obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act
and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required
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under "blue sky" or state securities laws or insurance laws in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
Underwriters;
(k) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to
which the Company or any of the Selected Subsidiaries is a party or of
which any property of the Company or any of the Selected Subsidiaries
is subject which, individually or in the aggregate, are expected to
have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition,
or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as
a whole; and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities
or threatened by others; and
(l) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
issue and sale of the Securities and Warrant Securities, if any, will
not be an "investment company" as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company
Act").
Section 2. Purchase and Offering of Securities. The obligation of
the Company to issue and sell any of the Securities and the obligation of any
of the Underwriters to purchase any of the Securities shall be evidenced by the
Pricing Agreement with respect to the Securities specified therein. The
Pricing Agreement shall specify the aggregate principal amount (in the case of
Debt Securities) or the number (in the case of Warrants) of the Securities, the
initial public offering price of such Securities, the purchase price to the
Underwriters of such Securities, the names of the Underwriters of such
Securities (subject to substitution as provided by Section 7 herein), the names
of the Representatives of such Underwriters, the principal amount or number of
such Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter and whether any of such
Securities shall be covered by Delayed Delivery Contracts and the commission
payable to the Underwriters with respect thereto and shall set forth the date,
time and manner of delivery of such Securities and payment therefor. The
Pricing Agreement shall also specify (to the extent not set forth in the
Indenture or Warrant Agreement, as the case may be, pursuant to which the
Securities are being issued, and the Registration Statement and Prospectus) the
terms of such Securities. The Pricing Agreement shall be in the form of an
executed writing (which may be in counterparts), and may be evidenced by an
exchange of telegraphic communications or any other rapid transmission device
designed to produce a written record of communications transmitted. The
obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement
shall be several and not joint. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement
and authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Underwriters'
Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Underwriters'
Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
Underwriters' Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter pursuant
to the Pricing Agreement, in definitive form to the extent practicable, and in
such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the
Representatives may request upon at least twenty-four hours prior notice to the
Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the
Representatives for
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the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such
Underwriter of the purchase price therefor, by certified or official bank check
or checks, payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer to a bank
account specified by the Company, in the funds specified in the Pricing
Agreement, all at the place and time and date specified in the Pricing
Agreement or at such other place and time and date as the Representatives and
the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and date being herein called
the "Time of Delivery" for the Underwriters' Securities.
Concurrently with the delivery of and payment for the Underwriters'
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Representatives for the accounts of
the Underwriters a check payable to the order of the party designated in the
Pricing Agreement in the amount of any compensation payable by the Company to
the Underwriters in respect of any Delayed Delivery Contracts as provided in
this Section and in the Pricing Agreement.
The Company may specify in Schedule II to the Pricing Agreement that
the Underwriters are authorized to solicit offers to purchase Securities from
the Company pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts, substantially in the form
of Annex III attached hereto but with such changes therein as the
Representatives and the Company may authorize or approve. If so specified, the
Underwriters will endeavor to make such arrangements, and as compensation
therefor the Company will pay to the Representatives, for the accounts of the
Underwriters, at the Time of Delivery such commission, if any, as may be set
forth in the Pricing Agreement. Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, are to be
with investors of the types described in the Prospectus and subject to other
conditions therein set forth. The Underwriters will not have any
responsibility in respect of the validity or performance of any Delayed
Delivery Contracts.
The principal amount (in the case of Debt Securities) or number (in
the case of Warrants) of Contract Securities to be deducted from the principal
amount or number of Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter as set forth
in Schedule I to the Pricing Agreement shall be equal to the principal amount
or number of Contract Securities which the Company has been advised by the
Representatives have been attributed to such Underwriter, provided that, if the
Company has not been so advised, the amount or number of Contract Securities to
be so deducted shall be, in each case, that proportion of Contract Securities
which the principal amount or number of Securities to be purchased by such
Underwriter under the Pricing Agreement bears to the total principal amount or
number of the Securities (rounded as the Representatives may determine). The
total principal amount or number of Underwriters' Securities to be purchased by
all the Underwriters pursuant to the Pricing Agreement shall be the total
principal amount or number of Securities set forth in Schedule I to the Pricing
Agreement less the principal amount or number of the Contract Securities. The
Company will deliver to the Representatives not later than 3:30 p.m., New York
City time, on the second business day preceding the Time of Delivery (or such
other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in
writing) a written notice setting forth the names of the investors with which
the making of Delayed Delivery Contracts has been approved by the Company and
the principal amount or number of Contract Securities to be covered by each
such Delayed Delivery Contract.
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Section 3. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees
with each of the Underwriters:
(a) Immediately following the execution of the Pricing
Agreement, to prepare (i) if the Company elects not to rely on Rule
434 under the Act, an amendment or supplement to the prospectus
related to the Registered Securities to reflect the terms of the
offering of the Securities (the "Prospectus Supplement") in a form
reasonably approved by the Representatives, and to file the Prospectus
Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) (2) or (5) under the Act by 3:00
p.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately succeeding
the date of the Pricing Agreement (or such other time as shall be
specified in the Pricing Agreement), or (ii) if the Company elects to
rely on Rule 434 under the Act, (A) an abbreviated term sheet relating
to the Securities (the "Term Sheet") that complies with the
requirements of Rule 434(c) (3) and (e) under the Act in a form
reasonably approved by the Representatives, and (B) if required by
Rule 434(c) (2) under the Act, a form of Prospectus relating to the
Securities (the "Rule 434(c) (2) Prospectus") complying with Rule
434(c) (2) under the Act in a form reasonably approved by the
Representatives, and to file such Term Sheet pursuant to Rule 424(b)
(7) under the Act, and any such Rule 434(c) (2) Prospectus pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Act, in each case by 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the business day immediately succeeding the date of the
Pricing Agreement (or such other time as shall be specified in the
Pricing Agreement); except as otherwise required by law, to make no
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus
after the date of the Pricing Agreement and prior to the Time of
Delivery which shall be reasonably disapproved by the Representatives
promptly after reasonable notice thereof; for so long as the delivery
of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of
the Securities, to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy
or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, and to advise the Representatives, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any
supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus (other than any
supplement or amendment to the Prospectus relating exclusively to a
series of Registered Securities other than the Securities) has been
filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission, of the issuance
by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities, of
the suspension of the qualification of such Securities for offering or
sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission
for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or
Prospectus (other than any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus
relating exclusively to a series of Registered Securities other than
the Securities) or for additional information; and, in the event of
the issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or
suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Securities or
suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to
obtain its withdrawal.
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(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the
Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Securities and
any Warrant Securities for offering and sale under the securities and
insurance laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may
reasonably request and to comply with such laws to the extent
necessary to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in
such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the
distribution of such Securities; provided, however, that in connection
therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign
corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which
it is not so qualified or to file a general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction;
(c) To furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus
in such quantities as the Representatives may from time to time
reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required
at any time in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities
and if at such time any event shall have occurred or condition exist
as a result of which the Prospectus, as it may then be amended or
supplemented, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if
for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period, in
the opinion of the Representatives or the Company, to amend or
supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any
document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to
comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to
notify the Representatives of such event, condition, filing, amendment
or supplement and upon the Representatives' request to file such
document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter
and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives
may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a
supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or
omission or effect such compliance;
(d) To make generally available to its security holders
as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 90 days
following the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings
statement, covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the
first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the
"effective date" (as defined in Rule 158 under the Act) of the
Registration Statement, of the Company and its subsidiaries (which
need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including Rule
158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date of the
Pricing Agreement and continuing to and including the Time of
Delivery, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of
any debt securities of the Company (except for any debt securities
issued upon exercise of outstanding warrants, if any, and except that
the Company shall have the right to close during such period the sale
of any debt securities under its medium-term note programs that it had
agreed to sell on or before the date of the Pricing Agreement and of
which it had informed the Representatives prior to their execution of
the Pricing Agreement)
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having an original maturity of more than one year after such Time of
Delivery, or any warrants for the purchase of any such debt securities
of the Company, without the prior consent of the Representatives; and
(f) The Company shall file in a timely manner all
documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13 and 14 of the Exchange Act.
Section 4. Payment of Expenses. The Company agrees to pay or cause
to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the
Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the
Registered Securities and any Warrant Securities under the Act and all other
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing
any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Pricing Agreement, the
Indenture, any Warrant Agreement, any Delayed Delivery Contracts, any Blue Sky
and Legal Investment Memoranda and any other documents in connection with the
offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Registered Securities and any
Warrant Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of
the Registered Securities and any Warrant Securities for offering and sale
under state securities laws as provided in Section 3(b) hereof, including the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection
with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal
investment surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for
rating the Securities and any Warrant Securities; (v) any filing fees incident
to any required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
of the terms of the sale of the Securities and any Warrant Securities; (vi) the
cost of preparing the Securities and any Warrant Securities; (vii) the fees and
expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and of any Warrant Agent
and any agent of any Warrant Agent; and (viii) all other costs and expenses
incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder and under any Delayed
Delivery Contracts which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this
Section 4. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section
4, Section 6 and Section 8 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own
costs and expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their own counsel,
transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities or Warrant Securities by
them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Section 5. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The several
obligations of the Underwriters under the Pricing Agreement shall be subject,
in the discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all
representations and warranties of the Company in or incorporated by reference
in the Pricing Agreement are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and
correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its
obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional
conditions:
(a) The Prospectus Supplement or, if the Company shall
have elected to rely on Rule 434 under the Act, the Term Sheet and any
Rule 434 (c) (2) Prospectus required by Rule 434 (c) (2) under the
Act, shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
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within the applicable time period prescribed therefor by Section 3(a)
hereof; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose
shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all
requests for additional information on the part of the Commission
shall have been complied with to the Representatives' reasonable
satisfaction;
(b) Brown & Wood LLP, counsel for the Underwriters (or
such other counsel as shall be indicated in the Pricing Agreement),
shall have furnished to the Representatives such opinion or opinions,
dated the Time of Delivery, with respect to the due and valid
authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture, the Warrant
Agreement, if any, the Securities and the Delayed Delivery Contracts,
if any, and the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other
related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and
such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they
may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters (in
rendering such opinion or opinions, Brown & Wood LLP may rely as to
matters of Texas law upon the opinions of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (or
other counsel licensed to practice in the State of Texas) and of the
General Counsel, the Deputy General Counsel or the Associate General
Counsel - Corporate/Finance of the Company referred to in subsections
5(c) and 5(d), respectively);
(c) Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Company (or
such other counsel as shall be indicated in the Pricing Agreement),
shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion,
dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Texas, with corporate power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus;
(ii) The Pricing Agreement (including the provisions of
this Agreement) and any Delayed Delivery Contracts have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(iii) The Indenture or Warrant Agreement, as the case may
be, pursuant to which the Securities are being issued has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and
(assuming the Indenture or Warrant Agreement, as the case may
be, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Trustee or Warrant Agent, as applicable) constitutes a valid
and legally binding instrument of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to
or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
principles; such Indenture has been duly qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act; and such Indenture or Warrant Agreement,
as the case may be, conforms in all material respects to the
description thereof in the Prospectus;
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(iv) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when
executed and authenticated pursuant to the Indenture or
Warrant Agreement, as the case may be, pursuant to which the
Securities are being issued, and issued and delivered against
payment therefor pursuant to this Agreement and the Pricing
Agreement (or, in the case of any Contract Securities,
pursuant to the Delayed Delivery Contracts with respect
thereto), will be duly executed, authenticated, issued and
delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of
such Indenture or Warrant Agreement, as the case may be,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and
to general equity principles; and the Securities are in the
form authorized in or pursuant to the Indenture or Warrant
Agreement, as the case may be, pursuant to which the
Securities are being issued and conform in all material
respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus;
(v) The Warrant Securities, if any, have been duly
authorized for issuance and sale upon the exercise of the
Warrants, and, when executed and authenticated pursuant to the
terms and provisions of the applicable Indenture and issued
and delivered against payment of the exercise price in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement, will be
duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their terms and entitled to the benefits of the applicable
Indenture, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and
to general equity principles; and the form of Warrant
Securities, if any, conforms in all material respects to the
description thereof in the Prospectus;
(vi) The Registration Statement is effective under the
Act and, to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has
been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been
instituted or threatened by the Commission;
(vii) The Registration Statement, at the time it became
effective, and as amended or supplemented as of the date of
the Pricing Agreement (or, if the Company shall have elected
to rely on Rule 434 under the Act, as of the time the Term
Sheet was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 434(b)
(7) under the Act) (other than the financial statements and
other financial information included therein or the Forms T-1,
as to which no opinion or belief need be expressed), appeared
on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material
respects to the applicable requirements of the Act, the Trust
Indenture Act and the respective rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder; and
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(viii) The Company is not, and, after giving effect to the
issue and sale of the Securities and Warrant Securities, if
any, will not be, an "investment company" as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act.
In addition, such opinion shall also contain a
statement that no facts have come to such counsel's attention
that lead them to believe that the Registration Statement
(other than the financial statements and other financial and
statistical data contained therein, as to which such counsel
need not express any comment), at the time it became
effective, and if an amendment to the Registration Statement
or an annual report on Form 10-K has been filed by the Company
with the Commission subsequent to the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, then at the time each such amendment
became effective and the most recent such Form 10-K was filed,
as the case may be, and as of the date of the Pricing
Agreement, 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 not misleading or
that the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and
other financial and statistical data contained therein, as to
which such counsel need not express any comment), as amended
or supplemented to reflect the terms of the offering of the
Securities by the Prospectus Supplement or Term Sheet, as the
case may be, and as amended or supplemented at the Time of
Delivery, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading;
(d) The General Counsel, the Deputy General Counsel or
the Associate General Counsel - Corporate/Finance of the Company shall
have furnished to the Representatives his or her written opinion,
dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) Each of the Selected Subsidiaries has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a business corporation
or an insurer, as the case may be, in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, provided, however,
that "good standing" means with respect to any corporation
incorporated under the laws of the State of Indiana that such
corporation has filed its most recent annual report required
by the laws of the State of Indiana and Articles of
Dissolution have not been filed in the State of Indiana with
respect to such corporation; to the knowledge of such counsel,
each of the Company and the Selected Subsidiaries has been
duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of
business or licensed to transact business as an insurance
company, as the case may be, and is in good standing under the
laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
substantial properties, or conducts business, and where the
failure so to qualify would have a material adverse effect on
the business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole; all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Selected Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and (except for any
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directors' qualifying shares) are owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company, free and clear of all liens and
encumbrances; and, to the knowledge of such counsel, each of
the Company and the Selected Subsidiaries has all required
authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates and
permits of and from all governmental regulatory officials and
bodies (including, without limitation, each insurance
regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or
any insurance subsidiary of the Company) to own or lease its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus, except such authorizations, approvals, orders,
licenses, certificates and permits which, if not obtained,
would not have a material adverse effect on the business of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (such
counsel being entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in
this clause (i) upon opinions (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives) of local
counsel and of counsel for the Selected Subsidiaries, such
counsel being acceptable to counsel for the Underwriters,
copies of which shall be furnished to the Representatives; and
in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers of
the Company or the Selected Subsidiaries, provided that such
counsel shall state that he or she believes that he or she is
justified in relying upon such opinions and certificates);
(ii) To the knowledge of such counsel, there are no
legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened of a
character that are required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, other than as disclosed
therein; to the knowledge of such counsel, there are no
contracts, indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan
agreements or other documents of a character required to be
described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (or
required to be filed under the Exchange Act if upon such
filing they would be incorporated by reference therein) or to
be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are
not described and filed as required;
(iii) The issue and sale of the Securities and Warrant
Securities, if any, the compliance by the Company with all of
the provisions of the Securities, the Warrant Securities, if
any, the applicable Indenture, the Warrant Agreement, if any,
each of the Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, this Agreement
and the Pricing Agreement, and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not (A)
conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument for money borrowed to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject,
or (B) result in any violation of (x) the provisions of the
Restated Articles of Incorporation or the Amended and Restated
By-Laws of the Company or (y) any statute or any order, rule
or regulation known to such counsel of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties,
in any manner which, in the case of clauses (A) and (B)(y),
would have a material adverse effect on the business of the
Company
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and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (such counsel being
entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in this clause
(iii) with respect to subsidiaries upon opinions (in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives) of
counsel for the subsidiaries, such counsel being acceptable to
counsel for the Underwriters, copies of which shall be
furnished to the Representatives, provided that such counsel
shall state that he or she believes that he or she is
justified in relying upon such opinions); and
(iv) No consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any such court or
governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale
of the Securities or the Warrant Securities, if any, or the
consummation by the Company of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Agreement, the
applicable Indenture, the Warrant Agreement, if any, or any
Delayed Delivery Contract, except such as may be required
under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as
may be required under "blue sky" or state securities laws or
insurance laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.
(e) At the Time of Delivery, the independent certified
public accountants who have audited the consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall have
furnished to the Representatives a letter or letters dated such Time
of Delivery, with respect to such consolidated financial statements,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives,
to the effect set forth in Annex II hereto;
(f) Since the date of the Pricing Agreement and since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus,
there shall have been no material adverse change, nor any development
or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the
business, financial condition, or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business, the effect of which is, in the reasonable
judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or
the delivery of the Underwriters' Securities on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(g) Subsequent to the date of the Pricing Agreement, no
downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company's
long-term debt securities by either Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services;
(h) Subsequent to the date of the Pricing Agreement, there
shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or
material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York
Stock Exchange or any other exchange on which application shall have
been made to list the Securities; (ii) a general moratorium on
commercial banking activities in New York declared by either Federal
or New York State authorities; or (iii) the
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engagement by the United States in hostilities which have resulted in
the declaration of a national emergency or war on or after the date of
such Pricing Agreement, if the effect of any such event specified in
this subsection 5(h), in the reasonable judgment of the
Representatives, makes it impracticable to proceed with the public
offering or the delivery of the Underwriters' Securities on the terms
and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus; and
(i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be
furnished to the Representatives at the Time of Delivery, a
certificate or certificates of the Company signed by the Chairman, the
Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President as to the accuracy of
the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of
such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of
its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of
Delivery, and as to the matters set forth in the first two clauses of
subsection 5(a) and in subsection 5(f).
Section 6. Indemnification.
(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint
or several, as incurred, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will
reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating,
preparing for or defending against any such action or claim, commenced
or threatened; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable
in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or
any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
and provided, further, that the Company shall not be liable to any
Underwriter under the indemnity agreement in this subsection (a) with
respect to any Preliminary Prospectus to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter results from the
fact that such Underwriter sold Underwriters' Securities to a person
to whom there was not sent or given, at or prior to the written
confirmation of such sale, a copy of the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented (excluding documents incorporated by reference therein)
in any case where such delivery is required by the Act if the Company
has previously furnished copies thereof to such Underwriter and the
loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter results from an
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
of a material fact contained in the Preliminary
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Prospectus which was corrected in the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented).
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as
incurred, to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or
are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but
only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any such
amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, and
will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by the Company in connection with investigating, preparing
for or defending against any such action or claim, commenced or
threatened.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement or threat of
any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such
subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement or threat thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it
may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such
subsection. In case any such action shall be commenced or threatened
against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying
party of the commencement or threat thereof, the indemnifying party
shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it
shall wish and so elect within a reasonable time after receipt of such
notification, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the
indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party and it being
understood that the indemnifying party 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 (provided that local counsel
may be retained to the extent necessary) for all such indemnified
parties (treating the indemnified party and the persons referred to in
subsection (e) below to which the provisions of this Section 6 shall
extend as a single indemnified party for such purpose)), and, after
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party
shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection
for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each
case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection
with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs
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of investigation. Whether or not the indemnifying party elects to
assume the defense of any action commenced or threatened in accordance
with this subsection (c), the indemnifying party shall not be liable
for any settlement of such action effected by the indemnified party
unless such settlement is effected with the prior written consent of
the indemnifying party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party
under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to
therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand
from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation
provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by
applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice
required under subsection (c) above or is not entitled to receive the
indemnification provided for in subsection (a) above because of the
second proviso thereof, then each indemnifying party shall contribute
to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative
benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by
the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand
shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds
from such offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company
bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by
the Underwriters. The relative fault 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 on the
one hand or the Underwriters on the other hand and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission, including, with respect
to any Underwriter, the extent to which such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) with respect to any
Preliminary Prospectus result from the fact that such Underwriter sold
Underwriters' Securities to a person to whom there was not sent or
given, at or prior to the written confirmation of such sale, a copy of
the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented (excluding documents
incorporated by reference) in any case where such delivery is required
by the Act, if the Company has previously furnished copies thereof to
such Underwriter and the loss, claim, damage or liability results from
an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Prospectus
which was corrected in the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented). The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would
not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection
(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters
were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above in
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this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d)
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating,
preparing for or defending against any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the
amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty
of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the
Underwriters in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations with respect
to the Securities and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 6 shall
be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have
and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person,
if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act;
and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 6 shall be
in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions,
to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
Section 7. Default of Underwriters.
(a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to
purchase the Underwriters' Securities which it has agreed to purchase
under the Pricing Agreement, the Representatives may in their
discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to
purchase such Underwriters' Securities on the terms contained herein.
If within twenty-four hours after such default by any Underwriter the
Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Underwriters'
Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of
twenty-four hours within which to procure another party or other
parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such
Underwriters' Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the
respective prescribed periods, the Representatives notify the Company
that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Underwriters'
Securities, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it has so
arranged for the purchase of such Underwriters' Securities, the
Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the
Time of Delivery for such Underwriters' Securities for a period of not
more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby
be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or
in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file
promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus which in the opinion of the Representatives may
thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this
Agreement and the Pricing Agreement shall include any person
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substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had
originally been a party to the Pricing Agreement.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the
purchase of the Underwriters' Securities of a defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in
subsection (a) above, the aggregate amount of such Underwriters'
Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed ten percent of
the aggregate amount of the Securities, then the Company shall have
the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the
amount of Underwriters' Securities which such Underwriter agreed to
purchase under the Pricing Agreement and, in addition, to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on
the amount of the Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase
under the Pricing Agreement) of the Underwriters' Securities of such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements
have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default. The respective
commitments of the Underwriters for purposes of this Section shall be
determined without regard to reduction in the respective Underwriters'
obligations to purchase the amounts of the Securities set forth
opposite their names in Schedule I to the Pricing Agreement as a
result of Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, entered into by the
Company.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the
purchase of the Underwriters' Securities of a defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in
subsection (a) above, the aggregate amount of Underwriters' Securities
which remains unpurchased exceeds ten percent of the aggregate amount
of the Securities as determined as set forth in subsection (b) above,
or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection
(b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase
Underwriters' Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters,
then the Pricing Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without
liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the
Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the
Underwriters as provided in Section 4 hereof and the indemnity and
contribution agreements in Section 6 hereof; but nothing herein shall
relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(d) As used in this Section 7 only, "aggregate amount" refers
to the aggregate principal amount of any Debt Securities and the
public offering price of any Warrants.
Section 8. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The
respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this
Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the
Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and
shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. If the Pricing
Agreement shall be
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terminated pursuant to Section 7 hereof, the Company shall not then be under
any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Section 4 and Section 6
hereof; but, if for any other reason Underwriters' Securities are not delivered
by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse
the Underwriters through the Representatives for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by
the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of
the Underwriters' Securities, but the Company shall then be under no further
liability to any Underwriter with respect to the Securities except as provided
in Section 4 and Section 6 hereof.
Section 9. Parties and Notices.
(a) In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on
behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to
act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any
Underwriter made or given by such Representatives jointly or by such of the
Representatives, if any, as may be designated for such purpose in the Pricing
Agreement; and
(b) All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall
be in writing, or by telegram or facsimile transmission if promptly confirmed
in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be sufficient in all respects if
delivered or sent by registered mail to the Representatives, as such, at the
address of the Representatives designated for such purpose as set forth in the
Pricing Agreement; and if to the Company shall be sufficient in all respects if
delivered or sent by registered mail to the address of the Company set forth in
the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any
notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 6(c) hereof shall be delivered or
sent by registered mail to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its
Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which
address will be supplied to the Company by the Representatives upon request.
Section 10. Successors. This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement
shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of the Underwriters, the
Company and, to the extent provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof, the
officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company
or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right
under or by virtue of this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement. No purchaser of
any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or
assign by reason merely of such purchase.
Section 11. Governing Law. This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such State.
Section 12. Counterparts. The Pricing Agreement may be executed by
any one or more of the parties thereto in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.
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ANNEX I
Pricing Agreement
[Name of Representatives]
[Name of Co-Representative(s)]
As representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
[c/o Representatives]
[Address of Representative]
............, 19...
Dear Sirs:
American General Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Company"),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement filed as an exhibit to the Company's registration
statement on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-______, 333-________ 333-_________,
333-________ and 333-_______) and attached hereto (the "Underwriting
Agreement"), to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
(the "Underwriters") the [debt securities (the "Debt Securities")] [and]
[warrants to purchase debt securities (the "Warrants")] specified in Schedule
II hereto ([such Debt Securities and Warrants being collectively referred to
as] the "Securities"). Each of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a
part of this Pricing Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had
been set forth in full herein; and each of the representations and warranties
set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date of
this Pricing Agreement. Each reference to the Representatives herein and in
the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference shall
be deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in
the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined. The
Representatives designated to act on behalf of each of the Underwriters
pursuant to Section 9 of the Underwriting Agreement and the address of the
Representatives referred to in such Section 9 are set forth in Schedule II
hereto.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to
issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the time
and place and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule
II hereto, the [principal amount of Debt Securities] [and] [number of Warrants]
set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto, [less the
[principal amount of Debt Securities] [and] [number of Warrants] covered by
Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, as may be specified in such Schedule II].
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign
and return to us _____________ counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof
by you, on behalf of each of the
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Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof, including the provisions
of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, shall
constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the
Company.
Very truly yours,
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
By:
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(Title)
Accepted as of the date hereof:
[Name of Representative Corporation
By: ]
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(Title)
[Name of Representative Partnership
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(Name of Representative Partnership)]
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
[Principal Amount of [Number of
Debt Securities to be Warrants to
Underwriter Purchased be Purchased
----------- --------------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C>
[Name of Representatives] ................ $
[Names of other Underwriters] ............
-------- -------
Total ............................. $ ] ]
======== =======
</TABLE>
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SCHEDULE II
[If Securities include Debt Securities, insert --
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
TITLE OF DEBT [_____%] [Floating Rate] [Zero Coupon] [Senior] [Subordinated]
SECURITIES: [Notes] [Debentures] Due
FORM OF DEBT [Global Security - Book Entry] [Certificated] [Bearer]
SECURITIES:
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL $________________
AMOUNT:
PRICE TO PUBLIC: _____% of the principal amount of the Debt Securities, plus
accrued interest[, if any,] from ________ to ___________ [and
accrued amortization, if any, from __________ to __________]
PURCHASE PRICE BY ____% of the principal amount of the Debt Securities
UNDERWRITERS: plus accrued interest[, if any,] from __________ to
____________ [and accrued amortization, if any, from
___________ to __________]
METHOD OF AND SPECIFIED FUNDS FOR [By certified or official bank check or checks, payable to the
PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE: order of the Company in [New York] Clearing House funds]
[By wire transfer to a bank account specified by the Company in
immediately available funds]
INDENTURE: [Senior Indenture, dated as of November 15, 1997, between the
Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee.]
[Senior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of November 15, 1997,
between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee.]
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
TIME OF DELIVERY: [Time and date], 19__.
CLOSING LOCATION:
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES: Designated Representatives:
Address for Notices, etc.:
[SECURITIES EXCHANGE: Debt Securities to be listed on the [New York] Stock Exchange]
[FILING DATE: Time and date Prospectus Supplement and/or Term Sheet to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424 (b) [if different than provided in Section
3(a)]]
DELAYED DELIVERY: [None] [Underwriters' commission shall be ____% of the principal
amount of Debt Securities for which Delayed Delivery Contracts have
been entered into. Such commission shall be payable to the order
of ______________________________.]
MATURITY:
INTEREST RATE: [_____%] [Zero Coupon] [See Floating Rate Provisions]
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: [months and dates]
RECORD DATES:
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
REDEMPTION PROVISIONS: [No provisions for redemption]
[The Debt Securities may be redeemed, [otherwise than through the
sinking fund,] in whole or in part at the option of the Company, in
the amount of $__________ or an integral multiple thereof,
___________]
[on or after ______________________, _______ at the following
redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount).
If [redeemed on or before __________________, _____%, and if]
redeemed during the 12-month period beginning ______________,
Year Redemption Price
---- ----------------
and thereafter at 100% of their principal amount, together in each
case with accrued interest to the redemption date.]
[on any interest payment date falling on or after
_________________, ___________, at the election of the Company, at
a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued interest to the date of redemption.]
[Other possible redemption provisions, such as mandatory redemption
upon occurrence of certain events or redemption for changes in tax
law]
[Restriction on refunding]
REPAYMENT PROVISIONS: [None] [Debt Securities are repayable on ________, ___ [insert
date and year[s]], at the option of the holder, at their
principal amount with accrued interest.]
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
SINKING FUND PROVISIONS: [No sinking fund provisions]
[The Debt Securities are entitled to the benefit of a sinking
fund to retire $_________ principal amount of Debt Securities
on ___________ in each of the years _____ through _____ at 100%
of their principal amount plus accrued interest] [, together
with [cumulative] [non-cumulative] redemptions at the option of
the Company to retire an additional $_________ principal amount
of Debt Securities in the years _____ through _____ at 100% of
the principal amount plus accrued interest.]
[If Debt Securities are Extendible Securities, insert --
EXTENDIBLE PROVISIONS: Debt Securities are repayable on ______________, ____________
[insert date and years], at the option of the holder at their
principal amount with accrued interest. Initial annual
interest rate will be _____%, and thereafter annual interest
rate will be adjusted on ___________, __________________ and
_______ to a rate not less than _____% of the effective annual
interest rate on U.S. Treasury obligations with ___-year
maturities as of the [insert date 15 days prior to maturity
date] prior to such [insert maturity date].]
</TABLE>
[If Debt Securities are Floating Rate Securities, insert --
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
FLOATING RATE Initial annual interest rate will be _____% through
PROVISIONS: ______________ [and thereafter will be adjusted [monthly] [on each
_____________, ______________, ______________ and __________] [to
an annual rate of _____% above the average rate for _____-year
[month] [securities] [certificates of deposit] by ______________
and ______________ [insert names of banks].] [and the annual
interest rate [thereafter] [from ____________ through
_____________] will be the interest yield equivalent of the weekly
average per annum market discount rate for _____-month Treasury
bills plus _____% of Interest Differential (the excess, if any, of
(i) then current weekly average per annum secondary market yield
for _____-month certificates of deposit over (ii) then current
interest yield equivalent of the weekly average per annum market
discount rate of _____-month Treasury bills); [from _____________
and thereafter the rate will be the then current interest yield
equivalent plus _____% of Interest Differential].]
[OTHER TERMS]*:]
[If Securities include Warrants, insert --
NUMBER OF WARRANTS TO BE
ISSUED:
WARRANT AGENT:
WARRANT AGREEMENT:
ISSUABLE JOINTLY WITH [Yes] [No]
DEBT SECURITIES:
[Number of Warrants issued
with each $ principal
amount of Debt Securities:]
[Detachable Date:]
</TABLE>
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* A DESCRIPTION OF PARTICULAR TAX, ACCOUNTING OR OTHER UNUSUAL FEATURES
OF THE DEBT SECURITIES SHOULD BE SET FORTH, OR REFERENCED TO AN ATTACHED AND
ACCOMPANYING DESCRIPTION, IF NECESSARY TO THE ISSUER'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED. SUCH A DESCRIPTION MIGHT APPROPRIATELY BE IN THE
FORM IN WHICH SUCH FEATURES WILL BE DESCRIBED IN THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FOR
THE OFFERING.
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
DATE FROM WHICH WARRANTS
ARE EXERCISABLE:
DATE ON WHICH WARRANTS
EXPIRE:
EXERCISE PRICE:
PRICE TO PUBLIC:
PURCHASE PRICE BY
UNDERWRITERS:
METHOD OF AND SPECIFIED
FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF
PURCHASE PRICE:
TIME OF DELIVERY:
CLOSING LOCATION:
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
REPRESENTATIVES:
[SECURITIES EXCHANGE:]
DELAYED DELIVERY:
TITLE OF WARRANT Principal amount of Warrant Securities
SECURITIES: purchasable upon exercise of one Warrant:
Indenture: [Senior Indenture, dated as of November 15, 1997, between the
Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee.]
[Senior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of November 15, 1997,
between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee.]
Maturity:
Interest Rate:
Interest Payment Dates:
Redemption Provisions:
Repayment Provisions:
Sinking Fund Provisions:
[Other Provisions:]]
</TABLE>
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ANNEX II
Pursuant to subsection 5(e) of the Underwriting Agreement, the
Underwriters shall have received from the independent certified public
accountants who have audited the financial statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus, one or more letters, dated as of the Time of
Delivery, each of which shall be to the effect that they are independent
auditors with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and which, when read
together, shall be to the further effect that:
(i) In their opinion, the consolidated financial statements
audited by them and included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the
Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) On the basis of performing the procedures specified by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of
interim financial information as described in Statement on Auditing
Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information, on any unaudited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, a reading of any other unaudited
financial statement data included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, a reading of the latest available
interim unaudited financial statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries ("Interim Financials"), if any, a reading of any unaudited
pro forma financial statements included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and Prospectus and a reading of the minutes
of the Company's shareholder's meetings, the meetings of the Board of
Directors, the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, the Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors and the Terms Committee of the Board
of Directors since the end of the most recent fiscal year with respect
to which an audit report has been issued and inquiries of and
discussions with certain officials of the Company who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters with respect to the
unaudited financial statements and any other unaudited financial
statement data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus, any Interim Financials, and any unaudited pro
forma financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, and as to whether (1) as of a
specified date not more than three days prior to the date of the letter,
there was any change in the consolidated capital stock (other than
issuances of capital stock upon the exercise of options or for purposes
of employee compensation plans, upon earn-outs of performance shares,
upon conversions of convertible securities and upon the exercise of put
options, in each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest
balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus)
or any increase in consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its
subsidiaries (except for increases due to accretion of discount on
original issue discount securities, if any) or any decrease in the
consolidated net assets of the Company and its subsidiaries (before
considering the effect of unrealized gains and losses on debt and equity
securities classified as "available-for-sale" under Statement of
Financial
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Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 115) as compared with the amounts shown
on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus (the "Recent Balance Sheet") or (2) during the
period, if any, from the date of the Recent Balance Sheet to the date of
the most recent balance sheet included in the Interim Financials (the
"Interim Period") there was any decrease, as compared with the
corresponding period in the preceding year, in consolidated total
revenues or in consolidated net income of the Company and its
subsidiaries, or (3) during the period from the date of the Interim
Financials or, if there are no Interim Financials, from the date of the
Recent Balance Sheet to a specified date not more than three days prior
to the date of the letter there was any decrease, as compared with the
corresponding period in the preceding year, in consolidated total
revenues or in consolidated net income of the Company and its
subsidiaries, which reading, inquiries and discussions would not
necessarily reveal changes in the financial position or results of
operations or inconsistencies in the application of generally accepted
accounting principles or other matters of significance with respect to
the following, nothing came to their attention that caused them to
believe that (A) any material modifications should be made to the
unaudited financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus for them to be in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles or that such unaudited financial statements do not
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Exchange Act and the related published
rules and regulations thereunder, (B) the Interim Financials, if any,
are not stated on a basis substantially consistent with that of the
audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, (C) any other
unaudited financial statement data included or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement and Prospectus do not agree with the
corresponding items in the unaudited financial statements from which
such data were derived or any such unaudited financial statement data
were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the
corresponding amounts in the audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus,
(D) any unaudited pro forma financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus
do not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X or the pro forma
adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in
the compilation of those statements, (E)(1) as of the date of the
Interim Financials, if any, and as of a specified date not more than
three days prior to the date of the letter, there was any change in the
consolidated capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon
the exercise of options or for purposes of employee compensation plans,
upon earn-outs of performance shares, upon conversions of convertible
securities and upon the exercise of put options, in each case which were
outstanding on the date of the latest balance sheet included or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) or any increase in
consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries (except
for increases due to accretion of discount on original issue discount
securities, if any) or any decrease in the consolidated net assets of
the Company and its subsidiaries (before considering the effect of
unrealized gains and losses on debt and equity securities classified as
"available-for sale" under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
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(SFAS) No. 115) as compared with the amounts shown on the Recent Balance
Sheet or (2) during any Interim Period, there was any decrease, as
compared with the corresponding period in the preceding year, in
consolidated total revenues or in consolidated net income of the Company
and its subsidiaries, or (3) during the period from the date of the
Interim Financials or, if there are no Interim Financials, from the date
of the Recent Balance Sheet to a specified date not more than three days
prior to the date of the letter there was any decrease, as compared with
the corresponding period in the preceding year, in consolidated total
revenues or in consolidated net income of the Company and its
subsidiaries except in each such case for (1), (2) and (3) as set forth
in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and Prospectus or
except for such exceptions as may be enumerated in such letter; and
(iii) In addition to the limited procedures referred to in clause
(ii) above, they have carried out certain other specified procedures,
not constituting an audit, with respect to certain amounts, percentages
and financial information which are derived from the general financial
and accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which are
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and which are specified by the Representatives and have
compared such amounts, percentages and financial information with the
financial and accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and
have found them to be in agreement.
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ANNEX III
Delayed Delivery Contract
___________________, 19__
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION,
c/o [Name and address of appropriate
Representatives]
Attention:
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned hereby agrees to purchase from American General
Corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), and the Company agrees to sell
to the undersigned,
[$______________________________________
principal amount] [(insert number of Warrants)] of the Company's [Title of
Securities] (the "Securities"), offered by the Company's Prospectus dated
_______________, 19__, as amended or supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement
dated _______________, 19__, receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged,
at a purchase price of [ % of the principal amount thereof] [, plus accrued
interest, if any, from the date from which interest accrues as set forth
below,] [and accrued amortization, if any, from [___________] [the date from
which interest accrues as set forth below][ to the Delivery Date] [and]] [_____
per Warrant] and on the further terms and conditions set forth in this
contract.
[The undersigned will purchase the Securities from the Company on
_____________, 19__ (the "Delivery Date") and interest on the Securities so
purchased will accrue from _________, 19__.]
[The undersigned will purchase the Securities from the Company on the
delivery date or dates and in the [principal amount or amounts] [number or
numbers] set forth below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
[Principal [Date from Which
Delivery Date Amount Interest Accrues [Number
------------- ---------- ---------------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
_______, 19__ $ _______, 19__ __
_______, 19__ $ ] _______, 19__ __] ]
</TABLE>
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Each such date on which Securities are to be purchased hereunder is hereinafter
referred to as a "Delivery Date".]
Payment for the Securities which the undersigned has agreed to purchase
on [the] [each] Delivery Date shall be made to the Company or its order by
certified or official bank check in ______________________ Clearing House funds
at the office of _________________________________ or by wire transfer to a
bank account specified by the Company, on [the] [such] Delivery Date upon
delivery to the undersigned of the Securities then to be purchased by the
undersigned in definitive form and in such denominations and registered in such
names as the undersigned may designate by written or telegraphic communication
addressed to the Company not less than [three] full business days prior to
[the] [such] Delivery Date.
The obligation of the Company to make delivery of and accept payment
for, and the obligation of the undersigned to take delivery of and make payment
for, Securities on [the] [each] Delivery Date shall be subject only to the
conditions that (1) the purchase of the Securities to be made by the
undersigned shall not on [the] [such] Delivery Date be prohibited under the
laws of any jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject, and (2) the
Company shall have sold to the Underwriters the total [principal amount]
[number] of the Securities less the [principal amount] [number] thereof covered
by this and other similar contracts. The obligation of the undersigned to take
delivery of and make payment for Securities shall not be affected by the
failure of any purchaser to take delivery of and make payment for Securities
pursuant to other contracts similar to this contract. The undersigned
represents and warrants that, as of the date of this contract, the undersigned
is not prohibited from purchasing the Securities hereby agreed to be purchased
by it under the laws of any jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject.
Promptly after completion of the sale to the Underwriters the Company
will mail or deliver to the undersigned at its address set forth below notice
to such effect, accompanied by a copy of the opinions of counsel for the
Company delivered to the Underwriters in connection therewith.
This contract will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors, but will not be assignable by
either party hereto without the written consent of the other.
This contract may be executed by either of the parties hereto in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all
such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
It is understood that the acceptance by the Company of any Delayed
Delivery Contract (including this contract) is in the Company's sole discretion
and that, without limiting the foregoing, acceptances of such contracts need
not be on a first-come, first-served basis. If this contract is acceptable to
the Company, it is requested that the Company sign the form of acceptance below
and mail or deliver one of the counterparts hereof to the undersigned at its
address set forth below. This
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will become a binding contract between the Company and the undersigned when
such counterpart is so mailed or delivered by the Company.
This contract shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be
performed in such state.
Yours very truly,
(Name of Purchaser)
By
(Signature)
(Name and Title)
(Address)
Accepted________________________, 19__
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
By
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[Title]
PURCHASER - PLEASE COMPLETE AT TIME OF SIGNING
The name and telephone number of the representative of the Purchaser
with whom details of delivery on the Delivery Date may be discussed are as
follows: (Please print)
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EXHIBIT 4(a)
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AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
TO
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
TRUSTEE
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Senior Indenture
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DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 1997
(SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES)
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Additional Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authorized Newspaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bearer Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Certificate of a Firm of Independent Public Accountants . . . . . . . . 3
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Stock Warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Company Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Company Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Corporate Trust Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
coupon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Debt Warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Depository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Designated Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
ECU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
European Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Foreign Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Indexed Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Judgment Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
mandatory sinking fund payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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New York Banking Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
New York Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
optional sinking fund payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Original Issue Discount Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Predecessor Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Preferred Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Preferred Stock Warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Registered Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Regular Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Required Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Special Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
United States Alien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
U.S. Depository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Depository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . .11
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
SECTION 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. . . . . . . . . . . . .14
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver. . . . . . . . . . . .14
SECTION 107. Language of Notices, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
SECTION 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
SECTION 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . .15
SECTION 110. Successors and Assigns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
SECTION 111. Separability and Saving Clauses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
SECTION 112. Benefits of Indenture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
SECTION 113. Governing Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
SECTION 114. Legal Holidays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
SECTION 115. Judgment Currency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. . . . . . . .18
SECTION 203. Securities in Global Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
SECTION 302. Currency; Denominations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. . . . . . . . .23
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. . . . . .26
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. . . . . . . .29
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts;
Rights Preserved. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
SECTION 309. Cancellation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. . . . . . . . . . . .33
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. . . . . . .38
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of
Securities or Coupons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
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SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any
Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts. . . . . . . .42
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
SECTION 512. Control by Holders of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. . . . .47
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
SECTION 608. Disqualifications; Conflicting Interests. . . . . . . . . . . .48
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. . . . . . . . . . . .49
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. . . . . . .49
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. . . . . . . . . . . . .50
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
SECTION 613. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders of Registered Securities. . . . . . . . . . . .54
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. . . . .54
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
SECTION 704. Reports by Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
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ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 801. Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Sales and
Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions. .56
SECTION 802. Rights and Duties of Successor Entity. . . . . . . . . . . . .56
SECTION 803. Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel. . . . . . . . . .57
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders. . . . . . .57
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. . . . . . . .60
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. . . . . . .62
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal and any Premium, Interest and
Additional Amounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust. . . . . . .64
SECTION 1004. Additional Amounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
SECTION 1005. Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults. . . . .66
SECTION 1006. Corporate Existence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
SECTION 1007. Limitation on Liens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
SECTION 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
SECTION 1009. Defeasance of Certain Obligations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . .70
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed. . . . . . .70
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. . . . . . . . . . . . .72
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
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ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. . . . .74
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. . . . . . . . . . .74
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1401. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. . . . . . . . . . .75
SECTION 1402. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
SECTION 1403. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
SECTION 1404. Quorum; Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
SECTION 1405. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and
Adjournment of Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
SECTION 1406. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. . . . . . . .78
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 1501. Securities in Foreign Currencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
SECTION 1502. Conversion or Exchange of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
SECTION 1503. No Recourse Against Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
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SENIOR INDENTURE, dated as of November 15, 1997, between AMERICAN
GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"),
having its principal office at 2929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019 and
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (hereinafter
called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company deems it necessary to issue from time to time for its
lawful purposes debt securities (hereinafter called the "Securities")
evidencing its unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance of the Securities, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such
rates of interest, if any, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one
or more series and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as
hereinafter provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
(as hereinafter defined) and the rules and regulations of the Commission (as
hereinafter defined) promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of
this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such
provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders (as hereinafter defined) 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 ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as
the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein that are defined in the
Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
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(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States and, except as
otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted
accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are
generally accepted in the United States at the date of such
computation;
(d) 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; and
(e) the term "day," unless designated as a "Business
Day," means a calendar day.
"Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts that are
required by the Securities of a particular series or by or pursuant to
a supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or other instrument
authorizing such series of Securities, under the circumstances
specified therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain
taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges imposed on
certain Holders and which are owing to such Holders.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes
of this definition, "control," when used with respect to any specified
Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such
Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 613 to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official
language of the country of publication or in the English language,
customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published
on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in the
place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial
community of such place. Where successive publications are required to
be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be
made in the same or in different Authorized Newspapers in the same
city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any
Business Day.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established
pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
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"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions
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, delivered to the
Trustee.
"Business Day," when used with respect to any Place of Payment
or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in
the Securities, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place
of Payment or such other location are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close except as may otherwise be provided in the
form of Securities of any particular series pursuant to the provisions
of this Indenture.
"Certificate of a Firm of Independent Public Accountants"
means a certificate signed by an independent public accountant or a
firm of independent public accountants who may be the independent
public accountants regularly retained by the Company or who may be
other independent public accountants. Such accountant or firm shall be
entitled to rely upon an Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation
of any legal matters relating to such certificate.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or, if at any time after the execution of
this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $.50 per
share, of the Company or any other class of stock resulting from
changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock consisting solely of
changes in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no
par value to par value. Subject to the anti-dilution provisions of any
convertible Security, however, shares of Common Stock issuable on
conversion of a Security shall include only shares of the class
designated as Common Stock of the Company at the date of the
supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or other instrument
authorizing such Security or shares of any class or classes resulting
from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have
no preference in respect of the payment of dividends or the
distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Company and which are not subject to
redemption by the Company, provided that if at any time there shall be
more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then
so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total
number of shares of such class resulting from all such
reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of such classes
resulting from all such reclassifications.
"Common Stock Warrants" means warrants to purchase Common
Stock.
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"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor entity shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor entity.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a
written request or order signed in the name of the Company by the
Chairman, the Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President (any
reference to a Vice President of the Company herein shall be deemed to
include any Vice President of the Company whether or not designated by
a number or a word or words added before or after the title "Vice
President"), and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, delivered to the
Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the
Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business
shall be administered, which office as of the date of this Indenture
is located at Four Albany Street, New York, New York 10006, Attention:
Corporate Trust and Agency Group - Corporate Market Services.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies
and business trusts.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer
Security.
"Debt Warrants" means warrants to purchase Securities.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Depository" has the meaning specified with respect to such
term under the definition of "U.S. Depository."
"Designated Subsidiary" means any present or future
consolidated Subsidiary, the consolidated assets of which constitute
at least 15 percent of the consolidated assets of the Company.
"Dollars" or "$" or any similar reference shall mean the coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be
legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, except as
may otherwise be provided in the form of Securities of any particular
series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised
from time to time by the Council of the European Community.
"European Community" means the European Economic Community,
the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
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"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or
composite currency, including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by
the government of one or more countries other than the United States
of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such
governments.
"Government Obligations", with respect to any Security, means
(i) direct obligations of the government or governments which issued
the currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on
such Security or any Additional Amounts in respect thereof shall be
payable, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder
are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or
governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised
by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government or
governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments
thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by such government or governments, and which, in the case
of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the
issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt
issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any
such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or
principal of or other amount with respect to any such Government
Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a
depository receipt, 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 depository receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or
the specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount
with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository
receipt.
"Holder" means, in the case of a Registered Security, the
Person in whose name the Security is registered in the Security
Register and, in the case of a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof,
and, in the case of any coupon, the bearer thereof.
"Indebtedness" means all obligations which in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles would be classified upon a
balance sheet as liabilities, including without limitation by the
enumeration thereof, obligations arising through direct or indirect
guarantees (including agreements, contingent or otherwise, to purchase
Indebtedness or to purchase property or services for the primary
purpose of enabling the payment of Indebtedness or assuring the owner
of Indebtedness against loss) or through agreements, contingent or
otherwise, to supply or advance funds for the payment or purchase of
Indebtedness of others; provided, however, that in determining
Indebtedness of any Person, there shall not be included rental
obligations under any lease of such Person, whether or not such rental
obligations would, under generally accepted accounting principles, be
required to be shown on the balance sheet of such Person as a
liability item.
"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 and shall include the terms of particular series of
Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
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"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide
that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be
more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original
issuance.
"interest," when used with respect to an Original Issue
Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after
Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity, and, when used with
respect to a Security which provides for the payment of Additional
Amounts pursuant to Section 1004, includes such Additional Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any
Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on
such Security.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 115.
"mandatory sinking fund payment" has the meaning specified in
Section 1201.
"Maturity," when used with respect to any Security, 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,
notice of redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or
otherwise, and includes the Redemption Date.
"New York Banking Day" has the meaning specified in Section
115.
"New York Facility" means the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee as long as such Corporate Trust Office is located in The City
of New York and otherwise means the facility of the Trustee located in
The City of New York at which Securities may be presented or
surrendered for payment or registration of transfer or exchange or for
conversion or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of Securities and this Indenture may be served,
either pursuant to Section 1002 or as so specified pursuant to Section
301.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the
Company which certificate complies with the requirements, if
applicable, of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is
delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel who is
(except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) an employee
of or counsel for the Company, or other counsel acceptable to the
Trustee, which opinion is acceptable to the Trustee and complies with
the requirements, if applicable, of Section 314(e) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
"optional sinking fund payment" has the meaning specified in
Section 1201.
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"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security issued
pursuant to this Indenture which provides for an amount less than the
principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration
thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to any Securities means,
as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) any such Security theretofore canceled by the Trustee
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) any such Security, or portion thereof, for whose
payment or redemption money and/or Government Obligations in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited pursuant hereto 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 and
any coupons thereto appertaining, 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;
(c) any such Security that has been paid pursuant to
Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities
have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture,
other than any such Security in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Security
is held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Security is a
valid obligation of the Company; and
(d) any such Security, or portion thereof, converted
into, or exchanged for, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, other
Securities or securities, Debt Warrants, Common Stock Warrants or
Preferred Stock Warrants if the terms of such Security provide for
such conversion or exchange;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
hereunder or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of
Securities, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security that shall be counted in making such determination and that
shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to
the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable
pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security as of
the date of such determination upon acceleration thereof pursuant to
Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a
Foreign Currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, determined on the
date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount
(or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar
equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the
amount determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security, (iii)
the principal amount of an Indexed Security that shall be counted in
making such determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding
for such purposes shall be equal to the principal
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face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, and (iv)
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall
be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver, or upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum,
only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned that
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
coupons appertaining thereto or any Affiliate of the Company or such
other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means the Company or any Person authorized by
the Company to pay the principal of and any premium or interest on, or
any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security or any coupon
appertaining thereto on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities
of any series, means the place or places where, subject to the
provisions of Section 1002, the principal of, or any premium or
interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities
of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section
301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306
in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, as the
case may be.
"Preferred Stock" means, with respect to the Company, its
Preferred Stock, $1.50 par value per share, of any series.
"Preferred Stock Warrants" means warrants to purchase
Preferred Stock.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security or
portion thereof to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such
redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security or
portion thereof to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be
redeemed as determined by or pursuant to this Indenture.
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"Registered Security" means any Security established pursuant
to Section 201 which is registered in the Security Register.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date on the Registered Securities of any series means the
date, if any, specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section
301, whether or not a Business Day.
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 115.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee,
means any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including
any managing director, vice president, assistant vice president,
assistant treasurer, assistant secretary or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by
any of the above designated officers and having direct responsibility
for the administration of this Indenture, and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Security" or "Securities" means any Security or Securities,
as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture;
provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person
acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities," with respect to
any such Person, shall mean Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series
as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Registered Securities of any series means a date fixed
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or
any installment of principal thereof or any premium or interest
thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, means the
fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment
of principal or premium or interest is or such Additional Amounts are
due and payable, determined as contemplated by Section 301.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which at the time of
determination the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries owns or
controls directly or indirectly more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of stock or other equity interests having general
voting power under ordinary circumstances (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) and entitled to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees of such corporation.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended, and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a
particular provision thereof shall mean such Trust Indenture Act or
provision, as the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to
time or as supplemented from time to
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time by rules or regulations adopted by the Commission under or in
furtherance of the purposes of such Trust Indenture Act or provision,
as the case may be.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have
become such with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall
mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities of that series.
"United States," except as otherwise provided in or pursuant
to this Indenture, means the United States of America (including the
States thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories and
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien," except as otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture, means any Person who, for United States
Federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident
alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate
or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which
is, for United States Federal income tax purposes, a foreign
corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien
fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
"U.S. Depository" or "Depository" means, with respect to any
Security issuable or issued in the form of one or more global
Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depository or Depository by
the Company in or pursuant to this Indenture, which Person must be, to
the extent required by applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency
registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and,
if so provided with respect to any Security, any successor to such
Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person, "U.S.
Depository" or "Depository" shall mean, with respect to any
Securities, the qualifying entity which has been appointed with
respect to such Securities.
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, provided that in the
case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such
documents or either of them is specifically required by any provision of this
Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include
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(a) a statement that each individual signing such
certificate or opinion has read such condition or covenant and the
definitions herein relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such
individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not such condition or covenant has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each
such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate of counsel or
Opinion of Counsel or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or
in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion
or representations with respect to matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate of counsel or Opinion of
Counsel or representations by counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an
officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to
such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture or any Security, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by or pursuant to
this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor
signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in
writing. If, but only if, Securities of a series are issuable as
Bearer Securities in whole or in part, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by or pursuant to
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this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such
series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record
of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof,
either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any
meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held
in accordance with the provisions of Article Fourteen, or a
combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as herein
otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the
Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.
Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments
or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the
holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in
favor of the Trustee and the Company and any agent of the Trustee or
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The
record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the
manner provided in Section 1406.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, unless
otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder,
including a Depository that is a Holder of a global Security, 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 or pursuant to this Indenture to be made,
given or taken by Holders, and a Depository that is a Holder of a
global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial
owners of interests in any such global Security through such
Depository's standing instructions and customary practices.
The Trustee may 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 or pursuant to
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record
date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed
proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make,
give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date. No such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days
after such record date.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of
any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a
witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds,
certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument
or writing, or the authority of the
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Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner
which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Registered Securities and the
principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by
any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the
Security Register.
(d) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of
Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the
same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by
a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank,
banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the Company,
wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company
and the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein
mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or
exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such
facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person
holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is
deemed by the Company and the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee
and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security
continues until (i) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later
date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, or
(ii) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other
Person, or (iii) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a
Registered Security, or (iv) such Bearer Security is no longer
Outstanding. The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of
Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the
same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Company and the
Trustee deem sufficient.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any
Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its
option, by Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the
determination of Holders of Registered Securities entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do
so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may
be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of
Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such
record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of
determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding
Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be
computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization,
agreement or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities on such
record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months
after the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action of the Holder of any Security
shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of
every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in
exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done,
omitted or suffered to be done by the
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Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating
Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of
such action is made upon such Security.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group - Corporate Market
Services, or
(b) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, by United States
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to the
attention of its Treasurer at the address of its principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture, where this Indenture provides for notice to
Holders of Securities of any event,
(a) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of
Registered Securities if in writing and mailed by United States
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Registered
Security affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the
Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier
than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice; and
(b) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of
Bearer Securities if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City
of New York and in such other city or cities, if any, as may be
specified in such Securities and, if the Securities of such series are
then listed on any stock exchange outside the United States, in an
Authorized Newspaper in such city as the Company shall advise the
Trustee that such stock exchange so requires, on a Business Day at
least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the
earliest date and the second such publication to be not later than the
latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given
by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice
so mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
given as
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provided herein. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall
be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. In case by reason
of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders of Registered Securities
by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the
Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided
above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such
Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by
publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect
in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any notice to
Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders of Securities shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 107. LANGUAGE OF NOTICES, ETC.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the
English language, except that, if the Company so elects, any published notice
may be in an official language of the country of publication.
SECTION 108. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a
provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, such required provision shall control.
SECTION 109. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 110. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not, and all rights of
the Company hereunder shall inure to the benefit of such successors and
assigns.
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SECTION 111. SEPARABILITY AND SAVING CLAUSES.
(a) In case any provision in this Indenture or in any
Security or coupon shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, either
wholly or partially, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
(b) No provision of this Indenture or of any Security or
coupon shall require the payment or permit the collection of interest
or any Additional Amounts in excess of the maximum which is not
prohibited by law. If any such excess interest is provided for herein
or in any Security or coupon, which shall be adjudicated to be so
provided for, then the Company shall not be obligated to pay such
interest or Additional Amounts in excess of the maximum not prohibited
by law until such time, if any, as it shall become legal to do so.
SECTION 112. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Indenture or in any Security or coupon, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security
Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and their respective
successors and assigns hereunder, and the Holders of Securities or coupons, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 113. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture and the Securities and coupons, including the validity
thereof, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York without regard to conflict of laws principles.
SECTION 114. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Maturity or Stated Maturity of any Security, or
any installment of principal thereof or any premium or interest thereon or any
Additional Amounts with respect thereto shall not be a Business Day at any
Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture
or the Securities or coupons other than a provision in the Securities or
coupons of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply
in lieu of this Section) payment of principal or any premium or interest or
Additional Amounts with respect to such Security need not be made at such Place
of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at
such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made at the Maturity
or Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for
the period from and after such Maturity or Stated Maturity, as the case may be,
to such next succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 115. JUDGMENT CURRENCY.
The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do
so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in
any court it is necessary to convert the sum due on the Securities of any
series from the currency in which such sum is payable in accordance with the
terms of such Securities (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a
judgment will be
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rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate
at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could
purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment
Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final
unappealable judgment is rendered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture
to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or
satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or
not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the
Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall
result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required
Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be
enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of
recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual
receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so
expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being
obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the
foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a
legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in
The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to
close.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. FORMS OF SECURITIES.
The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer
Securities, if any, of each series, and related coupons shall be in such form
or forms (including permanent or temporary global form) as shall be established
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution in accordance with Section 301, in each case with 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 or
designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required
to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or
with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange or as may consistently
herewith be determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as
evidenced by their execution of the Securities or coupons.
If the forms of Securities or coupons of any series are established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery
of such Securities or coupons.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in
registered form without coupons.
The definitive Securities and coupons, if any, shall be typewritten,
printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these
methods or may be produced in any other manner,
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all as determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities or
coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
SECTION 203. SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the
Securities shall not be issuable in global form. If Securities of a series
shall be issuable in global form, any such Security may provide that it or any
number of such Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of all
Outstanding Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by
the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that
the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from
time to time be increased or reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of
any Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease
in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons
as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered pursuant
to Section 303 or 304 with respect thereto. Subject to the provisions of
Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and
redeliver any Security in global form in the manner and upon instructions given
by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order.
If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously
is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to a Security in
global form shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in
an Officers' Certificate and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. 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. The terms of the
Securities in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in this Indenture shall
be determined or established in any one or more of the following ways: (1) in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto; (2) in one or more Board
Resolutions; or (3) in a manner specified in or authorized by one or more Board
Resolutions (in which case such Board Resolutions shall be included in or
attached to an Officers' Certificate setting forth such terms or the manner in
which such terms are to be determined or established). The terms to be so
determined or established shall include:
(a) the title of the Securities and the series in which
such Securities shall be included;
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such 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 such series pursuant to Section 304, 305,
306, 906 or 1107);
(c) whether such Securities are to be issuable as
Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons or
both) or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or
delivery of Bearer Securities of the series, the terms, if any, upon
which Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered
Securities of the series and vice versa, whether any Securities of the
series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and
whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent
global form with or without coupons and, if so, (1) when any of such
Securities are to be issued in global form, (2) whether beneficial
owners of interests in any such permanent global Security may exchange
such interests for certificated Securities of such series and of like
tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances
under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner
provided in Section 305, (3) the name of the U.S. Depository or the
Depository, as the case may be, with respect to any global Security,
and (4) the form of any legend or legends to be borne by any such
global Security in addition to or in lieu of the legend referred to in
Section 303;
(d) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the
series and any global Security representing Outstanding Securities of
the series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance
of the first Security of the series to be issued;
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(e) if Securities of the series are to be issuable as
Bearer Securities, whether interest in respect of any portion of a
temporary Bearer Security in global form (representing all or any
portion of the Outstanding Bearer Securities of the series) payable in
respect of an Interest Payment Date therefor prior to the exchange, if
any, of such temporary Bearer Security for definitive Securities of
the series shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to
the portion of such temporary Bearer Security held for its account
and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any
certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment
received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons
entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(f) the date or dates on which the principal of such
Securities is payable, or the manner in which such date or dates shall
be determined;
(g) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear
interest, if any, or the manner in which such rate or rates shall be
determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or
the manner in which such date or dates shall be determined, the
Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable or
the manner in which such Interest Payment Dates shall be determined,
and the Regular Record Date, if any, for any interest payable on any
such Registered Securities on any such Interest Payment Date, whether
and under what circumstances Additional Amounts on such Securities or
any of them shall be payable and, if so, whether the Company has the
option to redeem the affected Securities rather than pay such
Additional Amounts, and the basis upon which interest shall be
calculated if other than that of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
30-day months;
(h) the right, if any, of the Company to extend the
interest payment periods of such Securities, the maximum duration, if
any, of any such extension or extensions, the additional interest, if
any, payable on such Securities if any interest payment period is
extended and any notice (which shall include notice to the Trustee)
which must be given upon the exercise of such rights;
(i) each Place of Payment of such Securities, if any,
other than or in addition to The City of New York, where, subject to
Section 1002, the principal of and any premium and interest on or
Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of, such Securities
shall be payable, the place or places where any Registered Securities
of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange and where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion
or exchange and any notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served;
(j) whether such Securities are to be redeemable at the
option of the Company and, if so, the date or dates on which, the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed, in
whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(k) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem such
Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or to
repay such Securities at the option of a Holder
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thereof or upon the occurrence of one or more specified events and, if
so, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which (or
the event or events upon which), the price or prices at which and the
other terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be
redeemed or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation,
and any provisions for the remarketing of such Securities so redeemed
or repaid;
(l) the obligation, if any, of the Company to permit the
conversion or exchange of such Securities into or for Common Stock,
Preferred Stock, Debt Warrants, Common Stock Warrants, Preferred Stock
Warrants or other Securities or securities, and the terms and
conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be effected
(including, without limitation, the initial conversion or exchange
price or rate, the conversion or exchange period, any adjustment of
the applicable conversion or exchange price, any requirements relative
to reservation of shares for purposes of conversion or exchange and
any other provision in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in
this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto relative to such
obligation);
(m) the denominations in which any Registered Securities
of the series shall be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000
and any integral multiple thereof, and the denomination or
denominations in which any Bearer Securities of the series shall be
issuable, if other than the denomination of $5,000;
(n) if other than the full principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of any such Securities that shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502 or, if applicable, the portion of the
principal amount of any such Securities that may be converted or
exchanged in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture or the
manner in which such portion is to be determined;
(o) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on, and any
Additional Amounts in respect of, such Securities shall be payable;
(p) if the principal of and any premium or interest on,
and any Additional Amounts in respect of, such Securities are to be
payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or
otherwise, in a coin or currency, including a Foreign Currency, other
than that in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the
period or periods within which, and the other terms and conditions
upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of
determining the exchange rate between the coin or currency in which
such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the coin
or currency in which such Securities or any of them are to be so
payable;
(q) whether the amount of payments of principal of and
any premium or interest on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of,
such Securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula
or other method or methods (which index, formula or method or methods
may be based, without limitation, on one or more currencies,
commodities, equity
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indices or other indices) and, if so, the terms and conditions upon
which and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and
paid or payable;
(r) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to
the Events of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to such
Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are
consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein,
any change in the right of the Trustee or Holders to declare the
principal of such Securities due and payable, and any additions to the
definitions currently set forth in this Indenture;
(s) whether any of such Securities are to be issuable
upon the exercise of warrants and, if so, the details with respect
thereto, including the time, manner and place for such Securities to
be authenticated and delivered;
(t) the form or forms of such Securities, if any, and, if
any Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form
(whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security
of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other
documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms
of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(u) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of
the Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security
Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent with respect to such
Securities; and
(v) any other terms of such Securities (which terms shall
not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and any coupons appertaining to any
Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to
coin or currency of payments due thereunder, denomination, the rate or rates of
interest, if any, or the method of determining the rate of interest, if any,
the date or dates from which interest, if any, shall accrue, and Stated
Maturity and except as may otherwise be provided in the terms of such
Securities determined or established as provided above. All Securities of any
one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided,
a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the Securities or coupons of any series are
established by action that is specified in or authorized by a Board Resolution
and such action is to be taken at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of such series of Securities or the manner
in which such terms are to be determined or established, then a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of such
series or the manner in which such terms are to be determined or established.
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SECTION 302. CURRENCY; DENOMINATIONS.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, the principal of, any premium and interest on and
any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities shall be payable in
Dollars. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, any Registered Securities of a series shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and any
Bearer Securities of a series shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000.
Securities not denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in such denominations
as are established with respect to such Securities in or pursuant to this
Indenture.
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman, its Vice Chairman, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under
its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Treasurer or Secretary or
one of its Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any
of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Coupons shall
bear the facsimile signature of the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the
Company.
Securities and coupons 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 on the date(s) such Securities were
issued.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with
any coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with the Board Resolution and Officers' Certificate,
supplemental indenture or other instrument with respect to such Securities
referred to in Sections 201 and 301 and a Company Order for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company
Order and subject to the provisions hereof shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities. If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one
time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such
series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable
to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of
particular Securities of such series, such as interest rate, maturity date,
date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. In authenticating
Securities hereunder, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be
fully protected in relying upon,
(a) an Opinion of Counsel stating substantially to the
effect that,
(1) the form and terms of such Securities and
coupons, if any, or the manner of determining such terms, have
been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
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(2) such Securities and coupons, when
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the
Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified
in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
fraudulent conveyance, or other laws relating to or affecting
the enforcement of creditors' rights and by general equity
principles, and except further as enforcement thereof may be
limited by (i) requirements that a claim (or a Foreign
Currency judgment in respect of such claim) be converted into
Dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined
pursuant to applicable law or (ii) governmental authority to
limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments in a Foreign
Currency or payments outside the United States (and with such
other exceptions as to enforceability as such counsel shall
state are not materially adverse to the Holders); and
(b) an Officers' Certificate stating, to the best
knowledge of each signer of such certificate, that no event which is,
or after notice or lapse of time would become, an Event of Default
with respect to any of the Securities shall have occurred and be
continuing.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate or to cause an Authenticating
Agent to authenticate such Securities if the issuance of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time,
it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and Officers'
Certificate at the time of issuance of each such Security, but such opinion and
certificate shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first
Security of such series to be issued.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 301 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one
or more global Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
accordance with this Section and the Company Order with respect to such series,
authenticate and deliver one or more global Securities in temporary or
permanent form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series to be represented by such global Security or Securities, (ii) shall be
registered, if in registered form, in the name of the Depository for such
global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depository, (iii) shall be
delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository's
instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect
(or to such other effect as may be specified in the document authorizing such
series of Securities or as the Depository, the Trustee and the Company may
agree):
"Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities in certificated form, this Security may not be transferred
except 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
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Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor
Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository".
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication. Each Bearer Security and any temporary Bearer Security in
global form shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by Section
301.
No Security or coupon appertaining thereto 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 in Section 202 or 613 executed by or on behalf of the
Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of its
authorized officers. Such an executed certificate of authentication upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Except as
permitted by Section 306 or 307, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver
any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured
have been detached and canceled.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute and deliver to the Trustee, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the manner provided in Section 303,
temporary Securities of such series 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, in registered form or, if authorized in or pursuant
to this Indenture, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons,
and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers of the Company executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Such temporary
Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall
be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities
of any series are issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities of that
series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of such
definitive Securities, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series containing identical
terms and provisions upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to
Section 1002, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any
unmatured coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like aggregate
principal amount of definitive Securities of authorized denominations of the
same series containing identical terms and provisions; provided, however, that
no definitive Bearer Security, except as provided pursuant to Section 301,
shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and
provided, further, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in
exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions
set forth in or pursuant to this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to a temporary global Security, until
so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series
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shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities of such series.
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
With respect to the Registered Securities, if any, of each series of
Securities, the Company shall cause to be kept at an office or agency of the
Company maintained pursuant to Section 1002 a register (each such register
being herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of the Registered Securities of each series and of
transfers of the Registered Securities of each series. Such office or agency
shall be the "Security Registrar" for the Registered Securities, if any, of
each series of Securities. In the event that the Trustee shall not be the
Security Registrar with respect to a particular series of Securities, it shall
have the right to examine the Security Register for such series at all
reasonable times. Unless otherwise provided with respect to a series of
Securities in a supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or other instrument
authorizing such series of Securities, Bankers Trust Company is hereby
appointed Security Registrar for each series of Securities until a successor
has been appointed by a Board Resolution or an instrument executed on behalf of
the Company by its Chairman, Vice Chairman, President or one of its Vice
Presidents and delivered to the Trustee.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security
of any series at any office or agency of the Company maintained for that series
pursuant to Section 1002, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding, and containing identical terms and
provisions.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series
(except a global Security representing all or a portion of such series) may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, containing identical
terms and provisions, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any
such office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered
for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Registered Securities that the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to
Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of
such series may be exchanged for Registered Securities or Bearer Securities (if
Bearer Securities of such series are issuable in more than one denomination) of
the same series containing identical terms and provisions, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any office or agency of the Company
maintained for such series, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons
in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable
to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in
default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied
by payment in funds acceptable to the Company and the Trustee in an amount
equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the
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surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and
the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they
may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter
the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such
missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such
Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided,
however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest
represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
those coupons at an office or agency for such series located outside the United
States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series
is surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered
Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of business at such
office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or
(ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office
or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such
Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be (or, if
such coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such coupon shall be
returned to the person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or
Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, shall not be payable on such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of
the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall
be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
If expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to
the Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered
Securities of such series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such
terms and conditions as may be provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with
respect to such series.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture, any global Security shall be exchangeable for
certificated Securities only if (i) the Depository is at any time unwilling,
unable or ineligible to continue as Depository and a successor depository is
not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so
informed in writing, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a
Company Order to the effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable,
(iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the
Securities of the same series, or (iv) in the case of a global Security
representing Bearer Securities, upon the written request of a beneficial owner
of an interest in such global Security given to the Depository. If the
beneficial owners of interests in a global Security are entitled to exchange
such interests for certificated Securities of such series, then without
unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which
such interests may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
certificated Securities in such form and denominations as are required by or
pursuant to this Indenture, and of the same series as, containing identical
terms as and in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of,
such global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on
which such interests may be so exchanged, such global Security shall be
surrendered from time to time by the U.S. Depository (or such other Depository
as shall be
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specified in the Company Order with respect thereto) to the Trustee, as the
Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for
certificated Securities as described above, without charge, in accordance with
instructions (which instructions shall be in writing but need not be contained
in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate or be accompanied by an Opinion
of Counsel) given by the Company to the Trustee and such U.S. Depository or
other Depository, as the case may be. The Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered global
Security, a like aggregate principal amount of certificated Securities of the
same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of
such global Security to be exchanged, which (unless such Securities are not
issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, in which case
the definitive Securities exchanged for the global Security shall be issuable
only in the form in which the Securities are issuable, as provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture) shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or
Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the
beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any
selection of Securities for redemption of the same series and containing
identical terms and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; and provided,
further, that (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) no
Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a global Security shall
be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States.
Promptly following any such exchange in part, such global Security shall be
returned by the Trustee to the U.S. Depository or such other Depository
referred to above, as the case may be, in accordance with the instructions of
the Company referred to above, with an endorsement thereon to reflect the
decrease in the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby.
If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a global
Security after the close of business at the office or agency for such Security
where such exchange occurs on or after (i) any Regular Record Date for such
Security and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the
next Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date for such Security
and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related
proposed date for payment of interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may
be, interest shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed
date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security,
but shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for
payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of
such portion of such global Security shall be payable in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
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 entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or
the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar therefor duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange or redemption of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
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governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section
304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, 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 selection for redemption of Securities
of like tenor and the same series under Section 1103 and ending at the close of
business (A) if Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered
Securities, on the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, and
(B) if Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, on the day
of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities
of the series are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no
publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, (ii) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption
in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in
part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, (iii) to exchange any Bearer
Security so selected for redemption, except, to the extent provided with
respect to such Bearer Security, that such Bearer Security may be exchanged for
a Registered Security of like tenor and the same series, provided that such
Registered Security shall be immediately surrendered for redemption with
written instruction for payment consistent with the provisions of this
Indenture or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security
that, in accordance with its terms, has been surrendered for repayment at the
option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so
repaid.
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon
appertaining to it 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 principal amount, containing identical terms and
provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security or coupon, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by
them 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 or
coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute
and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to
which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant
coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and
principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the
coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to
the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or
coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security or coupon;
provided, however, that payment of principal of and any premium or interest on
or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except
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as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an office or agency
for such Securities located outside the United States.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series, with its coupons, if any, issued
pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or
in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its
coupons, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon 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 and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or
coupons.
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS;
RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities
in accordance with the provisions of Section 301, interest on and any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security that is payable, and
is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be
paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest and any interest on any Bearer Security that is payable, and
is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be
paid upon surrender of the coupon appertaining thereto in respect of the
interest due on such Interest Payment Date. Unless otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture, in case a Bearer Security is surrendered in
exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at an office or
agency for such Security on any Regular Record Date therefor and before the
opening of business at such office or agency on the next succeeding Interest
Payment Date therefor, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the
coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest shall not be payable
on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in
exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of
such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities
in accordance with the provisions of Section 301, any interest on and any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security of any series which
is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein called "Defaulted Interest")
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the relevant
Regular Record Date by virtue of having been
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such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its
election in each case, as provided in subsection (a) or (b) below:
(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any
Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered
Securities affected (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such
Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the
same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of
such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when so deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this subsection
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, United States first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of
such Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) at the address of such Holder as it appears in the
Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be published at
least once in an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation in The
City of New York, but such publication shall not be a condition
precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of
the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest
shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be
payable pursuant to the following subsection (b). In case a Bearer
Security of any series is surrendered at the office or agency for such
Security in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after
the close of business at such office or agency on any Special Record
Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on
the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such
Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to
such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest shall not be
payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered
Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be
payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture.
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on such Registered Securities in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee
of the
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proposed payment pursuant to this subsection (b), such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
At the option of the Company, interest on Registered Securities of any
series that bear interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register
or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the
United States or by any other means permitted in the form of Securities of any
particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305,
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 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered 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 Registered Security is registered in
the Security Register as the owner and Holder of such Registered Security for
the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of and any premium and
(subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on, and any Additional Amounts in
respect of, such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not any payment with respect to such Registered Security shall be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or
the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto
shall pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of
any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of
receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Security or coupon
be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company
or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No owner of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its
behalf by a Depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect
to such global Security, and such Depository may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner and Holder of
such global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the
Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a global
Security, for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to
such beneficial ownership interests or for any other matter relating to the
actions and practices of the Depository, its nominee or its participants.
Neither the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent nor the Security Registrar
for Securities represented by a global Security will be liable for any delay by
the Depository thereof, its nominee or any of its participants in identifying
the owners of beneficial interests in such
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global Security, and the Company and the Trustee may conclusively rely on, and
will be protected in relying on, instructions from such Depository or its
nominee for all purposes.
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION.
All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption,
conversion, exchange or registration of transfer or exchange or for credit
against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than
the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and coupons,
as well as Securities and coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any
such purpose, shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. 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 for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued
and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the
Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted
by or pursuant to this Indenture. All canceled Securities and coupons held by
the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary practices,
subject to applicable law.
SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further
effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company
Request (except as provided in the last paragraph of this Section 401), and the
Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute such
instruments as may be requested by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series, when
(a) either
(1) all Securities of such series theretofore
authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to
Bearer Securities of such series surrendered for exchange for
Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose
surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in
Section 305, (ii) Securities of such series and coupons which
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been
replaced or paid as provided in
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Section 306, (iii) coupons appertaining to Securities of such
series called for redemption and maturing after the relevant
Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided
by Section 1106 and (iv) Securities of such series and coupons
for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in
trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such
trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; or
(2) all such Securities of such series and, in
the case of (i) and (ii) below, any coupons appertaining
thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their
Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) 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 (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited
(except as provided in Section 402(c)) with the Trustee, as
trust funds and/or obligations in trust, specifically pledged
as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities of such series, (A) money in an
amount, or (B) Government Obligations which through the
payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms, without consideration of any
reinvestment thereof, will provide not later than the opening
of business on the due dates of any payment of principal and
any premium, interest and Additional Amounts with respect
thereto money in an amount or (C) a combination thereof,
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such Securities and coupons not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, any
premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with
respect to such Securities and coupons, to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities of such series which have
become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Maturity
thereof, as the case may be;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee a
Certificate of a Firm of Independent Public Accountants certifying as
to the sufficiency of the amounts deposited pursuant to paragraph (2)
of subsection (a) of this Section for payment of the principal and
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any premium, interest and Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of such series on the dates such payments are due, and an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture as to such series of Securities have
been complied with.
If there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, and if a
different Trustee has been appointed with respect to one or more of such
series, then each Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture if requested to do
so only with respect to Securities of the series as to which it is Trustee and
if the other conditions thereto are met.
If subsequent to the date a discharge is effected pursuant to this
Section 401, Additional Amounts in excess of those established as of the date
such discharge is effected become payable in respect of the series of
Securities discharged, in order to preserve the benefits of the discharge
established hereunder, the Company shall irrevocably deposit or cause to be
irrevocably deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section 401,
within ten Business Days prior to the date the first payment in respect of any
portion of such excess Additional Amounts becomes due, such additional funds as
are necessary to satisfy the provisions of this Section 401 as if a discharge
were being effected as of the date of such subsequent deposit. Failure to
comply with the requirements of this paragraph shall result in the termination
of the benefits of the discharge established by this Section 401.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to a series of Securities, the obligations with respect to the right of
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series provided for
herein, the obligations of the Company under the preceding paragraph, the
obligations with respect to any conversion or exchange of Securities of such
series provided in the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or other
instrument authorizing such series of Securities, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 607 and, if money and/or Government
Obligations shall have been irrevocably deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee
under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
(a) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 1003, all money and/or Government Obligations deposited with
the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or Section 1009 or pursuant to a
supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 901(i), and
all money received by the Trustee in respect of any such Government
Obligations, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons 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 any
premium, interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment such money
has or Government Obligations have been deposited with or received by
the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous
payments as contemplated by Section 401 or Section 1009 or any such
supplemental indenture; but such
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money and Government Obligations need not be segregated from other
funds of the Trustee except to the extent required by law.
(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee
against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 401 or Section
1009 or pursuant to a supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to
Section 901(i) or the interest and principal received in respect of
such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders.
(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from
time to time upon Company Request any Government Obligations or money
held by it as provided in Section 401 or Section 1009 or in any
supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 901(i) which,
as expressed in a Certificate of a Firm of Independent Public
Accountants delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount
thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the
purpose for which such obligations or money were deposited or
received.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series (unless otherwise specified with respect to such series of Securities
in the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or other instrument authorizing
such series of Securities), means any one of the following events which has
occurred and is continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and
whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law
or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of any interest or Additional
Amounts payable in respect of any Security of that series or any
coupon appertaining thereto, when such interest or Additional Amounts
become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period
of 30 days; or
(b) default in the payment of the principal of and any
premium on any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable
at its Maturity; or
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment,
when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any
covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture or the
Securities of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default
in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt
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with or which has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for
the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series), and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after
there has been given, by registered or certified United States mail,
to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such
default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that
such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(e) an event of default, as defined in any mortgage,
indenture or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which
there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness for money borrowed
of the Company (including a default under this Indenture with respect
to Securities of any series other than that series), whether such
Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, shall happen and
shall result in a principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 of
Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the
date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, and such
acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled, or such
Indebtedness shall not have been discharged, within a period of 15 days
after there has been given, by registered or certified United States
mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee
by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such
event of default and requiring the Company to cause such acceleration
to be rescinded or annulled or to cause such Indebtedness to be
discharged and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(f) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall
have entered a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in
an involuntary proceeding under any applicable United States
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the
Company or of all or any substantial part of its property, or ordering
the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order
shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days; or
(g) the Company shall have commenced a voluntary
proceeding under any applicable United States bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
shall have consented to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or shall have consented to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official)
of the Company or of all or any substantial part of its property, or
shall have made an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(h) the Company shall have failed generally to pay its
debts as they become due or shall have taken any corporate action in
furtherance of any of the matters referred to in subsection (g) above;
or
(i) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of such series in the supplemental indenture, Board
Resolution or other instrument authorizing such series.
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] SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, if an Event of Default with respect to Securities
of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an
Event of Default specified in Section 501 (f) or (g)), then, and in every such
case, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal
amount (or, if any of the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified in the terms thereof) of all of the Securities of that series to be
due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or such specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If
an Event of Default specified in Section 501 (f) or (g) with respect to
Securities at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then, and in every
such case, the principal amount (or, if any of the Securities of that series are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such
Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all of the Securities of
that series shall become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after such acceleration with respect to Securities of any
series and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article, the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul
such acceleration and its consequences if:
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a
sum of money sufficient to pay
(1) all overdue installments of any interest on
and Additional Amounts payable in respect of all Securities of
that series and any coupons appertaining thereto,
(2) the principal of and any premium on any
Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than
by reason of such acceleration and interest thereon and
Additional Amounts with respect thereto at the rate or rates
borne by or provided for in such Securities,
(3) to the extent that payment of such interest
is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest and
Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided
for in such Securities, and
(4) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel; and
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(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of
that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities
of that series which has become due solely by reason of such
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT
BY TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if
(a) default is made in the payment of any installment of
interest or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security
or any coupon appertaining thereto when such interest or Additional
Amounts shall have become due and payable and such default continues
for a period of 30 days, or
(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of or
any premium on any Security at its Maturity,
the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of
the Holders of all Securities which are of the same series as such Security and
any coupons appertaining thereto, the whole amount of money then due and
payable with respect to such Securities and coupons for principal, premium,
interest and Additional Amounts and, to the extent that payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable, interest upon any overdue principal (and
premium, if any) and upon any overdue installments of interest and Additional
Amounts, at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such series of
Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount of money as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute
a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and coupons and
collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by
law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such
Securities and coupons, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
and any related coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for
the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or such
Securities or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein or therein, or
to enforce any other proper remedy.
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SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto or the property of the Company
or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of
whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether
the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of any
overdue principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or
such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of any
series, of principal, premium, interest and Additional Amounts owing
and unpaid in respect of the Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary
or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders of
Securities and coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claim and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or
other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder of Securities and coupons to make such payments to the Trustee and,
in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Holders of Securities and coupons, 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 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a
Security or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder
thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Holder of a Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF
SECURITIES OR COUPONS.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and
coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
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SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, any premium,
interest or Additional Amounts, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons,
or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon
the Securities and any coupons for principal and any premium, interest
and Additional Amounts in respect of which or for the benefit of which
such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority
of any kind, according to the aggregate amounts due and payable on
such Securities and coupons for principal and any premium, interest
and Additional Amounts, respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled
thereto.
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
Subject to Section 508, no Holder of any Security of any series or any
related coupons shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver
or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to
the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of that series;
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall
have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in
respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any
such proceeding; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request
has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture or any Security to
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affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to
obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such
Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL
AND ANY PREMIUM, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security or coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Sections 305 and 307) any interest on, and any Additional Amounts
in respect of, such Security, or payment of such coupon, as the case may be, on
the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof expressed in such Security
or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the
case of repayment at the option of such Holder, on the date such repayment is
due) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and, in the
case of Securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for other
securities or property, the right to receive such securities or property when
such Securities are converted or exchanged in accordance with the terms of such
Securities, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon 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 of Securities or coupons shall,
subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and such Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the
last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or
reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended
to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall,
to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other
right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security
or coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event
of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy
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given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities
or coupons may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the
case may be.
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series, provided that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule
of law or with this Indenture or with the Securities of such series;
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper
by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction;
(c) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the
rights of other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in
such action; and
(d) subject to the provisions of Sections 601 and 603,
the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such
direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer
or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed
would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series and any related coupons waive any past default
hereunder with respect to the Securities of such series and its consequences,
except a default
(a) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on, or Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security of such
series; or
(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent
of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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SECTION 514. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security or
coupon by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court
may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or
remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant
(other than the Company and the Trustee) in such suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this
Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of
Holders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of a Security
or coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or any premium
or interest on, or Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security, or the
payment of any coupon, on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed
in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of a Holder, on or
after the date such repayment is due) or interest on any overdue principal of
any Security, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of a Security for the
enforcement of any right to convert or exchange such Security into or for
another security.
SECTION 515. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any
such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution
of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such
duties, and only such duties, as are specifically set forth in
this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall
be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
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therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture;
but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by
any provisions hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to
relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent failure to act, or its own wilful misconduct, except
that
(1) this subsection shall not be construed to
limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error
of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer,
unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect
to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith
in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series relating to the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under
this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series;
and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers,
if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject
to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit, in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall
have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a
default in
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the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or Additional
Amounts in respect of, any Security of such series or in the payment of any
sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee
shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of
directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of Securities and
coupons of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default
of the character specified in Section 501(d) with respect to Securities of such
series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after
the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default"
means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would
become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party
or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company
Order (other than delivery of any Security to the Trustee for
authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be
sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the
Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board
Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by or pursuant to this
Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of
Securities of any series or any related coupons pursuant to this
Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note or other paper or
document, but the
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Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if
the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder; and
(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of
any Event of Default (other than a default in any payment with respect
to a Security due on a fixed date and with respect to which the
Trustee is a Paying Agent) unless either (i) a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee assigned to its corporate trust and agency group shall
have actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof in accordance with Section 105 from the Company
or any Holder.
SECTION 604. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF
SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except the
Trustee's certificate of authentication) and in any coupons shall be taken as
the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and
accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee
nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by
the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating
Agent or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and,
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with
the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying
Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or such other agent.
SECTION 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
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SECTION 607. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company agrees
(a) to pay to the Trustee such compensation as shall be
agreed upon in writing from time to time for all services rendered by
it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision
of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel and other persons not regularly in its employ),
except to the extent any such expense, disbursement or advance may be
attributable to the Trustee's gross negligence or willful misconduct;
and
(c) to indemnify each of the Trustee and its officers,
directors, employees and agents for, and to hold each of them harmless
against, any and all loss, liability, damage or expense including
taxes (other than taxes based upon the income of the Trustee) arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this
Indenture and the Securities or the issuance of the Securities or a
series thereof or the trust or trusts hereunder or the performance of
its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the
extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its
gross negligence or willful misconduct.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company
under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon
all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds
held in trust for the payment of principal of or any premium or interest on, or
Additional Amounts in respect of, particular Securities or any coupons
appertaining thereto. "Trustee" for purposes of this Section 607 includes any
predecessor Trustee, but negligence or bad faith of any Trustee shall not be
attributed to any other Trustee. If the Trustee renders services and incurs
expenses following an Event of Default under Section 501(f) or Section 501(g)
hereof, the parties hereto and the Holders by their acceptance of the
Securities hereby agree that such expenses are intended to constitute expenses
of administration under any bankruptcy law. The provisions of this Section 607
shall survive the termination of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or
removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 608. DISQUALIFICATIONS; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, within
the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, it shall, within 90 days after
ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate such
conflicting interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by,
and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
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SECTION 609. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a
corporation or other person permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as
Trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and that has
a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If at any time the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 610. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
Trustee under Section 611.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to
the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof
to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee
within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to
the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section
608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company or by any such Holder of a Security,
or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting
or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of
the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any
public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or
of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, may remove such Trustee with respect to all Securities as
to which it is Trustee or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder of a
Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of any series
for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated,
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petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of such
Trustee with respect to all Securities of such series and the
appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of
Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more
series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of
one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be
only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section
611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act
of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the
retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith
upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent
supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall
have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and
accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder
of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice to the Holders of
Securities of a particular series of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each such notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office and New York Facility.
SECTION 611. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee
so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and
to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties hereunder of the retiring Trustee; but, on request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall,
upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and
trusts hereunder of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money
held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its
lien, if any, provided for in Section 607.
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(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all)
series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor
Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm
to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring
with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall
be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is
not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall 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, it being understood
that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute
such Trustees as co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee
shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart
from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such
Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given
to, or received by, or any act or failure to act on the part of any
other Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein, such
retiring Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates have
no further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for
the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee
under this Indenture other than as hereinafter expressly set forth,
and each such successor Trustee without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of
that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver
to such successor Trustee, to the extent contemplated by such
supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the
Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and
certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such
rights, powers and trusts referred to in subsection (a) or (b) of this
Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be
qualified and eligible under this Article.
SECTION 612. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which
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the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be
otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not
delivered, by the Trustee then in 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 613. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents acceptable
to the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series issued upon original issue or exchange, registration of transfer or
partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be
valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee
hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument
shall be promptly furnished to the Company. Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or
the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
subject to the approval of the Company and shall at all times be a bank or
trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in good standing
under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a
combined capital and surplus of not less than $5,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
In case at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any
time terminate the agency of an Authenticating
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Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and
to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a
termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall (i) mail written notice of such appointment by United States
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Registered Securities, if
any, of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent shall serve,
as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, and (ii) if
Securities of the series are issued as Bearer Securities, publish notice of
such appointment at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the place where
such successor Authenticating Agent has its principal office if such office is
located outside the United States. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon
acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the
rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as an Authenticating Agent herein. No successor Authenticating
Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation, including reimbursement of its reasonable
expenses for its services under this Section.
The provisions of Sections 308, 604 and 605 shall be applicable to
each Authenticating Agent.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternative certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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as Trustee
By
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as Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Officer
If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at
one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating
Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the
Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original
issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not comply
with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) by the
Company, shall appoint in accordance
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with this Section 613, and on terms acceptable to the Trustee, an
Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the
Company with respect to such series of Securities.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
HOLDERS OF REGISTERED SECURITIES.
The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not later than fifteen days after the
Regular Record Date for a semi-annual Interest Payment Date for each
series of Securities, or, if there is no semi-annual Interest Payment
Date for a series of Securities, then not later than May 15 and
November 15 in each year, commencing on the first May 15 or November
15, as the case may be, after the first issuance of such Securities
hereunder, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require,
of the names and addresses of the Holders of Registered Securities of
such series as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the date of
delivery thereof, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than
15 days prior to the time such list is furnished,
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no
such list shall be required to be furnished for Securities for which the
Trustee acts as Security Registrar.
SECTION 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO
HOLDERS.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant
to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Security
Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in
accordance with Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the
source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not
be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request
made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(a) Within 60 days after December 31 of each year
commencing with the first December 31 after the first issuance of
Securities pursuant to this Indenture, if required by
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Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall transmit
a brief report dated as of such December 31 with respect to any of the
events specified in said Section 313(a) which may have occurred since
the later of the immediately preceding December 31 and the date of
this Indenture.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by
Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified
therein.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted
in the manner and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and (d)
of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY.
(a) The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act, shall:
(i) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after
the Company is required to file the same with the Commission,
copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of
any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time
by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said
Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the
Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports
which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security
listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may
be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(ii) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission, such additional information, documents
and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the
conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required
from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(iii) transmit to the Holders of Securities within
30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the
Trust Indenture Act, such summaries of any information,
documents and reports required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to subsections (i) and (ii) of this Section 704(a) as
may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time
to time by the Commission.
(b) The Company shall notify the Trustee when and as the
Securities become admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 801. CONSOLIDATIONS AND MERGERS OF COMPANY AND SALES AND
CONVEYANCES PERMITTED SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
The Company may consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell or
convey all or substantially all of its assets to, any other corporation,
association, company or business trust, provided that (a) (i) in the case of a
merger, the Company is the surviving entity in such merger, or (ii) in the case
of a merger in which the Company is not the surviving entity or in the case of
a consolidation or a sale or conveyance of assets, the entity into which the
Company is merged or the entity which is formed by such consolidation or which
acquires by sale or conveyance all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company shall be a corporation, association, company or business trust
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a
State thereof and such successor entity shall expressly assume the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on, and any
Additional Amounts payable pursuant to Section 1004 in respect of, all the
Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all of the covenants of this Indenture and the Securities to be
performed or observed by the Company by a supplemental indenture in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such
entity and (b) the Company or such successor entity, as the case may be, shall
not, immediately after such merger or consolidation, or such sale or
conveyance, be in default in the performance or observance of any such covenant
and shall not immediately thereafter have outstanding (or otherwise be liable
for) any indebtedness for money borrowed secured by a mortgage, pledge, lien,
security interest or other encumbrance prohibited by the provisions of Section
1007 or shall have secured the Securities Outstanding hereunder equally and
ratably with (or prior to) such other secured indebtedness for money borrowed
so long as it is outstanding and is so secured.
SECTION 802. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SUCCESSOR ENTITY.
In case of any such merger in which the Company is not the surviving
entity or any such consolidation, sale or conveyance, and upon any such
assumption by a successor entity, such successor entity shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named
herein as the party of the first part, and the predecessor corporation, except
in the event of a conveyance by way of lease, shall be relieved of any further
obligation under this Indenture and the Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto. Such successor entity thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue
either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the
Securities and coupons issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been
signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee, and, upon the order of such
successor entity, instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms,
conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall
authenticate and shall deliver any Securities and coupons which previously
shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the
Trustee for authentication, and any Securities or coupons which such successor
entity thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for
that purpose. All the Securities and coupons so issued shall in all respects
have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities and
coupons theretofore or
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thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all
of such Securities and coupons had been issued at the date of the execution
hereof.
In case of any such merger in which the Company is not the surviving
entity or any such consolidation, sale or conveyance, such changes in
phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities and
coupons thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
SECTION 803. OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AND OPINION OF COUNSEL.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 601 and 603, may
receive an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any such merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance, and any such
assumption by the successor entity, complies with the provisions of this
Article.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the
Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee,
at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the
following purposes:
(a) to evidence the succession of another entity to the
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of
the Company herein and in the Securities contained; or
(b) 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; or
(c) to add any additional Events of Default with respect
to all or any series of Securities; or
(d) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to
principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of
principal (or premium, if any) or any interest on or Additional
Amounts with respect to Registered Securities or Bearer Securities, to
permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered
Securities, to modify the provisions relating to global Securities or
to permit the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided
that any such action
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shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities
of any series or any related coupons in any material respect; or
(e) to add 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 not otherwise
permitted under this Section 901 shall (i) 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 or (ii) not apply to any Security then
Outstanding; or
(f) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements
of Sections 801 or 1007, or otherwise; or
(g) to establish the form or terms of Securities and any
related coupons as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder by 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 611(b); or
(i) to provide that the Company shall be deemed to have
paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding
Securities of any series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit
referred to in paragraph (5) hereof, and that the provisions of this
Indenture, as they relate to such Outstanding Securities (except as to
any right to receive Additional Amounts, as provided in Section 1004),
shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall at Company Request, execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except as to:
(1) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding
Securities to receive, from the trust funds described in
paragraph (5) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and any installment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and/or interest on the Outstanding Securities
of that series on the Stated Maturity or Maturity of such
principal or installment of principal and/or interest and (ii)
any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments or
any Additional Amounts applicable to Securities of such series
on the day on which such payments are due and payable in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Securities,
(2) the Company's obligations with respect to
such Securities under Sections 305, 306, 402, 1002 and 1003,
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and
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(4) such other rights, if any, that are specified
in such supplemental indenture as surviving such payment and
discharge,
provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(5) with reference to such provision, the Company
has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably
deposited (except as provided in Section 402(c)) with the
Trustee, as trust funds and/or obligations in trust,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to,
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of that series,
(i) money in an amount, or (ii) Government Obligations which
through the payment of interest and principal in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms, without consideration
of any reinvestment thereof, will provide not later than one
day before the due date of any payment referred to in clause
(A) or (B) of this paragraph (5) money in an amount or (iii) a
combination thereof, sufficient, as expressed in a Certificate
of a Firm of Independent Public Accountants delivered to the
Trustee, to pay and discharge (A) the principal of (and
premium, if any) and any installment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and/or interest on the Outstanding Securities
of that series due on the Stated Maturity or Maturity of such
principal or installment of principal and/or interest and (B)
any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments or
any Additional Amounts applicable to Securities of such series
on the day on which such payments are due and payable in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Securities;
(6) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that series to have a conflicting
interest for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect
to the Securities of any series;
(7) such deposit will not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or
any other agreement or instrument relating to borrowed money,
pursuant to which in excess of $10,000,000 principal amount is
then outstanding, to which the Company is a party or by which
it is bound;
(8) such provision would not cause the
Outstanding Securities of such series then listed on the New
York Stock Exchange to be delisted as a result thereof;
(9) no Event of Default or event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of
Default with respect to Securities of that series shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or
during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;
(10) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a
ruling, or (ii) since the date of this Indenture there has
been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in
either case, to the effect that Holders of the Securities of
such
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series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal
income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance
and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amount and in the same manner and at the same times, as
would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and
discharge had not occurred;
(11) if the Securities of such series are to be
redeemed, either notice of such redemption shall have been
given or the Company shall have given the Trustee irrevocable
directions to give notice of such redemption in the name, and
at the expense, of the Company, under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee;
(12) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that all conditions precedent to the defeasance as specified
in this Section 901(i), have been complied with; and
(13) such supplemental indenture shall contain a
provision substantially to the same effect as the last
paragraph of Section 1009 but relating to the Securities to be
discharged under the terms of such supplemental indenture; or
(j) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions,
limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or
purposes of issuance and authentication and delivery of Securities, as
herein set forth; or
(k) to make provision with respect to the conversion or
exchange rights of the Holders of any series of Securities pursuant to
the requirements of the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution, or
other instrument establishing the terms of such series of Securities;
or
(l) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such
action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material
respect.
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related
coupons under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental
indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby:
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(a) 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 or amount of interest
thereon or any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof, or any
premium payable upon the redemption thereof or otherwise, or change
any obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to
Section 1004 (except as contemplated by Section 801 and permitted by
Section 901(a)and (d)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the
amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or
adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of
any Security, or, subject to the provisions of Section 1002, change
any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, the
principal of any Security or any premium or the interest thereon or
any Additional Amounts with respect thereto is payable, or impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or
after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on
or after the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the
option of the Holder, on or after the date for repayment); or
(b) adversely affect any right to convert or exchange any
Security; or
(c) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders
is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of
whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture or reduce the requirements
of Section 1404 for quorum or voting; or
(d) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section
513 or Section 1008, except to increase the percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the
consent of whose Holders is required for the actions specified herein
or therein, 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; provided,
however, that this subsection shall not be deemed to require the
consent of any Holder of Securities or coupons with respect to changes
in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this
Section and Section 1008, or the deletion of this proviso, in
accordance with the requirements of Section 901(h).
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.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities or
coupons under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve
the substance thereof.
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SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modification thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every
Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder and of any coupons appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND ANY PREMIUM, INTEREST AND
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of
Securities of each series that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of
and any premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts payable in respect
of, the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of such series
of Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Any
interest due on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect of Bearer
Securities on or before the Maturity
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thereof, other than Additional Amounts, if any, payable as provided in Section
1004 in respect of principal of or any premium on such a Security, shall be
payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such
interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series (but not Bearer
Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is
located outside the United States) may be presented or surrendered for payment,
where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange and, if applicable to Securities of that series, for conversion or
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served, and the Company
hereby initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as its
agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. If
Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company shall
maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an office or
agency in a Place of Payment for such series which is located outside the
United States where Securities of such series and any related coupons may be
presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional
Amounts payable on Securities of such series pursuant to Section 1004), where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and
this Indenture may be served; provided, however, that if the Securities of such
series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic
of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located
outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company
shall maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of such series in London,
Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the
case may be, so long as the Securities of such series are listed on such
exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of each such office or agency. If at
any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency
or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office or the New York Facility of the Trustee, except that
Bearer Securities of that series and any related coupons may be presented and
surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional Amounts payable on
Bearer Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1004) at the place
specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 301.
Except as otherwise provided in the form of Bearer Security of any
particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, no payment of
principal, or any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts in respect of
Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the
United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by
transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States;
provided, however, that payment of principal of and any premium or interest
(including Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof) on any Bearer
Security may be made in Dollars at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee if
(but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium,
interest or Additional Amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies
outside the United States maintained for such
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purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or
effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all of such purposes, and may from time to time
rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain
an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for
Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company shall 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. Unless otherwise set
forth in, or pursuant to, a Board Resolution or any indenture supplemental
hereto with respect to a series of Securities issuable as Registered Securities,
the Company hereby designates as the Place of Payment for each series of
Securities issuable as Registered Securities the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as
Paying Agent and as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of
the principal of and any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts with
respect to any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the
principal and any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due until
such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal
of and any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any
Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay
the principal and any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due,
such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts, and (unless such Paying
Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the
principal of and any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts with
respect to Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons
or otherwise disposed of as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture;
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(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the
making of any payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on
or Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of that series; and
(c) at any time during the continuance of any such
default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the
Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction, discharge or defeasance of this Indenture or for any other
purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the
Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums
to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums
were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any
Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such money.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any particular 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 and any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts in respect of
any Security and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal and any
premium or interest or Additional Amounts has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company upon Company Request along with interest, if any, that has
been accumulated thereon or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged
from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or any coupon appertaining
thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Company for payment of such principal, premium or interest, without interest
thereon, 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 an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of
Payment for such series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities of
such series, or both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after
a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of
such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional
Amounts to the Holders of such Securities, then the Company shall pay to each
Holder of such Securities or any coupon appertaining thereto the Additional
Amounts as provided therein. Whenever there is mentioned in this Indenture, in
any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or
in respect of, any Security of any series or payment of any related coupon or
the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts provided for by the terms of such series pursuant hereto to the extent
that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in
respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express mention of the payment of
Additional Amounts
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(if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding
Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not
made.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, if the
Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least
10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to such series of
Securities (or if the Securities of such series shall not bear interest prior
to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is
made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal and any
premium or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters
set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company will
furnish the Trustee and the Company's principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents,
if other than the Trustee or the Company, with an Officers' Certificate
instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such
payment of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of such
series shall be made to Holders of Securities of such series or any related
coupons who are United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of
any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of
such series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers'
Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be
withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities or coupons and the
Company shall pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts
required by the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants to indemnify
the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith
on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by
any of them in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this
Section.
SECTION 1005. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE; NOTICE OF CERTAIN
DEFAULTS.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120
days after the end of each fiscal year, a written statement, which
need not comply with Section 102, signed by the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting
officer of the Company, as to his or her knowledge of the Company's
compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For
purposes of this Section 1005, such compliance shall be determined
without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under
this Indenture.
(b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within five
days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any event which
after notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default
pursuant to Section 501.
SECTION 1006. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company shall do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence and its rights (charter and statutory) and franchises, provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or
franchise if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the
loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders of
Securities or coupons.
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SECTION 1007. LIMITATION ON LIENS.
(a) Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for Securities of any series, so long as any Securities of
any series shall remain Outstanding, the Company shall not, and shall
not permit any Designated Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly,
create, issue, assume, incur or guarantee any indebtedness for money
borrowed which is secured by a mortgage, pledge, lien, security
interest or other encumbrance of any nature on any of the present or
future common stock of a Designated Subsidiary unless the Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto and, if the Company so elects, any
other indebtedness of the Company ranking at least pari passu with the
Securities, shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to)
such other secured indebtedness for money borrowed so long as it is
outstanding and is so secured.
(b) If at any time the Company or any Designated
Subsidiary shall create, issue, assume, incur or guarantee any
indebtedness for money borrowed which is secured by any mortgage,
pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance to which
subsection (a) of this Section is applicable, the Company shall
promptly deliver to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate stating that the
covenant of the Company contained in subsection (a) of this
Section that the Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such
other secured indebtedness for money borrowed has been
complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
covenant has been complied with, and that any instruments
executed by the Company in the performance of such covenant
comply with the requirements of such covenant.
(c) In the event that the Company shall hereafter secure
the Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto equally and
ratably with (or prior to) any other indebtedness for money borrowed
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee is hereby
authorized to enter into an indenture or agreement supplemental hereto
and to take such action, if any, as it may deem advisable to enable
the Trustee to enforce effectively the rights of the Holders of the
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto so secured equally and
ratably with (or prior to) such other indebtedness for money borrowed;
provided, that, the Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any
financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or
instruments in any public office at any time or times.
SECTION 1008. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
covenant or condition set forth in Section 1007 and any covenant not currently
included in this Indenture but specified as applicable to a series of Securities
as contemplated by Section 301, with respect to the Securities of any series if
before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any such series
shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or
generally waive compliance with such covenant or
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condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect any such covenant or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver
shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the
Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force
and effect.
SECTION 1009. DEFEASANCE OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS.
The Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition
set forth in Section 1007, and any additional covenants not currently included
in this Indenture but specified as applicable to the Securities as contemplated
by Section 301, if
(a) with reference to this Section 1009, the Company has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as
provided in Section 402(c)) with the Trustee, as trust funds and/or
obligations in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and
dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of
that series, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) Government Obligations
which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof
in accordance with their terms, without consideration of any
reinvestment thereof, will provide not later than one day before the
due date of any payment referred to in clause (A) or (B) of this
subsection (a) money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof,
sufficient, as expressed in a Certificate of a Firm of Independent
Public Accountants delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge (A)
the principal of (and premium, if any) and any installment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and/or interest on the Outstanding
Securities of that series due on the Stated Maturity or Maturity of
such principal or installment of principal and/or interest and (B) any
mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments or any
Additional Amounts applicable to Securities of such series on the day
on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture and of such Securities;
(b) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest for
purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities of
any series;
(c) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other
agreement or instrument relating to the borrowing of money, pursuant
to which in excess of $10,000,000 principal amount is then
outstanding, to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(d) such deposit would not cause the Outstanding
Securities of such series then listed on the New York Stock Exchange
to be delisted as a result thereof;
(e) no Event of Default or event which with notice or
lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of that series shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit;
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(f) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such series
will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance of certain
obligations and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
amount and in the same manner and at the same times, as would have
been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
(g) if the Securities of such series are to be redeemed,
either notice of such redemption shall have been given or the Company
shall have given the Trustee irrevocable direction to give notice of
such redemption in the name and at the expense of the Company, under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee; and
(h) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance
contemplated by this Section have been complied with.
In the event that, subsequent to the date a defeasance is effected
pursuant to this Section 1009 with respect to Securities of any series,
Additional Amounts in excess of those established as of the date such defeasance
is effected become payable in respect of such Securities, in order to preserve
the benefits of the defeasance established hereunder with respect to such
series, the Company shall irrevocably deposit or cause to be irrevocably
deposited in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section
1009, within ten Business Days prior to the earlier to occur of (i) one year
after the existence of such excess Additional Amounts is established and (ii)
the date the first payment in respect of any portion of such excess Additional
Amounts becomes due, such additional funds as are necessary to satisfy the
provisions of such subsection (a) as if a defeasance were being effected as of
the date of such subsequent deposit. For purposes of this paragraph, the
existence of excess Additional Amounts shall be deemed to have been established
as of the date the governmental authority imposing the tax, duty, assessment or
other governmental charge resulting in the Additional Amounts first publishes
the legislation, regulation or other enactment adopting such tax, duty,
assessment or other governmental charge. Failure to comply with the requirements
of this paragraph shall result in the termination of the benefits of the
defeasance established by this Section 1009 with respect to the Securities of
such series.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series)
in accordance with this Article.
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SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the option
of the Company of Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and
of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case
of any redemption of Securities (i) prior to the expiration of any restriction
on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, or (ii) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a
condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish
the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such
restriction or condition.
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all the Securities of any series with the same terms are
to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by
the Trustee not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series having such terms not previously called
for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate
and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the
minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral
multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such
series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security
Registrar (if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption,
the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section
106, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date,
unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to each
Holder of Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give such notice by mailing in
the manner therein provided to the Holder of any Registered Security designated
for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such
Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other such Security or portion thereof.
Any notice that is given in the manner provided in Section 106 shall
be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder of
Securities receives the notice.
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All notices of redemption shall state, to the extent applicable:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any;
(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series
are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Security or
Securities to be redeemed;
(d) in case any Registered Security is to be redeemed in
part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that
on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the
Holder of such Security will receive, without charge, a new Registered
Security or Registered Securities of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(e) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and
any accrued interest and Additional Amounts shall become due and
payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed and,
if applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and
after said date;
(f) that a Holder of Securities who desires to convert or
exchange Securities called for redemption must satisfy the
requirements for conversion or exchange contained in such Securities,
the then existing conversion or exchange price or rate, and the date
and time when the option to convert or exchange shall expire;
(g) the place or places where such Securities, together
in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining
thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued
interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto;
(h) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is
the case;
(i) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice,
Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption
must be accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the date
fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing coupon or
coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or
indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent
is furnished;
(j) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed
and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed,
and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered
Securities not subject to redemption on the Redemption Date pursuant to
Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company,
on which such exchanges may be made; and
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(k) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Cedel
reference numbers (or any other numbers used by a Depository to
identify such Securities), if any, of the Securities to be redeemed.
A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 106 need
not identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent except in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article Twelve,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money
sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (except
if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) any accrued interest
on and Additional Amounts in respect of, all the Securities or portions thereof
which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 1104,
the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date
(unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest and the coupons
for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed,
except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such
Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all
coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with
any accrued interest (and any Additional Amounts) to the Redemption Date;
provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest (at an office or
agency located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002), and provided, further, that, except as otherwise provided with
respect to Securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, Common Stock,
Preferred Stock, Debt Warrants, Common Stock Warrants, Preferred Stock Warrants
or other Securities or securities, installments of interest on Registered
Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular
Record Dates or Special Record Dates, as the case may be, according to their
terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal
to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender
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of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee
if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to
save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of
such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such
missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the
Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so
deducted; provided, however, that any interest (and any Additional Amounts)
represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
those coupons at an office or agency for such Security located outside of the
United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal, any premium, and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, the interest required to be paid thereon
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
prescribed therefor in the Security.
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at any office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose
pursuant to Section 1002 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due
endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge,
a new Registered Security or Registered Securities of the same series
containing identical terms and provisions, of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered. If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depository
or other Depository for such Security in global form as shall be specified in
the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge,
a new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for
the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so
surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
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 such series is herein referred to as
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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
reduction as provided in Section 1202. 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 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH
SECURITIES.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking
fund payment with respect to the Securities of a series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities (i) deliver Outstanding Securities of
such series (other than any of such Securities previously called for
redemption) together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with
all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, and (ii) apply as a credit
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, as provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that such
Securities so delivered or applied as a credit have not been previously so
credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by
the Trustee at the applicable Redemption Price specified in such Securities for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking
fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities (or such shorter notice as the Trustee may approve), the
Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the
amount of the next ensuing mandatory 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 1202, the basis for any such crediting, and the optional amount, if
any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment,
and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so credited and not
theretofore delivered. If such Officers' Certificate shall specify an optional
amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment,
the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified.
Not less than 30 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 1103 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 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the
Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with
the terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal
amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment
of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309, shall
not operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness
represented by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option,
shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such
Securities be canceled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Article Thirteen, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the
Company may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one
or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by
paying to the Holders of such Securities on or before the close of business on
the repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the
Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to
pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to
the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1401. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
If Securities of a series are issuable, in whole or in part, as Bearer
Securities, a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series may be called at
any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by
Holders of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1402. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders
of Securities for any purpose specified in Section 1401, to be held at
such time and at such place in London or in such other place outside
the United States as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every
meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, 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 given, in the manner provided in
Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date
fixed for the meeting.
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(b) In case at any time the Company, by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested
the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such
series for any purpose specified in Section 1401, by written request
setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at
the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication
of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such
request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held
as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of
such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may
determine the time and the place in London for such meeting and may
call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as
provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
SECTION 1403. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a Person shall be (i) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of
such series, or (ii) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for
a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such
Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the
Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1404. QUORUM; ACTION.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a
meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any
action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this
Indenture or which the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or other
instrument authorizing such series of Securities expressly provides may be
made, given, or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage that is less or
greater than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of a series, then with respect to such action (and only such
action), the Persons entitled to vote such lesser or greater percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall
constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time
appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request
of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the
meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by
the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the
absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may
be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the
chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting.
Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided
in Section 1402(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less
than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be
reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state
expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum with
respect to each action to be considered at such meeting.
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Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution
presented to a meeting duly convened or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened at
which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative
vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series; provided, however, that, except as
limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which this Indenture or which the supplemental indenture, Board
Resolution or other instrument authorizing such series of Securities expressly
provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage,
that is less or greater than a majority, in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting duly convened or
an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons,
whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
SECTION 1405. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may
deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of
the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties
of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies,
certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other
matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem
appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such
regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner
specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be
proved in the manner specified in Section 104 or by having the
signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by
any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify
to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that
written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be
presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104
or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing,
appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall
have been called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as
provided in Section 1402(b), in which case the Company or the Holders
of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be,
shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent
chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by
vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such
series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series held or
represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or
counted at any
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meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and
ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The
chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a
Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
duly called pursuant to Section 1402 at which a quorum is present may
be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so
adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1406. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in
triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be
attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any
vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having
knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1402 and, if
applicable, Section 1404. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 1501. SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES.
Except as otherwise provided in the definition of "Outstanding" in
Section 101, whenever this Indenture provides for any distribution to Holders
of Securities, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in the form of
Security of any particular series, any amount in respect of any Security
denominated in a currency or currencies other than Dollars shall be treated for
any such distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such
amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with
respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such distribution
(or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other date reasonably
proximate to the date of such distribution) as the Company may specify in a
written notice to the Trustee or, in the absence of such written notice, as the
Trustee may determine.
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SECTION 1502. CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES.
The Company may issue Securities that are convertible into, or
exchangeable for, Common Stock, Common Stock Warrants, Preferred Stock,
Preferred Stock Warrants, Debt Warrants or other Securities or securities, in
which case all terms and conditions relating to such conversion or exchange
shall be as provided in or pursuant to an appropriate Board Resolution or in
any indenture supplemental hereto or as otherwise contemplated by Section 301.
SECTION 1503. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.
An incorporator or any past, present or future director, officer,
employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability
for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or
for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release all such
liability. Such waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the
issuance of the Securities.
* * * * *
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
[CORPORATE SEAL]
By
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Attest:
By:
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BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
[CORPORATE SEAL]
By
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Attest:
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STATE OF TEXAS: )
)
COUNTY OF HARRIS: )
On the day of , 1997, before me personally came ___________________,
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
_________________________ of AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
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Notary Public
STATE OF TEXAS: )
)
COUNTY OF HARRIS: )
On the day of , 1997, before me personally came
____________________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that he is _____________________________ of AMERICAN GENERAL
CORPORATION, one of the corporations described in and which executed the
foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal
affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by
authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his
name thereto by like authority.
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Notary Public
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STATE OF NEW YORK: )
)
COUNTY OF NEW YORK: )
On the ____ day of ____________, 1997, before me personally came
_____________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he resides at ________________, __________; that he is a
_______________________ of Bankers Trust Company, one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; and that he signed
his name thereto by authority of the bylaws of said corporation.
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Notary Public
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EXHIBIT 4(b)
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AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
TO
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
TRUSTEE
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SENIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
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DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 1997
(SENIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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SECTION 101. Definitions..........................................................................1
Act.............................................................................................2
Additional Amounts..............................................................................2
Affiliate.......................................................................................2
Authenticating Agent............................................................................2
Authorized Newspaper............................................................................2
Bearer Security.................................................................................2
Board of Directors..............................................................................3
Board Resolution................................................................................3
Business Day....................................................................................3
Capitalized Lease Obligation....................................................................3
Certificate of a Firm of Independent Public Accountants.........................................3
Commission......................................................................................3
Common Stock....................................................................................3
Common Stock Warrants...........................................................................4
Company.........................................................................................4
Company Request.................................................................................4
Company Order...................................................................................4
Corporate Trust Office..........................................................................4
corporation.....................................................................................4
coupon..........................................................................................4
Debt Warrants...................................................................................4
Defaulted Interest..............................................................................4
Depository......................................................................................4
Dollars.........................................................................................4
ECU.............................................................................................4
European Community..............................................................................4
Event of Default................................................................................5
Foreign Currency................................................................................5
Government Obligations..........................................................................5
Holder..........................................................................................5
Indebtedness....................................................................................5
Indenture.......................................................................................5
Indexed Security................................................................................6
interest........................................................................................6
Interest Payment Date...........................................................................6
Judgment Currency...............................................................................6
mandatory sinking fund payment..................................................................6
Maturity........................................................................................6
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New York Banking Day............................................................................6
New York Facility...............................................................................6
Officers' Certificate...........................................................................6
Opinion of Counsel..............................................................................6
optional sinking fund payment...................................................................7
Original Issue Discount Security................................................................7
Outstanding.....................................................................................7
Paying Agent....................................................................................8
Person .......................................................................................8
Place of Payment................................................................................8
Predecessor Security............................................................................8
Preferred Stock.................................................................................8
Preferred Stock Warrants........................................................................8
Redemption Date.................................................................................8
Redemption Price................................................................................9
Registered Security.............................................................................9
Regular Record Date.............................................................................9
Required Currency...............................................................................9
Representative..................................................................................9
Responsible Officer.............................................................................9
Security .......................................................................................9
Securities......................................................................................9
Security Register...............................................................................9
Security Registrar..............................................................................9
Special Record Date.............................................................................9
Stated Maturity.................................................................................9
Superior Indebtedness...........................................................................9
Trust Indenture Act............................................................................11
Trustee ......................................................................................11
United States..................................................................................11
United States Alien............................................................................11
U.S. Depository................................................................................11
Depository.....................................................................................11
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.........................................12
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.......................................12
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders..............................................................13
SECTION 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company........................................15
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver......................................16
SECTION 107. Language of Notices, etc.....................................................17
SECTION 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act............................................17
SECTION 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.....................................17
SECTION 110. Successors and Assigns.......................................................17
SECTION 111. Separability and Saving Clauses..............................................17
SECTION 112. Benefits of Indenture........................................................17
SECTION 113. Governing Law................................................................18
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SECTION 114. Legal Holidays...............................................................18
SECTION 115. Judgment Currency............................................................18
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms of Securities..........................................................19
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication..............................19
SECTION 203. Securities in Global Form....................................................20
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.........................................20
SECTION 302. Currency; Denominations......................................................24
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating...............................24
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.........................................................26
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange..........................27
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.............................31
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts;
Rights Preserved.............................................................32
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners........................................................33
SECTION 309. Cancellation.................................................................34
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest......................................................34
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture......................................35
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money...................................................37
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default............................................................38
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment...........................39
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee......................................................................40
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.............................................41
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of
Securities or Coupons........................................................42
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SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected...............................................42
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits..........................................................43
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any
Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.....................................43
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies...........................................44
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative...............................................44
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.................................................44
SECTION 512. Control by Holders of Securities.............................................44
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults......................................................45
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs........................................................45
SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.............................................46
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities..........................................46
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults...........................................................47
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee....................................................47
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.......................49
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities..........................................................49
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust..........................................................49
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement...............................................49
SECTION 608. Disqualifications; Conflicting Interests.....................................50
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility......................................50
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor...........................50
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.......................................52
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.....................................................................53
SECTION 613. Appointment of Authenticating Agent..........................................53
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders of Registered Securities.............................................55
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.......................56
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee...........................................................56
SECTION 704. Reports by Company...........................................................57
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ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
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SECTION 801. CONSOLIDATIONS AND MERGERS OF COMPANY AND SALES
AND CONVEYANCES PERMITTED SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS......................57
SECTION 802. Rights and Duties of Successor Entity........................................58
SECTION 803. Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel.................................58
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders...........................59
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders..............................62
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.........................................63
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures............................................64
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act..........................................64
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures..........................64
SECTION 907. Effect on Superior Indebtedness..............................................64
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal and any Premium, Interest and
Additional Amounts...........................................................64
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency..............................................65
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust............................66
SECTION 1004. Additional Amounts...........................................................67
SECTION 1005. Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults......................68
SECTION 1006. Corporate Existence..........................................................68
SECTION 1007. Waiver of Certain Covenants..................................................68
SECTION 1008. Defeasance of Certain Obligations............................................69
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.....................................................70
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee........................................71
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed............................71
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.........................................................71
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price..................................................73
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date........................................73
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SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part..................................................74
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.....................................................74
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities........................75
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund....................................75
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article.....................................................76
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1401. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called....................................76
SECTION 1402. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings...........................................76
SECTION 1403. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.........................................77
SECTION 1404. Quorum; Action...............................................................77
SECTION 1405. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and
Adjournment of Meetings......................................................78
SECTION 1406. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.............................79
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. Securities and Coupons Subordinated to Superior
Indebtedness.................................................................79
SECTION 1502. Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization;
Default......................................................................79
SECTION 1503. Distributions Must Be Paid Over..............................................81
SECTION 1504. Subrogation..................................................................81
SECTION 1505. Relative Rights..............................................................81
SECTION 1506. Payments on Securities or Coupons Permitted..................................82
SECTION 1507. Authorization of Holders to Trustee to Effect Subordination..................82
SECTION 1508. Notices to Trustee...........................................................82
SECTION 1509. Trustee Entitled to Rely.....................................................83
SECTION 1510. Trustee as Holder of Superior Indebtedness...................................84
SECTION 1511. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Superior Indebtedness...................84
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SECTION 1512. Distribution or Notice to Representative.....................................84
SECTION 1513. Trust Moneys Not Subordinated................................................84
SECTION 1514. Modification of Terms of Superior Indebtedness...............................84
SECTION 1515. Reliance by Holders of Indebtedness on Subordination
Provisions...................................................................85
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 1601. Securities in Foreign Currencies.............................................85
SECTION 1602. Conversion or Exchange of Securities.........................................85
SECTION 1603. No Recourse Against Others...................................................85
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SENIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of November 15, 1997, between
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation (hereinafter called the
"Company"), having its principal office at 2929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas
77019 and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee
(hereinafter called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company deems it necessary to issue from time to time for its
lawful purposes debt securities (hereinafter called the "Securities") evidencing
its unsecured and senior subordinated indebtedness and has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of the
Securities, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest, if
any, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series and to
have such other provisions as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
(as hereinafter defined) and the rules and regulations of the Commission (as
hereinafter defined) promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this
Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders (as hereinafter defined) 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 ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(b) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
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(c) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States and, except as otherwise
herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting
principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted
hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted in the United States at the date of such computation;
(d) 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; and
(e) the term "day," unless designated as a "Business Day,"
means a calendar day.
"Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts that are
required by the Securities of a particular series or by or pursuant to
a supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or other instrument
authorizing such series of Securities, under the circumstances
specified therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain
taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges imposed on
certain Holders and which are owing to such Holders.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of
this definition, "control," when used with respect to any specified
Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such
Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 613 to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official
language of the country of publication or in the English language,
customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on
Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in the place
in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community
of such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in
Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the
same or in different Authorized Newspapers in the same city meeting the
foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established
pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
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"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions
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, delivered to the
Trustee.
"Business Day," when used with respect to any Place of Payment
or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in
the Securities, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of
Payment or such other location are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close except as may otherwise be provided in the
form of Securities of any particular series pursuant to the provisions
of this Indenture.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" of any Person means the
obligation to pay rent or other payment amounts under a lease of (or
other indebtedness arrangements conveying the right to use) real or
personal property of such Person which is required to be classified and
accounted for as a capital lease or a liability on the face of a
balance sheet of such Person in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
"Certificate of a Firm of Independent Public Accountants"
means a certificate signed by an independent public accountant or a
firm of independent public accountants who may be the independent
public accountants regularly retained by the Company or who may be
other independent public accountants. Such accountant or firm shall be
entitled to rely upon an Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of
any legal matters relating to such certificate.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or, if at any time after the execution of this
instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties
now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $.50 per
share, of the Company or any other class of stock resulting from
changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock consisting solely of
changes in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par
value to par value. Subject to the anti-dilution provisions of any
convertible Security, however, shares of Common Stock issuable on
conversion of a Security shall include only shares of the class
designated as Common Stock of the Company at the date of the
supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or other instrument
authorizing such Security or shares of any class or classes resulting
from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have
no preference in respect of the payment of dividends or the
distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Company and which are not subject to
redemption by the Company, provided that if at any time there shall be
more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then
so
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issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total
number of shares of such class resulting from all such
reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of such classes
resulting from all such reclassifications.
"Common Stock Warrants" means warrants to purchase Common
Stock.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor entity shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor entity.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a
written request or order signed in the name of the Company by the
Chairman, the Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President (any
reference to a Vice President of the Company herein shall be deemed to
include any Vice President of the Company whether or not designated by
a number or a word or words added before or after the title "Vice
President"), and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, delivered to the
Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the
Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business
shall be administered, which office as of the date of this Indenture is
located at Four Albany Street, New York, New York 10006, Attention:
Corporate Trust and Agency Group - Corporate Market Services.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies
and business trusts.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer
Security.
"Debt Warrants" means warrants to purchase Securities.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Depository" has the meaning specified with respect to such
term under the definition of "U.S. Depository."
"Dollars" or "$" or any similar reference shall mean the coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be
legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, except as may
otherwise be provided in the form of Securities of any particular
series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised
from time to time by the Council of the European Community.
"European Community" means the European Economic Community,
the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy
Community.
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"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or
composite currency, including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by
the government of one or more countries other than the United States of
America or by any recognized confederation or association of such
governments.
"Government Obligations", with respect to any Security, means
(i) direct obligations of the government or governments which issued
the currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on
such Security or any Additional Amounts in respect thereof shall be
payable, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder
are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or
governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by
and acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government or
governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments
thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by such government or governments, and which, in the case of
(i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued
by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such
Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal
of or other amount with respect to any such Government Obligation held
by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository
receipt, 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 depository receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific
payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to
the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Holder" means, in the case of a Registered Security, the
Person in whose name the Security is registered in the Security
Register and, in the case of a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof,
and, in the case of any coupon, the bearer thereof.
"Indebtedness" means all obligations which in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles would be classified upon a
balance sheet as liabilities, including without limitation by the
enumeration thereof, obligations arising through direct or indirect
guarantees (including agreements, contingent or otherwise, to purchase
Indebtedness or to purchase property or services for the primary
purpose of enabling the payment of Indebtedness or assuring the owner
of Indebtedness against loss) or through agreements, contingent or
otherwise, to supply or advance funds for the payment or purchase of
Indebtedness of others; provided, however, that in determining
Indebtedness of any Person, there shall not be included rental
obligations under any lease of such Person, whether or not such rental
obligations would, under generally accepted accounting principles, be
required to be shown on the balance sheet of such Person as a liability
item.
"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
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into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the
terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 301.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide
that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be
more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original
issuance.
"interest," when used with respect to an Original Issue
Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after
Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity, and, when used with
respect to a Security which provides for the payment of Additional
Amounts pursuant to Section 1004, includes such Additional Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any
Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on
such Security.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 115.
"mandatory sinking fund payment" has the meaning specified in
Section 1201.
"Maturity," when used with respect to any Security, 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,
notice of redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise,
and includes the Redemption Date.
"New York Banking Day" has the meaning specified in Section
115.
"New York Facility" means the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee as long as such Corporate Trust Office is located in The City
of New York and otherwise means the facility of the Trustee located in
The City of New York at which Securities may be presented or
surrendered for payment or registration of transfer or exchange or for
conversion or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of Securities and this Indenture may be served,
either pursuant to Section 1002 or as so specified pursuant to Section
301.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the
Company which certificate complies with the requirements, if
applicable, of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is
delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel who is
(except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) an employee
of or counsel for the Company, or other counsel acceptable to the
Trustee, which opinion is acceptable to the Trustee and complies with
the requirements, if applicable, of Section 314(e) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
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"optional sinking fund payment" has the meaning specified in
Section 1201.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security issued
pursuant to this Indenture which provides for an amount less than the
principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration
thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to any Securities,
means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) any such Security theretofore canceled by the
Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) any such Security, or portion thereof, for whose payment
or redemption money and/or Government Obligations in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited pursuant hereto 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 and any coupons
thereto appertaining, 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;
(c) any such Security that has been paid pursuant to Section
306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Security in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Security is held by a
bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Security is a valid obligation
of the Company; and
(d) any such Security, or portion thereof, converted into, or
exchanged for, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, other Securities or
securities, Debt Warrants, Common Stock Warrants or Preferred Stock
Warrants if the terms of such Security provide for such conversion or
exchange;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
hereunder or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of
Securities, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security that shall be counted in making such determination and that
shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to
the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable
pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security as of
the date of such determination upon acceleration thereof pursuant to
Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a
Foreign Currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, determined on the date
of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in
the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent
on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount
determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security, (iii) the
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principal amount of an Indexed Security that shall be counted in making
such determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such
purposes shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed
Security at original issuance, and (iv) Securities owned by the Company
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, or upon any such determination as
to the presence of a quorum, only Securities which a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith
may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect
to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto or any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means the Company or any Person authorized by
the Company to pay the principal of and any premium or interest on, or
any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security or any coupon
appertaining thereto on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities
of any series, means the place or places where, subject to the
provisions of Section 1002, the principal of, or any premium or
interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities
of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306
in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, as the case
may be.
"Preferred Stock" means, with respect to the Company, its
Preferred Stock, $1.50 par value per share, of any series.
"Preferred Stock Warrants" means warrants to purchase
Preferred Stock.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security or
portion thereof to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such
redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
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"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security or
portion thereof to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be
redeemed as determined by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Registered Security" means any Security established pursuant
to Section 201 which is registered in the Security Register.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date on the Registered Securities of any series means the date,
if any, specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301,
whether or not a Business Day.
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 115.
"Representative" means the trustee, agent or representative
(if any) for an issue of Superior Indebtedness.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee,
means any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including any
managing director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
treasurer, assistant secretary or any other officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of
the above designated officers and having direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture, and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Security" or "Securities" means any Security or Securities,
as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture;
provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person
acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities," with respect to
any such Person, shall mean Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series
as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Registered Securities of any series means a date fixed
by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or
any installment of principal thereof or any premium or interest thereon
or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, means the fixed date on
which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal
or premium or interest is or such Additional Amounts are due and
payable, determined as contemplated by Section 301.
"Superior Indebtedness" means the principal of and any premium
and interest on, and any other payment due pursuant to, any of the
following, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this
Indenture or thereafter incurred, created or assumed:
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(a) all obligations of the Company for money
borrowed;
(b) all obligations of the Company evidenced by
notes, debentures, bonds or other securities, including
obligations incurred, created or assumed in connection with
the acquisition of property, assets or businesses;
(c) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of the
Company;
(d) all reimbursement obligations of the Company with
respect to letters of credit, bankers acceptance or similar
facilities issued for the account of the Company;
(e) all obligations of the Company issued or assumed
as the deferred purchase price of property or services (but
excluding trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities
arising in the ordinary course of business);
(f) all payment obligations of the Company under any
interest rate, currency or commodity swap agreement, option
agreement, hedge agreement, forward contract, or similar
agreement designed to protect the Company or another Person
against fluctuations in interest rates, exchange rates or
commodity prices;
(g) all obligations of the type referred to in
clauses (a) through (f) above of another Person or all
dividends of another Person, the payment of which, in either
case, the Company has assumed or guaranteed, or for which the
Company is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly,
jointly or severally, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and
(h) all amendments, modifications, renewals,
extensions, refinancings, replacements and refundings by the
Company of any such indebtedness referred to in clauses (a)
through (g) above (and of any such amended, modified, renewed,
extended, refinanced, replaced or refunded indebtedness or
obligations);
other than (i) any indebtedness, renewal, extension, refinancing,
replacement, refunding, assumption, guarantee or other obligation that
expressly provides, or in the instrument creating or evidencing the
same or the assumption or guarantee of the same it is expressly
provided, that such indebtedness, renewal, extension, refinancing,
replacement, refunding, assumption, guarantee or other obligation is
junior in right of payment to or is pari passu with the Securities;
(ii) the Securities and the 13 1/2% Restricted Subordinated Notes Due
2002 of the Company issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of
January 3, 1994, between the Company and Texas Commerce Bank, National
Association, which 13 1/2% Restricted Subordinated Notes shall rank
pari passu with the Securities; (iii) the 6% Series A Convertible
Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2025, the 7.57% Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures, Series A, the 8 1/8% Junior
Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures, Series B, the 8 1/8%
Series B Junior Subordinated Debentures and the 8.45% Series A Junior
Subordinated Debentures of the Company and any other junior
subordinated
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debentures of the Company issued under the Indenture, dated as of May
15, 1995, between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, formerly
Chemical Bank, as trustee, under the Indenture, dated as of December 1,
1996, between the Company and Bankers Trust Company as trustee or under
the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of November 15, 1997,
between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as trustee; and (iv) the
guarantee and other obligations of the Company pursuant to the
Guarantee Agreement, dated as of May 24, 1995, with respect to certain
securities issued by American General Capital, L.L.C., the Guarantee
Agreement, dated as of May 24, 1995, with respect to certain securities
issued by American General Delaware, L.L.C., the Guarantee Agreement,
dated as of December 4, 1996, with respect to certain securities issued
by American General Institutional Capital A, the Guarantee Agreement,
dated as of March 14, 1997, with respect to certain securities issued
by American General Institutional Capital B and any Guarantee Agreement
of the Company with respect to any preferred securities of American
General Capital I, American General Capital II, American General
Capital III or American General Capital IV.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended, and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a
particular provision thereof shall mean such Trust Indenture Act or
provision, as the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to time
or as supplemented from time to time by rules or regulations adopted by
the Commission under or in furtherance of the purposes of such Trust
Indenture Act or provision, as the case may be.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have
become such with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall
mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities of that series.
"United States," except as otherwise provided in or pursuant
to this Indenture, means the United States of America (including the
States thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories and
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien," except as otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture, means any Person who, for United States
Federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident
alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or
trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is,
for United States Federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a
non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a
foreign estate or trust.
"U.S. Depository" or "Depository" means, with respect to any
Security issuable or issued in the form of one or more global
Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depository or Depository by
the Company in or pursuant to this Indenture, which Person must be, to
the extent required by applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency
registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and,
if so provided with respect to any
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Security, any successor to such Person. If at any time there is more
than one such Person, "U.S. Depository" or "Depository" shall mean,
with respect to any Securities, the qualifying entity which has been
appointed with respect to such Securities.
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, provided that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
or either of them is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate
or opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions
herein relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual,
he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such condition
or covenant has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate of counsel or Opinion
of Counsel or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to matters upon which his certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate of counsel or Opinion of Counsel or
representations by counsel may
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be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating
that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession
of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture or any Security, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by or pursuant to this
Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor
signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in
writing. If, but only if, Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer
Securities in whole or in part, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by or
pursuant to this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and
evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting
in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in
writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly
called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fourteen,
or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective
when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.
Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments
or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding
by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of
this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting
of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in
Section 1406.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, unless
otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder,
including a Depository that is a Holder of a global Security, 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 or pursuant to this Indenture to be made,
given or taken by Holders, and a Depository that is a Holder of a
global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial
owners of interests in any such global Security through such
Depository's standing instructions and customary practices.
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The Trustee may 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 or pursuant to this
Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date
is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy
or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or
take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or
effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record
date.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of
any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a
witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds,
certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument
or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Registered Securities and the principal
amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person,
and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of
Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same,
may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a
certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker
or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the Company, wherever
situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company and the
Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned
such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it,
the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by
the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer
Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Company
and the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may
assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (i)
another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect
of the same Bearer Security is produced, or (ii) such Bearer Security
is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (iii) such Bearer
Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (iv)
such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership, principal
amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and
the date of holding the same, may also be proved in any other manner
that the Company and the Trustee deem sufficient.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any
Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, the
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Company may, at its option, by Board Resolution, fix in advance a
record date for the determination of Holders of Registered Securities
entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no
obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action may be given before or after such record date, but only the
Holders of Registered Securities of record at the close of business on
such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of
determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding
Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be
computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization,
agreement or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities on such
record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months
after the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action of the Holder of any Security shall
bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in
exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done,
omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar,
any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the Company in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group - Corporate Market
Services, or
(b) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, by United States
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to the
attention of its Treasurer at the address of its principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Additionally, any notice provided or permitted to be given or furnished
to the Trustee pursuant to Article Fifteen shall be sufficient if given or
furnished in the manner provided in the last paragraph of Section 1508.
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SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES; WAIVER.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to the provisions
of this Indenture, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of
Securities of any event,
(a) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of
Registered Securities if in writing and mailed by United States
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Registered
Security affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the
Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than
the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice; and
(b) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of
Bearer Securities if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City
of New York and in such other city or cities, if any, as may be
specified in such Securities and, if the Securities of such series are
then listed on any stock exchange outside the United States, in an
Authorized Newspaper in such city as the Company shall advise the
Trustee that such stock exchange so requires, on a Business Day at
least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the
earliest date and the second such publication to be not later than the
latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given
by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice
so mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
given as provided herein. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. In
case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any
other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders of
Registered Securities by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the
approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every
purpose hereunder.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided
above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such
Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by
publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in
any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any notice to Holders
of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may
be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders of Securities shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
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SECTION 107. LANGUAGE OF NOTICES, ETC.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
election or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the
English language, except that, if the Company so elects, any published notice
may be in an official language of the country of publication.
SECTION 108. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision
of the Trust Indenture Act that is required to be a part of and govern this
Indenture, such required provision shall control.
SECTION 109. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 110. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not, and all rights of
the Company hereunder shall inure to the benefit of such successors and assigns.
SECTION 111. SEPARABILITY AND SAVING CLAUSES.
(a) In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security
or coupon shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, either wholly or
partially, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
(b) No provision of this Indenture or of any Security or
coupon shall require the payment or permit the collection of interest
or any Additional Amounts in excess of the maximum which is not
prohibited by law. If any such excess interest is provided for herein
or in any Security or coupon, which shall be adjudicated to be so
provided for, then the Company shall not be obligated to pay such
interest or Additional Amounts in excess of the maximum not prohibited
by law until such time, if any, as it shall become legal to do so.
SECTION 112. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Indenture or in any Security or coupon, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security
Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and their respective
successors and assigns hereunder, the holders of Superior Indebtedness and the
Holders of Securities or coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture.
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SECTION 113. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture and the Securities and coupons, including the validity
thereof, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York without regard to conflict of laws principles.
SECTION 114. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Maturity or Stated Maturity of any Security, or
any installment of principal thereof or any premium or interest thereon or any
Additional Amounts with respect thereto shall not be a Business Day at any Place
of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or the
Securities or coupons other than a provision in the Securities or coupons of any
series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this
Section) payment of principal or any premium or interest or Additional Amounts
with respect to such Security need not be made at such Place of Payment on such
date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of
Payment with the same force and effect as if made at the Maturity or Stated
Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period
from and after such Maturity or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such
next succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 115. JUDGMENT CURRENCY.
The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any
court it is necessary to convert the sum due on the Securities of any series
from the currency in which such sum is payable in accordance with the terms of
such Securities (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a judgment
will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be
the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could
purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment
Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final
unappealable judgment is rendered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture
to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or
satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or
not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the
Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall
result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required
Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be
enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of
recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual
receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so
expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being
obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the
foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a
legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in
The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to
close.
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. FORMS OF SECURITIES.
The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer
Securities, if any, of each series, and related coupons shall be in such form or
forms (including permanent or temporary global form) as shall be established in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto or by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution in accordance with Section 301, in each case with 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 or
designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required
to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or
with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange or as may consistently
herewith be determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as
evidenced by their execution of the Securities or coupons.
If the forms of Securities or coupons of any series are established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or coupons.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in
registered form without coupons.
The definitive Securities and coupons, if any, shall be typewritten,
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 or coupons, as evidenced by
their execution of such Securities or coupons.
SECTION 202. 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 herein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
SECTION 203. SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the
Securities shall not be issuable in global form. If Securities of a series shall
be issuable in global form, any such Security may provide that it or any number
of such Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding
Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by the terms
thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to
time be increased or reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any
Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in
the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons
as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered pursuant
to Section 303 or 304 with respect thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section
303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any
Security in global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person
or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company
Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered,
any instructions by the Company with respect to a Security in global form shall
be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers'
Certificate and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. 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. The terms of the
Securities in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in this Indenture shall
be determined or established in any one or more of the following ways: (1) in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto; (2) in one or more Board
Resolutions; or (3) in a manner specified in or authorized by one or more Board
Resolutions (in which case such Board Resolutions shall be included in or
attached to an Officers' Certificate setting
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forth such terms or the manner in which such terms are to be determined or
established). The terms to be so determined or established shall include:
(a) the title of the Securities and the series in which such
Securities shall be included;
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such 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 such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906
or 1107);
(c) whether such Securities are to be issuable as Registered
Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons or both) or
both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of
Bearer Securities of the series, the terms, if any, upon which Bearer
Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of
the series and vice versa, whether any Securities of the series are to
be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any
Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form
with or without coupons and, if so, (1) when any of such Securities are
to be issued in global form, (2) whether beneficial owners of interests
in any such permanent global Security may exchange such interests for
certificated Securities of such series and of like tenor of any
authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any
such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in
Section 305, (3) the name of the U.S. Depository or the Depository, as
the case may be, with respect to any global Security, and (4) the form
of any legend or legends to be borne by any such global Security in
addition to or in lieu of the legend referred to in Section 303;
(d) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series
and any global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the
series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of
the first Security of the series to be issued;
(e) if Securities of the series are to be issuable as Bearer
Securities, whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary
Bearer Security in global form (representing all or any portion of the
Outstanding Bearer Securities of the series) payable in respect of an
Interest Payment Date therefor prior to the exchange, if any, of such
temporary Bearer Security for definitive Securities of the series shall
be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of
such temporary Bearer Security held for its account and, in such event,
the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements)
upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing
organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to interest
payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(f) the date or dates on which the principal of such
Securities is payable, or the manner in which such date or dates shall
be determined;
(g) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear
interest, if any, or the manner in which such rate or rates shall be
determined, the date or dates from which such
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interest shall accrue or the manner in which such date or dates shall
be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest
shall be payable or the manner in which such Interest Payment Dates
shall be determined, and the Regular Record Date, if any, for any
interest payable on any such Registered Securities on any such Interest
Payment Date, whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts
on such Securities or any of them shall be payable and, if so, whether
the Company has the option to redeem the affected Securities rather
than pay such Additional Amounts, and the basis upon which interest
shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months;
(h) the right, if any, of the Company to extend the interest
payment periods of such Securities, the maximum duration, if any, of
any such extension or extensions, the additional interest, if any,
payable on such Securities if any interest payment period is extended
and any notice (which shall include notice to the Trustee) which must
be given upon the exercise of such rights;
(i) each Place of Payment of such Securities, if any, other
than or in addition to The City of New York, where, subject to Section
1002, the principal of and any premium and interest on or Additional
Amounts, if any, payable in respect of, such Securities shall be
payable, the place or places where any Registered Securities of the
series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and
where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion or exchange and
any notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of such
Securities and this Indenture may be served;
(j) whether such Securities are to be redeemable at the option
of the Company and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company;
(k) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem such
Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or to
repay such Securities at the option of a Holder thereof or upon the
occurrence of one or more specified events and, if so, the date or
dates on which, the period or periods within which (or the event or
events upon which), the price or prices at which and the other terms
and conditions upon which such Securities shall be redeemed or repaid,
in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and any provisions
for the remarketing of such Securities so redeemed or repaid;
(l) the obligation, if any, of the Company to permit the
conversion or exchange of such Securities into or for Common Stock,
Preferred Stock, Debt Warrants, Common Stock Warrants, Preferred Stock
Warrants or other Securities or securities, and the terms and
conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be effected
(including, without limitation, the initial conversion or exchange
price or rate, the conversion or exchange period, any adjustment of the
applicable conversion or exchange price, any requirements relative to
reservation of shares for purposes of conversion or exchange and any
other provision in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in this
Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto relative to such
obligation);
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(m) the denominations in which any Registered Securities of
the series shall be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and
any integral multiple thereof, and the denomination or denominations in
which any Bearer Securities of the series shall be issuable, if other
than the denomination of $5,000;
(n) if other than the full principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of any such Securities that shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502 or, if applicable, the portion of the principal
amount of any such Securities that may be converted or exchanged in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture or the manner in which
such portion is to be determined;
(o) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on, and any
Additional Amounts in respect of, such Securities shall be payable;
(p) if the principal of and any premium or interest on, and
any Additional Amounts in respect of, such Securities are to be
payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or
otherwise, in a coin or currency, including a Foreign Currency, other
than that in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the period
or periods within which, and the other terms and conditions upon which,
such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the
exchange rate between the coin or currency in which such Securities are
denominated or stated to be payable and the coin or currency in which
such Securities or any of them are to be so payable;
(q) whether the amount of payments of principal of and any
premium or interest on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, such
Securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula or
other method or methods (which index, formula or method or methods may
be based, without limitation, on one or more currencies, commodities,
equity indices or other indices) and, if so, the terms and conditions
upon which and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and
paid or payable;
(r) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the
Events of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to such
Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are
consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein,
any change in the right of the Trustee or Holders to declare the
principal of such Securities due and payable, and any additions to the
definitions currently set forth in this Indenture;
(s) whether any of such Securities are to be issuable upon the
exercise of warrants and, if so, the details with respect thereto,
including the time, manner and place for such Securities to be
authenticated and delivered;
(t) the form or forms of such Securities, if any, and, if any
Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form
(whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security
of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other
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documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms
of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(u) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the
Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security
Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent with respect to such
Securities; and
(v) any other terms of such Securities (which terms shall not
be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture including,
without limitation, the provisions of Article Fifteen).
All Securities of any one series and any coupons appertaining to any
Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to
coin or currency of payments due thereunder, denomination, the rate or rates of
interest, if any, or the method of determining the rate of interest, if any, the
date or dates from which interest, if any, shall accrue, and Stated Maturity and
except as may otherwise be provided in the terms of such Securities determined
or established as provided above. All Securities of any one series need not be
issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened
for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the Securities or coupons of any series are
established by action that is specified in or authorized by a Board Resolution
and such action is to be taken at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of such series of Securities or the manner
in which such terms are to be determined or established, then a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of such series
or the manner in which such terms are to be determined or established.
SECTION 302. CURRENCY; DENOMINATIONS.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, the principal of, any premium and interest on and
any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities shall be payable in
Dollars. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, any Registered Securities of a series shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and any
Bearer Securities of a series shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000.
Securities not denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in such denominations as
are established with respect to such Securities in or pursuant to this
Indenture.
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman, its Vice Chairman, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under
its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Treasurer or Secretary or
one of its Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any
of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Coupons shall
bear the facsimile signature of the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the
Company.
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Securities and coupons 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 on the date(s) such Securities were issued.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with
any coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with the Board Resolution and Officers' Certificate,
supplemental indenture or other instrument with respect to such Securities
referred to in Sections 201 and 301 and a Company Order for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company
Order and subject to the provisions hereof shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities. If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time
and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series
shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the
Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of
particular Securities of such series, such as interest rate, maturity date, date
of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. In authenticating
Securities hereunder, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be
fully protected in relying upon,
(a) an Opinion of Counsel stating substantially to the
effect that,
(1) the form and terms of such Securities and
coupons, if any, or the manner of determining such terms, have
been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(2) such Securities and coupons, when authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the
manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion
of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent
conveyance, or other laws relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights and by general equity
principles, and except further as enforcement thereof may be
limited by (i) requirements that a claim (or a Foreign
Currency judgment in respect of such claim) be converted into
Dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined
pursuant to applicable law or (ii) governmental authority to
limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments in a Foreign
Currency or payments outside the United States (and with such
other exceptions as to enforceability as such counsel shall
state are not materially adverse to the Holders); and
(b) an Officers' Certificate stating, to the best knowledge of
each signer of such certificate, that no event which is, or after
notice or lapse of time would become, an Event of Default with respect
to any of the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing.
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The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate or to cause an Authenticating
Agent to authenticate such Securities if the issuance of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that
is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time,
it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and Officers'
Certificate at the time of issuance of each such Security, but such opinion and
certificate shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first
Security of such series to be issued.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 301 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one
or more global Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
accordance with this Section and the Company Order with respect to such series,
authenticate and deliver one or more global Securities in temporary or permanent
form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be
represented by such global Security or Securities, (ii) shall be registered, if
in registered form, in the name of the Depository for such global Security or
Securities or the nominee of such Depository, (iii) shall be delivered by the
Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository's instruction and (iv)
shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect (or to such other
effect as may be specified in the document authorizing such series of Securities
or as the Depository, the Trustee and the Company may agree):
"Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities in certificated form, this Security may not be transferred
except 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 or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor
Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository".
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Each Bearer Security and any temporary Bearer Security in global form shall be
dated as of the date specified as contemplated by Section 301.
No Security or coupon appertaining thereto 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 in Section 202 or 613 executed by or on behalf of the
Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of its
authorized officers. Such an executed certificate of authentication upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Except as permitted by
Section 306 or 307, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer
Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been
detached and canceled.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute and deliver to the Trustee, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
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manner provided in Section 303, temporary Securities of such series 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, in registered form or, if authorized in or
pursuant to this Indenture, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without
coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers of the Company executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Such temporary
Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall
be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities
of any series are issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities of that
series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of such
definitive Securities, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series containing identical terms
and provisions upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section
1002, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like aggregate principal amount
of definitive Securities of authorized denominations of the same series
containing identical terms and provisions; provided, however, that no definitive
Bearer Security, except as provided pursuant to Section 301, shall be delivered
in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer
Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in or pursuant to this
Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to a temporary global Security, 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 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
With respect to the Registered Securities, if any, of each series of
Securities, the Company shall cause to be kept at an office or agency of the
Company maintained pursuant to Section 1002 a register (each such register being
herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for
the registration of the Registered Securities of each series and of transfers of
the Registered Securities of each series. Such office or agency shall be the
"Security Registrar" for the Registered Securities, if any, of each series of
Securities. In the event that the Trustee shall not be the Security Registrar
with respect to a particular series of Securities, it shall have the right to
examine the Security Register for such series at all reasonable times. Unless
otherwise provided with respect to a series of Securities in a supplemental
indenture, Board Resolution or other instrument authorizing such series of
Securities, Bankers Trust Company is hereby appointed Security Registrar for
each series of Securities until a successor has been appointed by a Board
Resolution or an instrument executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman,
Vice Chairman, President or one of its Vice Presidents and delivered to the
Trustee.
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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security
of any series at any office or agency of the Company maintained for that series
pursuant to Section 1002, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding, and containing identical terms and
provisions.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series
(except a global Security representing all or a portion of such series) may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, containing identical
terms and provisions, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any
such office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Registered Securities that the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities
of any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may
be exchanged for Registered Securities or Bearer Securities (if Bearer
Securities of such series are issuable in more than one denomination) of the
same series containing identical terms and provisions, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any office or agency of the Company
maintained for such series, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons
in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to
produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in
default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied
by payment in funds acceptable to the Company and the Trustee in an amount equal
to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such
missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there
is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer
Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect
of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to
receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except as otherwise
provided in Section 1002, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency for such
series located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case
a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in
exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the
close of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and
before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest
Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business
at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted
Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating
to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be
(or, if such coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such coupon
shall be returned to the person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, shall not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security,
but shall be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture.
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If expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to
the Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities
of such series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such terms and
conditions as may be provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to
such series.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture, any global Security shall be exchangeable for
certificated Securities only if (i) the Depository is at any time unwilling,
unable or ineligible to continue as Depository and a successor depository is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed
in writing, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company
Order to the effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, (iii) an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities
of the same series, or (iv) in the case of a global Security representing Bearer
Securities, upon the written request of a beneficial owner of an interest in
such global Security given to the Depository. If the beneficial owners of
interests in a global Security are entitled to exchange such interests for
certificated Securities of such series, then without unnecessary delay but in
any event not later than the earliest date on which such interests may be so
exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee certificated Securities in
such form and denominations as are required by or pursuant to this Indenture,
and of the same series as, containing identical terms as and in aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of, such global Security,
executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests
may be so exchanged, such global Security shall be surrendered from time to time
by the U.S. Depository (or such other Depository as shall be specified in the
Company Order with respect thereto) to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for
such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for certificated Securities
as described above, without charge, in accordance with instructions (which
instructions shall be in writing but need not be contained in or accompanied by
an Officers' Certificate or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) given by
the Company to the Trustee and such U.S. Depository or other Depository, as the
case may be. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in
exchange for each portion of such surrendered global Security, a like aggregate
principal amount of certificated Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such global Security to be
exchanged, which (unless such Securities are not issuable both as Bearer
Securities and as Registered Securities, in which case the definitive Securities
exchanged for the global Security shall be issuable only in the form in which
the Securities are issuable, as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) shall
be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination
thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided,
however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities for redemption of
the same series and containing identical terms and ending on the relevant
Redemption Date; and provided, further, that (unless otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture) no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a
portion of a global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any
location in the United States. Promptly following any such exchange in part,
such global Security shall be returned by the Trustee to the U.S. Depository or
such other Depository referred to above, as the case may be, in accordance with
the instructions
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of the Company referred to above, with an endorsement thereon to reflect the
decrease in the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby.
If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a global
Security after the close of business at the office or agency for such Security
where such exchange occurs on or after (i) any Regular Record Date for such
Security and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the next
Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date for such Security and
before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed
date for payment of interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, interest
shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment,
as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but shall be payable
on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be,
only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such global
Security shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
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 entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or
the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar therefor duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange or redemption 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 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, 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 selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor
and the same series under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business (A)
if Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities, on the
day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, and (B) if Securities
of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, on the day of the first
publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities of the series
are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication, the
mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, (ii) to register the transfer of
or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in
part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion
thereof not to be redeemed, (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected
for redemption, except, to the extent provided with respect to such Bearer
Security, that such Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security
of like tenor and the same series, provided that such Registered Security shall
be immediately surrendered for redemption with written instruction for payment
consistent with the provisions of this Indenture or (iv) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Security that, in accordance with its terms, has
been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion,
if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
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SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon
appertaining to it 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 principal amount, containing identical terms and
provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security
or coupon, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them 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 or coupon has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its
request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to which a
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not
destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and principal
amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if
any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security
to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or
coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security or coupon;
provided, however, that payment of principal of and any premium or interest on
or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except as
otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an office or agency for
such Securities located outside the United States.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series, with its coupons, if any, issued
pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or
in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its
coupons, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon 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 and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
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SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS;
RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in
accordance with the provisions of Section 301, interest on and any Additional
Amounts with respect to any Registered Security that is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid
to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest and any interest on any Bearer Security that is payable, and
is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be
paid upon surrender of the coupon appertaining thereto in respect of the
interest due on such Interest Payment Date. Unless otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture, in case a Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange
for a Registered Security after the close of business at an office or agency for
such Security on any Regular Record Date therefor and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date
therefor, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating
to such Interest Payment Date and interest shall not be payable on such Interest
Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such
Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due
in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in
accordance with the provisions of Section 301, any interest on and any
Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security of any series which
is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein called "Defaulted Interest")
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the relevant
Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted
Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided
in subsection (a) or (b) below:
(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities
affected (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at
the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each such Registered Security and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when so deposited
to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this subsection 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, United States
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of such Registered
Securities (or their respective Predecessor
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Securities) at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security
Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The
Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, cause a similar notice to be published at least once in an
Authorized Newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York,
but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the
establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor
having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid
to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following subsection (b). In case a Bearer Security of
any series is surrendered at the office or agency for such Security in
exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of
business at such office or agency on any Special Record Date and before
the opening of business at such office or agency on the related
proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security
shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such proposed date
of payment and Defaulted Interest shall not be payable on such proposed
date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in
exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the
Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture.
(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
such Registered Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this subsection (b), such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
At the option of the Company, interest on Registered Securities of any
series that bear interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or
by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the
United States or by any other means permitted in the form of Securities of any
particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305,
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 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered 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 Registered Security is registered in the
Security Register as the owner and Holder of such Registered Security for the
purpose of receiving payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to
Sections 305 and 307) interest on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of,
such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not
any payment with respect to such
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Registered Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor
any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall
pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon
as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving
payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not any payment with respect to such Security or coupon be overdue,
and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No owner of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its
behalf by a Depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect
to such global Security, and such Depository may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner and Holder of
such global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the
Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility
or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on
account of beneficial ownership interests of a global Security, for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests or for any other matter relating to the actions and practices of the
Depository, its nominee or its participants. Neither the Company, the Trustee,
any Paying Agent nor the Security Registrar for Securities represented by a
global Security will be liable for any delay by the Depository thereof, its
nominee or any of its participants in identifying the owners of beneficial
interests in such global Security, and the Company and the Trustee may
conclusively rely on, and will be protected in relying on, instructions from
such Depository or its nominee for all purposes.
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION.
All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption,
conversion, exchange or registration of transfer or exchange or for credit
against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than
the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and coupons,
as well as Securities and coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any
such purpose, shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. 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 for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued
and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the
Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted
by or pursuant to this Indenture. All canceled Securities and coupons held by
the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary practices,
subject to applicable law.
SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Request
(except as provided in the last paragraph of this Section 401), and the Trustee,
on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute such instruments
as may be requested by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture with respect to such series, when
(a) either
(1) all Securities of such series theretofore
authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to
Bearer Securities of such series surrendered for exchange for
Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose
surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in
Section 305, (ii) Securities of such series and coupons which
have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) coupons
appertaining to Securities of such series called for
redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date,
whose surrender has been waived as provided by Section 1106
and (iv) Securities of such series and coupons for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or
(2) all such Securities of such series and, in the
case of (i) and (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their
Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) 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,
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and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited
(except as provided in Section 402(c)) with the Trustee, as
trust funds and/or obligations in trust, specifically pledged
as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities of such series, (A) money in an
amount, or (B) Government Obligations which through the
payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms, without consideration of any
reinvestment thereof, will provide not later than the opening
of business on the due dates of any payment of principal and
any premium, interest and Additional Amounts with respect
thereto money in an amount or (C) a combination thereof,
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such Securities and coupons not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, any
premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with
respect to such Securities and coupons, to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities of such series which have
become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Maturity
thereof, as the case may be;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee a Certificate of
a Firm of Independent Public Accountants certifying as to the
sufficiency of the amounts deposited pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subsection (a) of this Section for payment of the principal and any
premium, interest and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities
of such series on the dates such payments are due, and an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture as to such series of Securities have been
complied with.
If there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, and if a
different Trustee has been appointed with respect to one or more of such series,
then each Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture if requested to do so only with
respect to Securities of the series as to which it is Trustee and if the other
conditions thereto are met.
If subsequent to the date a discharge is effected pursuant to this
Section 401, Additional Amounts in excess of those established as of the date
such discharge is effected become payable in respect of the series of Securities
discharged, in order to preserve the benefits of the discharge established
hereunder, the Company shall irrevocably deposit or cause to be irrevocably
deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section 401, within ten
Business Days prior to the date the first payment in respect of any portion of
such excess Additional Amounts becomes due, such additional funds as are
necessary to satisfy the provisions of this Section 401 as if a discharge were
being effected as of the date of such subsequent deposit. Failure to comply with
the requirements of this paragraph shall result in the termination of the
benefits of the discharge established by this Section 401.
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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to a series of Securities, the obligations with respect to the right of
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series provided for
herein, the obligations of the Company under the preceding paragraph, the
obligations with respect to any conversion or exchange of Securities of such
series provided in the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or other
instrument authorizing such series of Securities, the obligations of the Company
to the Trustee under Section 607 and, if money and/or Government Obligations
shall have been irrevocably deposited with the Trustee pursuant to paragraph (2)
of subsection (a) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section
402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
(a) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
1003, all money and/or Government Obligations deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or Section 1008 or pursuant to a
supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 901(i), and all
money received by the Trustee in respect of any such Government
Obligations, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons 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 any
premium, interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment such money
has or Government Obligations have been deposited with or received by
the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous
payments as contemplated by Section 401 or Section 1008 or any such
supplemental indenture; but such money and Government Obligations need
not be segregated from other funds of the Trustee except to the extent
required by law.
(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee
against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 401 or Section
1008 or pursuant to a supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to
Section 901(i) or the interest and principal received in respect of
such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders.
(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time
to time upon Company Request any Government Obligations or money held
by it as provided in Section 401 or Section 1008 or in any supplemental
indenture entered into pursuant to Section 901(i) which, as expressed
in a Certificate of a Firm of Independent Public Accountants delivered
to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then
would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such
obligations or money were deposited or received.
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ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series (unless otherwise specified with respect to such series of Securities
in the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or other instrument authorizing
such series of Securities), means any one of the following events which has
occurred and is continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and
whether it shall be occasioned by the provisions of Article Fifteen or be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of any interest or Additional
Amounts payable in respect of any Security of that series or any coupon
appertaining thereto, when such interest or Additional Amounts become
due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30
days; or
(b) default in the payment of the principal of and any premium
on any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable at its
Maturity; or
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when
and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture or the Securities of that
series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose
performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically
dealt with or which has been expressly included in this Indenture
solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that
series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90
days after there has been given, by registered or certified United
States mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying
such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that
such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(e) an event of default, as defined in any mortgage, indenture
or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be
secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness for money borrowed of the
Company (including a default under this Indenture with respect to
Securities of any series other than that series), whether such
Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, shall happen and
shall result in a principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 of
Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the
date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, and such
acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled, or such
Indebtedness shall not have been discharged, within a period of 15 days
after there has been given, by registered or certified United States
mail,
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to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such
event of default and requiring the Company to cause such acceleration
to be rescinded or annulled or to cause such Indebtedness to be
discharged and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(f) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have
entered a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an
involuntary proceeding under any applicable United States bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of
all or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up
or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain
unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(g) the Company shall have commenced a voluntary proceeding
under any applicable United States bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
shall have consented to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or shall have consented to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official)
of the Company or of all or any substantial part of its property, or
shall have made an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(h) the Company shall have failed generally to pay its debts
as they become due or shall have taken any corporate action in
furtherance of any of the matters referred to in subsection (g) above;
or
(i) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of such series in the supplemental indenture, Board
Resolution or other instrument authorizing such series.
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, if an Event of Default with respect to Securities
of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an
Event of Default specified in Section 501 (f) or (g)), then, and in every such
case, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal
amount (or, if any of the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified in the terms thereof) of all of the Securities of that series to be
due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or such specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If
an Event of Default specified in Section 501 (f) or (g) with respect to
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then,
and in every such case, the principal amount (or, if any of the Securities of
that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms
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thereof) of all of the Securities of that series shall become and be immediately
due and payable without any declaration or other action on the part of the
Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after such acceleration with respect to Securities of any
series and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been
obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article, the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul
such acceleration and its consequences if:
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a
sum of money sufficient to pay
(1) all overdue installments of any interest on and
Additional Amounts payable in respect of all Securities of
that series and any coupons appertaining thereto,
(2) the principal of and any premium on any
Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than
by reason of such acceleration and interest thereon and
Additional Amounts with respect thereto at the rate or rates
borne by or provided for in such Securities,
(3) to the extent that payment of such interest is
lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest and
Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided
for in such Securities, and
(4) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel; and
(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that
series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of
that series which has become due solely by reason of such acceleration,
have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT
BY TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if
(a) default is made in the payment of any installment of
interest or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security
or any coupon appertaining thereto when such interest or Additional
Amounts shall have become due and payable and such default continues
for a period of 30 days, or
(b) default is made in the payment of the principal of or any
premium on any Security at its Maturity,
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the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of all Securities which are of the same series as such Security and any
coupons appertaining thereto, the whole amount of money then due and payable
with respect to such Securities and coupons for principal, premium, interest and
Additional Amounts and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable, interest upon any overdue principal (and premium, if any)
and upon any overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts, at the
rate or rates borne by or provided for in such series of Securities, and, in
addition thereto, such further amount of money as shall be sufficient to cover
the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and coupons and
collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by
law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities
and coupons, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
and any related coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee
shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for
the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or such
Securities or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein or therein, or
to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto or the property of the Company
or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of
whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of
any overdue principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts) shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such
lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of any series,
of principal, premium, interest and Additional Amounts owing and unpaid
in respect of the Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and
to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable
in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders of Securities and
coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claim and to distribute the same;
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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or
other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder of Securities and coupons to make such payments to the Trustee and,
in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Holders of Securities and coupons, 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 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security
or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a
Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF
SECURITIES OR COUPONS.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, shall, subject to the provisions of Article Fifteen, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and coupons in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, any premium,
interest or Additional Amounts, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons,
or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607;
SECOND: Subject to the provisions of Article Fifteen, to the
payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities and any
coupons for principal and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts
in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities
and coupons for principal and any premium, interest and Additional
Amounts, respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled
thereto.
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SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
Subject to Section 508, no Holder of any Security of any series or any
related coupons shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver
or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of that series;
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of
such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture or any Security to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of
any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all of such Holders.
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL
AND ANY PREMIUM, INTEREST AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, but subject to
Article Fifteen, the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the right,
which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) any interest on, and any
Additional Amounts in respect of, such Security, or payment of such coupon, as
the case may be, on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof
expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the
Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of such Holder, on
the date such repayment is due) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment and, in the case of Securities which are convertible into or
exchangeable for other securities or property, the right to receive such
securities or property when such Securities are converted or exchanged in
accordance with the terms of such Securities, and such rights shall not be
impaired without the consent of such Holder.
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SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon 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 of Securities or coupons shall,
subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and such Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last
paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the
extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or
coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall
impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of
Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article
or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the
Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the case may be.
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS OF SECURITIES.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series, provided that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture or with the Securities of such series;
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction;
(c) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of
other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action;
and
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(d) subject to the provisions of Sections 601 and 603, the
Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if
the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers
of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve
the Trustee in personal liability.
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series and any related coupons waive any past default
hereunder with respect to the Securities of such series and its consequences,
except a default
(a) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on, or Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security of such
series; or
(b) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security or
coupon by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court
may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or
remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant
(other than the Company and the Trustee) in such suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this
Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of
Holders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of a Security
or coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or any premium
or interest on, or Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security, or the
payment of any coupon, on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed
in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of a Holder, on or
after the date such repayment is due) or interest on any overdue principal of
any Security, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of a Security for the
enforcement of any right to convert or exchange such Security into or for
another security.
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SECTION 515. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties,
and only such duties, as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture;
but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by
any provisions hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to
relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent failure to act, or its own wilful misconduct, except that
(1) this subsection shall not be construed to
limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section;
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(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless
it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities
of such series; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers,
if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to
the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit, in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall
have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a
default in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or
Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security of such series or in the payment
of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the
Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the
board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors
and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of Securities and
coupons of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default
of the character specified in Section 501(d) with respect to Securities of such
series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after
the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default"
means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become,
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
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direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order
(other than delivery of any Security to the Trustee for authentication
and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently
evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of
Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by or pursuant to this Indenture
at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any
series or any related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document, but
the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the
Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation,
it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder; and
(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any
Event of Default (other than a default in any payment with respect to a
Security due on a fixed date and with respect to which the Trustee is a
Paying Agent) unless either (i) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
assigned to its corporate trust and agency group shall have actual
knowledge thereof or (ii) the Trustee shall have received written
notice thereof in accordance with Section 105 from the Company or any
Holder.
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SECTION 604. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF
SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except the
Trustee's certificate of authentication) and in any coupons shall be taken as
the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and
accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee
nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by
the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. MAY HOLD SECURITIES.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent
or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and, subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company with
the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar, Authenticating Agent or such other agent.
SECTION 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 607. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
The Company agrees
(a) to pay to the Trustee such compensation as shall be agreed
upon in writing from time to time for all services rendered by it
hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of
law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel and other persons not regularly in its employ),
except to the extent any such expense, disbursement or advance may be
attributable to the Trustee's gross negligence or willful misconduct;
and
(c) to indemnify each of the Trustee and its officers,
directors, employees and agents for, and to hold each of them harmless
against, any and all loss, liability, damage or expense including taxes
(other than taxes based upon the income of the Trustee) arising out of
or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this
Indenture and the Securities
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or the issuance of the Securities or a series thereof or the trust or
trusts hereunder or the performance of its duties hereunder, including
the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss,
liability or expense may be attributable to its gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of or any premium or interest on, or
Additional Amounts in respect of, particular Securities or any coupons
appertaining thereto. "Trustee" for purposes of this Section 607 includes any
predecessor Trustee, but negligence or bad faith of any Trustee shall not be
attributed to any other Trustee. If the Trustee renders services and incurs
expenses following an Event of Default under Section 501(f) or Section 501(g)
hereof, the parties hereto and the Holders by their acceptance of the Securities
hereby agree that such expenses are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any bankruptcy law. The provisions of this Section 607
shall survive the termination of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or
removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 608. DISQUALIFICATIONS; CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, within
the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, it shall, within 90 days after
ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate such
conflicting interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and
subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
SECTION 609. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a
corporation or other person permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as
Trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and that has
a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If at any time the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 610. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
Trustee under Section 611.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to
the Company. If the instrument of acceptance
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by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been
delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice
of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608
after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder
of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company or by any such Holder of a Security,
or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or
shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the
Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, may remove such Trustee with respect to all Securities as
to which it is Trustee or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder of a
Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of any series
for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the removal of such Trustee with respect to all Securities of such
series and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of
Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more
series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of
one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be
only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section
611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act
of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the
retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith
upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent
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supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall
have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and
accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any Holder
of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice to the Holders of Securities
of a particular series of each resignation and each removal of the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each such notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office
and New York Facility.
SECTION 611. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so
appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to
the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties hereunder of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of
the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring
to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts hereunder
of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any, provided
for in Section 607.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all)
series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee
shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm
to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring
with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall
be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is
not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall 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, it being understood that
nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such
Trustees as co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee shall
be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
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any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee
and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to, or
received by, or any act or failure to act on the part of any other
Trustee hereunder; and upon the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein, such
retiring Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates have
no further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for
the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee
under this Indenture other than as hereinafter expressly set forth, and
each such successor Trustee without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental
indenture, the property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company
shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights,
powers and trusts referred to in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section,
as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless
at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be
qualified and eligible under this Article.
SECTION 612. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in 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 613. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents acceptable to
the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series issued upon original issue or exchange, registration of transfer or
partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be
valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
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authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced
by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a
copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company. Wherever
reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of
Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such
reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be subject to the approval of the Company and shall
at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing
business and in good standing under the laws of the United States, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as
Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$5,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State
authorities. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. In case at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such
Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall (i) mail written notice
of such appointment by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all
Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which
such Authenticating Agent shall serve, as their names and addresses appear in
the Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer
Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized
Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its
principal office if such office is located outside the United States. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent
herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible
under the provisions of this Section.
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The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation, including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses
for its services under this Section.
The provisions of Sections 308, 604 and 605 shall be applicable to each
Authenticating Agent.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternative certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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as Trustee
By
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as Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Officer
If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at
one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating
Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the
Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original
issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not comply
with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) by the
Company, shall appoint in accordance with this Section 613, and on terms
acceptable to the Trustee, an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place
of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
HOLDERS OF REGISTERED SECURITIES.
The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not later than fifteen days after the
Regular Record Date for a semi-annual Interest Payment Date for each
series of Securities, or, if there is no semi-annual
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Interest Payment Date for a series of Securities, then not later than
May 15 and November 15 in each year, commencing on the first May 15 or
November 15, as the case may be, after the first issuance of such
Securities hereunder, a list, in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Registered Securities of such series as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the date of delivery thereof, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the time such list is furnished,
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no
such list shall be required to be furnished for Securities for which the Trustee
acts as Security Registrar.
SECTION 702. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO
HOLDERS.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant
to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Security
Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in
accordance with Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the
source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not
be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made
under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE.
(a) Within 60 days after December 31 of each year commencing
with the first December 31 after the first issuance of Securities
pursuant to this Indenture, if required by Section 313(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee shall transmit a brief report dated as of
such December 31 with respect to any of the events specified in said
Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the later of the
immediately preceding December 31 and the date of this Indenture.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by Section
313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted in
the manner and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and (d) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
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SECTION 704. REPORTS BY COMPANY.
(a) The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act, shall:
(i) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the
Company is required to file the same with the Commission,
copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of
any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time
by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said
Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the
Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports
which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security
listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may
be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(ii) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission, such additional information, documents
and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the
conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required
from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(iii) transmit to the Holders of Securities within 30
days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner
and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act, such summaries of any information, documents
and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
subsections (i) and (ii) of this Section 704(a) as may be
required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time
by the Commission.
(b) The Company shall notify the Trustee when and as the
Securities of any series become admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 801. CONSOLIDATIONS AND MERGERS OF COMPANY AND SALES AND
CONVEYANCES PERMITTED SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
The Company may consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell or convey
all or substantially all of its assets to, any other corporation, association,
company or business trust, provided that (a) (i) in the case of a merger, the
Company is the surviving entity in such merger, or (ii) in the case of
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a merger in which the Company is not the surviving entity or in the case of a
consolidation or a sale or conveyance of assets, the entity into which the
Company is merged or the entity which is formed by such consolidation or which
acquires by sale or conveyance all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company shall be a corporation, association, company or business trust organized
and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a State thereof
and such successor entity shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of
the principal of and any premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts
payable pursuant to Section 1004 in respect of, all the Securities, according to
their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the
covenants of this Indenture and the Securities to be performed or observed by
the Company by a supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
executed and delivered to the Trustee by such entity, and (b) the Company or
such successor entity, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such
merger or consolidation, or such sale or conveyance, be in default in the
performance or observance of any such covenant.
SECTION 802. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SUCCESSOR ENTITY.
In case of any such merger in which the Company is not the surviving
entity or any such consolidation, sale or conveyance, and upon any such
assumption by a successor entity, such successor entity shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein
as the party of the first part, and the predecessor corporation, except in the
event of a conveyance by way of lease, shall be relieved of any further
obligation under this Indenture and the Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto. Such successor entity thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue
either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the
Securities and coupons issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been
signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee, and, upon the order of such
successor entity, instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms,
conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall
authenticate and shall deliver any Securities and coupons which previously shall
have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, and any Securities or coupons which such successor entity
thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that
purpose. All the Securities and coupons so issued shall in all respects have the
same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities and coupons
theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture
as though all of such Securities and coupons had been issued at the date of the
execution hereof.
In case of any such merger in which the Company is not the
surviving entity or any such consolidation, sale or conveyance, such changes in
phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities and
coupons thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
SECTION 803. OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AND OPINION OF COUNSEL.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 601 and 603, may
receive an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any such merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance, and any such
assumption by the successor entity, complies with the provisions of this
Article.
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the
Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee,
at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the
following purposes:
(a) to evidence the succession of another entity to the
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of
the Company herein and in the Securities contained; or
(b) 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; or
(c) to add any additional Events of Default with respect
to all or any series of Securities; or
(d) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to
principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of
principal (or premium, if any) or any interest on or Additional Amounts
with respect to Registered Securities or Bearer Securities, to permit
Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities,
to modify the provisions relating to global Securities or to permit the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided that any such
action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material
respect; or
(e) to add 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 not otherwise permitted
under this Section 901 shall (i) 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 or (ii) not apply to any Security then Outstanding; or
(f) to secure the Securities or any series of Securities; or
(g) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series
and any related coupons as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
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(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by 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 611(b); or
(i) to provide that the Company shall be deemed to have paid
and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding
Securities of any series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit
referred to in paragraph (5) hereof, and that the provisions of this
Indenture, as they relate to such Outstanding Securities (except as to
any right to receive Additional Amounts, as provided in Section 1004),
shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall at Company Request, execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except as to:
(1) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding
Securities to receive, from the trust funds described in
paragraph (5) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and any installment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and/or interest on the Outstanding Securities
of that series on the Stated Maturity or Maturity of such
principal or installment of principal and/or interest and (ii)
any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments or
any Additional Amounts applicable to Securities of such series
on the day on which such payments are due and payable in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Securities,
(2) the Company's obligations with respect to such
Securities under Sections 305, 306, 402, 1002 and 1003,
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and
(4) such other rights, if any, that are specified in
such supplemental indenture as surviving such payment and
discharge,
provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(5) with reference to such provision, the Company has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited
(except as provided in Section 402(c)) with the Trustee, as
trust funds and/or obligations in trust, specifically pledged
as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the
Holders of the Securities of that series, (i) money in an
amount, or (ii) Government Obligations which through the
payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms, without consideration of any
reinvestment thereof, will provide not later than one day
before the due date of any payment referred to in clause (A)
or (B) of this paragraph (5) money in an amount or (iii) a
combination thereof, sufficient, as expressed in a Certificate
of a Firm of Independent Public Accountants delivered to the
Trustee, to pay and discharge (A) the principal of (and
premium, if any) and any
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installment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and/or
interest on the Outstanding Securities of that series due on
the Stated Maturity or Maturity of such principal or
installment of principal and/or interest and (B) any mandatory
sinking fund payments or analogous payments or any Additional
Amounts applicable to Securities of such series on the day on
which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture and of such Securities;
(6) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that series to have a conflicting
interest for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect
to the Securities of any series;
(7) such deposit will not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or
any other agreement or instrument relating to borrowed money,
pursuant to which in excess of $10,000,000 principal amount is
then outstanding, to which the Company is a party or by which
it is bound;
(8) such provision would not cause the Outstanding
Securities of such series then listed on the New York Stock
Exchange to be delisted as a result thereof;
(9) no Event of Default or event which with notice or
lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of that series shall have occurred and
be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period
ending on the 91st day after such date;
(10) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a
ruling, or (ii) since the date of this Indenture there has
been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in
either case, to the effect that Holders of the Securities of
such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit,
defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income
tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same
times, as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance
and discharge had not occurred;
(11) if the Securities of such series are to be
redeemed, either notice of such redemption shall have been
given or the Company shall have given the Trustee irrevocable
directions to give notice of such redemption in the name, and
at the expense, of the Company, under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee;
(12) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that all conditions precedent to the defeasance as specified
in this Section 901(i), have been complied with; and
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(13) such supplemental indenture shall contain a
provision substantially to the same effect as the last
paragraph of Section 1008 but relating to the Securities to be
discharged under the terms of such supplemental indenture; or
(j) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions,
limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or
purposes of issuance and authentication and delivery of Securities, as
herein set forth; or
(k) to make provision with respect to the conversion or
exchange rights of the Holders of any series of Securities pursuant to
the requirements of the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution, or
other instrument establishing the terms of such series of Securities;
or
(l) subject to Section 902(b) and Section 907, to make any
change in Article Fifteen that would limit or terminate the benefits
available to any holder of Superior Indebtedness under such Article; or
(m) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities
of any series or any related coupons in any material respect.
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights
of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons under this
Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:
(a) 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 or amount of interest thereon or
any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof, or any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof or otherwise, or change any
obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section
1004 (except as contemplated by Section 801 and permitted by Section
901(a) and (d)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original
Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon acceleration
of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof
provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or adversely affect any
right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or,
subject to the provisions of Section 1002, change any Place of Payment
where, or the coin or currency in which, the principal of any Security
or any premium or the interest
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thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto is payable, or
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date or, in the case of
repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the date for
repayment); or
(b) adversely affect any right to convert or exchange any
Security or modify any provisions of this Indenture relating to the
subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse to such Holder; or
(c) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture or reduce the requirements
of Section 1404 for quorum or voting; or
(d) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513
or Section 1007, except to increase the percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the
consent of whose Holders is required for the actions specified herein
or therein, 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; provided,
however, that this subsection shall not be deemed to require the
consent of any Holder of Securities or coupons with respect to changes
in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this
Section and Section 1007, or the deletion of this proviso, in
accordance with the requirements of Section 901(h).
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.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities or
coupons under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the
substance thereof.
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modification thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized
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or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
and of any coupons appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
SECTION 907. EFFECT ON SUPERIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
No supplemental indenture shall adversely affect the rights of any
Holder of Superior Indebtedness under Article Fifteen without the consent of
such Holder.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND ANY PREMIUM, INTEREST AND
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of
Securities of each series that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of
and any premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts payable in respect
of, the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of such series of
Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Any interest
due on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect of Bearer Securities on or
before the Maturity thereof, other than Additional Amounts, if any, payable as
provided in Section 1004 in respect of
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principal of or any premium on such a Security, shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest installments
as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series (but not Bearer
Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is
located outside the United States) may be presented or surrendered for payment,
where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange and, if applicable to Securities of that series, for conversion or
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served, and the Company
hereby initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. If
Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company shall
maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an office or
agency in a Place of Payment for such series which is located outside the United
States where Securities of such series and any related coupons may be presented
and surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional Amounts payable
on Securities of such series pursuant to Section 1004), where Securities of that
series may be surrendered for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may
be served; provided, however, that if the Securities of such series are listed
on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United
States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company shall maintain a
Paying Agent for the Securities of such series in London, Luxembourg or any
other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so
long as the Securities of such series are listed on such exchange. The Company
will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change
in the location, of each such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall
fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office or the New York
Facility of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and any
related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment
of any Additional Amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series pursuant
to Section 1004) at the place specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 301.
Except as otherwise provided in the form of Bearer Security of any
particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, no payment of
principal, or any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts in respect of
Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the
United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by
transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States;
provided, however, that payment of principal of and any premium or interest
(including Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof) on any Bearer Security
may be made in Dollars at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee if (but only
if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium, interest
or Additional Amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside
the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company in accordance with
this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
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The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all of such purposes, and may from time to time
rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain
an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for
Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company shall 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. Unless otherwise set
forth in, or pursuant to, a Board Resolution or any indenture supplemental
hereto with respect to a series of Securities issuable as Registered Securities,
the Company hereby designates as the Place of Payment for each series of
Securities issuable as Registered Securities the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as
Paying Agent and as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the
principal of and any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect
to any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal
and any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and
shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal of
and any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any
Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay
the principal and any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due,
such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts, and (unless such Paying
Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal
of and any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to
Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of
any payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on or
Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of that series; and
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(c) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee
all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction, discharge or defeasance of this Indenture or for any other
purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee
all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held
by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by
the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to
the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such money.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any particular 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 and any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts in respect of
any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for one year after such
principal and any premium or interest or Additional Amounts has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request along with interest,
if any, that has been accumulated thereon or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or any coupon
appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look
only to the Company for payment of such principal, premium or interest, without
interest thereon, 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 an Authorized Newspaper in
each Place of Payment for such series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered
Securities of such series, or both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money
then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional
Amounts to the Holders of such Securities, then the Company shall pay to each
Holder of such Securities or any coupon appertaining thereto the Additional
Amounts as provided therein. Whenever there is mentioned in this Indenture, in
any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or
in respect of, any Security of any series or payment of any related coupon or
the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional
Amounts provided for by the terms of such series pursuant hereto to the extent
that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in
respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express mention of the payment of
Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be
construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such
express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, if the
Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least
10 days prior to the first Interest Payment
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Date with respect to such series of Securities (or if the Securities of such
series shall not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a
payment of principal and any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to
each date of payment of principal and any premium or interest if there has been
any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned
Officers' Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company's
principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee or the
Company, with an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying
Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any premium or
interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of Securities
of such series or any related coupons who are United States Aliens without
withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental
charge described in the Securities of such series. If any such withholding shall
be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by country the
amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of
Securities or coupons and the Company shall pay to the Trustee or such Paying
Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. The
Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold
them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred
without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection
with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers'
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.
SECTION 1005. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE; NOTICE OF CERTAIN
DEFAULTS.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year, a written statement, which need not
comply with Section 102, signed by the principal executive officer, the
principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the
Company, as to his or her knowledge of the Company's compliance with
all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this
Section 1005, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.
(b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within five days
after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any event which after
notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default
pursuant to Section 501.
SECTION 1006. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company shall do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence and its rights (charter and statutory) and franchises, provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or
franchise if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders of
Securities or coupons.
SECTION 1007. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
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The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
covenant not currently included in this Indenture but specified as applicable to
the Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 301, if before or after
the time for such compliance the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any such series shall, by Act of such
Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to
or affect any such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly
waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the
Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or
condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 1008. DEFEASANCE OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS.
The Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition
set forth in any additional covenants not currently included in this Indenture
but specified as applicable to the Securities of any series as contemplated by
Section 301, if
(a) with reference to this Section 1008, the Company has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as
provided in Section 402(c)) with the Trustee, as trust funds and/or
obligations in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and
dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of
that series, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) Government Obligations
which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof
in accordance with their terms, without consideration of any
reinvestment thereof, will provide not later than one day before the
due date of any payment referred to in clause (A) or (B) of this
subsection (a) money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof,
sufficient, as expressed in a Certificate of a Firm of Independent
Public Accountants delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge (A)
the principal of (and premium, if any) and any installment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and/or interest on the Outstanding
Securities of that series due on the Stated Maturity or Maturity of
such principal or installment of principal and/or interest and (B) any
mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments or any Additional
Amounts applicable to Securities of such series on the day on which
such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and of such Securities;
(b) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest for
purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Securities of
any series;
(c) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument relating to the borrowing of money, pursuant to which in
excess of $10,000,000 principal amount is then outstanding, to which
the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(d) such deposit would not cause the Outstanding Securities of
such series then listed on the New York Stock Exchange to be delisted
as a result thereof;
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(e) no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of that series shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit;
(f) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such series
will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes
as a result of such deposit and defeasance of certain obligations and
will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the
same manner and at the same times, as would have been the case if such
deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
(g) if the Securities of such series are to be redeemed,
either notice of such redemption shall have been given or the Company
shall have given the Trustee irrevocable direction to give notice of
such redemption in the name and at the expense of the Company, under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee; and
(h) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated
by this Section have been complied with.
In the event that, subsequent to the date a defeasance is effected
pursuant to this Section 1008 with respect to Securities of any series,
Additional Amounts in excess of those established as of the date such defeasance
is effected become payable in respect of such Securities, in order to preserve
the benefits of the defeasance established hereunder with respect to such
series, the Company shall irrevocably deposit or cause to be irrevocably
deposited in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section
1008, within ten Business Days prior to the earlier to occur of (i) one year
after the existence of such excess Additional Amounts is established and (ii)
the date the first payment in respect of any portion of such excess Additional
Amounts becomes due, such additional funds as are necessary to satisfy the
provisions of such subsection (a) as if a defeasance were being effected as of
the date of such subsequent deposit. For purposes of this paragraph, the
existence of excess Additional Amounts shall be deemed to have been established
as of the date the governmental authority imposing the tax, duty, assessment or
other governmental charge resulting in the Additional Amounts first publishes
the legislation, regulation or other enactment adopting such tax, duty,
assessment or other governmental charge. Failure to comply with the requirements
of this paragraph shall result in the termination of the benefits of the
defeasance established by this Section 1008 with respect to the Securities of
such series.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series)
in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the option of
the Company of Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and
of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case
of any redemption of Securities (i) prior to the expiration of any restriction
on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, or (ii) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a
condition specified in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish
the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such
restriction or condition.
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all the Securities of any series with the same terms are
to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by
the Trustee not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series having such terms not previously called
for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate
and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the
minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral
multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such
series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security
Registrar (if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption,
the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section
106, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless
a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to each Holder
of Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give such notice by mailing in the
manner therein provided to the Holder of any Registered Security designated for
redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such
Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other such Security or portion thereof.
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Any notice that is given in the manner provided in Section 106 shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder of
Securities receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state, to the extent applicable:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any;
(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are
to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Security or
Securities to be redeemed;
(d) in case any Registered Security is to be redeemed in part
only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and
after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder
of such Security will receive, without charge, a new Registered
Security or Registered Securities of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(e) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and any
accrued interest and Additional Amounts shall become due and payable
upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed and, if
applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after
said date;
(f) that a Holder of Securities who desires to convert or
exchange Securities called for redemption must satisfy the requirements
for conversion or exchange contained in such Securities, the then
existing conversion or exchange price or rate, and the date and time
when the option to convert or exchange shall expire;
(g) the place or places where such Securities, together in the
case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if
any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued interest and Additional
Amounts pertaining thereto;
(h) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is
the case;
(i) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer
Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be
accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for
redemption or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be
deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity
satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is
furnished;
(j) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and
any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if
such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not
subject to redemption on the Redemption Date
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pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by
the Company, on which such exchanges may be made; and
(k) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Cedel reference
numbers (or any other numbers used by a Depository to identify such
Securities), if any, of the Securities to be redeemed.
A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 106 need
not identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent except in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article Twelve,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money
sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (except if
the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) any accrued interest on
and Additional Amounts in respect of, all the Securities or portions thereof
which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 1104, the
Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date
(unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest and the coupons
for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed,
except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such
Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all
coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with any
accrued interest (and any Additional Amounts) to the Redemption Date; provided,
however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest (at an office or agency
located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002),
and provided, further, that, except as otherwise provided with respect to
Securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, Common Stock, Preferred Stock,
Debt Warrants, Common Stock Warrants, Preferred Stock Warrants or other
Securities or securities, installments of interest on Registered Securities
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to
the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities,
registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates
or Special Record Dates, as the case may be, according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
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If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal
to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing
coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of
them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security
shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in
respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price,
such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided,
however, that any interest (and any Additional Amounts) represented by coupons
shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an
office or agency for such Security located outside of the United States except
as otherwise provided in Section 1002.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal, any premium, and, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, the interest required to be paid thereon shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security.
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at any office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose
pursuant to Section 1002 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due
endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge,
a new Registered Security or Registered Securities of the same series containing
identical terms and provisions, of any authorized denomination as requested by
such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. If a
Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depository or other
Depository for such Security in global form as shall be specified in the Company
Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a new
Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so
surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
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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 such 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 reduction as
provided in Section 1202. 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 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH
SECURITIES.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of a series required to be made pursuant
to the terms of such Securities (i) deliver Outstanding Securities of such
series (other than any of such Securities previously called for redemption)
together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured
coupons appertaining thereto, and (ii) apply as a credit 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, as provided for
by the terms of such Securities; provided that such Securities so delivered or
applied as a credit have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall
be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the applicable
Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation
of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities (or such shorter notice as the Trustee may approve), the
Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the
amount of the next ensuing mandatory 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 1202, the basis for any such crediting, and the optional amount, if any,
to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and will
also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so credited and not theretofore
delivered. If such Officers' Certificate shall specify an optional amount to be
added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, the Company
shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than
30 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 1103 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 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such
Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
1106 and 1107.
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the
Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with
the terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal
amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment
of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309, shall
not operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness
represented by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option,
shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such
Securities be canceled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Article Thirteen, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the
Company may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one
or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by
paying to the Holders of such Securities on or before the close of business on
the repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the
Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to
pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to
the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1401. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
If Securities of a series are issuable, in whole or in part, as Bearer
Securities, a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series may be called at
any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by
Holders of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1402. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1401, to
be held at such time and at such place in London or in such other place
outside the United States as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of
every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, 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 given, in the manner
provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior
to the date fixed for the meeting.
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(b) In case at any time the Company, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested
the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such
series for any purpose specified in Section 1401, by written request
setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at
the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication
of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such
request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held
as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of
such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may
determine the time and the place in London for such meeting and may
call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as
provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
SECTION 1403. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a Person shall be (i) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of
such series, or (ii) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for
a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such
Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the
Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1404. QUORUM; ACTION.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a
meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any
action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this
Indenture or which the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or other
instrument authorizing such series of Securities expressly provides may be made,
given, or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage that is less or greater
than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a
series, then with respect to such action (and only such action), the Persons
entitled to vote such lesser or greater percentage in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the
absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such
meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities
of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for
a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting
prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such
adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period
of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to
the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any
adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1402(a), except that
such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on
which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an
adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of
the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall
constitute a quorum with respect to each action to be considered at such
meeting.
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Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution
presented to a meeting duly convened or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened at
which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative
vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series; provided, however, that, except as
limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which this Indenture or which the supplemental indenture, Board
Resolution or other instrument authorizing such series of Securities expressly
provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage,
that is less or greater than a majority, in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting duly convened or
an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons,
whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
SECTION 1405. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture,
the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem
advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series in
regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the
appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of
inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies,
certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other
matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem
appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such
regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner
specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be
proved in the manner specified in Section 104 or by having the
signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by
any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify
to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that
written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be
presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104
or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a
temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been
called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in
Section 1402(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities
of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like
manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a
permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the
Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or
proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series
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held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be
cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as
not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not
Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote,
except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly
called pursuant to Section 1402 at which a quorum is present may be
adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned
without further notice.
SECTION 1406. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in
triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be
attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any
vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having
knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1402 and, if
applicable, Section 1404. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. SECURITIES AND COUPONS SUBORDINATED TO SUPERIOR
INDEBTEDNESS.
The Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and
agrees, and each Holder of Securities and coupons, by his acceptance thereof,
likewise covenants and agrees, that the indebtedness represented by the
Securities and coupons and the payment of the principal of and any premium and
interest on and Additional Amounts in respect of each and all of the Securities
and coupons is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Superior Indebtedness.
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SECTION 1502. DISTRIBUTION ON DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION OR
REORGANIZATION; DEFAULT.
Anything in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series or
coupons to the contrary notwithstanding, the indebtedness evidenced by the
Securities and coupons and the payment of the principal of and any premium and
interest on and Additional Amounts in respect of each and all of the Securities
and coupons shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent
and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to all Superior Indebtedness:
(a) In the event of any distribution, division or application,
partial or complete, voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or
otherwise, of all or any part of the assets of the Company, or the
proceeds thereof, to creditors of the Company or upon any indebtedness
of the Company, occurring by reason of the liquidation, dissolution or
other winding up of the Company, or by reason of any execution, sale,
receivership, insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, or proceedings for
reorganization, or readjustment of the Company or its properties
(subject to the power of a court of competent jurisdiction to make
other equitable provision reflecting the rights conferred in this
Indenture upon the Superior Indebtedness and the holders thereof with
respect to the Securities and coupons and the Holders thereof by a
lawful plan of reorganization under applicable bankruptcy law), then in
any such event the holders of any and all Superior Indebtedness shall
be preferred in the payment of their claims over the indebtedness
evidenced by the Securities and coupons, and such Superior Indebtedness
(including, without limitation, any interest thereon accruing after the
commencement of any such proceeding) shall be first paid and satisfied
in full before any payment or distribution of any kind or character,
either in cash, property or securities, shall be made upon any of the
Securities or coupons;
(b) In the event that the principal of the Securities of any
series (or in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the
portion of the principal amount thereof referred to in Section 502) is
declared due and payable before its Stated Maturity because of the
occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder with respect to such series
(under circumstances when the provisions of the foregoing subsection
(a) or the following subsection (c) shall not be applicable), the
holders of Superior Indebtedness outstanding at the time the principal
of such Securities (or in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount) so becomes due and
payable because of such occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder
shall, so long as such declaration has not been rescinded and annulled
pursuant to Section 502, be entitled to declare immediately due and
payable on demand all or any part of such Superior Indebtedness owing
and payable to such holders, regardless of any other maturities or
terms of such Superior Indebtedness, and in the event such Superior
Indebtedness shall be declared so immediately due and payable, all the
principal thereof, and any premium, interest and other amounts due
thereon shall first be paid in cash before any payment, directly or
indirectly, is made on account of the principal of or any premium or
interest on or Additional Amounts in respect of the indebtedness
evidenced by the Securities and coupons of such series; provided, that
nothing herein shall prevent the Holders of the Securities and coupons
of such series from seeking any remedy allowed at law or in equity so
long as any judgment or decree obtained thereby makes provision for
enforcing this subsection; and
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(c) In the event that there shall be any default in payment of
the principal of or any premium or interest on, or other amount payable
with respect to, any Superior Indebtedness or in the event that any
Superior Indebtedness is declared due and payable before its stated
maturity because of the occurrence of an event of default under the
terms of such Superior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities and
coupons and the Trustee for their benefit shall not be entitled to
receive any payment on account of principal or any premium or interest
or any Additional Amounts on or with respect to the Securities or any
coupons appertaining thereto unless payment in full of all principal
of, and any premium and interest on, and all other amounts payable with
respect to, such Superior Indebtedness shall have been paid in cash or
provided for or, in the case of a declaration of acceleration, such
declaration shall have been rescinded and annulled pursuant to the
provisions of such Superior Indebtedness. The Trustee, forthwith upon
receipt of any notice received by it from the Company or a holder or
holders of Superior Indebtedness or from a Representative thereof of
any such default in payment or declaration, shall promptly give notice
thereof to each Holder of any Security or coupon at the time
Outstanding in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c)
of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 1503. DISTRIBUTIONS MUST BE PAID OVER.
If, despite the provisions of Section 1502, any payment or distribution
shall be paid or delivered to any Holder of the Securities or coupons or to the
Trustee for their benefit before all Superior Indebtedness shall have been paid
in full, or provision shall have been made therefor, such payment or
distribution shall be held in trust for and paid and delivered to the holders of
Superior Indebtedness (or their Representatives) until all Superior Indebtedness
shall have been paid in full.
SECTION 1504. SUBROGATION.
Subject to the payment in full of all Superior Indebtedness, the
Holders of the Securities and coupons shall be subrogated to the rights of the
holders of Superior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash,
property or securities of the Company applicable to Superior Indebtedness until
the principal of and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts in respect of
the Securities and coupons shall be paid in full and no such payments or
distributions to the holders of the Superior Indebtedness of cash, property or
securities by virtue of this Article which otherwise would have been made to the
Holders of the Securities or coupons shall, as between the Company, its
creditors other than the holders of Superior Indebtedness, and the Holders of
the Securities or coupons, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on
account of the Superior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1505. RELATIVE RIGHTS.
The provisions of this Article are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and coupons, on
the one hand, and the holders of Superior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the
Securities or coupons of any series of Securities is intended to or shall:
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(a) impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than
the holders of Superior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities
and coupons, the obligation of the Company, which is unconditional and
absolute, to pay to the Holders of the Securities and coupons the
principal of and any premium and interest on and Additional Amount in
respect of the Securities and coupons as and when the same shall become
due and payable in accordance with their terms;
(b) affect the relative rights of the Holders of the
Securities and coupons and creditors of the Company other than the
holders of Superior Indebtedness; or
(c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Securities or
coupons from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable
law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any,
under this Article of the holders of Superior Indebtedness in respect
of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the
exercise of any such remedy.
SECTION 1506. PAYMENTS ON SECURITIES OR COUPONS PERMITTED.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities of any
series or coupons shall (a) affect the obligation of the Company to make, or
prevent the Company from making, at any time except as provided in Section 1502,
payments of principal of and any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts in
respect of the Securities or coupons or (b) prevent the application by the
Trustee of any moneys deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on
account of the principal of and any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts
in respect of the Securities or coupons, unless the Trustee shall have received,
in the manner prescribed in Section 1508, written notice of any event
prohibiting the making of such payment at least two Business Days prior to the
date fixed for such payment.
SECTION 1507. AUTHORIZATION OF HOLDERS TO TRUSTEE TO EFFECT
SUBORDINATION.
Each Holder of Securities or coupons by his acceptance thereof
authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this
Article and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
If the Trustee or any Holder of Securities or coupons does not file a
proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to
in Section 1502 prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such
claim in such proceeding, then the holder of any Superior Indebtedness or its
Representative is hereby authorized, and has the right, to file an appropriate
claim or claims for or on behalf of such Holder of Securities or coupons.
SECTION 1508. NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provisions
of this Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent (other than the
Company) shall be charged with knowledge of the existence of any Superior
Indebtedness or of any event which would prohibit the making of any
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payment of moneys to or by the Trustee or such Paying Agent or which would end
such prohibition, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned
to its Corporate Trust Office or such Paying Agent shall have received written
notice thereof from the Company or from a holder or holders of any Superior
Indebtedness or from the Representative for any such holder; provided, however,
that if the Trustee or Paying Agent shall not have received with respect to such
moneys at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms
hereof any such moneys may become payable for any purpose (including, without
limitation, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on or
Additional Amounts in respect of any Security or coupon) the notice provided for
in this Section, then, anything herein contained to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have full power and authority
to receive such moneys and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were
received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be
received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.
Any notice required or permitted to be given to the Trustee by the
Company, a holder of Superior Indebtedness or any Representative pursuant to
this Article shall be in writing and shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if in writing and either (a) sent via facsimile to the Trustee to a
facsimile number provided by the Trustee, the receipt of which shall be
confirmed via telephone, or (b) mailed, first class postage prepaid, or sent by
overnight carrier, to the Trustee addressed to it, attention of its Corporate
Trust Office, at the address of its Corporate Trust Office or at any other
address furnished in writing to the Company, such holder of Superior
Indebtedness, or such Representative.
SECTION 1509. TRUSTEE ENTITLED TO RELY.
The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall be entitled to rely on the
delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a
holder of Superior Indebtedness (or a Representative on behalf of such holder)
to establish that a notice referred to in Section 1502(c), 1506 or 1508 has been
given by a holder of Superior Indebtedness or a Representative on behalf of any
such holder. Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the
Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely (a) upon any order or decree
of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature
referred to in Section 1502 are pending, (b) upon a certificate of the
liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution
to the Trustee or to such Holders or (c) upon the holders of Superior
Indebtedness and their Representatives for the purpose of ascertaining the
Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of
the Superior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount
thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon
and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article. 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 Superior Indebtedness to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee
may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of
the Trustee as to the amount of Superior Indebtedness held by such Person, the
extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this
Article, 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.
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SECTION 1510. TRUSTEE AS HOLDER OF SUPERIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article in respect of any Superior Indebtedness at any time held by it to the
same extent as any other holder of Superior Indebtedness and nothing in this
Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such
holder.
SECTION 1511. TRUSTEE NOT FIDUCIARY FOR HOLDERS OF SUPERIOR
INDEBTEDNESS.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Superior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if
it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or coupons
or the Company or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of
Superior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
SECTION 1512. DISTRIBUTION OR NOTICE TO REPRESENTATIVE.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of
Superior Indebtedness, the distribution may be made or the notice given to their
Representative (if any).
SECTION 1513. TRUST MONEYS NOT SUBORDINATED.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments
from money or the proceeds of Government Obligations held in trust under Section
402 or 1008 or under a supplemental indenture containing the provisions
described in Section 901(i) by the Trustee for the payment of principal of, and
premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities and any amounts due the Trustee
pursuant to Section 607 hereof shall not be subordinated to the prior payment of
any Superior Indebtedness or subject to the restrictions set forth in this
Article, and none of the Holders thereof shall be obligated to pay over any such
amount to the Company or any holder of Superior Indebtedness or any other
creditor of the Company.
SECTION 1514. MODIFICATION OF TERMS OF SUPERIOR
INDEBTEDNESS.
Any renewal or extension of the time of payment of any Superior
Indebtedness or the exercise by the holders of Superior Indebtedness of any of
their rights under any instrument creating or evidencing Superior Indebtedness,
including without limitation the waiver of default thereunder, may be made or
done all without notice to or assent from the Holders of the Securities of any
series, the coupons appertaining thereto or the Trustee.
No compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal
or other change of, or waiver, consent or other action in respect of, any
liability or obligation under or in respect of any Superior Indebtedness, or of
any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any indenture or other instrument
under which any Superior Indebtedness is outstanding, or the release of any
security for the payment of any Superior Indebtedness, whether or not such
action is in accordance with the provisions of any applicable document, shall in
any way alter or affect any of the provisions of this Article or of the
Securities or coupons of any series relating to the subordination thereof.
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No right of any holder of Superior Indebtedness to enforce the
subordination of the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities and coupons shall
be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or by its failure to
comply with this Indenture.
SECTION 1515. RELIANCE BY HOLDERS OF INDEBTEDNESS ON
SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS.
Each Holder by accepting a Security acknowledges and agrees that the
foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement
and a consideration to each holder of any Superior Indebtedness, whether such
Superior Indebtedness was created or acquired before or after the issuance of
the Securities, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such
Superior Indebtedness and such holder of Superior Indebtedness shall be deemed
conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and
continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Superior Indebtedness.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 1601. SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES.
Except as otherwise provided in the definition of "Outstanding" in
Section 101, whenever this Indenture provides for any distribution to Holders of
Securities, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in the form of
Security of any particular series, any amount in respect of any Security
denominated in a currency or currencies other than Dollars shall be treated for
any such distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such
amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with
respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such distribution
(or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other date reasonably
proximate to the date of such distribution) as the Company may specify in a
written notice to the Trustee or, in the absence of such written notice, as the
Trustee may determine.
SECTION 1602. CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES.
The Company may issue Securities that are convertible into or
exchangeable for, Common Stock, Common Stock Warrants, Preferred Stock,
Preferred Stock Warrants, Debt Warrants or other Securities or securities, in
which case all terms and conditions relating to such conversion or exchange
shall be as provided in or pursuant to an appropriate Board Resolution or in any
indenture supplemental hereto or as otherwise contemplated by Section 301.
SECTION 1603. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.
An incorporator or any past, present or future director, officer,
employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability
for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for
any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations
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or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release
all such liability. Such waiver and release shall be part of the consideration
for the issuance of the Securities.
* * * * *
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
[CORPORATE SEAL]
By
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Attest:
By:
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BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
[CORPORATE SEAL]
By
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Attest:
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STATE OF TEXAS: )
)
COUNTY OF HARRIS: )
On the__ day of________, 1997, before me personally came______________,
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
_________________________ of AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
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Notary Public
STATE OF TEXAS: )
)
COUNTY OF HARRIS: )
On the__ day of________, 1997, before me personally came
____________________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that he is _____________________________ of AMERICAN GENERAL
CORPORATION, one of the corporations described in and which executed the
foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal
affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by
authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his
name thereto by like authority.
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Notary Public
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STATE OF NEW YORK: )
)
COUNTY OF NEW YORK: )
On the_____ day of__________________, 1997, before me personally came
_______________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose
and say that he resides at_________________,__________; that he is a
_______________________ of Bankers Trust Company, one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; and that he signed his
name thereto by authority of the bylaws of said corporation.
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Notary Public
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EXHIBIT 4(c)
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AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
TO
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
TRUSTEE
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JUNIOR SUBORDINATED
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 15, 1997
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JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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SECTION 1.1. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificate and Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SECTION 1.3. Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 1.4. Acts of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 1.5. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 1.8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 1.9. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 1.13. Non-Business Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.1. Forms of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 2.2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 2.3. Securities in Global Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 2.4. Additional Provisions Required in a Global Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.1. Title and Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 3.2. Denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 3.4. Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 3.9. Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 3.11. Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 3.12. Right of Set-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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SECTION 3.13. Agreed Tax Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 3.14. Shortening or Extension of Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 3.15. CUSIP Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claim Without Possession of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 5.6. Application of Money Collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 5.7. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest; Direct Action by
Holders of Preferred Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 6.5. May Hold Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 6.6. Money Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ARTICLE VII
HOLDER'S LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information, Communications to Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 7.3. Reports by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 7.4. Reports by Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 8.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 8.2. Successor Person to be Substituted for Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 8.3. Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to be Given to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
SECTION 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 10.3. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 10.4. Statement as to Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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SECTION 10.5. Waiver of Certain Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 10.6. Additional Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 10.7 Payment of Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 11.1. Applicability of This Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 11.3. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 11.4. Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SECTION 11.6. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 12.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments
with Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
ARTICLE XIII
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 13.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 13.2. Payment of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 13.3. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in
Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SECTION 13.4. Payment Permitted If No Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
SECTION 13.5. Subrogation To Rights of Holders of
Senior Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
SECTION 13.6. Provisions Solely To Define Relative Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 13.7. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 13.8. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SECTION 13.9. Trust Moneys Not Subordinated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SECTION 13.10. Notice to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 13.11. Reliance On Judicial Order or Certificate
of Liquidating Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SECTION 13.12. Trustee Not Fiduciary For Holders of
Senior Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SECTION 13.13. Rights of Trustee As Holder of Senior
Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee's Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SECTION 13.14. Article Applicable To Paying Agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
SECTION 13.15. Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness on Subordination Provisions . . . . . . . . . . 83
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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SECTION 14.1. No Recourse Against Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
SECTION 14.2. Additional Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of November 15, 1997, between
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation (hereinafter called the
"Company"), and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, a New York banking corporation, as
Trustee (hereinafter called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured junior
subordinated debt securities in series (hereinafter called the "Securities") of
substantially the tenor hereinafter provided, including, without limitation,
Securities issued to evidence loans made to the Company of the proceeds from
the issuance from time to time by one or more business trusts (each a "Trust,"
and, collectively, the "Trusts") of preferred trust interests in such Trusts
(the "Preferred Securities") and common interests in such Trusts (the "Common
Securities" and, collectively with the Preferred Securities, the "Trust
Securities"), and to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities
are to be authenticated, issued and delivered.
All things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the
Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a
valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms, have
been done.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
(as hereinafter defined) and the rules and regulations of the Commission (as
hereinafter defined) promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of
this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such
provisions.
NOW THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of
the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is
mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or unless the context otherwise
requires:
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(1) The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) All other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to
any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting
principles which are generally accepted at the date or time of such
computation; provided, that when two or more principles are so generally
accepted, it shall mean that set of principles consistent with those in use by
the Company;
(4) 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;
(5) A series of Preferred Securities related to a particular
series of Securities means the series of Preferred Securities the proceeds of
the sale of which were loaned to the Company in exchange for such series of
Securities, and the Guarantee related to such series of Preferred Securities
means the Guarantee pursuant to which the Company has guaranteed, to the extent
stated therein, the payment of distributions on and certain other amounts with
respect to, such series of Preferred Securities; and
(6) The term "day," unless designated as a "Business Day," means a
calendar day.
"Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 1.4.
"Additional Interest" means the interest, if any, that shall accrue on
any interest on the Securities of any series the payment of which has not been
made on the applicable Interest Payment Date and which shall accrue at the rate
per annum specified or determined as specified in such Security.
"Administrative Trustee" means, in respect of any Trust, each Person
identified as an "Administrative Trustee" in the related Declaration of Trust,
solely in such Person's capacity as Administrative Trustee of such Trust under
such Declaration of Trust and not in such Person's individual capacity, or any
successor administrative trustee appointed as therein provided.
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"Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) any Person
directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding the power to vote 10% or
more of the outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests of the
specified Person, (b) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting
securities or other ownership interests are directly or indirectly owned,
controlled or held with power to vote by the specified Person, (c) any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with
the specified Person, (d) a partnership in which the specified Person is a
general partner, (e) any officer or director of the specified Person, and (f)
if the specified Person is an individual, any entity of which the specified
Person is an officer, director or general partner.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions certified
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly
adopted by the Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors
or officers of the Company to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of
Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of
such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" shall mean, with respect to any series of Securities,
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in
The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to
close.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" of any Person means the obligation to
pay rent or other payment amounts under a lease of (or other indebtedness
arrangements conveying the right to use) real or personal property of such
Person which is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease
or a liability on the face of a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then
the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Securities" has the meaning specified in the first recital of
this Indenture.
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"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman, the Vice
Chairman, the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, delivered
to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office as of the date of this Indenture is located at 4
Albany Street, New York, New York 10006, Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency
Group--Corporate Market Services.
"corporation" includes a corporation, association, company,
joint-stock company or business trust.
"Declaration of Trust" means the Declaration of Trust for each Trust,
as amended by such Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust as may be
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to the Securities of any
series, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
"Depository" means, with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depository by the Company pursuant to
Section 3.1 with respect to such series (or any successor thereto).
"Designated Senior Holder" means, with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness, the Person designated as such in accordance with the terms of the
instrument evidencing such Senior Indebtedness or, if no Person is so
designated, any trustee, agent, fiduciary, representative, group or Person
authorized to act on behalf of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
"Discount Security" means any Security which provides for an amount
less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration
of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2.
"Distributions," with respect to the Trust Securities issued by any
Trust, means amounts payable in respect of such Trust
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Securities as provided in the related Declaration of Trust and referred to
therein as "Distributions."
"Dollar" means the currency of the United States that, as at the time
of payment, is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"Event of Default," unless otherwise specified in the supplemental
indenture or Board Resolution creating a series of Securities, has the meaning
specified in Article V.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Extension Period" has the meaning specified in Section 3.11.
"Global Security" means a Security described in Section 2.3 evidencing
all or part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depository or its nominee
for such series, and registered in the name of such Depository or its nominee.
"Guarantee" means any guarantee by the Company of distributions on the
Preferred Securities of a Trust to the extent provided in the Guarantee
Agreement.
"Guarantee Agreement" means such Preferred Securities Guarantee
Agreement as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to
the Preferred Securities of any series, in each case as amended from time to
time.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Securities Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof
and shall include the terms of each particular series of Securities established
as contemplated by Section 3.1.
"Interest Payment Date" means as to each series of Securities the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Securities.
"mandatory sinking fund payment" has the meaning specified in Section
12.1.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Security means the date on
which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated
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Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or otherwise
and includes any Redemption Date.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 5.1(4).
"Officers" shall mean any of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, the
President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed by two
Officers and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an
employee of the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"optional sinking fund payment" has the meaning specified in Section
12.1.
"Original Issue Date" means the date of issuance specified as such in
each Security.
"Other Debentures" means (i) the 8.45% Series A Junior Subordinated
Debentures of the Company; the 6% Series A Convertible Junior Subordinated
Debentures due 2025 of the Company; the 8 1/8% Series B Junior Subordinated
Debentures of the Company; the 7.57% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures, Series A of the Company; and the 8 1/8% Junior Subordinated
Deferrable Interest Debentures, Series B of the Company and (ii) all other
Junior Subordinated Debentures issued by the Company from time to time and sold
to Trusts or trusts to be established by the Company (if any), similar to the
Trusts.
"Outstanding" means, when used in reference to any Securities, as of
the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (including, without
limitation, any Securities converted or exchanged pursuant to any
conversion or exchange provisions of such Securities);
(ii) Securities for whose payment money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying
Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securities; and
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(iii) Securities in substitution for or in lieu of which
other Securities have been authenticated and delivered or which have
been paid pursuant to Section 3.6, unless proof satisfactory to the
Trustee is presented that any such Securities are held by Holders in
whose hands such Securities are valid, binding and legal obligations
of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so
to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or
such other obligor. Upon the written request of the Trustee, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers' Certificate listing and
identifying all Securities, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by
or for the account of the Company, or any other obligor on the Securities or
any Affiliate of the Company or such obligor, and, subject to the provisions of
Section 6.1, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers' Certificate
as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all
Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination.
"Payment Blockage Period" has the meaning specified in Section 13.3.
"Paying Agent" means the Trustee or any Person authorized by the
Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint-stock company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" means, with respect to the Securities of any
series, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on the Securities of such series are payable pursuant to Sections 3.1
and 3.11.
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"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or
stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost,
destroyed or stolen Security.
"Preferred Securities" has the meaning specified in the first recital
of this Indenture.
"Proceeding" has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.
"Property Trustee" means, in respect of any Trust, the commercial bank
or trust company identified as the "Property Trustee" in the related
Declaration of Trust, solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of such Trust
under such Declaration of Trust and not in its individual capacity, or its
successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor property trustee
appointed as therein provided.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security or portion
thereof to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant
to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security or portion
thereof to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as
determined by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date with respect to the Securities of a series means, unless otherwise
provided pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Securities of a series, the
date which is fifteen days next preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether
or not a Business Day).
"Responsible Officer" shall mean, when used with respect to the
Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including any
managing director, vice president, assistant vice president, secretary,
assistant secretary or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and
also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Securities Payment" has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.
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"Security" or "Securities" means any debt security or debt securities,
as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 3.5.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of, and any premium and
interest on, and any other payment due pursuant to, any of the following,
whether outstanding at the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter
incurred, created or assumed:
(i) all obligations of the Company for money borrowed;
(ii) all obligations of the Company evidenced by notes,
debentures, bonds or other securities, including, without limitation,
the 13 1/2% Restricted Subordinated Notes Due 2002 of the Company
issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of January 3, 1994, between
the Company and Texas Commerce Bank, National Association and
obligations incurred, created or assumed in connection with the
acquisition of property, assets or business;
(iii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Company;
(iv) all reimbursement obligation of the Company with
respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or similar
facilities issued for the account of the Company;
(v) all obligations of the Company issued or assumed as
the deferred purchase price of property or services (but excluding
trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of business);
(vi) all payment obligations of the Company under any
interest rate, currency or commodity swap agreement, option agreement,
hedge agreement, forward contract, or similar agreement designed to
protect the Company or another Person against fluctuations in interest
rates, exchange rates or commodity prices;
(vii) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses
(i) through (vi) above of another Person and all dividends of another
Person, the payment of which, in either case, the Company has assumed
or guaranteed, or for which the Company is responsible or liable,
directly or indirectly, jointly or severally, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise; and
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(viii) all amendments, modifications, renewals, extensions,
refinancings, replacements and refundings by the Company of any such
indebtedness or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (vii)
above (and of any such amended, modified, renewed, extended,
refinanced, replaced or refunded indebtedness or obligations);
provided, however, that the following shall not constitute Senior Indebtedness:
(a) the Securities; the 8.45% Series A Junior Subordinated Debentures of the
Company; the 6% Series A Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2025 of
the Company; the 8 1/8% Series B Junior Subordinated Debentures of the Company;
the 7.57% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures, Series A of the
Company; and the 8 1/8% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures,
Series B of the Company, each of which ranks pari passu with the Securities;
(b) any Guarantee executed with respect to a Trust; the Guarantee Agreement of
the Company dated as of May 24, 1995 in respect of the 8.45% Cumulative Monthly
Income Preferred Securities, Series A and the 8 1/8% Cumulative Monthly Income
Preferred Securities, Series B issued by American General Capital, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company; the Guarantee Agreement of the Company
dated as of May 24, 1995 in respect of the 6% Convertible Monthly Income
Preferred Securities, Series A issued by American General Delaware, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company; the Guarantee Agreement of the Company
dated as of December 4, 1996 in respect of the 7.57% Capital Securities, Series
A issued by American General Institutional Capital A, a Delaware business
trust, and the Guarantee Agreement of the Company dated as of March 14, 1997 in
respect of the 8 1/8% Capital Securities, Series B issued by American General
Institutional Capital B, a Delaware business trust, and (c) any indebtedness,
renewal, extension, refinancing, replacement, refunding, assumption, guarantee
or other obligation which expressly provides, or in the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee of the same it is expressly
provided, that such indebtedness, renewal, extension, refinancing, replacement,
refunding, assumption, guarantee or other obligation is junior in right of
payment to or is pari passu with the Securities. Such Senior Indebtedness
shall continue to be Senior Indebtedness and entitled to the benefits of the
subordination provisions irrespective of any amendment, modification or waiver
of any term of such Senior Indebtedness.
"Senior Nonmonetary Default" has the meaning specified in Section
13.3.
"Senior Payment Default" has the meaning specified in Section 13.3.
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"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest (including any Additional
Interest) thereon, means the date specified pursuant to the terms of such
Security as the date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of interest is due and payable, in the case of such principal, as
such date may be shortened or extended as provided pursuant to the terms of
such Security and this Indenture.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which at the time of
determination the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries owns or controls,
directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the outstanding shares of voting
stock.
"Trust" or "Trusts" means each of American General Capital I, American
General Capital II, American General Capital III or American General Capital
IV, as appropriate, or such Trusts collectively.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include
each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder and, if at any time there is more
than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any
series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended and as in effect on the date as of this Indenture, except as provided
in Section 9.5.
"Trust Securities" has the meaning specified in the first recital of
this Indenture.
"United States," except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, means The United States of America (including the States thereof and
the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction.
"Vice President" when used with respect to the Company, means any duly
appointed or elected vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title "vice president."
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SECTION 1.2. Compliance Certificate and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, provided that, in the
case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such
documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating
to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion
need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the
certificates provided pursuant to Section 10.4) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he
or she 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 covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.3. Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a
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certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to matters upon which his
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion
of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in
the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions, or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 1.4. Acts of Holders.
(1) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given to or
taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent
duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments is or
are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to
the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein
and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for
any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor
of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(2) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the
individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution
thereof. Where such execution is by a Person acting in other than his
individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of his authority.
(3) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in
accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine.
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(4) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
(5) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon
the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(6) The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose
of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date, provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date
(as defined below) by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the
relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record
date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall
cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the
applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section
1.6.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration
of acceleration referred to in Section 5.2, (iii) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 5.7(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 5.12, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If
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any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date, provided that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the
relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record
date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense,
shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the
applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section
1.6.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the
party hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the
"Expiration Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any
earlier or later day, provided that no such change shall be effective unless
notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto
in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the
manner set forth in Section 1.6, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date.
If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set
pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be
deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the
Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the
Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
(7) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to
take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or
more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment
with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
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SECTION 1.5. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder, any holder of Preferred Securities
or the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given,
furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office, Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group--Corporate Market Services,
or
(2) the Company by the Trustee, any Holder or any holder of
Preferred Securities shall be sufficient for every purpose (except as otherwise
provided in Section 5.1) hereunder if in writing and mailed, first class,
postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at 2929 Allen Parkway, Houston,
TX 77019-2155, Attention: Treasurer or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture, where this Indenture provides for notice to
Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise
herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first class postage
prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at the address of such Holder
as it appears in the Securities Register, not later than the latest date, and
not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to
mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular
Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken
in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by any of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust
Indenture Act through operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties
shall control.
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SECTION 1.8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 1.9. Successors and Assigns.
The Company shall have the right at all times to assign any of its
rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Company, provided that, in the event of any such assignment,
the Company shall remain primarily liable for the performance of all such
obligations. This Indenture may also be assigned by the Company in connection
with a transaction described in Article VIII.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not and all rights of
the Company hereunder shall inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns.
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
No provision of this Indenture or of any Security shall require the
payment or permit the collection of interest (including any Additional
Interest) in excess of the maximum which is not prohibited by law. If any such
excess interest is provided for herein or in any Security, which shall be
adjudicated to be so provided for, then the Company shall not be obligated to
pay such interest in excess of the maximum not prohibited by law until such
time, if any, as it shall become legal to do so.
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Securities
Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent, and their successors and
assigns, the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities and,
to the extent expressly provided in Sections 5.8, 5.9, 5.11, 9.1 and 9.2, the
holders of Preferred Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture. A holder of a Preferred Security shall
not have the right, as such a holder, to enforce any other provision of this
Indenture.
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SECTION 1.12. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to
conflict of laws principles thereof.
SECTION 1.13. Non-Business Days.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or the Securities other than a provision in
the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision
shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest (including any
Additional Interest) or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made on
such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, except that, if
such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall
be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue
for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be, until such next succeeding Business Day
(with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity).
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.1. Forms of Securities.
The Securities of each series shall be in such form or forms
(including permanent or temporary global form) as shall be established in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution
in accordance with Section 3.1, in each case with 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 or designation and such
legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with any
law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities.
If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order
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contemplated by Section 3.3 with respect to the authentication and delivery of
such Securities.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect
to any series of Securities, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in
registered form without coupons.
The definitive Securities shall be typewritten, 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 2.2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
SECTION 2.3. Securities in Global Form.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the
Securities shall not be issuable in global form. If Securities of a series
shall be issuable in global form, any such Security may provide that it or any
number of such Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of all
Outstanding Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by
the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that
the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from
time to time be increased or reduced to reflect exchanges (each, a "Global
Security"). Any endorsement of any Global Security to reflect the amount, or
any increase of decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by
such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to
be delivered pursuant to Section 3.3. or 3.4 with respect thereto. Subject to
the provisions of Section 3.3 and, if applicable, Section 3.4,
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the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Global Security in permanent form
in the manner and upon instruction given by the Person or Persons specified
therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to
Section 3.3 or 3.4 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions
by the Company with respect to a Global Security shall be in writing but need
not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate and need not be
accompanied by and Opinion of Counsel.
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SECTION 2.4 Additional Provisions Required in a Global Security
Any Global Security issued 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 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 may not be
transferred except 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."
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.1. Title and Terms.
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. The terms of the
Securities in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in this Indenture shall
be determined or established in any one or more of the following ways: (1) in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto; (2) in one or more Board
Resolutions; or (3) in a manner specified in or authorized by one or more Board
Resolutions (in which case such Board Resolutions shall be included in or
attached to an Officers' Certificate setting forth such terms or the manner in
which such terms are to be determined or established). The terms to be so
determined or established shall include:
(1) the title of the securities of such series, which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities;
(2) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such 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 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.6 and except for any
Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder); provided, however, that the authorized
aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased above such amount by
a Board Resolution to such effect;
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(3) the Maturity or Maturities on which the principal of the
Securities of such series is payable or the method of determination thereof,
the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Company may re-borrow the
proceeds from such a payment or exchange such Securities for new Securities or
other securities on any such payment date or dates and the terms and
conditions, if any, upon which the Company may shorten or extend the Stated
Maturity of the Securities of such series after such Securities have been
issued;
(4) the rate or rates, if any, at which the Securities of such
series shall bear interest, if any, the rate or rates and extent to which
Additional Interest, if any, shall be payable in respect of any Securities of
such series, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be
payable, the right, pursuant to Section 3.11 or as otherwise set forth therein,
of the Company to defer or extend an Interest Payment Date and the maximum
duration of any such deferral or extension, and the Regular Record Date for the
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date or the method by which any of the
foregoing shall be determined;
(5) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on the Securities of such series shall be payable, the place
or places where the Securities of such series may be presented for registration
of transfer or exchange, and the place or places where notices and demands to
or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series may be made;
(6) the period or periods within or the date or dates on which, if
any, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the
Securities of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option
of the Company;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or
purchase the Securities of such series pursuant to any sinking fund,
amortization or analogous provisions, or at the option of a Holder thereof, or
upon the occurrence of a specified event, and the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies (including
currency unit or units) in which and the other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in
part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) the denominations in which any Securities of such series shall
be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof;
(9) if other than Dollars, the currency or currencies (including
currency unit or units) in which the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on the Securities of the
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series shall be payable, or in which the Securities of the series shall be
denominated and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in Dollars for
purposes of the definition of the term Outstanding;
(10) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the
Events of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to such Securities,
whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the
Events of Default or covenants set forth herein, any change in the right of the
Trustee or Holders to declare the principal of, and any premium and interest
on, such Securities due and payable, and any additions to the definitions
currently set forth in this Indenture;
(11) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of such series that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof;
(12) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series as shall be necessary to permit or
facilitate the issuance of the Securities of such series in bearer form,
registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest
coupons;
(13) whether the amount of payments of principal of and any premium
or interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Securities may be
determined with reference to an index, formula or other method or methods
(which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without limitation, on
one or more currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices) and, if
so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such amounts
shall be determined and paid or payable;
(14) whether the Securities of the series, or any portion thereof,
shall initially be issuable in the form of a temporary Global Security
representing all or such portion of the Securities of such series and
provisions for the exchange of such temporary Global Security for definitive
Securities of such series;
(15) if applicable, that any 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 respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form
of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in
addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.4 and any circumstances
in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 3.5 in which any such
Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered,
and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered,
in the name or names of
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Persons other than the Depository for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof;
(16) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee
and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying Agent
and Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities;
(17) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Securities
may be convertible into or exchanged for any property or other securities of
any kind, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate, the
conversion or exchange period, the circumstances under which any such
conversion or exchange right may expire, and any other provision in addition to
or in lieu of those set forth in this Indenture;
(18) the form or forms of the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust and Guarantee Agreement;
(19) the relative degree, if any, to which the Securities of the
series shall be senior to, pari passu with or subordinated to other series of
Securities or securities in right of payment, whether such other series of
Securities or securities are outstanding or not;
(20) the right, if any, of the Company to defease certain of its
obligations under this Indenture and the terms, conditions and provisions
relating thereto; and
(21) any other terms of the Securities of such series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in the terms
of such Securities determined or established as provided above.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior
Indebtedness as provided in Article XIII.
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SECTION 3.2. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be in registered form without
coupons and shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.
SECTION 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman, its Vice Chairman, its President or one of its Vice Presidents under
its corporate seal reproduced thereon by and attested by its Treasurer or
Secretary or one of its Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries. The
signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or
facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities. At any time and from time to
time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may
deliver Securities 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. If the form or terms of
the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or
more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, 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 Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
an Opinion of Counsel stating that:
(1) the form and terms of such Securities, or the manner of
determining such terms, have been established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture; and
(2) such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating
to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles.
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If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not
be required to authenticate such Securities if the issuance of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered
at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security
of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized
officers, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence,
and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall 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 3.9, 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 3.4. 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, in the manner provided in Section 3.3, temporary Securities which are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities of such
series 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.
Such temporary securities may be in global form.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of
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definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series, containing identical terms and
provisions, upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office or agency
of the Company designated for that purpose without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same
series, of any authorized denominations having the same Original Issue Date and
Stated Maturity and having the same terms as such temporary Securities. 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 3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee a register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it
may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and
of transfers of Securities. Such register is herein sometimes referred to as
the "Securities Register." The Trustee is hereby appointed "Securities
Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of
Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the
office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same
series of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount,
of the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations, of a
like aggregate principal amount, of the same Original Issue Date and Stated
Maturity and having the same terms, upon surrender of the Securities to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any securities are so surrendered
for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
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Every Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall
(if so required by the Company or the Securities Registrar) be duly endorsed,
or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Securities Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer or exchange of Securities.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only
to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall
be registered in the name of the Depository designated for such Global Security
or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depository or a nominee thereof or
custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single
Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no
Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered,
and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in
the name of any Person other than the Depository for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof unless (A) such Depository (i) has notified the Company that it
is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or
(ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a
time when the Depository is required to be so registered to act as depository,
in each case unless the Company has approved a successor Depository within 90
days, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with
respect to such Global Security, (C) the Company in its sole discretion
determines that such Global Security will be so exchangeable or transferable or
(D) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of
the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by
Section 3.1.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security
for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued
in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in
such names as the Depository for such Global Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any
portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 3.4, 3.6, 9.6 or
11.6 or otherwise, shall be
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authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security,
unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the
Depository for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, 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 selection for redemption of Securities
of like tenor and the same series under Section 11.3 or Article XII and ending
at the close of business on the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any
Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed or
(iii) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which, in
accordance with its terms, has been surrendered for repayment at the option of
the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
SECTION 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with
such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to
save each of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same issue
and series of like tenor and principal amount, having the same Original Issue
Date and Stated Maturity, and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or
the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same issue and series of like tenor and principal amount, having the
same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity as such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
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Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1, interest (including any
Additional Interest) on any Security of any series which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, shall be
paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest in respect of Securities of such series, except that, unless
otherwise provided in the Securities of such series, interest payable on the
Stated Maturity of the principal of a Security shall be paid to the Person to
whom principal is paid. The initial payment of interest on any Security of any
series which is issued between a Regular Record Date and the related Interest
Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such Security or in the Board
Resolution pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the related series of
Securities. If a series of Securities is convertible into shares of common
stock, then, unless otherwise specified with respect to such Securities in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1, interest on such Interest
Payment Date shall be payable to each Holder on the related Regular Record Date
notwithstanding the conversion of any such Security between such Regular Record
Date and such Interest Payment Date.
Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not timely paid
or duly provided for (other than by reason of an extension of an interest
payment period), on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series
(herein called "Defaulted Interest"), shall forthwith cease to be payable to
the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having
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been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at
its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series in respect
of which interest is in default (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following
manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such
money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior
to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt
by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at
the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first
class, postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Security of such series at the
address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities Register not less than
10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion,
in the name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be
published at least once in a newspaper, customarily published in the English
language on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication shall not be a condition
precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid
to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such Special Record Date
and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of the series in respect of which interest is
in default may be listed and, upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange (or by the Trustee if the Securities are not listed), if, after notice
given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to
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this Clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu
of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid,
and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners.
The Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment
of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7) any interest
on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating
Agent or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
No owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its
behalf by a Depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect
to such Global Security, and such Depository may be treated by the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner and Holder of
such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the
Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security
or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such
beneficial ownership interests.
SECTION 3.9. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer or
exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be
delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Securities surrendered
directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly canceled by it.
The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered
shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated
in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this
Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled
Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with its
customary practices, subject to applicable law.
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SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series for any
period shall be computed on the basis of a 360- day year of twelve 30-day
months and, for any period less than a full calendar month, the number of days
elapsed in such month.
SECTION 3.11. Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates.
If specified as contemplated by Section 2.1 or Section 3.1 with
respect to the Securities of a particular series, so long as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, at
any time during the term of such Securities, from time to time to defer the
payment of interest on such Securities for such period or periods as may be
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 (each, an "Extension Period") during
which Extension Periods no interest shall be due and payable. At the end of
any such Extension Period, the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and
unpaid on the Securities (together with Additional Interest thereon, if any, at
the rate specified for the Securities of such series to the extent permitted by
applicable law); provided, however, that no Extension Period shall extend
beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities of such series;
provided, further, that during any such Extension Period, the Company shall
not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, (i) declare or pay
any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock (which
includes common and preferred stock) or (ii) make any payment of principal,
interest or premium, if any, on or repay or repurchase or redeem any debt
securities of the Company (including any Other Debentures) that rank pari passu
in all respects with or junior in interest to the Securities or (iii) make any
guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt
securities of any Subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu
with or junior in interest to the Securities (other than (a) dividends or
distributions in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or
purchase shares of, common stock of the Company, (b) any declaration of a
dividend in connection with the implementation or extension of a stockholders'
rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the
redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments
under the Guarantee with respect to the Preferred Securities relating to such
Securities and (d) as a result of a reclassification of the Company's capital
stock or the conversion or exchange of one class or series of the Company's
capital stock for another class or series of the Company's capital stock; (e)
the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company's capital stock
pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the
security being converted or
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exchanged; and (f) acquisitions of common stock of the Company in connection
with the satisfaction by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of its
obligations under any benefit plan for its directors, officers or employees).
Before the termination of any such Extension Period, the Company may further
defer payments of interest by further extending such period, provided that no
Extension Period shall exceed the period or periods specified in such
Securities or extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the principal of such
Securities. Upon termination of any Extension Period and upon the payment of
all accrued and unpaid interest and any Additional Interest and additional
amounts then due on any Interest Payment Date, the Company may elect to begin a
new Extension Period, subject to the above requirements. No interest shall be
due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof. If the
Property Trustee of a Trust is the only registered holder of such Securities at
the time the Company elects an Extension Period, the Company shall give written
notice to the Administrative Trustees of such Trust, the Property Trustee of
such Trust and the Trustee of its election of such Extension Period (or an
extension thereof) at least five Business Days before the earlier of (i) the
date on which distributions on the Trust Securities issued by such Trust would
have been payable except for the election to begin or extend such Extension
Period, or (ii) the date the Administrative Trustees are required to give
notice of the record date, or the date such Distributions are payable, to any
national securities exchange or to holders of the Preferred Securities issued
by the Trust, but in any event at least five Business Days before such record
date. If the Property Trustee is not the only Holder of the Securities at the
time the Company elects an Extension Period, the Company shall give the Holders
of the Securities and the Trustee written notice of its election of such
Extension Period at least 10 Business Days before the earlier of (i) the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date, or (ii) the date the Company is required to
give notice of the record or payment date of such interest payment to any
national securities exchange. There is no limitation on the number of times
that the Company may elect to begin an Extension Period.
SECTION 3.12. Right of Set-Off.
With respect to the Securities of a series issued to a Trust,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, the Company shall
have the right to set-off any payment it is otherwise required to make
thereunder in respect of any such Security to the extent the Company has
theretofore made, or is concurrently on the date of such payment making, a
payment under the Guarantee relating to such Security or under Section 5.8 of
this Indenture.
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SECTION 3.13. Agreed Tax Treatment.
Each Security issued hereunder shall provide that the Company and, by
its acceptance of a Security or a beneficial interest therein, the Holder of,
and any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in, such Security agree that
for United States Federal, State and local tax purposes it is intended that
such Security constitute indebtedness.
SECTION 3.14. Shortening or Extension of Stated Maturity.
If specified as contemplated by Section 2.1 or Section 3.1 with
respect to the Securities of a particular series, the Company shall have the
right to (i) shorten the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities of
such series at any time to any date not earlier than the first date on which
the Company has the right to redeem the Securities of such series, and (ii)
extend the Stated Maturity of the principal of the Securities of such series at
any time at its election for one or more periods, but in no event to a date
later than such date as shall be so specified with respect to the Securities of
such series. If the Company elects to exercise its right to shorten or extend
the Stated Maturity of Securities of a series, the Company shall give the
Trustee notice of such election within the time period specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1. The Company shall also give notice of the
Company's election to the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series
in the manner and within the time period as may be specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1. If requested by the Company, the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall give such notice to the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of
such series.
Securities of a series whose Stated Maturity has been shortened or
extended that are authenticated and delivered after the shortening or extension
of the Stated Maturity of such Securities may, and shall if required by the
Company, bear a notation in such form as shall be approved by the Company as to
the change of such Stated Maturity. If the Company shall so determine, new
Securities of any series whose Stated Maturity has been changed, modified so as
to conform in the opinion of the Company to such change, may be prepared and
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
SECTION 3.15. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP", "ISIN" and
"Common Code" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall
use such numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided
that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities
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or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any
such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such
numbers.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further
effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company
Request (except as (i) otherwise may be specified with respect to such series
of Securities as contemplated by Section 3.1, (ii) to any right to receive
payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including any
Additional Interest) on the Securities of such series from the funds described
below, and (iii) otherwise provided in this Section 4.1), and the Trustee, on
demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such
series, when
(1) either
(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6 and (ii)
Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust by
the Company or segregated and held in trust and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all such Securities of such series not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Maturity within one year
of the date of deposit, or
(iii) 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 has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount in the currency or
currencies in which the
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Securities of such series are payable sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest (including
any Additional Interest) to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities
which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity or Redemption Date
thereof, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to a series of Securities, the obligations with respect to the right of
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series provided for
herein, the obligations with respect to any conversion or exchange of
Securities of such series provided pursuant to Section 3.1, the obligations of
the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations of the Trustee to
any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been
irrevocably deposited with the Trustee pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection
(1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and the
last paragraph of Section 10.3 shall survive.
SECTION 4.2. Application of Trust Money.
(1) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
10.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be
held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of
the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through
any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal,
premium, if any, and interest (including any Additional Interest) for whose
payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
SECTION 5.1. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series (unless otherwise specified with respect to such series of
Securities in accordance with Section 3.1),
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means any one of the following events that has occurred and is continuing
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of
that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an
interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms hereof
shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose; or
(2) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of
(or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series as and when the same shall
become due and payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration of
acceleration of maturity or otherwise, or in any payment required by any
sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series; provided
that a valid exchange of a Security upon its Maturity for another Security
pursuant to this Indenture or the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or
other instrument authorizing Securities of that series shall not constitute a
default in the payment of the principal of the Security being exchanged for
this purpose; or
(3) if applicable to the Securities of that series, failure by the
Company to issue the property or other securities upon an election by the
Holder or Holders of such Securities to convert such Securities into property
or other securities, as the case may be, pursuant to the supplemental
indenture, Board Resolution or other instrument authorizing such series of
Securities; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, in any material
respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other
than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with) and continuance of such
default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company
and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such
default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice
is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall have entered
a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary
proceeding under any applicable United States bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law now
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or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or
of all or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or
liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and
in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(6) the Company shall have commenced a voluntary proceeding under
any applicable United States bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall have consented to the entry of
an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall have
consented to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the
Company or of all or any substantial part of its property, or shall have made
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall have failed generally to
pay its debts as they become due; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities
of that series.
SECTION 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect
to any series of Securities, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of
Default specified in Section 5.1(5) or 5.1(6)) with respect to Securities of
any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every
such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the
principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Discount Securities,
such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that
series) of all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately,
by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders),
and upon such declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable.
Payment of principal and interest (including any Additional Interest) on such
Securities shall remain subordinated to the extent provided in Article XIII
notwithstanding that such amount shall become immediately due and payable as
herein provided. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(5) or 5.1(6)
with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the
principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if the Securities of
that series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of
such Securities as may be specified by the terms of that series) shall
automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the
Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.
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The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that,
if at any time after the principal of the Securities of a series shall have
been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the
payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter
provided, (i) the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay (A) all matured installments of interest upon all the
Securities of that series and the principal of and premium, if any, on any and
all Securities of that series which shall have become due otherwise than by
acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to
the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law,
on overdue installments of interest, at the same rate as the rate of interest
specified in the Securities of that series to the date of such payment or
deposit) and (B) such amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred,
and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, except as a
result of negligence or bad faith; and (ii) any and all Events of Default with
respect to Securities of that series under the Indenture shall have been cured,
waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein, then, in every such case, the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that
series then Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee,
may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver
or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent
default or shall impair any right consequent thereon.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under
this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned
because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have
been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of the applicable series
shall be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder,
and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders
of the Securities of that series shall continue as though no such proceeding
had been taken.
SECTION 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest
(including any Additional Interest) on any Security when such interest becomes
due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
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(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, the Company will,
upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders
of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities
for principal, including any sinking fund payment or analogous obligations (and
premium, if any) and interest, and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing the
Trustee under Section 6.7.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute
a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors,
(1) the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the
Securities of any series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or
by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal (and
premium, if any) or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention
in such proceeding or otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal
(and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) owing
and unpaid in respect to the Securities and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable and to take any and all actions as
are authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have the
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claims of the Holders and any predecessor to the Trustee under Section 6.7
allowed in any such judicial proceedings; and
(b) in particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same in accordance with Section 5.6; and
(2) any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is
hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee for
distribution in accordance with Section 5.6, and in the event that the Trustee
shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to
the Trustee any amount due to it and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however,
that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' or
other similar committee.
SECTION 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claim Without Possession
of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto,
and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of all the amounts owing the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 5.6. Application of Money Collected.
Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee with
respect to a series of Securities pursuant to this Article shall be applied in
the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
the distribution of such money or property on account of principal (or premium,
if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation
thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if
fully paid:
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FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.7;
SECOND: To the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company if
and to the extent required by Article XIII;
THIRD: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities in respect
of which moneys have been collected shall not have become due and be unpaid, to
the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities for principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the
Securities, in respect of which or for the benefit of which money has been
collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to
the amounts due on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, respectively; and
FOURTH: To the Company.
SECTION 5.7. Limitation on Suits.
Subject to Section 5.8, no Holder of any Securities of any series
shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with
respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver, assignee,
trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own
name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing itself of, any
provision of this Indenture to
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affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities, or
to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such
Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
SECTION 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest; Direct Action by Holders of Preferred
Securities.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to
receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to
Section 3.7) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption
Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such
right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. In the case of
Securities of a series issued to a Trust, any holder of the corresponding
series of Preferred Securities issued by such Trust shall have the right, upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Section 5.1(1) or 5.1(2), to
institute a suit directly against the Company for enforcement of payment to
such holder of principal of (premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7)
interest on the Securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate
Liquidation Amount (as defined in the Declaration of Trust under which such
Trust is formed) of such Preferred Securities of the corresponding series held
by such holder.
SECTION 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee, any Holder or any holder of Preferred Securities has
instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture
and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee, such Holder or such holder of
Preferred Securities, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee, the
Holders and such holder of Preferred Securities shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee, the Holders and the holders of Preferred Securities shall continue as
though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.6, no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in
addition to
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every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or
remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee, any Holder of any Security or any
holder of any Preferred Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon
any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee
or to the Holders and the right and remedy given to the holders of Preferred
Securities by Section 5.8 may be exercised from time to time, and as often as
may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee, the Holders or the holders of
Preferred Securities, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law
or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall
have the right to decline to follow such direction if a Responsible Officer or
Officers of the Trustee shall, in good faith, determine that the proceeding so
directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not joining in any such
direction or would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series may waive any past default hereunder and its
consequences with respect to such series except a default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security of such series, or
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(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Any such waiver shall be deemed to be on behalf of the Holders of all
the Securities of such series.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security
by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in
its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant (other
than the Company and the Trustee) in such suit of an undertaking to pay the
costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable
costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses
made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply
to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee,
to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the
aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series, to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of or any premium or interest (including any
Additional Interest) on any Security on or after the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or
after the Redemption Date), or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the
enforcement of any right to convert or exchange such Security into or for
property or other securities.
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted
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to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(1) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(a) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and
(b) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case
of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be
under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Indenture.
(2) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his own affairs.
(3) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve
the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(a) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
Subsection (1) of this Section;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of Holders pursuant to Section 5.12 relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising
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any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series.
(4) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(5) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision
of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee of the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of
Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the
Securities Register, notice of such default, unless such default shall have
been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default
in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a
trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good
faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, that, in the case
of any default of the character specified in Section 5.1(3), no such notice to
Holders of Securities of such series shall be given until at least 30 days
after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term
"default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
Security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
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(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than
delivery of any Security to the Trustee for authentication and delivery
pursuant to Section 3.3 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided
therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its
part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, indenture,
Security or other paper or document, but the Trustee in its discretion may make
such inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such inquiry or investigation, it
shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney; and
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder.
(8) The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Event of
Default (other than a default in payment with respect to a Security due on a
fixed date and with respect to which the Trustee is a Paying Agent) unless
either (i) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge thereof or (ii)
the Trustee
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shall have received written notice thereof in accordance with Section 1.5 from
the Company or any Holder.
SECTION 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any
responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent makes any representation as to the validity or sufficiency
of this Indenture or of the Securities, except that the Trustee, and any
Authenticating Agent, represents that it is duly authorized to execute and
deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations
hereunder and that any statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on
Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the
qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of
Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.5. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any
Securities Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or
any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject
to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying
Agent, Securities Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 6.6. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee such compensation as shall be agreed upon in
writing from time to time for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable
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expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel and
other persons not regularly in its employ), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its gross negligence or bad
faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee and its officers, directors, employees
and agents for, and to hold each of them harmless against, any and all loss,
liability, damage or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon the
income of the Trustee), arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of this Indenture and the Securities or the issuance of the
Securities or a series thereof or this trust or the performance of its duties
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or
expense may be attributable to its gross negligence or willful misconduct.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the
Company and the Holders agree that the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the
Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except
funds held in trust for the payment of principal of or any premium or interest
(including any Additional Interest) on particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 5.1(4) or (5) occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 or any successor
statute.
The provisions of this Section 6.7 shall survive the termination of
this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
The Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Nothing
herein shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the
application referred to in the second to last paragraph of said Section 310(b).
SECTION 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
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(1) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States or of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and subject to
supervision or examination by United States Federal, State, Territorial or
District of Columbia authority, or
(2) a corporation or other Person organized and doing business under
the laws of a foreign government that is permitted to act as Trustee pursuant
to a rule, regulation or order of the Commission, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by
authority of such foreign government or a political subdivision thereof
substantially equivalent to supervision or examination applicable to United
States institutional trustees, in either case having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by
United States Federal or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports
of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then, for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report
of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article. Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee
for the Securities of any series issued hereunder.
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(1) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.11.
(2) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities
of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered
to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation,
the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(3) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee
and to the Company.
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(4) If at any time:
(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such
Holder, or
(c) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall
be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee
or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation
or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, acting pursuant to the authority of a
Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or
(ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a
successor Trustee or Trustees.
(5) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series. If, within one year after such resignation,
removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee
so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become
the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and
supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so
appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner
hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(6) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
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series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Securities of such series as their
names and addresses appear in the Securities Register. Each notice shall
include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(1) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(2) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i)
shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer
and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of
that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates, (ii) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall 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, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental
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indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts, and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates.
(3) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all rights, powers and trusts referred to
in paragraph (1) or (2) of this Section, as the case may be.
(4) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible
under this Article.
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated, and in case
any Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee
may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor Trustee
or in the name of such successor Trustee, and in all cases the certificate of
authentication shall have the full force which it is provided anywhere in the
Securities or in this Indenture that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
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SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims
against the Company (or any such other obligor).
SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect
to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf
of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original
issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof
or pursuant to Section 3.6, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory or the
District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by United States Federal or State
authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section the combined capital
and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of
the corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent shall be the successor
Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise
eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or
any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
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An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice
thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a
notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such
appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.6 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provision of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 6.7.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
"This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
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as Trustee
By
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as Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Officer"
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ARTICLE VII
HOLDER'S LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(1) on each Regular Record Date for the Securities, a list, in such
form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders as of such record date, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar
form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list
is furnished, excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the
Trustee in its capacity as Securities Registrar; provided, however, that so
long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required
to be furnished for Securities for which the Trustee acts as Security
Registrar.
SECTION 7.2. Preservation of Information, Communications to
Holders.
(1) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Securities
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(2) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the
corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided in the
Trust Indenture Act.
(3) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of
the disclosure of information as to the names and addresses of the Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.3. Reports by Trustee.
(1) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as
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may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act, at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant thereto.
(2) Reports so required to be transmitted at stated intervals of not
more than 12 months shall be transmitted no later than 60 days after each
December 31 in each calendar year, commencing with the first December 31 after
the first issuance of Securities under this Indenture.
(3) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed and also with the Commission. The Company will notify the
Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 7.4. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and with the Commission, and
transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at
the times and in the manner provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that
any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be
filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is required to be filed
with the Commission. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions
of Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a).
ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain
Terms.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series
shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other
Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company, as the case may be), or
successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company, as the case may be,
or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent
any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of the property of the Company, as the
case may be, or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as
an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company,
as the case may be, or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and
operate the same; provided, that (a) the Company is the surviving Person or the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
the Company) or to which such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of property
is
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made is a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States or
any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and (b) upon any such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Securities of each series according to their tenor and the due and punctual
performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this
Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company shall be expressly assumed, by
supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, and executed and
delivered to the Trustee by the Person formed by such consolidation, or into
which the Company, as the case may be, shall have been merged, or by the Person
which shall have acquired such property, and (c) after giving effect to such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 8.2. Successor Person to be Substituted for Company.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and
upon the assumption by the successor Person, 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 premium, if any, and
interest on all of the Securities and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed or observed by the Company, such successor Person shall succeed to
and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been
named herein as the party of the first part, and the Company thereupon shall be
relieved of any further liability or obligation hereunder or upon the
Securities. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed, and may
issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the
Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by
the Company and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent; and, upon
the order of such successor Person instead of the Company and subject to all
the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver (i) any Securities
which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the
Company to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for authentication and (ii)
any Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed
and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for that purpose. All
the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and
benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Indentures
had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
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SECTION 8.3. Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to be
Given to Trustee.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 and 6.2,
may receive an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive
evidence that any consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease,
and any assumption, permitted or required by the terms of this Article VIII,
complies with the provisions of this Article VIII.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company,
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein
and in the Securities contained; or
(2) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.1 or 3.1; or
(3) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property
to or with the Trustee or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon
the Company; or
(4) to add to, change or eliminate 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 change or eliminate any of the other provisions of this
Indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination not otherwise
permitted under this Section 9.1 shall (i) 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 or
(ii) not apply to any Security then Outstanding, or to surrender any right or
power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(5) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of
Default are to be for the benefit of less
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than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default
are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(6) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein,
or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this clause (6)
shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders of Securities of any
series in any material respect; or
(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by 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
6.11(b); or
(8) to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act; or
(9) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations
and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue,
authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth; or
(10) to make provision with respect to the conversion or exchange
rights of the Holders of any series of Securities pursuant to the requirements
of the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution, or other instrument
establishing the terms of such series of Securities; or
(11) subject to Section 9.2(4), to make any change in Article
Thirteen that would limit or terminate the benefits available to any holder of
Senior Indebtedness under such Article;
provided, however, that so long as any Preferred Securities to which a series
of Securities relates remain outstanding, no such modification may be made
pursuant to this Section 9.1 that adversely affects the holders of such
Preferred Securities in any material respect.
No consent of the holders of any Preferred Securities shall be
required in connection with any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to
this Section 9.1.
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SECTION 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental
indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into
an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby:
(1) except to the extent permitted by Section 3.11 or Section 3.14
or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.1 or Section 3.1 with
respect to the deferral of the payment of interest on the Securities of any
series or the shortening or extension of the Stated Maturity thereof, change
the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest
thereon or extend the time of payment of interest thereon or reduce any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of principal of a
Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or change the
place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or
interest (including any Additional Interest) thereon is payable, or impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the
Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such
supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any
waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain
defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or
Section 10.5, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain
other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Security affected thereby; or
(4) to make provision with respect to the conversion or exchange
rights of the Holders of any series of Securities pursuant to the requirements
of the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution, or other instrument
establishing the terms of such series of Securities; or
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(5) modify the provisions in Article XIII of this Indenture with
respect to the subordination of Outstanding Securities of any series in a
manner adverse to the Holders thereof;
provided, further, that, in the case of the Securities of a series issued to a
Trust, so long as any of the corresponding series of Preferred Securities
issued by such Trust remains outstanding, (i) no such amendment shall be made
that adversely affects the holders of such Preferred Securities in any material
respect, without the prior consent of the holders of a majority of the
aggregate liquidation preference of such Preferred Securities then outstanding
unless and until the principal (and premium, if any) of the Securities of such
series and all accrued and, subject to Section 3.7, unpaid interest thereon
have been paid in full and (ii) no amendment shall be made to Section 5.8 of
this Indenture that would impair the rights of the holders of Preferred
Securities provided therein without the prior consent of the holders of each
Preferred Security then outstanding unless and until the principal (and
premium, if any) of the Securities of such series and all accrued and (subject
to Section 3.7) unpaid interest thereon have been paid in full.
A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture that has expressly been included solely for
the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities or Preferred
Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities or
holders of Preferred 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 or holders of Preferred Securities of any other
series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing or accepting the additional trusts created by any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution
of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture,
and that all conditions precedent have been complied with. The Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
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SECTION 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every
Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Company, bear a notation in form approved by the Company as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
SECTION 10.1. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest, including any Additional Interest (subject to (i) the
right of the Company to extend an interest payment period or, if so provided
pursuant to Section 3.1, to exchange a Security upon the Maturity of such
Security for another Security or to shorten or extend a Stated Maturity, and
(ii) the provisions of Section 3.12) on the Securities of that series in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where
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Securities of that series may be surrendered for conversion or exchange or for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may
be served, and the Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office as its agent to receive all such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands. The Company will give prompt written notice
to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of each such
office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such
required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all of such purposes, and may from time to time
rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth
above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company shall 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. Unless
otherwise set forth in, or pursuant to, a Board Resolution or any indenture
supplemental hereto with respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby
designates as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent and as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
SECTION 10.3. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of such
series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest
so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will,
prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on each due date of the principal of or
interest on any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal and
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premium (if any) or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that
such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on Securities in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of principal
(and premium, if any) or interest;
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held
in trust by such Paying Agent; and
(4) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable
to it as a Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held
in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the
Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the
Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable
shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat
or abandoned or unclaimed property law) be paid on Company Request to the
Company, or (if then held by the Company) shall (unless otherwise required by
mandatory provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property
law) be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent,
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before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the
Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English
language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be
less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of
such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 10.4. Statement as to Compliance.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the
end of each calendar year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an
Officers' Certificate covering the preceding calendar year, stating whether or
not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in
the performance, observance or fulfillment of or compliance with any of the
terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture, and if the
Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and
status thereof of which they may have knowledge. For the purpose of this
Section 10.4, compliance shall be determined without regard to any grace period
or requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 10.5. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
covenant or condition provided pursuant to Section 3.1, 9.1(3) or 9.1(4) with
respect to the Securities of any series, if before or after the time for such
compliance the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver
shall become effective, the obligations of the Company in respect of any such
covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10.6. Additional Covenants.
The Company covenants and agrees with each Holder of Securities of
each series that it shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of the
Company to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem,
purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the
Company's capital stock (which includes common and preferred stock) or (ii)
make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay or
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company (including any Other
Debentures) that rank pari passu in all respects with or junior in interest to
the Securities or (iii)
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make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the
debt securities of any Subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks pari
passu with or junior in interest to the Securities (other than (a) dividends or
distributions in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or
purchase shares of, common stock of the Company, (b) any declaration of a
dividend in connection with the implementation or extension of a stockholders'
rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the
redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments
under the Guarantee with respect to the Preferred Securities relating to such
series of Securities and (d) as a result of a reclassification of the Company's
capital stock or the exchange or the conversion of one class or series of the
Company's capital stock for another class or series of the Company's capital
stock; (e) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company's
capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital
stock or the security being converted or exchanged; and (f) acquisitions of
common stock of the Company in connection with the satisfaction by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries of its obligations under any benefit plan for its
directors, officers or employees), if at such time (i) there shall have
occurred and be continuing any event of which the Company has actual knowledge
(A) that is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would
constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series
and (B) in respect of which the Company shall not have taken reasonable steps
to cure, (ii) if the Securities of such series are held by a Trust, the Company
shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations under the
Guarantee relating to the Preferred Securities issued by such Trust or (iii)
the Company shall have given notice of its election to begin an Extension
Period with respect to the Securities of such series as provided herein and
shall not have rescinded such notice, and such Extension Period, or any
extension thereof, shall be continuing.
The Company also covenants with each Holder of Securities of a series
issued to a Trust (i) to maintain directly or indirectly 100% ownership of the
Common Securities of such Trust; provided, however, that any permitted
successor of the Company hereunder may succeed to the Company's ownership of
such Common Securities, (ii) to use its reasonable efforts to cause such Trust
(a) to remain a business trust, except as permitted by the related Declaration
of Trust, and (b) to otherwise continue to be classified as a grantor trust and
not an association taxable as a corporation or a partnership for United States
Federal income tax purposes and (iii) to use its reasonable efforts to cause
each holder of Trust Securities to be treated as owning an individual
beneficial interest in the Securities of such Series.
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SECTION 10.7 Payment of Expenses.
In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the Securities
to any of the Trusts and in connection with the sale of Preferred Securities by
any such Trust, the Company, in its capacity as borrower with respect to the
Securities, shall:
(1) pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and
issuance of the Securities, including commissions to underwriters payable
pursuant to an underwriting agreement;
(2) pay all costs and expenses of each Trust, including, but not
limited to, costs and expenses relating to the organization of such Trust, the
offering, sale and issuance of Preferred Securities by such Trust (including
commissions to the underwriters in connection therewith), the fees and expenses
of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee of such Trust, the costs and
expenses relating to the operation of such Trust, including without limitation,
costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping
services, expenses for printing and engraving and computing or accounting
equipment, paying agent(s), registrar(s), transfer agent(s), duplicating,
travel and telephone and other telecommunications expenses and costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition, financing, and
disposition of such Trust's assets;
(3) pay any indemnification obligations of each Trust arising with
respect to the related Declaration of Trust;
(4) pay any and all taxes (other than United States withholding
taxes attributable to each Trust or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and
expenses with respect to such taxes of each Trust; and
(5) pay all other fees, expenses, debts and obligations (other
than the Preferred Securities) related to each Trust.
ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 11.1. Applicability of This Article.
Redemption of Securities of any series (whether by operation of a
sinking fund or otherwise) as permitted or required by any form of Security
issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be made in accordance with such form of
Security and this Article; provided, however, that if any provision of any such
form of Security shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the
provision of such form of Security shall govern. Except as otherwise set forth
in the form of Security for such series, each Security of such series shall be
subject to partial redemption only in the amount specified as contemplated in
Section 3.1.
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SECTION 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than
all of the Securities of any particular series and having the same terms, the
Company shall, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the
Trustee of such date and of the principal amount of Securities of that series
to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 11.3. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed
(unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series,
provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security
shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the
minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the
Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless
such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to
be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and
specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the
preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for partial redemption and the principal amount thereof to
be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be
redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of
the Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in
the Securities selected for redemption.
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SECTION 11.4. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not later than the thirtieth day, and not earlier than the
sixtieth day, prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities
Register.
With respect to Securities of each series to be redeemed, each notice
of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of such particular series
and having the same terms are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the
case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the particular
Securities to be redeemed;
(4) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof, and that interest
thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered
for payment of the Redemption Price;
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case;
(7) the CUSIP number (or any other numbers used by a Depository to
identify such Securities), if any, of the Securities to be redeemed; and
(8) if the Securities of such series are convertible into or
exchangeable for another security at the option of the Holder, that a Holder of
such Series who desires to convert or exchange the Securities called for
redemption must satisfy the requirements for conversion or exchange contained
in such Securities, the then existing conversion or exchange price or rate, and
the date and time when the option to convert or exchange shall expire.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall not be
irrevocable. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder
receives such notice. In any case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any
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defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as
a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the
redemption of any other Security.
SECTION 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date
specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in Section 11.4, the
Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents (or if
the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company will segregate and
hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money sufficient to pay
the Redemption Price of, and any accrued interest (including any Additional
Interest) on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 11.6. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption.
If any notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section
11.4, the Securities or portion of Securities with respect to which such notice
has been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place or
places stated in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price. On
presentation and surrender of such Securities at a Place of Payment in said
notice specified, the said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall
be redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price, together with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of interest
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to
the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities,
registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates
according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder
thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of the
same series, of authorized denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal
to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented and having the same
Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and terms. If a Global Security is so
surrendered, such new Security will also be a new Global Security.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal of and premium, if any, on such
Security shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
prescribed therefor in the Security.
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ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of any Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory
sinking fund payment", and any sinking fund payment in excess of such minimum
amount which is permitted to be made by the terms of such Securities of any
series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If provided
for by the terms of any Securities of any series, the cash amount of any
sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.2.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of
any series as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
SECTION 12.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities.
In lieu of making all or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment
with respect to any Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its
option, at any time no more than 16 months and no less than 30 days prior to
the date on which such sinking fund payment is due, deliver to the Trustee
Securities of such series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the
Company, except Securities of such series that have been redeemed through the
application of mandatory or optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the
terms of the Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order
instructing the Trustee to credit such obligations and stating that the
Securities of such series were originally issued by the Company by way of bona
fide sale or other negotiation for value; provided that the Securities to be so
credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited
shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the
redemption price for such Securities, as specified in the Securities so to be
redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount
of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 30 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
such Securities pursuant to
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the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by payment of cash in the currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) and the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting
Securities pursuant to Section 12.2 and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered. 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 succeeding sinking
fund payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such
Officers' Certificate (or, as required by this Indenture, the Securities and
coupons, if any, specified in such Officers' Certificate), the sinking fund
payment due on the succeeding sinking fund payment date for such series shall
be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount
of the Securities of such series subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment
without the right to deliver or credit securities as provided in Section 12.2
and without the right to make the optional sinking fund payment with respect to
such series at such time.
Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in
cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made with
respect to the Securities of any particular series shall be applied by the
Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) on
the sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such
payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment
date immediately following the date of such payment) to the redemption of
Securities of such series at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities
with respect to the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or
allocated by the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregated and held in trust by the Company as provided in Section 10.3) for
such series and together with such payment (or such amount so segregated) shall
be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section 12.3. Any and all
sinking fund moneys with respect to the Securities of any particular series
held by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 10.3) on the last sinking
fund payment date with respect to Securities of such series and not held for
the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such series shall be
applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent), together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited (or
segregated) sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the
Securities of such series at Maturity. The Trustee shall select the Securities
to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in
Section 11.3 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name
of and at the expense of the
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Company in the manner provided in Section 11.4. Such notice having been duly
given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in
the manner stated in Section 11.6. On or before each sinking fund payment date,
the Company shall pay to the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 10.3) in cash a sum in the currency in which Securities of such series
are payable (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.1) equal to the principal
and any interest accrued to the Redemption Date for Securities or portions
thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this
Section 12.3.
Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall redeem any Securities of a
series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Securities
of such series by operation of the sinking fund for such series during the
continuance of a default in payment of interest, if any, on any Securities of
such series or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) with respect to the Securities of
such series, except that if the notice of redemption shall have been provided
in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee (or the Company, if the
Company is then acting as its own Paying Agent) shall redeem such Securities if
cash sufficient for that purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee (or
segregated by the Company) for that purpose in accordance with the terms of
this Article XII. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such
series at the time when any such default or Event of Default shall occur and
any moneys thereafter paid into such sinking fund shall, during the continuance
of such default or Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of the
Securities and coupons, if any, of such series; provided, however, that in case
such default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived herein, such
moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next sinking fund payment date for
the Securities of such series on which such moneys may be applied pursuant to
the provisions of this Section 12.3.
ARTICLE XIII
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 13.1. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by
its acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and
in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including any Additional Interest)
on each
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and all of the Securities is hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in
right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior
Indebtedness.
SECTION 13.2. Payment of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company to creditors
upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, assignment for
the benefit of creditors, marshalling of assets or liabilities or any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings of the Company (each such event,
if any, herein sometimes referred to as a "Proceeding"):
(1) the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to
receive payment in full in cash of all amounts due on or to become due on or in
respect of all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest accruing thereon
after the commencement of any such Proceeding, whether or not allowed as a
claim against the Company in such Proceeding) before the Holders of the
Securities are entitled to receive any payment or distribution (excluding any
payment described in the last paragraph of this Section 13.2 or any payment
described in Section 13.9), on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities or on account of
any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Securities by the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company (all such payments, distributions, purchases,
redemptions and acquisitions, whether or not in connection with a Proceeding,
herein referred to, individually and collectively, as a "Securities Payment");
and
(2) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, by set-off or
otherwise, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be
entitled but for the provisions of this Article shall be paid by the
liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or
distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating
trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or the
Designated Senior Holders, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining
unpaid on account of the Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to
the extent necessary to make payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness
remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution
to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received in
connection with any Proceeding any Securities Payment before all Senior
Indebtedness is paid in full or payment thereof is provided for in cash, then
and in such event such Securities Payment shall be paid over or delivered
forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee,
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custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or distribution of
assets of the Company for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness
remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in
full in cash after giving effect to any concurrent payment to or for the
holders of Senior Indebtedness.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "payment or distribution"
or "any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities" shall not be deemed to include a payment or
distribution of stock or securities of the Company provided for by a plan of
reorganization or readjustment authorized by an order or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction in a reorganization proceeding under any applicable
bankruptcy law or of any other corporation provided for by such plan of
reorganization or readjustment, which stock or securities are subordinated in
right of payment to all then outstanding Senior Indebtedness to substantially
the same extent, or to a greater extent than, the Securities are so
subordinated as provided in this Article. The consolidation of the Company
with, or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company following the conveyance, transfer or lease of all
or substantially all of its properties and assets to another Person upon the
terms and conditions set forth in Article VIII shall not be deemed a Proceeding
for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by such consolidation or
into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance,
transfer or lease such properties and assets, as the case may be, shall, as a
part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, comply with
the conditions set forth in Article VIII.
SECTION 13.3. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in
Default.
In the event that any Senior Payment Default (as defined below) shall
have occurred and be continuing, then no Securities Payment shall be made,
unless and until such Senior Payment Default shall have been cured or waived in
writing or shall have ceased to exist or all amounts then due and payable in
respect of such Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, amounts
that have become and remain due by acceleration) shall have been paid in full
in cash. "Senior Payment Default" means any default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Senior Indebtedness when due,
whether at the stated maturity of any such payment or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption, notice of the exercise of an option to
require such repayment, mandatory payment or prepayment or otherwise.
In the event that any Senior Nonmonetary Default (as defined below)
shall have occurred and be continuing, then, upon the
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receipt by the Company or the Trustee of written notice of such Senior
Nonmonetary Default from any holder or the Designated Senior Holder of the
Senior Indebtedness to which such Senior Nonmonetary Default relates, no
Securities Payment shall be made during the period (the "Payment Blockage
Period") commencing on the date of such receipt by the Company or the Trustee
of such written notice and ending on the earlier of (i) the date, if any, on
which the Senior Indebtedness to which such Senior Nonmonetary Default relates
is discharged or such Senior Nonmonetary Default shall have been cured or
waived in writing or shall have ceased to exist and any acceleration of Senior
Indebtedness to which such Senior Nonmonetary Default relates shall have been
rescinded or annulled and (ii) the 179th day after the date of such receipt of
such written notice. No more than one Payment Blockage Period may be commenced
with respect to the Securities during any period of 360 consecutive days and
there shall be a period of at least 181 consecutive days in each period of 360
consecutive days when no Payment Blockage Period is in effect. Following the
commencement of any Payment Blockage Period, the holders of Senior Indebtedness
shall be precluded from commencing a subsequent Payment Blockage Period until
the conditions set forth in the preceding sentence shall have been satisfied.
For all purposes of this paragraph, no Senior Nonmonetary Default that existed
or was continuing on the date of commencement of any Payment Blockage Period
with respect to the Senior Indebtedness initiating such Payment Blockage Period
shall be, or may be made, the basis for the commencement of a subsequent
Payment Blockage Period by any holder of Senior Indebtedness or a Designated
Senior Holder unless such Senior Nonmonetary Default shall have been cured for
a period of not less than 90 consecutive days. "Senior Nonmonetary Default"
means any default (other than a Senior Payment Default) or any event (other
than a Senior Payment Default) which, after notice or lapse of time (or both),
would become an event of default, under the terms of any instrument or
agreement pursuant to which any Senior Indebtedness is outstanding, permitting
one or more holders of such Senior Indebtedness or a Designated Senior Holder
to declare such Senior Indebtedness due and payable prior to the date on which
it would otherwise become due and payable.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall
make any Securities Payment to the Trustee or any Holder prohibited by the
foregoing provisions of this Section, then in such event such Securities
Payment shall be held in trust and paid over and delivered forthwith to the
Designated Senior Holders under the Senior Indebtedness or, if there is no
Designated Senior Holder with respect to such Senior Indebtedness, to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any Securities
Payment with respect to which Section 13.2 hereof would be applicable.
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SECTION 13.4. Payment Permitted If No Default.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
any of the Securities shall prevent the Company, at any time except during the
pendency of any Proceeding referred to in Section 13.2 hereof or under the
conditions described in Section 13.3 hereof, from making Securities Payments.
Nothing in this Article shall have any effect on the right of the Holders or
the Trustee to accelerate the maturity of the Securities upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default, but, in that event, no payment may be made in violation of
the provisions of this Article with respect to the Securities. If payment of
the Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company shall
promptly notify the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (or their
representatives) of such acceleration.
SECTION 13.5. Subrogation To Rights of Holders of Senior
Indebtedness.
Subject to the payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness, the
Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments and distributions of cash,
property and securities applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest) on
the Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no
payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any
cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the
Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no
payments pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the
Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the
Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the
Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 13.6. Provisions Solely To Define Relative Rights.
The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the
purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders on the one hand and the
holders of Senior Indebtedness on the other hand. Nothing contained in this
Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or
shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of
Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional (and which, subject to the rights
under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, is intended to rank
equally with all other general obligations of the Company), to pay to the
Holders of the Securities the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
(including Additional Interest) on the Securities as and
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when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms; or
(b) affect the relative rights against the Company of the Holders of the
Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default
under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive cash, property and securities
otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder or, under the
conditions specified in Section 13.3, to prevent any payment prohibited by such
Section or enforce their rights pursuant to the penultimate paragraph in
Section 13.3.
SECTION 13.7. Trustee To Effectuate Subordination
Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and
directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes,
including, in the event of any dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or
reorganization of the Company, whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
proceedings, or otherwise, the timely filing of a claim for the unpaid balance
of the indebtedness of the Company owing to such Holder in the form required in
such proceedings and the causing of such claim to be approved. If the Trustee
does not file a proper claim at least 30 days before the expiration of the time
to file such claim, then the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and their
agents, trustees or other representatives are authorized to do so (but shall in
no event be liable for any failure to do so,) for and on behalf of the Holders
of the Securities.
SECTION 13.8. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to
enforce the subordination provisions provided herein shall 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 any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or
by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of
this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or
be otherwise charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time,
without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the
Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities
and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article
or the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to
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the holders of Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i)
change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of,
or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any
manner Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any
agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) permit the
Company to borrow, repay and then reborrow any or all of the Senior
Indebtedness; (iii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property
pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness; (iv) release any
Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Indebtedness; (v)
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any
other Person; and (vi) apply any sums received by them to Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 13.9. Trust Moneys Not Subordinated.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments
from money held in trust by the Trustee under Article Four for the payment of
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including any Additional
Interest) on any series of Securities shall not be subordinated to the prior
payment of any Senior Indebtedness or subject to the restrictions set forth in
this Article, and no Holder of such Securities nor the Trustee shall be
obligated to pay over any such amount to the Company, any holder of Senior
Indebtedness, any Designated Senior Holder or any other creditor of the
Company.
SECTION 13.10. Notice to Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact
known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the
Trustee in respect of the Securities or that would end such prohibition.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provision of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of
any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in
respect of the Securities or that would end such prohibition, unless and until a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof
from the Company, any holder of Senior Indebtedness or any Designated Senior
Holder; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 hereof, shall be entitled in all
respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that, if prior
to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the
date upon which by the terms hereof any monies become payable hereunder
(including, without limitation, the payment of either the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on a Security), the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall not
have received with respect to such monies the notice provided for in this
Section 13.10, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee or
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such Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to receive such monies and
apply the same to the purpose for which they were received on the date payment
is due and, unless such payment is not made on that date, shall not be affected
by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after the date
upon which such monies become due and payable. Any notice required or permitted
to be given to the Trustee by the Company, a holder of Senior Indebtedness or
any Designated Senior Holder shall be in writing and shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if in writing and either (i) sent via facsimile to the
Trustee to a facsimile number provided by the Trustee, the receipt of which
shall be confirmed via telephone, or (ii) mailed, first class postage prepaid,
or sent by overnight carrier, to the Trustee addressed to it attention of its
Corporate Trust and Agency Group, at the Corporate Trust Office or at any other
address furnished in writing to the Company, such holder of Senior Indebtedness
or such Designated Senior Holder.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 hereof, the Trustee shall be
entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person
representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness or Designated Senior
Holder to establish that such notice has been given by such holder of Senior
Indebtedness or Designated Senior Holder. In the event that the Trustee
determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the
right of any Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness
or Designated Senior Holder to participate in any payment or distribution
pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish
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, or 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.
SECTION 13.11. Reliance On Judicial Order or Certificate of
Liquidating Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to
in this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 hereof,
and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or
decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such Proceeding
is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver,
liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or
to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons
entitled to participate in such payment or distribution,
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the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, the amount thereof or payable thereon,
the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article, provided that the foregoing shall apply only if
such court has been apprised of the provisions of this Article.
SECTION 13.12. Trustee Not Fiduciary For Holders of Senior
Indebtedness.
Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall not be
deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and
shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly
pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Company or to any
other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior
Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
SECTION 13.13. Rights of Trustee As Holder of Senior
Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee's Rights.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Indebtedness which
may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the
Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof.
SECTION 13.14. Article Applicable To Paying Agents.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee (or the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company) shall have been appointed by the
Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" as used in this
Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed
as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for
all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in
addition to or in place of the Trustee.
SECTION 13.15. Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness
on Subordination Provisions.
Each Holder by accepting a Security acknowledges and agrees that the
foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement
and a consideration to each holder of any Senior Indebtedness, whether such
Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the
Securities, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such
Senior Indebtedness and such holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be
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deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in
acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior
Indebtedness.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 14.1. No Recourse Against Others.
An incorporator or any past, present or future director, officer,
employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability
for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or
for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release all
such liability. Such waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for
the issue of the Securities.
SECTION 14.2. Additional Interest.
Whenever there is mentioned in this Indenture, in any context, the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or in respect of,
any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of
the payment of Additional Interest provided for by the terms of such series of
Securities to the extent that, in such context, Additional Interest is, were or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express mention
of the payment of Additional Interest in any provisions hereof shall not be
construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such
express mention is not made.
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* * * *
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
By:
----------------------------
Attest:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
as Trustee
By:
----------------------------
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Exhibit 4(j)
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL I
DECLARATION OF TRUST, dated as of November 14, 1997, between American
General Corporation, a Texas corporation, as sponsor (the "Sponsor"), Bankers
Trust (Delaware), not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the
"Delaware Trustee"), and James L. Gleaves, not in his individual capacity but
solely as trustee (the Delaware Trustee and such individual as trustee,
collectively, the "Trustees"). The Sponsor and the Trustees hereby agree as
follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as American General
Capital I (the "Trust").
2. The Sponsor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to
the Trust the sum of ten dollars ($10), which amount shall constitute the
initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust
estate in trust for the Sponsor. It is the intention of the parties hereto that
the Trust created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title
12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. ss. 3801 et seq. (the "Business Trust
Act"), and that this document constitutes the governing instrument of the
Trust. The Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a
certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with
the provisions of the Business Trust Act.
3. The Sponsor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and
restated Declaration of Trust, satisfactory to each such party, to provide for
the contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the
preferred securities ("Preferred Securities") and common securities ("Common
Securities") of the Trust pursuant to the 1933 Act Registration Statement
described below. Prior to the execution and delivery of such amended and
restated Declaration of Trust, the Trustees shall not have any duty or
obligation hereunder or with respect to the trust estate, except as otherwise
required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such
execution and delivery any licenses, consents or approvals required by
applicable law or otherwise.
4. The Sponsor, as the sponsor of the Trust, is hereby authorized:
(i) to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and execute, in each case on behalf of
the Trust, (a) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "1933 Act
Registration Statement"), including any pre-effective or post-effective
amendments to such Registration Statement or any amendments or
supplements to the prospectus included therein, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the offer
and sale from time to time of Preferred Securities, and (b) a
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (the "1934 Act Registration
Statement") (including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments
thereto) relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended;
(ii) to prepare and file with any national securities exchange
or automated quotation system and execute, in each case on behalf of
the Trust, a listing application and all other applications,
statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be
necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be listed
on any national securities
<PAGE> 2
exchange or quoted on any automated quotation system as the Sponsor, on
behalf of the Trust, may deem advisable;
(iii) to prepare and file and execute, in each case on behalf
of the Trust, such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable
consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other
papers and documents as shall be necessary or desirable to register the
Preferred Securities under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such
jurisdictions as the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem
necessary or desirable; and
(iv) to negotiate the terms of, and execute on behalf of the
Trust, an underwriting or purchase agreement among the Trust, the
Sponsor and any underwriter, dealer or agent relating to the Preferred
Securities, in such form as the Sponsor determines is advisable.
In the event that any filing referred to in any of clauses (i) - (iii)
above is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, any national
securities exchange, automated quotation system or state securities or blue sky
laws, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, James L. Gleaves,
in his capacity as Trustee of the Trust, is hereby authorized and directed to
join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the
foregoing, it being understood that James L. Gleaves shall not be required to
join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document
unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission or any national
securities exchange, automated quotation system or state securities or blue sky
laws. In connection with all of the foregoing, the Sponsor and each Trustee,
solely in its capacity as Trustee of the Trust, hereby constitutes and appoints
James L. Gleaves its attorney-in-fact, and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Sponsor or such Trustee and in the
Sponsor's or such Trustee's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign and file (i) any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, and (ii)
a Registration statement and any and all amendments thereto filed pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act with the Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the Sponsor or such Trustee might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
5. This Declaration of Trust may be executed in one or more
counterparts.
6. The Trustees shall initially be the only trustees of the Trust.
Thereafter, the Sponsor may increase or decrease (but not below one) the number
of trustees of the Trust by executing a written instrument fixing such number;
provided, however, that so long as it is required by the Business Trust Act, one
trustee of the Trust shall be either a natural person who is a resident of the
State of Delaware or an entity other than a natural person that has its
principal place of business in the State of Delaware and that, in either case,
otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law. Subject to the
foregoing, the Sponsor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any
trustee at any time. The Trustees may resign upon thirty days' prior written
notice to the Sponsor.
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7. Bankers Trust (Delaware), in its capacity as Trustee, shall not
have any of the powers or duties of the Trustees set forth herein and shall be
a trustee of the Trust for the sole purpose of satisfying the requirements of
Section 3807 of the Business Trust Act.
8. This Declaration of Trust shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict
of laws principles).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Declaration of
Trust to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By: \s\ M. Lisa Wilkins
--------------------------
Name: M. Lisa Wilkins
Title: Assistant Secretary
\s\ James L. Gleaves
------------------------------
James L. Gleaves
not in his individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION,
as Sponsor
By: \s\ Ellen H. Masterson
--------------------------
Ellen H. Masterson
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 4(k)
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL II
DECLARATION OF TRUST, dated as of November 14, 1997, between American
General Corporation, a Texas corporation, as sponsor (the "Sponsor"), Bankers
Trust (Delaware), not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the
"Delaware Trustee"), and James L. Gleaves, not in his individual capacity but
solely as trustee (the Delaware Trustee and such individual as trustee,
collectively, the "Trustees"). The Sponsor and the Trustees hereby agree as
follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as American General
Capital II (the "Trust").
2. The Sponsor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to
the Trust the sum of ten dollars ($10), which amount shall constitute the
initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust
estate in trust for the Sponsor. It is the intention of the parties hereto that
the Trust created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title
12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. ss. 3801 et seq. (the "Business Trust
Act"), and that this document constitutes the governing instrument of the
Trust. The Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a
certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with
the provisions of the Business Trust Act.
3. The Sponsor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and
restated Declaration of Trust, satisfactory to each such party, to provide for
the contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the
preferred securities ("Preferred Securities") and common securities ("Common
Securities") of the Trust pursuant to the 1933 Act Registration Statement
described below. Prior to the execution and delivery of such amended and
restated Declaration of Trust, the Trustees shall not have any duty or
obligation hereunder or with respect to the trust estate, except as otherwise
required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such
execution and delivery any licenses, consents or approvals required by
applicable law or otherwise.
4. The Sponsor, as the sponsor of the Trust, is hereby authorized:
(i) to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and execute, in each case on behalf of
the Trust, (a) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "1933 Act
Registration Statement"), including any pre-effective or post-effective
amendments to such Registration Statement or any amendments or
supplements to the prospectus included therein, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the offer
and sale from time to time of Preferred Securities, and (b) a
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (the "1934 Act Registration
Statement") (including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments
thereto) relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended;
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(ii) to prepare and file with any national securities exchange
or automated quotation system and execute, in each case on behalf of
the Trust, a listing application and all other applications,
statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be
necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be listed
on any national securities exchange or quoted on any automated
quotation system as the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem
advisable;
(iii) to prepare and file and execute, in each case on behalf
of the Trust, such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable
consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other
papers and documents as shall be necessary or desirable to register the
Preferred Securities under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such
jurisdictions as the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem
necessary or desirable; and
(iv) to negotiate the terms of, and execute on behalf of the
Trust, an underwriting or purchase agreement among the Trust, the
Sponsor and any underwriter, dealer or agent relating to the Preferred
Securities, in such form as the Sponsor determines is advisable.
In the event that any filing referred to in any of clauses (i) - (iii)
above is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, any national
securities exchange, automated quotation system or state securities or blue sky
laws, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, James L. Gleaves,
in his capacity as Trustee of the Trust, is hereby authorized and directed to
join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the
foregoing, it being understood that James L. Gleaves shall not be required to
join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document
unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission or any national
securities exchange, automated quotation system or state securities or blue sky
laws. In connection with all of the foregoing, the Sponsor and each Trustee,
solely in its capacity as Trustee of the Trust, hereby constitutes and appoints
James L. Gleaves its attorney-in-fact, and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Sponsor or such Trustee and in the
Sponsor's or such Trustee's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign and file (i) any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, and (ii)
a Registration statement and any and all amendments thereto filed pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act with the Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the Sponsor or such Trustee might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
5. This Declaration of Trust may be executed in one or more
counterparts.
6. The Trustees shall initially be the only trustees of the Trust.
Thereafter, the Sponsor may increase or decrease (but not below one) the number
of trustees of the Trust by executing a written instrument fixing such number;
provided, however, that so long as it is required by the Business Trust Act, one
trustee of the Trust shall be either a natural person who is a resident of the
State of Delaware or an entity other than a natural person that has its
principal place of business in
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<PAGE> 3
the State of Delaware and that, in either case, otherwise meets the requirements
of applicable Delaware law. Subject to the foregoing, the Sponsor is entitled to
appoint or remove without cause any trustee at any time. The Trustees may resign
upon thirty days' prior written notice to the Sponsor.
7. Bankers Trust (Delaware), in its capacity as Trustee, shall not
have any of the powers or duties of the Trustees set forth herein and shall be
a trustee of the Trust for the sole purpose of satisfying the requirements of
Section 3807 of the Business Trust Act.
8. This Declaration of Trust shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict
of laws principles).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Declaration of
Trust to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By: \s\ M. Lisa Wilkins
-----------------------------
Name: M. Lisa Wilkins
Title: Assistant Secretary
\s\ James L. Gleaves
-----------------------------
James L. Gleaves
not in his individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION,
as Sponsor
By: \s\ Ellen H. Masterson
-----------------------------
Ellen H. Masterson
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 4(l)
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL III
DECLARATION OF TRUST, dated as of November 14, 1997, between American
General Corporation, a Texas corporation, as sponsor (the "Sponsor"), Bankers
Trust (Delaware), not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the
"Delaware Trustee"), and James L. Gleaves, not in his individual capacity but
solely as trustee (the Delaware Trustee and such individual as trustee,
collectively, the "Trustees"). The Sponsor and the Trustees hereby agree as
follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as American General
Capital III (the "Trust").
2. The Sponsor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to
the Trust the sum of ten dollars ($10), which amount shall constitute the
initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust
estate in trust for the Sponsor. It is the intention of the parties hereto that
the Trust created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title
12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. ss. 3801 et seq. (the "Business Trust
Act"), and that this document constitutes the governing instrument of the
Trust. The Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a
certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with
the provisions of the Business Trust Act.
3. The Sponsor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and
restated Declaration of Trust, satisfactory to each such party, to provide for
the contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the
preferred securities ("Preferred Securities") and common securities ("Common
Securities") of the Trust pursuant to the 1933 Act Registration Statement
described below. Prior to the execution and delivery of such amended and
restated Declaration of Trust, the Trustees shall not have any duty or
obligation hereunder or with respect to the trust estate, except as otherwise
required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such
execution and delivery any licenses, consents or approvals required by
applicable law or otherwise.
4. The Sponsor, as the sponsor of the Trust, is hereby authorized:
(i) to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and execute, in each case on behalf of
the Trust, (a) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "1933 Act
Registration Statement"), including any pre-effective or post-effective
amendments to such Registration Statement or any amendments or
supplements to the prospectus included therein, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the offer
and sale from time to time of Preferred Securities, and (b) a
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (the "1934 Act Registration
Statement") (including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments
thereto) relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended;
<PAGE> 2
(ii) to prepare and file with any national securities exchange or
automated quotation system and execute, in each case on behalf of the
Trust, a listing application and all other applications, statements,
certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary or
desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be listed on any
national securities exchange or quoted on any automated quotation
system as the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem advisable;
(iii) to prepare and file and execute, in each case on behalf of
the Trust, such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable
consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other
papers and documents as shall be necessary or desirable to register the
Preferred Securities under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such
jurisdictions as the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem
necessary or desirable; and
(iv) to negotiate the terms of, and execute on behalf of the
Trust, an underwriting or purchase agreement among the Trust, the
Sponsor and any underwriter, dealer or agent relating to the Preferred
Securities, in such form as the Sponsor determines is advisable.
In the event that any filing referred to in any of clauses (i) - (iii)
above is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, any national
securities exchange, automated quotation system or state securities or blue sky
laws, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, James L. Gleaves,
in his capacity as Trustee of the Trust, is hereby authorized and directed to
join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the
foregoing, it being understood that James L. Gleaves shall not be required to
join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document
unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission or any national
securities exchange, automated quotation system or state securities or blue sky
laws. In connection with all of the foregoing, the Sponsor and each Trustee,
solely in its capacity as Trustee of the Trust, hereby constitutes and appoints
James L. Gleaves its attorney-in-fact, and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Sponsor or such Trustee and in the
Sponsor's or such Trustee's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign and file (i) any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, and (ii)
a Registration statement and any and all amendments thereto filed pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act with the Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the Sponsor or such Trustee might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
5. This Declaration of Trust may be executed in one or more
counterparts.
6. The Trustees shall initially be the only trustees of the Trust.
Thereafter, the Sponsor may increase or decrease (but not below one) the number
of trustees of the Trust by executing a written instrument fixing such number;
provided, however, that so long as it is required by the Business Trust Act, one
trustee of the Trust shall be either a natural person who is a resident of the
State of Delaware or an entity other than a natural person that has its
principal place of business in
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<PAGE> 3
the State of Delaware and that, in either case, otherwise meets the requirements
of applicable Delaware law. Subject to the foregoing, the Sponsor is entitled to
appoint or remove without cause any trustee at any time. The Trustees may resign
upon thirty days' prior written notice to the Sponsor.
7. Bankers Trust (Delaware), in its capacity as Trustee, shall not
have any of the powers or duties of the Trustees set forth herein and shall be
a trustee of the Trust for the sole purpose of satisfying the requirements of
Section 3807 of the Business Trust Act.
8. This Declaration of Trust shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict
of laws principles).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Declaration of
Trust to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By: \s\ M. Lisa Wilkins
------------------------------
Name: M. Lisa Wilkins
Title: Assistant Secretary
\s\ James L. Gleaves
----------------------------------
James L. Gleaves
not in his individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION,
as Sponsor
By: \s\ Ellen H. Masterson
------------------------------
Ellen H. Masterson
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 4(m)
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL IV
DECLARATION OF TRUST, dated as of November 14, 1997, between American
General Corporation, a Texas corporation, as sponsor (the "Sponsor"), Bankers
Trust (Delaware), not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the
"Delaware Trustee"), and James L. Gleaves, not in his individual capacity but
solely as trustee (the Delaware Trustee and such individual as trustee,
collectively, the "Trustees"). The Sponsor and the Trustees hereby agree as
follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as American General
Capital IV (the "Trust").
2. The Sponsor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to
the Trust the sum of ten dollars ($10), which amount shall constitute the
initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust
estate in trust for the Sponsor. It is the intention of the parties hereto that
the Trust created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title
12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. ss. 3801 et seq. (the "Business Trust
Act"), and that this document constitutes the governing instrument of the
Trust. The Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a
certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with
the provisions of the Business Trust Act.
3. The Sponsor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and
restated Declaration of Trust, satisfactory to each such party, to provide for
the contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the
preferred securities ("Preferred Securities") and common securities ("Common
Securities") of the Trust pursuant to the 1933 Act Registration Statement
described below. Prior to the execution and delivery of such amended and
restated Declaration of Trust, the Trustees shall not have any duty or
obligation hereunder or with respect to the trust estate, except as otherwise
required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such
execution and delivery any licenses, consents or approvals required by
applicable law or otherwise.
4. The Sponsor, as the sponsor of the Trust, is hereby authorized:
(i) to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and execute, in each case on behalf of
the Trust, (a) a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "1933 Act
Registration Statement"), including any pre-effective or post-effective
amendments to such Registration Statement or any amendments or
supplements to the prospectus included therein, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the offer
and sale from time to time of Preferred Securities, and (b) a
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (the "1934 Act Registration
Statement") (including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments
thereto) relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities under
Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended;
<PAGE> 2
(ii) to prepare and file with any national securities exchange or
automated quotation system and execute, in each case on behalf of the
Trust, a listing application and all other applications, statements,
certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary or
desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be listed on any
national securities exchange or quoted on any automated quotation
system as the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem advisable;
(iii) to prepare and file and execute, in each case on behalf of
the Trust, such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable
consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other
papers and documents as shall be necessary or desirable to register the
Preferred Securities under the securities or "blue sky" laws of such
jurisdictions as the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem
necessary or desirable; and
(iv) to negotiate the terms of, and execute on behalf of the
Trust, an underwriting or purchase agreement among the Trust, the
Sponsor and any underwriter, dealer or agent relating to the Preferred
Securities, in such form as the Sponsor determines is advisable.
In the event that any filing referred to in any of clauses (i) - (iii)
above is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, any national
securities exchange, automated quotation system or state securities or blue sky
laws, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, James L. Gleaves,
in his capacity as Trustee of the Trust, is hereby authorized and directed to
join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the
foregoing, it being understood that James L. Gleaves shall not be required to
join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document
unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission or any national
securities exchange, automated quotation system or state securities or blue sky
laws. In connection with all of the foregoing, the Sponsor and each Trustee,
solely in its capacity as Trustee of the Trust, hereby constitutes and appoints
James L. Gleaves its attorney-in-fact, and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Sponsor or such Trustee and in the
Sponsor's or such Trustee's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign and file (i) any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, and (ii)
a Registration statement and any and all amendments thereto filed pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act with the Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the Sponsor or such Trustee might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
5. This Declaration of Trust may be executed in one or more
counterparts.
6. The Trustees shall initially be the only trustees of the Trust.
Thereafter, the Sponsor may increase or decrease (but not below one) the number
of trustees of the Trust by executing a written instrument fixing such number;
provided, however, that so long as it is required by the Business Trust Act, one
trustee of the Trust shall be either a natural person who is a resident of the
State of Delaware or an entity other than a natural person that has its
principal place of business in
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<PAGE> 3
the State of Delaware and that, in either case, otherwise meets the requirements
of applicable Delaware law. Subject to the foregoing, the Sponsor is entitled to
appoint or remove without cause any trustee at any time. The Trustees may resign
upon thirty days' prior written notice to the Sponsor.
7. Bankers Trust (Delaware), in its capacity as Trustee, shall not
have any of the powers or duties of the Trustees set forth herein and shall be
a trustee of the Trust for the sole purpose of satisfying the requirements of
Section 3807 of the Business Trust Act.
8. This Declaration of Trust shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict
of laws principles).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Declaration of
Trust to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By: \s\ M. Lisa Wilkins
--------------------------
Name: M. Lisa Wilkins
Title: Assistant Secretary
\s\ James L. Gleaves
------------------------------
James L. Gleaves
not in his individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION,
as Sponsor
By: \s\ Ellen H. Masterson
--------------------------
Ellen H. Masterson
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT 4(n)
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FORM OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL [I]
DATED AS OF [_______________]
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
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Section of
Trust Indenture Act Section of
of 1939, as amended Declaration
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310(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3(a)
310(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3(c)
310(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inapplicable
311(a) and (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3(c)
311(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inapplicable
312(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2(a)
312(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2(b)
313 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3
314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4
314(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inapplicable
314(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5
314(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inapplicable
314(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1, 2.5
314(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inapplicable
315(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9(b)
315(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7(a)
315(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9(a)
315(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9(b)
316(a) and (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 and Annex I (Sections 5 and 6)
316(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6(e)
317(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8(c)
317(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8(i)
318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1(c)
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* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Declaration
and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Property Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Property Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.7 Event of Default; Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ARTICLE III
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 3.1 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 3.2 Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 3.3 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 3.4 Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Administrative Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 3.8 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 3.10 Certain Rights of Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 3.11 Delaware Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 3.12 Execution of Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 3.13 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 3.14 Duration of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 3.15 Mergers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ARTICLE IV
SPONSOR
SECTION 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 4.2 Responsibilities of the Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 4.3 Right to Proceed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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ARTICLE V
TRUSTEES
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SECTION 5.1 Number of Trustees; Appointment of Co-trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 5.2 Delaware Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 5.3 Property Trustee; Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 5.4 Certain Qualifications of Administrative Trustees and Delaware Trustee Generally . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 5.5 Administrative Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 5.6 Delaware Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 5.7 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 5.8 Vacancies Among Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 5.9 Effect of Vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 5.10 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 5.11 Delegation of Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 5.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 6.1 Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ARTICLE VII
ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 7.2 Execution and Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 7.3 Form and Dating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 7.4 Registrar, Paying Agent [and Conversion Agent] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 7.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 7.6 Replacement Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 7.7 Outstanding Preferred Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 7.8 Preferred Securities in Treasury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 7.9 Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 7.10 Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 7.11 CUSIP Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ARTICLE VIII
DISSOLUTION OF TRUST
SECTION 8.1 Dissolution of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
SECTION 9.1 Transfer of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 9.2 Deemed Security Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 9.3 Book-Entry Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 9.4 Notices to Clearing Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 9.5 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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ARTICLE X
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF
HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS
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SECTION 10.1 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 10.2 Exculpation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 10.3 Fiduciary Duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 10.4 Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 10.5 Outside Businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
ARTICLE XI
ACCOUNTING
SECTION 11.1 Fiscal Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 11.3 Banking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 11.4 Withholding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
SECTION 12.1 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
ARTICLE XIII
REPRESENTATIONS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE
AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE
SECTION 13.1 Representations and Warranties of Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 13.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.1 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 14.2 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 14.3 Intention of the Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 14.4 Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 14.5 Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 14.6 Partial Enforceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 14.7 Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL [I]
[____________]
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ("Declaration"),
dated and effective as of [__________], by the Trustees (as defined herein),
the Sponsor (as defined herein) and the holders, from time to time, of
undivided beneficial interests in the Trust to be issued pursuant to this
Declaration;
WHEREAS, the Delaware Trustee (as defined herein), the
Administrative Trustees (as defined herein) and the Sponsor established
American General Capital [I] (the "Trust"), a trust created under the Business
Trust Act (as defined herein) pursuant to a Declaration of Trust dated as of
November 14, 1997 (the "Original Declaration"), and the Certificate of Trust
for the Trust (the "Certificate of Trust") filed with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware on November 14, 1997;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto, by this Declaration, amend and
restate each and every term and provision of the Original Declaration; and
NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto
to continue the Trust as a business trust under the Business Trust Act (as
defined herein) and that this Declaration constitute the governing instrument
of such business trust, the Trustees declare that all assets contributed to the
Trust will be held in trust for the benefit of the holders, from time to time,
of the securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust issued hereunder, subject to the provisions of this Declaration.
ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Declaration but not
defined in the preamble above or elsewhere herein have the respective
meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Declaration has the
same meaning throughout;
(c) all references to "the Declaration" or "this
Declaration" are to this Declaration (including Appendix I hereto and
Exhibit A hereto) as modified, supplemented or amended from time to
time;
(d) all references in this Declaration to Articles and
Sections and Annexes and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections of and
Annexes and Exhibits to this Declaration unless otherwise specified;
(e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the
same meaning when used in this Declaration unless otherwise defined in
this Declaration or the context otherwise requires;
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(f) a term defined in the Indenture (as defined herein)
has the same meaning when used in this Declaration unless otherwise
defined in this Declaration or the context otherwise requires; and
(g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and
vice versa.
"Administrative Trustee" means each of [Ellen H. Masterson, James L.
Gleaves and Gregory N. Picard] solely in such Person's capacity as
Administrative Trustee of the Trust created and continued hereunder and not in
such Person's individual capacity, or any successor Administrative Trustee
appointed as herein provided.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405
under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.
"Agent" means any Paying Agent or Registrar.
"Authorized Officer" of a Person means any other Person that is
authorized to legally bind such former Person.
"Book-Entry Interest" means a beneficial interest in a Global
Preferred Security registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or its nominee,
ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book
entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 9.3.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a
day on which banking institutions in The City of New York, New York are
authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
"Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to
time or any successor legislation.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "Clearing
Agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as
depositary for the Preferred Securities and in whose name or in the name of a
nominee of that organization shall be registered a Global Preferred Security
and which shall undertake to effect book-entry transfers and pledges of the
Preferred Securities.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with
the Clearing Agency.
"Closing Time" means [date] or such other time as shall be agreed by
the [Representatives] and the [Offerors] as such terms are defined in the
Underwriting Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, or any successor legislation.
"Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission as from time to time constituted, or if any time after the execution
of this Declaration such Commission is not existing and performing the duties
now assigned to it under applicable Federal securities laws, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"Common Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1(a).
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"Company Indemnified Person" means (a) any Administrative Trustee; (b) any
Affiliate of any Administrative Trustee; (c) any officers, directors,
shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any
Administrative Trustee; or (d) any officer, employee or agent of the Trust or
its Affiliates.
["Conversion Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.]
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Property Trustee at
which the corporate trust business of the Property Trustee shall, at any
particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of
execution of this Agreement is located at Four Albany Street, New York, New
York 10006, Attn: Corporate Trust and Agency Group - Corporate Market Services.
"Covered Person" means: (a) any officer, director, trustee,
shareholder, partner, member, representative, employee or agent of (i) the
Trust or (ii) the Trust's Affiliates; and (b) any Holders of the Securities.
"Debenture Issuer" means American General Corporation, a Texas
corporation, or any successor entity resulting from any consolidation,
amalgamation, merger or other business combination, in its capacity as issuer
of the Debentures under the Indenture.
"Debenture Trustee" means Bankers Trust Company, a New York banking
corporation, as trustee under the Indenture until a successor is appointed
thereunder, and thereafter means such successor trustee.
"Debentures" means the [ ]% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures due [ ], [ ] of the Debenture Issuer issued pursuant to
the Indenture.
"Default" means an event, act or condition that with notice or lapse
of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Definitive Preferred Securities" has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.3(c).
"Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
"Direct Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(e).
"Distribution" means a distribution payable to Holders of Securities
in accordance with Section 6.1.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency.
"Event of Default" in respect of the Securities means an Event of
Default (as defined in the Indenture) that has occurred and is continuing in
respect of the Debentures.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Fiduciary Indemnified Person" has the meaning set forth in Section
10.4(b).
"Global Preferred Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section
7.3(a).
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered, such
Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Business Trust Act.
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"Indemnified Person" means a Company Indemnified Person or a Fiduciary
Indemnified Person.
"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
November 15, 1997, among the Debenture Issuer and the Debenture Trustee, as
supplemented or amended from time to time.
"Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in the
Investment Company Act.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Legal Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(g).
"Liquidation Amount" with respect to any Security means the amount
designated as such with respect thereto in Annex I hereto.
"Majority in Liquidation Amount" means, with respect to the Trust
Securities, except as provided in the terms of the Preferred Securities or by
the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of outstanding Trust Securities voting
together as a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of
outstanding Preferred Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities
voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of more than 50% of the
aggregate Liquidation Amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on
redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to
the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding
Securities of the relevant class.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by two of the following: the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the
President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person. Any
Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Declaration shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Certificate
has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating
thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering
the Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such
examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is
necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each
such officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an
employee of the Sponsor, acceptable to the Property Trustee.
["Option Closing Time" means any settlement date with respect to an
over-allotment option to purchase additional Preferred Securities granted to
the Underwriters in the Underwriting Agreement.]
"Paying Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 7.4.
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"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever
nature.
"Preferred Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1(a).
"Preferred Securities Guarantee" means the guarantee agreement dated
as of [________] of the Sponsor in respect of the Preferred Securities.
"Preferred Security Beneficial Owner" means, with respect to a
Book-Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry
Interest, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of
a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a
Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in
accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Property Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a).
"Property Trustee Account" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.8(c).
"Quorum" means a majority of the Administrative Trustees or, if there
are only two Administrative Trustees, both of them.
"Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.
"Related Party" means, with respect to the Sponsor, any direct or
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Sponsor or any other Person that owns,
directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding voting securities of the
Sponsor.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Property Trustee, any
officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, including
any vice president, any assistant vice president, any managing director, any
secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or
other officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Securities" or "Trust Securities" means the Common Securities and the
Preferred Securities.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time, or any successor legislation.
["Special Event" has the meaning set forth in Annex I hereto.]
"Sponsor" means American General Corporation, a Texas corporation, or
any successor entity resulting from any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
other business combination, in its capacity as sponsor of the Trust.
"Super Majority" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(ii).
"10% in Liquidation Amount" means, with respect to the Trust
Securities, except as provided in the terms of the Preferred Securities or by
the Trust Indenture Act, Holders of outstanding Trust Securities voting
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together as a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of
outstanding Preferred Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities
voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of 10% or more of the
aggregate Liquidation Amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on
redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions
to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all
outstanding Securities of the relevant class.
"Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations, including
temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the United
States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time
(including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this
Declaration as a trustee (including the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee
and the Administrative Trustees), so long as such Person shall continue in
office in accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from
time to time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance
with the provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees
shall refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees
hereunder.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on deposit in,
or owing to, the Property Trustee Account and (c) all proceeds and rights in
respect of the foregoing and any other property and assets for the time being
held or deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the trusts of
this Declaration.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement for the
initial offering and sale of Preferred Securities in the form of Exhibit B.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.
(a) This Declaration is subject to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Declaration
and shall, to the extent applicable to such an indenture, be governed
by such provisions.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which
is a Trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If and to the extent that any provision of this
Declaration limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such
imposed duties shall control.
(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this
Declaration shall not affect the nature of the Securities as equity
securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets
of the Trust.
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SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities.
(a) Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees
on behalf of the Trust shall provide the Property Trustee, unless the
Property Trustee is Registrar for the Securities, (i) within 14 days
after each record date for payment of Distributions, a list, in such
form as the Property Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of the Holders of the Securities ("List of Holders") as of
such record date, provided that neither the Sponsor nor the
Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall be obligated to
provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not
differ from the most recent List of Holders given to the Property
Trustee by the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of
the Trust and written notice of such fact is provided by an
Administrative Trustee to the Property Trustee, and (ii) at any other
time, within 30 days of receipt by the Trust of a written request for
a List of Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List
of Holders is given to the Property Trustee. The Property Trustee
shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information contained in Lists of Holders given to it or which it
receives in the capacity as Paying Agent (if acting in such capacity),
provided that the Property Trustee may destroy any List of Holders
previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Property Trustee shall comply with its
obligations under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Property Trustee.
Within 60 days after [December 31] of each year, commencing [December
31, ____], the Property Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Preferred
Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture
Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the
Trust Indenture Act. The Property Trustee shall also comply with the
requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Property Trustee.
Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the
Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and
information as are required by Section 314 (if any) and the compliance
certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in
the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the
Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with
any conditions precedent provided for in this Declaration that relate to any of
the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section
314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act may be given in the form of an Officers'
Certificate.
SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.
(a) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of
the Preferred Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all
of the Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of Default in
respect of the Preferred Securities and its consequences, provided
that, if the underlying Event of Default under the Indenture:
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(i) is not waivable under the Indenture, the
Event of Default under the Declaration shall also not be
waivable; or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of greater than
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the holders of the
Debentures (a "Super Majority") to be waived under the
Indenture, the Event of Default under the Declaration may only
be waived by the vote of the Holders of at least the
proportion in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities that the relevant Super Majority represents of the
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(a) shall be in lieu of Section
316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the
Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration and the
Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. Upon such waiver, any
such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with respect to the
Preferred Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Declaration, but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or an Event of Default with respect to the
Preferred Securities or impair any right consequent thereon. Any waiver by the
Holders of the Preferred Securities of an Event of Default with respect to the
Preferred Securities shall also be deemed to constitute a waiver by the Holders
of the Common Securities of any such Event of Default with respect to the
Common Securities for all purposes of this Declaration without any further act,
vote, or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities.
(b) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of
the Common Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of
the Common Securities, waive any past Event of Default with respect to
the Common Securities and its consequences, provided, that, if the
underlying Event of Default under the Indenture:
(i) is not waivable under the Indenture, except
where the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have
waived such Event of Default under the Declaration as provided
below in this Section 2.6(b), the Event of Default under the
Declaration shall also not be waivable; or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of a Super
Majority to be waived, except where the Holders of the Common
Securities are deemed to have waived such Event of Default
under the Declaration as provided below in this Section
2.6(b), the Event of Default under the Declaration may only be
waived by the vote of the Holders of at least the proportion
in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities that
the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures outstanding;
provided further, that each Holder of the Common Securities will be deemed to
have waived any such Event of Default and all Events of Default with respect to
the Common Securities and its consequences if all Events of Default with
respect to the Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated, and until such Events of Default have been so cured, waived or
otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely
on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and only the Holders of
the Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee in
accordance with the terms of the Securities. The foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.6(b) shall be in lieu of Sections 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of
the Trust Indenture Act and such Sections 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the
Trust Indenture Act are hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration and the
Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. Subject to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 2.6(b), upon such waiver, any such default shall
cease to exist and any Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been
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cured for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other default or Event of Default with respect to the Common
Securities or impair any right consequent thereon.
(c) A waiver of an Event of Default under the Indenture
by the Property Trustee, at the direction of the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, constitutes a waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under
this Declaration. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(c) shall be in
lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section
316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this
Declaration and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.7 Event of Default; Notice.
(a) Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any
Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the
Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit notice of such
Event of Default to the Holders of the Preferred Securities, the
Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor, unless such Event of Default
shall have been cured or waived. The Sponsor and the Administrative
Trustees shall file annually with the Property Trustee a certification
as to whether or not they are in compliance with all the conditions
and covenants applicable to them under this Declaration.
(b) For purposes of this Section 2.7, the Property
Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any default or Event
of Default except:
(i) a default under [Sections 5.1(1) and 5.1(2)
of the Indenture]; or
(ii) any default as to which the Property Trustee
shall have received written notice or of which a Responsible
Officer of the Property Trustee charged with the
administration of the Declaration shall have actual knowledge.
ARTICLE III
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 3.1 Name.
The Trust is named "American General Capital [I]", as such name may be
modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following written
notice to the Holders of Securities. The Trust's activities may be conducted
under the name of the Trust or any other name deemed advisable by the
Administrative Trustees.
SECTION 3.2 Office.
The address of the principal office of the Trust is c/o American
General Corporation, 2929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019-2155. On ten
Business Days' written notice to the Holders of the Securities and the Property
Trustee, the Administrative Trustees may designate another principal office.
SECTION 3.3 Purpose.
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and
sell the Trust Securities, (b) to use the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities to acquire the Debentures, and (c) except as otherwise limited
herein, to engage in only those other activities necessary, advisable or
incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow money, issue debt or reinvest
proceeds derived from investments, mortgage or pledge any of its assets,
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or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that would
cause the Trust not to be classified for United States federal income tax
purposes as a grantor trust.
SECTION 3.4 Authority.
Except as specifically provided in this Declaration, the Property
Trustee and the Administrative Trustees shall have exclusive and complete
authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken by a Trustee
on behalf of the Trust in accordance with its powers shall constitute the act
of and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the Trustees acting on behalf
of the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the authority of the
Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled to
rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set forth in
this Declaration.
SECTION 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust.
Except as provided in Section 3.8 with respect to the Debentures and
the Property Trustee Account or as otherwise provided in this Declaration,
legal title to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the Trust. The
Holders shall not have legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but
shall have an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust.
SECTION 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Administrative Trustees.
The Administrative Trustees shall have the exclusive power, duty and
authority to cause the Trust to engage in the following activities:
(a) to issue and sell the Preferred Securities and the
Common Securities in accordance with this Declaration; provided,
however, that (i) the Trust may issue no more than one series of
Preferred Securities and no more than one series of Common Securities,
(ii) there shall be no interests in the Trust other than the
Securities, and (iii) the issuance of Securities shall be limited to a
simultaneous issuance of both Preferred Securities and Common
Securities at the Closing Time [and, if applicable, at any Option
Closing Time];
(b) in connection with the issue and sale of the
Preferred Securities, at the direction of the Sponsor, to:
(i) prepare and file with the Commission a
registration statement prepared by the Sponsor on the
appropriate form in relation to the Preferred Securities,
including any amendments thereto and including any supplements
or amendments to the form of prospectus included therein, as
permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission;
(ii) execute and file any documents prepared by
the Sponsor, or take any acts as determined by the Sponsor to
be necessary in order to qualify or register all or part of
the Preferred Securities in any state in which the Sponsor has
determined to qualify or register such Preferred Securities
for sale;
(iii) at the direction of the Sponsor, execute and
file an application, prepared by the Sponsor, to the New York
Stock Exchange or any other national stock exchange or the
Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market for listing or quotation
of the Preferred Securities;
(iv) to execute and deliver letters, documents, or
instruments with any Clearing Agency relating to the Preferred
Securities; and
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(v) if required, execute and file with the
Commission a registration statement on Form 8-A, including any
amendments thereto, prepared by the Sponsor, relating to the
registration of the Preferred Securities under Section 12(b)
or 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
(c) to acquire the Debentures with the proceeds of the
sale of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities; provided,
however, that the Administrative Trustees shall cause legal title to
the Debentures to be held of record in the name of the Property
Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and
the Holders of Common Securities;
(d) if applicable, to give the Sponsor and the Property
Trustee prompt written notice of the occurrence of a Special Event;
(e) to establish a record date with respect to all
actions to be taken hereunder that require a record date be
established, including and with respect to, for the purposes of
Section 316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, Distributions, voting
rights, redemptions and exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to
the Holders of the Preferred Securities and the Holders of the Common
Securities as to such actions and applicable record dates;
(f) to take all actions and perform such duties as may be
required of the Administrative Trustees pursuant to the terms of the
Securities;
(g) to bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise,
arbitrate, resort to legal action, or otherwise adjust claims or
demands of or against the Trust ("Legal Action"), unless pursuant to
Section 3.8(e), the Property Trustee has the exclusive power to bring
such Legal Action;
(h) to employ or otherwise engage employees and agents
(who may be designated as officers with titles) and managers,
contractors, advisors, and consultants and pay reasonable compensation
for such services;
(i) to cause the Trust to comply with the Trust's
obligations under the Trust Indenture Act;
(j) to give the certificate required by Section
314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act to the Property Trustee, which
certificate may be executed by any Administrative Trustee;
(k) to incur expenses that are necessary or incidental to
carry out any of the purposes of the Trust;
(l) to act as, or appoint another Person to act as,
Registrar for the Securities or to appoint a Paying Agent for the
Securities as provided in Section 7.4, except for such time as such
power to appoint a Paying Agent is vested in the Property Trustee;
(m) to give prompt written notice to the Property Trustee
and to Holders of the Securities of any notice received from the
Debenture Issuer of its election to defer payments of interest on the
Debentures by extending the interest payment period under the
Indenture;
(n) to execute all documents or instruments, perform all
duties and powers, and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust in
all matters necessary or incidental to the foregoing;
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(o) to take all action that may be necessary or
appropriate for the preservation and the continuation of the Trust's
valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a statutory
business trust under the laws of the State of Delaware and of each
other jurisdiction in which such existence is necessary to protect the
limited liability of the Holders of the Preferred Securities or to
enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was
created;
(p) to take any action, not inconsistent with this
Declaration or with applicable law, that the Administrative Trustees
determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable in carrying
out the activities of the Trust as set out in this Section 3.6,
including, but not limited to:
(i) causing the Trust not to be deemed to be an
Investment Company required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act;
(ii) causing the Trust to be classified for United
States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust; and
(iii) cooperating with the Debenture Issuer to
ensure that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of
the Debenture Issuer for United States federal income tax
purposes; and
(q) to take all action necessary to cause all applicable
tax returns and tax information reports that are required to be filed
with respect to the Trust to be duly prepared and filed by the
Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust.
The Administrative Trustees must exercise the powers set forth in this
Section 3.6 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of
the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Administrative Trustees shall not
take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the
Trust set forth in Section 3.3.
Subject to this Section 3.6, the Administrative Trustees shall have
none of the powers or the authority of the Property Trustee set forth in
Section 3.8.
Any expenses incurred by the Administrative Trustees pursuant to this
Section 3.6 shall be reimbursed by the Sponsor.
SECTION 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees.
(a) The Trust shall not, and the Trustees (including the
Property Trustee) shall cause the Trust not to, engage in any activity
other than as required or authorized by this Declaration. The Trust
shall not, and the Trustees (including the Property Trustee) shall
cause the Trust not to:
(i) invest any proceeds received by the Trust
from holding the Debentures, but shall distribute all such
proceeds to Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of
this Declaration and of the Securities;
(ii) acquire any assets other than as expressly
provided herein;
(iii) possess Trust Property for other than a Trust
purpose;
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(iv) make any loans or incur any indebtedness
other than loans represented by the Debentures;
(v) possess any power or otherwise act in such a
way as to vary the Trust assets or the terms of the Securities
in any way whatsoever;
(vi) issue any securities or other evidences of
beneficial ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the Trust
other than the Securities; or
(vii) other than as provided in this Declaration,
(A) direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding with respect to any remedy available to the
Debenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
upon the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (B)
waive any past default that is waivable under the Indenture,
(C) exercise any right to rescind or annul any declaration
that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and
payable, or (D) consent to any amendment, modification or
termination of the Indenture or the Debentures where such
consent shall be required unless the Trust shall have received
an opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that such amendment,
modification or termination will not cause more than an
insubstantial risk that for United States federal income tax
purposes the Trust will not be classified as a grantor trust.
SECTION 3.8 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee.
(a) The legal title to the Debentures shall be owned by
and held of record in the name of the Property Trustee in trust for
the benefit of the Trust and the Holders of the Securities. The
right, title and interest of the Property Trustee to the Debentures
shall vest automatically in each Person who may hereafter be appointed
as Property Trustee in accordance with Section 5.7. Such vesting and
cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing
documents with regard to the Debentures have been executed and
delivered.
(b) The Property Trustee shall not transfer its right,
title and interest in the Debentures to the Administrative Trustees or
to the Delaware Trustee (if the Property Trustee does not also act as
Delaware Trustee).
(c) The Property Trustee shall:
(i) establish and maintain a segregated
non-interest bearing trust account (the "Property Trustee
Account") in the name of and under the exclusive control of
the Property Trustee, and maintained in the Property Trustee's
trust department, on behalf of the Holders of the Securities
and, upon the receipt of payments of funds made in respect of
the Debentures held by the Property Trustee, deposit such
funds into the Property Trustee Account and make or cause the
Paying Agent to make payments to the Holders of the Preferred
Securities and Holders of the Common Securities from the
Property Trustee Account in accordance with Section 6.1.
Funds in the Property Trustee Account shall be held uninvested
until disbursed in accordance with this Declaration. Unless
the Property Trustee Account is held as a trust account in the
corporate trust department of the Property Trustee, the
Property Trustee Account shall be an account that is
maintained with a banking institution the rating on whose
long-term unsecured indebtedness is at least equal to the
rating assigned to the Preferred Securities by a "nationally
recognized statistical rating organization", as that term is
defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities
Act;
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(ii) engage in such ministerial activities as
shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the redemption of
the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities to the
extent the Debentures are prepaid or mature; and
(iii) upon written notice of distribution issued by
the Administrative Trustees in accordance with the terms of
the Securities, engage in such ministerial activities as shall
be necessary or appropriate to effect the distribution of the
Debentures to Holders of Securities upon the occurrence of
certain events.
(d) The Property Trustee shall take all actions and
perform such duties as may be specifically required of the Property
Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and the Securities.
(e) Subject to Section 3.9(a), the Property Trustee shall
take any Legal Action which arises out of or in connection with an
Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Property
Trustee has actual knowledge or the Property Trustee's duties and
obligations under this Declaration or the Trust Indenture Act;
provided, however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the
Debenture Issuer to pay the principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on the Debentures on the date such principal, premium, if
any, or interest is otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption,
on the redemption date), then a Holder of Preferred Securities may
directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such
Holder of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the
Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities of such Holder (a
"Direct Action") on or after the respective due date specified in the
Debentures. Notwithstanding any payments made to such Holder by the
Debenture Issuer in connection with such Direct Action, the Debenture
Issuer shall remain obligated to pay the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on such Debentures, and the Debenture Issuer shall be
subrogated to the rights of such Holder of Preferred Securities to the
extent of any payment made by the Debenture Issuer to such Holder of
Preferred Securities in such Direct Action. Except as provided in the
preceding sentences, the Holders of Preferred Securities will not be
able to exercise directly any other remedy available to the Holders of
the Debentures.
(f) The Property Trustee shall continue to serve as a
Trustee until either:
(i) the Trust has been completely liquidated and
the proceeds of the liquidation distributed to the Holders of
Securities pursuant to the terms of the Securities; or
(ii) a Successor Property Trustee has been
appointed and has accepted that appointment in accordance with
Section 5.7.
(g) The Property Trustee shall have the legal power to
exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of
Debentures under the Indenture and, if an Event of Default actually
known to a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee occurs and is
continuing, the Property Trustee shall, for the benefit of Holders of
the Securities, enforce its rights as holder of the Debentures subject
to the rights of the Holders pursuant to this Declaration and the
terms of such Securities. The Property Trustee must exercise the
powers set forth in this Section 3.8 in a manner that is consistent
with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3,
and the Property Trustee shall not take any action that is
inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in
Section 3.3.
(h) The Property Trustee shall be authorized to undertake
any actions set forth in Section 317(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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(i) For such time as the Property Trustee is the Paying
Agent, the Property Trustee may authorize one or more Persons to act
as additional Paying Agents and to pay Distributions, redemption
payments or liquidation payments on behalf of the Trust with respect
to all Securities and any such Paying Agent shall comply with Section
317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any such additional Paying Agent
may be removed by the Property Trustee at any time the Property
Trustee remains as Paying Agent and a successor Paying Agent or
additional Paying Agents may be (but are not required to be) appointed
at any time by the Property Trustee.
(j) Subject to this Section 3.8, the Property Trustee
shall have none of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of
the Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 3.6.
The Property Trustee must exercise the powers set forth in this
Section 3.8 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of
the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Property Trustee shall not take any
action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set
out in Section 3.3.
SECTION 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Property Trustee.
(a) The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of any
Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that
may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Declaration and in the Securities and
no implied covenants shall be read into this Declaration against the
Property Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has
not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) of which a
Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee has actual knowledge, the
Property Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested
in it by this Declaration, and use the same degree of care and skill
in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be construed
to relieve the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of
Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of
Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the
Property Trustee shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Declaration and in the
Securities and the Property Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Declaration and in the Securities, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Declaration against the Property Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the
part of the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee
may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Property Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Declaration; provided,
however, that in the case of any such certificates or
opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Property
Trustee, the Property Trustee shall be under a duty
to examine the same to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Declaration;
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(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable
for any error or judgment made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer of the Property Trustee, unless it shall be proved
that the Property Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts;
(iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in
good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of
not less than a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Securities relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
upon the Property Trustee under this Declaration;
(iv) no provision of this Declaration shall
require the Property Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not
reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Declaration
or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Property Trustee
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it;
(v) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect
to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the
Debentures and the Property Trustee Account shall be to deal
with such property in a similar manner as the Property Trustee
deals with similar property for its own account, subject to
the protections and limitations on liability afforded to the
Property Trustee under this Declaration and the Trust
Indenture Act;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall have no duty or
liability for or with respect to the value, genuineness,
existence or sufficiency of the Debentures or the payment of
any taxes or assessments levied thereon or in connection
therewith;
(vii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for
any interest on any money received by it except as it may
otherwise agree in writing with the Sponsor. Money held by
the Property Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
held by it except in relation to the Property Trustee Account
maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section
3.8(c)(i) and except to the extent otherwise required by law;
and
(viii) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible
for monitoring the compliance by the Administrative Trustees
or the Sponsor with their respective duties under this
Declaration, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable for any
default or misconduct of the Administrative Trustees or the
Sponsor.
SECTION 3.10 Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.9:
(i) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely
and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from
acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the
proper party or parties;
(ii) any direction or act of the Sponsor or the
Administrative Trustees contemplated by this Declaration may
be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate;
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(iii) whenever in the administration of this
Declaration, the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that
a matter be established before undertaking, suffering or
omitting any action hereunder, the Property Trustee (unless
other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of bad faith on its part, request and conclusively
rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of such
request, shall be promptly delivered by the Sponsor or the
Administrative Trustees;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to
see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument
(including any-financing or continuation statement or any
filing under tax or securities laws) or any rerecording,
refiling or reregistration thereof;
(v) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel
or other experts of its selection and the advice or opinion of
such counsel and experts with respect to legal matters or
advice within the scope of such experts' area of expertise
shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or
opinion, such counsel may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of
its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees. The
Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Declaration
from any court of competent jurisdiction;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall be under no
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Declaration at the request or direction of any
Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Property
Trustee security indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the
Property Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and the expenses of
the Property Trustee's agents, nominees or custodians) and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with
such request or direction, including such reasonable advances
as may be requested by the Property Trustee, provided, that
nothing contained in this Section 3.10(a)(vi) shall be taken
to relieve the Property Trustee, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and
powers vested in it by this Declaration;
(vii) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to
make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document, but the Property Trustee may make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as
it may see fit;
(viii) the Property Trustee may execute any of the
trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder
either directly or by or through its agents, custodians,
nominees or attorneys and the Property Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of
any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(ix) any action taken by the Property Trustee or
its agents hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders of
the Securities, and the signature of the Property Trustee or
its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform
any such action and no third party shall be required to
inquire as to the authority of the Property Trustee to so act
or as to its compliance with any of the terms and provisions
of this Declaration, both of which shall be conclusively
evidenced by the Property Trustee's or its agent's taking such
action;
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(x) whenever in the administration of this
Declaration the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to
receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or
right or taking any other action hereunder, the Property
Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of the
Securities which instructions shall be given by the Holders of
the same proportion in Liquidation Amount of the Securities as
would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under the
terms of the Securities in respect of such remedy, right or
action, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or
taking such other action until such instructions are received,
and (iii) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying on
or acting in or accordance with such instructions;
(xi) except as otherwise expressly provided in
this Declaration, the Property Trustee shall not be under any
obligation to take any action that is discretionary under the
provisions of this Declaration; and
(xii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for
any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in
good faith, without negligence, and reasonably believed by it
to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Declaration.
(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be deemed to
impose any duty or obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any
act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred
or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or
in which the Property Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in
accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts, or to
exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive
power or authority available to the Property Trustee shall be
construed to be a duty.
SECTION 3.11 Delaware Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Declaration other than
Section 5.2, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers,
nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of
the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee or of the Trustees generally
described in this Declaration. Except as set forth in Section 5.2, the
Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of
fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Business Trust Act and
taking such actions as are required to be taken by the Delaware Trustee under
the Business Trust Act.
SECTION 3.12 Execution of Documents.
Except as otherwise required by the Business Trust Act, any
Administrative Trustee is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust any
documents that the Administrative Trustees have the power and authority to
execute pursuant to Section 3.6.
SECTION 3.13 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained in this Declaration and the Securities shall be
taken as the statements of the Sponsor, and the Trustees do not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as
to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part thereof.
The Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Declaration or the Securities.
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SECTION 3.14 Duration of Trust.
The Trust, unless dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII
hereof, shall have existence up to [______________].
SECTION 3.15 Mergers.
(a) The Trust may not merge or convert with or into,
consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or
lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, except as described in Section 3.15(b) and (c) hereof or in
Annex I.
(b) The Trust may, at the request of the Sponsor, with
the consent of the Administrative Trustees or, if there are more than
two, a majority of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent
of the Holders of the Securities, the Delaware Trustee or the Property
Trustee, merge or convert with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be
replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as
an entirety or substantially as an entirety to, a trust organized as
such under the laws of any State; provided that:
(i) such successor entity (the "Successor
Entity") either:
(A) expressly assumes all of the
obligations of the Trust under the Securities; or
(B) substitutes for the Securities other
securities having substantially the same terms as the
Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as
the Successor Securities rank the same as the
Securities rank with respect to Distributions and
payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise;
(ii) the Sponsor expressly appoints a trustee of
the Successor Entity that possesses the same powers and duties
as the Property Trustee as the holder of the Debentures;
(iii) the Successor Securities are listed, or any
Successor Securities will be listed upon notification of
issuance, on any national securities exchange or with another
organization on which the Preferred Securities are then listed
or quoted, if any;
(iv) such merger, conversion, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does
not cause the Preferred Securities (including any Successor
Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized
statistical rating organization;
(v) such merger, conversion, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does
not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of
the Holders of the Securities (including any Successor
Securities) in any material respect (other than any dilution
of such Holders' interests in the new entity);
(vi) such Successor Entity has a purpose
substantially identical to that of the Trust;
(vii) prior to such merger, conversion,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer
or lease, the Sponsor has received an opinion of an
independent counsel to the Trust experienced in such matters
to the effect that:
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(A) such merger, conversion,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease does not adversely affect the
rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of
the Securities (including any Successor Securities)
in any material respect (other than with respect to
any dilution of the Holders' interest in the new
entity); and
(B) following such merger, conversion,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor the
Successor Entity will be required to register as an
Investment Company; and
(C) following such merger, conversion,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer, or lease, the Trust (or the Successor
Entity) will continue to be classified as a grantor
trust for United States federal income tax purposes;
and
(viii) the Sponsor or any permitted successor or
assignee owns all of the common securities of such Successor
Entity and guarantees the obligations of such Successor Entity
under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided
by the Preferred Securities Guarantee.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 3.15(b), the Trust shall not,
except with the consent of all Holders of the Securities, consolidate,
amalgamate, merge or convert with or into, or be replaced by, or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to, any other entity or permit any other
entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it
if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conversion, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Trust or the Successor
Entity not to be classified as a grantor trust for United States
federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE IV
SPONSOR
SECTION 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities.
At the Closing Time [and any Option Closing Time, if applicable], the
Sponsor will purchase all of the Common Securities then issued by the Trust, in
an amount at least equal to 3% of the capital of the Trust, at the same time as
the Preferred Securities are issued and sold.
SECTION 4.2 Responsibilities of the Sponsor.
In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the
Sponsor shall have the exclusive right and responsibility to engage in the
following activities:
(a) to prepare for filing by the Trust with the
Commission a registration statement on the appropriate form in
relation to the Preferred Securities, including any amendments or
supplements thereto and including any supplements or amendments to
the form of prospectus included therein, as permitted by the rules and
regulations of the Commission;
(b) to determine the states in which to take appropriate
action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Preferred
Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than actions which
must be taken by the Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it must
take, and prepare for execution and
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filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust, as the
Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the
applicable laws of any such states;
(c) if deemed necessary or advisable by the Sponsor, to
prepare for filing and request the Administrative Trustees to cause
the filing by the Trust of an application to the New York Stock
Exchange or any other national stock exchange or the NASDAQ National
Market for listing or quotation of the Preferred Securities;
(d) if required, to prepare for filing by the Trust with
the Commission of a registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the
registration of the Preferred Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g)
of the Exchange Act, including any amendments thereto; and
(e) to negotiate the terms of, and execute and deliver on
behalf of the Trust, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale
of the Preferred Securities and any agreements or instruments
contemplated thereby.
SECTION 4.3 Right to Proceed.
The Sponsor acknowledges the rights of the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, in the event that a failure of the Trust to pay Distributions on
the Preferred Securities is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer
to pay interest or principal on the Debentures, to institute Direct Actions
against the Debenture Issuer for enforcement of its payment obligations on the
Debentures.
ARTICLE V
TRUSTEES
SECTION 5.1 Number of Trustees; Appointment of Co-Trustee.
The number of Trustees initially shall be five (5), and:
(a) at any time before the issuance of any Securities,
the Sponsor may, by written instrument, increase or decrease the
number of Trustees; and
(b) after the issuance of any Securities, the number of
Trustees may be increased or decreased by vote of the Holders of a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities voting as a
class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities; provided,
however, that, the number of Trustees shall in no event be less than
two (2); provided further, that (1) if required by the Business Trust
Act, one Trustee, in the case of a natural person, shall be a person
who is a resident of the State of Delaware or that, if not a natural
person, is an entity which has its principal place of business in the
State of Delaware (the "Delaware Trustee"); (2) at least one Trustee
shall be an employee or officer of, or affiliated with the Sponsor (an
"Administrative Trustee"); and (3) one Trustee shall be the Property
Trustee, and such Trustee may also serve as Delaware Trustee if it
meets the applicable requirements. Notwithstanding the above, unless
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time
or times, for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust's
property may at the time be located, the Holders of a Majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities acting as a class at a
meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities shall have power to
appoint one or more persons either to act as a co-trustee, jointly
with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of the Trust's property,
or to act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case
with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment,
and to vest in such person or persons in such capacity any
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property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject
to the provisions of this Declaration. In case an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee alone shall have
power to make any such appointment of a co-trustee.
SECTION 5.2 Delaware Trustee.
If required by the Business Trust Act, the Delaware Trustee shall be:
(a) a natural person who is a resident of the State of
Delaware; or
(b) if not a natural person, an entity which has its
principal place of business in the State of Delaware, and otherwise
meets the requirements of applicable law, provided, that, if the
Property Trustee has its principal place of business in the State of
Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable law, then
the Property Trustee may also be the Delaware Trustee and Section 3.11
shall have no application.
SECTION 5.3 Property Trustee; Eligibility.
(a) There shall at all times be one Trustee (the
"Property Trustee") which shall act as Property Trustee and which
shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America or any State or
Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a
corporation or Person permitted by the Commission to act as an
institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers,
having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million
U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or
examination by federal, state, territorial or District of
Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of the supervising or examining authority
referred to above, then for the purposes of this Section
5.3(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published.
(b) If at any time the Property Trustee shall cease to be
eligible to so act under Section 5.3(a), the Property Trustee shall
immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set forth in
Section 5.7(c).
(c) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire any
"conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common
Securities (as if it were the obligor referred to in Section 310(b)
of the Trust Indenture Act) shall in all respects comply with the
provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(d) The Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be deemed to
be specifically described in this Declaration for purposes of clause
(i) of the first provision contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
(e) The initial Property Trustee shall be:
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Bankers Trust Company
SECTION 5.4 Certain Qualifications of Administrative Trustees and Delaware
Trustee Generally.
Each Administrative Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (unless the
Property Trustee also acts as Delaware Trustee) shall be either a natural
person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through
one or more Authorized Officers.
SECTION 5.5 Administrative Trustees.
(a) The initial Administrative Trustees shall be:
[Ellen H. Masterson
James L. Gleaves
Gregory N. Picard]
(b) Except where a requirement for action by a specific
number of Administrative Trustees is expressly set forth in this
Declaration and except with respect to any action the taking of which
is the subject of a meeting of the Administrative Trustees, any action
required or permitted to be taken by the Administrative Trustees may
be taken by, and any power of the Administrative Trustees may be
exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such Administrative
Trustee.
(c) Except as otherwise required by the Business Trust
Act or applicable law, any Administrative Trustee is authorized to execute on
behalf of the Trust any documents which the Administrative Trustees have the
power and authority to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6.
SECTION 5.6 Delaware Trustee.
The initial Delaware Trustee shall be:
Bankers Trust (Delaware)
SECTION 5.7 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees.
(a) Subject to Section 5.7(b), any Trustee may be
appointed or removed without cause at any time:
(i) until the issuance of any Securities, by
written instrument executed by the Sponsor;
(ii) in the case of Administrative Trustees, after
the issuance of any Securities, by vote of the Holders of a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities voting
as a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common
Securities;
(iii) in the case of the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee, unless an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing after the issuance of any
Securities, by vote of the Holders of a Majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities voting as a class
at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities; and
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(iv) in the case of the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee, if an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing after the issuance of the Securities, by vote
of Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities voting as a class at a meeting of Holders of the
Preferred Securities.
(b) (i) The Trustee that acts as Property Trustee
shall not be removed in accordance with Section 5.7(a) until a
successor Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Property
Trustee under Section 5.3 (a "Successor Property Trustee") has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument
executed by such Successor Property Trustee and delivered to the
Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor; and
(ii) the Trustee that acts as Delaware Trustee
shall not be removed in accordance with Section 5.7(a) until a
successor Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as
Delaware Trustee under Sections 5.2 and 5.4 (a "Successor
Delaware Trustee") has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor
Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Administrative Trustees
and the Sponsor.
(c) A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until
his successor shall have been appointed or until his death, removal or
resignation. Any Trustee may resign from office (without need for
prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing signed by
the Trustee and delivered to the Sponsor and the Trust, which
resignation shall take effect upon such delivery or upon such later
date as is specified therein; provided, however, that:
(i) No such resignation of the Trustee that acts
as the Property Trustee shall be effective:
(A) until a Successor Property Trustee
has been appointed and has accepted such appointment
by instrument executed by such Successor Property
Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and
the resigning Property Trustee; or
(B) until the assets of the Trust have
been completely liquidated and the proceeds thereof
distributed to the holders of the Securities; and
(ii) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts
as the Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a Successor
Delaware Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment by instrument executed by such Successor Delaware
Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and the
resigning Delaware Trustee.
(d) The Holders of the Common Securities shall use their
best efforts to promptly appoint a Successor Delaware Trustee or
Successor Property Trustee, as the case may be, if the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee delivers an instrument of resignation
in accordance with this Section 5.7.
(e) If no Successor Property Trustee or Successor
Delaware Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as
provided in this Section 5.7 within 60 days after delivery of an
instrument of resignation or removal, the Property Trustee or Delaware
Trustee resigning or being removed, as applicable, may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor
Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee. Such court may
thereupon, after
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prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe,
appoint a Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as
the case may be.
(f) No Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be
liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Property
Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.8 Vacancies Among Trustees.
If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of
Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 5.1, or if the number of Trustees
is increased pursuant to Section 5.1, a vacancy shall occur. A resolution
certifying the existence of such vacancy by the Administrative Trustees or, if
there are more than two, a majority of the Administrative Trustees, shall be
conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall be
filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 5.7.
SECTION 5.9 Effect of Vacancies.
The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee
shall not operate to dissolve, terminate or annul the Trust. Whenever a
vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such
vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrative Trustee in accordance
with Section 5.7, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their
number, shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and
shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this
Declaration.
SECTION 5.10 Meetings.
If there is more than one Administrative Trustee, meetings of the
Administrative Trustees shall be held from time to time upon the call of any
Administrative Trustee. Regular meetings of the Administrative Trustees may be
held at a time and place fixed by resolution of the Administrative Trustees.
Notice of any in-person meetings of the Administrative Trustees shall be hand
delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a
hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before such meeting.
Notice of any telephonic meetings of the Administrative Trustees or any
committee thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing
(including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than
24 hours before a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the
time, place and anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in
person or by telephone) of an Administrative Trustee at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where an Administrative
Trustee attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any activity on the ground that the meeting has not been
lawfully called or convened. Unless provided otherwise in this Declaration,
any action of the Administrative Trustees may be taken at a meeting by vote of
a majority of the Administrative Trustees present (whether in person or by
telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such matter, provided that a
Quorum is present, or without a meeting by the unanimous written consent of the
Administrative Trustees. In the event there is only one Administrative
Trustee, any and all action of such Administrative Trustee shall be evidenced
by a written consent of such Administrative Trustee.
SECTION 5.11 Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney
consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person
over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any
documents contemplated in Section 3.6, including any registration
statement or amendment thereto filed with the Commission, or making
any other governmental filing; and
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(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate
from time to time to such of their number or to officers of the Trust
the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments either
in the name of the Trust or the names of the Administrative Trustees or
otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may deem expedient, to the
extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary
to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.
Section 5.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any Person into which any Trustee (excluding any Administrative
Trustee that is a natural person) may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which such Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding
to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of such Trustee, shall
be the successor of such Trustee hereunder, provided that such Person shall be
otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto.
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 6.1 Distributions.
Each Holder shall receive Distributions in accordance with the terms
of such Holder's Securities. If and to the extent that the Debenture Issuer
makes a payment of interest (including Additional Interest (as defined in the
Indenture)), premium and/or principal on the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee or any other payments with respect to the Debentures held by the
Property Trustee (the amount of any such payment being a "Payment Amount"), the
Property Trustee shall and is directed, to the extent funds are available for
that purpose, to make a distribution (a "Distribution") of the Payment Amount
to Holders in accordance with the respective terms of the Securities held by
them.
ARTICLE VII
ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities.
(a) The Administrative Trustees shall on behalf of the
Trust issue one class of preferred securities representing undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as
are set forth in Annex I (the "Preferred Securities") and one class of
common securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the
"Common Securities"). The Trust shall issue no securities or other
interests in the assets of the Trust other than the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities.
(b) The Preferred Securities rank pari passu and payment
thereon shall be made Pro Rata (as defined in Annex I hereto) with the
Common Securities except that, where an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the rights of Holders of the Common Securities to
payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation,
redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment of
the Holders of the Preferred Securities.
(c) The consideration received by the Trust for the
issuance of the Securities shall constitute a contribution to the
capital of the Trust and shall not constitute a loan to the Trust.
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(d) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this
Declaration, the Securities so issued shall be deemed to be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(e) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder or
a Preferred Security Beneficial Owner in accordance with the terms of
this Declaration, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and
agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Declaration.
SECTION 7.2 Execution and Authentication.
(a) The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Trust
by one or more Administrative Trustees by manual or facsimile
signature. In case any Administrative Trustee of the Trust who shall
have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such
Administrative Trustee before the Securities so signed shall be
delivered by the Trust, such Securities nevertheless may be delivered
as though the person who signed such Securities had not ceased to be
such Administrative Trustee; and any Securities may be signed on
behalf of the Trust by such persons who, at the actual date of
execution of such Security, shall be the Administrative Trustees of
the Trust, although at the date of the execution and delivery of the
Declaration any such person was not such an Administrative Trustee.
(b) A Common Security shall be valid upon execution by an
Administrative Trustee without any act of the Property Trustee. A
Preferred Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the
manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Property Trustee,
which signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Preferred
Security has been authenticated under this Declaration.
Upon a written order of the Trust signed by one Administrative
Trustee, the Property Trustee shall authenticate the Preferred Securities for
original issue. The aggregate number of Preferred Securities outstanding at
any time shall not exceed the number set forth in Annex I hereto except as
provided in Section 7.6.
The Property Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the Trust to authenticate Preferred Securities. An authenticating agent may
authenticate Preferred Securities whenever the Property Trustee may do so.
Each reference in this Declaration to authentication by the Property Trustee
includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same
rights as the Property Trustee hereunder with respect to the Sponsor or an
Affiliate.
SECTION 7.3 Form and Dating.
The Preferred Securities and the Property Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 and the Common
Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2, each of which is
hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Declaration.
Certificates representing the Securities may be printed, lithographed or
engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by their execution thereof by one or
more of them. The Securities may have letters, CUSIP or other numbers,
notations or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the
Trust is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or
endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Trust). The Trust at the direction
of the Sponsor shall furnish any such legend not contained in Exhibit A-1 to
the Property Trustee in writing. Each Preferred Security shall be dated the
date of its authentication. The terms and provisions of the Securities set
forth in Annex I and the forms of Securities set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2
are part of the terms of this Declaration and to the extent applicable, the
Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and the
Sponsor, by their execution and delivery of this Declaration, expressly agree
to be bound thereby.
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(a) Global Securities. The Preferred Securities shall be
issued in the form of one or more, permanent global Securities in
definitive, fully registered form without Distribution coupons with
the appropriate global legends set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto (a
"Global Preferred Security"), which shall be deposited on behalf of
the purchasers of the Preferred Securities represented thereby with
the Property Trustee or the Registrar, at its New York office, as
custodian for the Clearing Agency, and registered in the name of the
Clearing Agency or a nominee of the Clearing Agency, duly executed by
the Trust and authenticated by the Property Trustee as hereinafter
provided. The number of Preferred Securities represented by the
Global Preferred Security may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Property Trustee
and the Clearing Agency or its nominee as hereinafter provided.
(b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 7.3(b) shall
apply only to the Global Preferred Securities and such other Preferred
Securities in global form as may be authorized by the Trust to be
deposited with or on behalf of the Clearing Agency.
The Trust shall execute and the Property Trustee shall, in accordance
with this Section 7.3, authenticate and make available for delivery initially
one or more Global Preferred Securities that (i) shall be registered in the
name of Cede & Co. or other nominee of such Clearing Agency and (ii) shall be
delivered by the Trustee to such Clearing Agency or pursuant to such Clearing
Agency's written instructions or held by the Property Trustee or the Registrar
as custodian for the Clearing Agency.
Members of, or participants in, the Clearing Agency ("Participants")
shall have no rights under this Declaration with respect to any Global
Preferred Security held on their behalf by the Clearing Agency or by the
Property Trustee or the Registrar as the custodian of the Clearing Agency or
under such Global Preferred Security, and the Clearing Agency may be treated by
the Trust, the Property Trustee and any agent of the Trust or the Property
Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Preferred Security for all
purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Trust, the Property Trustee or any agent of the Trust or the
Property Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or
other authorization furnished by the Clearing Agency or impair, as between the
Clearing Agency and its Participants, the operation of customary practices of
such Clearing Agency governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a
beneficial interest in any Global Preferred Security.
(c) Definitive Preferred Securities. Except as provided
in Section 7.9, owners of beneficial interests in a Global Preferred
Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of
certificated Preferred Securities ("Definitive Preferred Securities").
SECTION 7.4 Registrar, Paying Agent [and Conversion Agent].
The Trust shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, (i) an office or agency where Preferred Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer ("Registrar"), (ii) an office or agency where
Preferred Securities may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent") [and (iii)
an office or agency where securities may be presented for conversion or
exchange (a "Conversion Agent.")]. The Registrar shall keep a register of the
Preferred Securities and of their transfer. The Trust may appoint the
Registrar, Paying Agent [and Conversion Agent] and may appoint one or more
co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents [or conversion agents]
in such other locations as it shall determine. The term "Registrar" includes
any additional registrar, the term "Paying Agent" includes any additional
paying agent [and the term "Conversion Agent" includes any additional
conversion agent.]. The Trust may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or
[Conversion Agent] without prior notice to any Holder. The Paying Agent shall
be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice to the
Property Trustee and the Sponsor. The Trust shall notify the Property Trustee
of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Declaration. If the
Trust fails
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to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar, Paying Agent [or Conversion
Agent], the Property Trustee shall act as such. The Trust or any of its
Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar [or Conversion Agent]. The Trust
shall act as Paying Agent, Registrar [and Conversion Agent] for the Common
Securities.
The Trust initially appoints the Property Trustee as Registrar, Paying
Agent [and Conversion Agent] for the Preferred Securities.
The Registrar, Paying Agent [and Conversion Agent] shall be entitled
to all of the rights, protections, immunities and indemnities afforded to the
Property Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 7.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Trust shall require each Paying Agent other than the Property
Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the
benefit of Holders or the Property Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent
for the payment of Liquidation Amounts or Distributions on the Securities, and
will notify the Property Trustee if there are insufficient funds for such
purpose. While any such insufficiency continues, the Property Trustee may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Property Trustee.
The Trust at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to
the Property Trustee and to account for any money disbursed by it. Upon
payment over to the Property Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Trust
or an Affiliate of the Trust) shall have no further liability for the money.
If the Trust or the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Trust or the Sponsor acts as
Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the
benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent.
SECTION 7.6 Replacement Securities.
If the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken or if such Security is mutilated and is
surrendered to the Trust or in the case of the Preferred Securities to the
Property Trustee, the Trust shall issue and the Property Trustee shall
authenticate a replacement Security if the Property Trustee's and the Trust's
requirements, as the case may be, are met. An indemnity bond must be provided
by the Holder which, in the judgment of the Property Trustee, is sufficient to
protect the Trustees, the Sponsor or any authenticating agent from any loss
which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Trust may charge
such holder for its expenses in replacing a Security.
SECTION 7.7 Outstanding Preferred Securities.
The Preferred Securities outstanding at any time are all the Preferred
Securities authenticated by the Property Trustee except for those canceled by
it, those delivered to it for cancellation, and those described in this Section
as not outstanding.
If a Preferred Security is replaced pursuant to Section 7.6 hereof, it
ceases to be outstanding unless the Property Trustee receives proof
satisfactory to it that the replaced Preferred Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.
If Preferred Securities are considered paid in accordance with the
terms of this Declaration, they cease to be outstanding and Distributions on
them shall cease to accumulate.
Except as otherwise provided herein, a Preferred Security does not
cease to be outstanding because one of the Trustees, the Sponsor or an
Affiliate of the Sponsor holds the Security.
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SECTION 7.8 Preferred Securities in Treasury.
In determining whether the Holders of the required amount of
Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Preferred
Securities owned by the Trust, the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor, as
the case may be, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except
that for the purposes of determining whether the Property Trustee shall be
fully protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee actually knows
are so owned shall be so disregarded.
SECTION 7.9 Temporary Securities; Certificated Securities.
(a) Until Definitive Securities are ready for delivery,
the Trust may prepare and, in the case of the Preferred Securities,
the Property Trustee shall authenticate, temporary Securities.
Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of Definitive
Securities but may have variations that the Trust considers
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the
Trust shall prepare and, in the case of the Preferred Securities, the
Property Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Securities in exchange
for temporary Securities.
(b) A Global Preferred Security deposited with the
Clearing Agency or with the Property Trustee or the Registrar as
custodian for the Clearing Agency pursuant to Section 7.3 shall be
transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of
certificated Preferred Securities only if (i) the Clearing Agency
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Clearing Agency for such Global Preferred Security or if at any time
such Clearing Agency ceases to be a "clearing agency" registered under
the Exchange Act and a clearing agency is not appointed by the Sponsor
within 90 days of such notice, (ii) a Default or an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing or (iii) the Administrative Trustees in
their sole discretion elect to cause the issuance of certificated
Preferred Securities.
(c) Any Global Preferred Security that is transferable to
the beneficial owners thereof in the form of certificated Preferred
Securities pursuant to this Section 7.9 shall be surrendered by the
Clearing Agency to the Property Trustee located in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so transferred, in whole or
from time to time in part, without charge, and the Property Trustee
shall authenticate and make available for delivery, upon such transfer
of each portion of such Global Preferred Security, an equal aggregate
Liquidation Amount of Securities of authorized denominations in the
form of certificated Preferred Securities. Any portion of a Global
Preferred Security transferred pursuant to this Section shall be
registered in such names as the Clearing Agency shall direct.
(d) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.9(c), the
Holder of a Global Preferred Security may grant proxies and otherwise
authorize any Person, including Participants and Persons that may hold
interests through Participants, to take any action which such Holder
is entitled to take under this Declaration or the Securities.
(e) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events
specified in Section 7.9(b), the Trust will promptly make available to
the Property Trustee or the Registrar a reasonable supply of
certificated Preferred Securities in fully registered form without
distribution coupons.
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SECTION 7.10 Cancellation.
The Trust at any time may deliver the Securities to the Property
Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the
Property Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of
transfer, redemption, exchange or payment. The Property Trustee shall promptly
cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, redemption,
exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled
Securities as the Trust directs, provided that the Property Trustee shall not
be obligated to destroy Preferred Securities.
SECTION 7.11 CUSIP Numbers.
The Trust in issuing the Preferred Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers
(if then generally in use), and, if so, the Property Trustee shall use "CUSIP"
numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders of Preferred
Securities; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is
made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Preferred
Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may
be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Preferred
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Sponsor will promptly notify the Property
Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE VIII
DISSOLUTION OF TRUST
SECTION 8.1 Dissolution of Trust.
(a) The Trust shall automatically be dissolved and its
affairs wound up upon the earliest to occur of the following events:
(i) upon the bankruptcy of the Sponsor;
(ii) upon the filing of a certificate of
dissolution or liquidation or its equivalent with respect to
the Sponsor, upon the dissolution of the Trust after having
obtained the consent of at least a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Securities voting together as a class to file
such certificate of cancellation, or the revocation of the
Sponsor's charter and the expiration of 90 days after the date
of revocation without a reinstatement thereof;
[(iii) following the distribution, after
satisfaction of the liabilities of the Trust to the creditors
of the Trust, of a Like Amount of the Debentures to the
Holders of the Securities pursuant to the terms thereof upon
receipt of a written direction from the Sponsor (which shall
be at its sole discretion) while the Debentures are
outstanding requiring the Trustees to dissolve the Trust and
distribute a Like Amount of the Debentures to Holders of the
Securities;]
[(iv) upon the distribution of the Sponsor's [other
securities] to all Holders of Securities upon a conversion or
exchange of all such Securities in accordance with the terms
thereof;]
(v) upon the entry of a decree of judicial
dissolution of the Trust by a court of competent jurisdiction;
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(vi) when all of the Securities shall have been
called for redemption and the amounts necessary for redemption
thereof shall, after satisfaction of the liabilities of the
Trust to the creditors of the Trust, have been paid to the
Holders in accordance with the terms of the Securities;
(vii) the expiration of the term of the Trust
provided in Section 3.14; or
(viii) before the issuance of any Securities, with
the consent of the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor.
(b) As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an
event referred to in Section 8.1(a) and after satisfaction of all
liabilities to creditors of the Trust, the Administrative Trustees
shall file a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware.
(c) The provisions of Section 3.9 and Article X shall
survive the termination of the Trust.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
SECTION 9.1 Transfer of Securities.
(a) Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in
part, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this
Declaration and in the terms of the Securities. To the fullest extent
permitted by law, any transfer or purported transfer of any Security
not made in accordance with this Declaration shall be null and void.
(b) Subject to this Article IX, Preferred Securities
shall be freely transferable.
(c) The Sponsor may not transfer the Common Securities
except to an Affiliate of the Sponsor and except pursuant to any
merger, consolidation, sale of substantially all of its assets or
other transaction permitted pursuant to Article VIII of the Indenture.
(d) The Trustees shall provide for the registration of
Securities and of the transfer of Securities, which will be effected
without charge but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the
Trustees may require) in respect of any tax or other governmental
charges that may be imposed in relation to it. Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Securities, the Trustees shall cause
one or more new Securities to be issued in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees. Every Security surrendered for
registration of transfer shall be accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Administrative Trustees duly
executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in
writing. Each Security surrendered for registration of transfer shall
be canceled by the Trustees. A transferee of a Security shall be
entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Holder
hereunder upon the receipt by such transferee of a Security. By
acceptance of a Security, each transferee shall be deemed to have
agreed to be bound by this Declaration.
SECTION 9.2 Deemed Security Holders.
The Trust, the Trustees, the Paying Agent and the Registrar may treat
the Person in whose name any Security shall be registered on the books and
records of the Trust as the sole owner of such Security for purposes of
receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly,
shall not be bound
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to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Security on
the part of any Person, whether or not the Trust, the Trustees, the Paying
Agent or the Registrar shall have actual or other notice thereof.
SECTION 9.3 Book-Entry Interests.
Global Preferred Securities shall initially be registered on the books
and records of the Trust in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the Clearing
Agency, and no Preferred Security Beneficial Owner will receive a definitive
Preferred Security Certificate representing such Preferred Security Beneficial
Owner's interests in such Global Preferred Securities, except as provided in
Section 7.9. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Preferred
Securities certificates have been issued to the Preferred Security Beneficial
Owners pursuant to Section 7.9:
(a) the provisions of this Section 9.3 shall be in full
force and effect;
(b) the Trust and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal
with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Declaration
(including the payment of Distributions on the Global Preferred
Securities and receiving approvals, votes or consents hereunder) as
the Holder of the Preferred Securities and the sole holder of the
Global Preferred Security Certificates and shall have no obligation to
the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners;
(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 9.3
conflict with any other provisions of this Declaration, the provisions
of this Section 9.3 shall control; and
(d) the rights of the Preferred Security Beneficial
Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall
be limited to those established by law and agreements between such
Preferred Security Beneficial Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or
the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments of
Distributions on the Global Preferred Securities to such Clearing
Agency Participants; provided, that solely for the purposes of
determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Preferred
Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this Declaration,
so long as any Global Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the
Trustees may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying
on, any written instrument (including a proxy) delivered to the
Trustees by the Clearing Agency setting forth the Preferred Security
Beneficial Owners' votes or assigning the right to vote on any matter
to any other Persons either in whole or in part.
SECTION 9.4 Notices to Clearing Agency.
Whenever a notice or other communication to the Preferred Security
Holders is required under this Declaration, the Trustees shall give all such
notices and communications specified herein to be given to the Holders of
Global Preferred Securities to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no notice
obligations to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners.
SECTION 9.5 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency.
If any Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as
securities depositary with respect to the Preferred Securities, the
Administrative Trustees may, in their sole discretion, appoint a successor
Clearing Agency with respect to such Preferred Securities.
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ARTICLE X
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF
HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS
SECTION 10.1 Liability.
(a) Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration,
the Preferred Securities Guarantee and the terms of the Securities,
the Sponsor shall not be:
(i) personally liable for the return of any
portion of the capital contributions (or any return thereon)
of the Holders of the Securities, which shall be made solely
from assets of the Trust; or
(ii) required to pay to the Trust or to any Holder
of Securities any deficit upon dissolution of the Trust or
otherwise.
(b) The Sponsor shall be liable for all of the fees,
expenses, debts and obligations of the Trust (other than with respect
to the Securities) to the extent not satisfied out of the Trust's
assets.
(c) Pursuant to Section 3803(a) of the Business Trust
Act, the Holders of the Preferred Securities shall be entitled to the
same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of
private corporations for profit organized under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
SECTION 10.2 Exculpation.
(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or
accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any Covered Person
for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or
omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith
on behalf of the Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person
reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred
on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration or by law, except that
an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or
claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's gross negligence
(or, in the case of the Property Trustee, negligence) or willful
misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in
relying in good faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such
information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Trust by
any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes
are within such other Person's professional or expert competence and
who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the
Trust, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to
the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or
any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from
which Distributions to Holders of Securities might properly be paid.
SECTION 10.3 Fiduciary Duty.
(a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an
Indemnified Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and
liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to any other Covered
Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this Declaration shall not
be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for its good
faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The provisions
of this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and
liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in
equity (other than the duties imposed on the Property Trustee under
the Trust
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Indenture Act), are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other
duties and liabilities of such Indemnified Person.
(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein:
(i) whenever a conflict of interest exists or
arises between any Covered Persons; or
(ii) whenever this Declaration or any other
agreement contemplated herein or therein provides that an
Indemnified Person shall act in a manner that is, or provides
terms that are, fair and reasonable to the Trust or any Holder
of Securities,
each Covered Person or Indemnified Person shall resolve such conflict
of interest, take such action or provide such terms, considering in
each case the relative interest of each party (including its own
interest) to such conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and
the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or
accepted industry practices, and any applicable generally accepted
accounting practices or principles. In the absence of bad faith by
the Indemnified Person, the resolution, action or term so made, taken
or provided by the Indemnified Person shall not constitute a breach of
this Declaration or any other agreement contemplated herein or of any
duty or obligation of the Indemnified Person at law or in equity or
otherwise.
(c) Whenever in this Declaration an Indemnified Person is
permitted or required to make a decision:
(i) in its "discretion" or under a grant of
similar authority, the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to
consider such interests and factors as it desires, including
its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to
give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting
the Trust or any other Person; or
(ii) in its "good faith" or under another express
standard, the Indemnified Person shall act under such express
standard and shall not be subject to any other or different
standard imposed by this Declaration or by applicable law.
SECTION 10.4 Indemnification and Expenses.
(a) (i) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full
extent permitted by law, any Indemnified Person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of the Trust) by reason of the fact that he is or was an
Indemnified Person against expenses (including attorneys' fees and
expenses), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust,
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination
of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall
not, of itself, create a presumption that the Indemnified Person did
not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, and with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to
believe that his conduct was unlawful.
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(ii) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full
extent permitted by law, any Indemnified Person who was or is
a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
Trust to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
that he is or was an Indemnified Person against expenses
(including attorneys' fees and expenses) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith
and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the Trust and except that no such
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue
or matter as to which such Indemnified Person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the Trust unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
which such Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem
proper.
(iii) To the extent that an Indemnified Person
shall be successful on the merits or otherwise (including
dismissal of an action without prejudice or the settlement of
an action without admission of liability) in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and
(ii) of this Section 10.4(a), or in defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified, to the full
extent permitted by law, against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection therewith.
(iv) Any indemnification of an Administrative
Trustee under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a)
(unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Sponsor only
as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the Company Indemnified Person is proper in
the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard
of conduct set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii). Such
determination shall be made (1) by the Administrative Trustees
by a majority vote of a Quorum consisting of such
Administrative Trustees who were not parties to such action,
suit or proceeding, (2) if such a Quorum is not obtainable,
or, even if obtainable, if a Quorum of disinterested
Administrative Trustees so directs, by independent legal
counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the Common Security
Holder of the Trust.
(v) Expenses (including attorneys' fees and
expenses) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending a
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit
or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this
Section 10.4(a) shall be paid by the Sponsor in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified
Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the
Sponsor as authorized in this Section 10.4(a).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the
Sponsor if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i)
by the Administrative Trustees by a majority vote of a Quorum
of disinterested Administrative Trustees, (ii) if such a
Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a Quorum
of disinterested Administrative Trustees so directs, by
independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iii) the
Common Security Holder of the Trust, that, based upon the
facts known to the Administrative Trustees, counsel or the
Common Security Holder, as the case may be, at the time such
determination is made, such Indemnified Person acted in bad
faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, or, with
respect to any criminal proceeding, that such Indemnified
Person believed or had reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. In no event shall any advance be made
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in instances where the Administrative Trustees, independent legal
counsel or Common Security Holder reasonably determine that such
Person deliberately breached his duty to the Trust or its Common or
Preferred Security Holders.
(vi) The indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other
paragraphs of this Section 10.4(a) shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification and advancement of expenses may be entitled
under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors of the Sponsor or Preferred Security Holders of the
Trust or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity
and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office. All rights to indemnification under this Section
10.4(a) shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between
the Sponsor and each Indemnified Person who serves in such
capacity at any time while this Section 10.4(a) is in effect.
Any repeal or modification of this Section 10.4(a) shall not
affect any rights or obligations then existing.
(vii) The Sponsor or the Trust may purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was a
Company Indemnified Person against any liability asserted
against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or
arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Sponsor
would have the power to indemnify him against such liability
under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a).
(viii) For purposes of this Section 10.4(a),
references to "the Trust" shall include, in addition to the
resulting or surviving entity, any constituent entity
(including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a
consolidation or merger, so that any Person who is or was a
director, trustee, officer or employee of such constituent
entity, or is or was serving at the request of such
constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee
or agent of another entity, shall stand in the same position
under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a) with respect to
the resulting or surviving entity as he would have with
respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence
had continued.
(ix) The indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section
10.4(a) shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or
ratified, continue as to a Person who has ceased to be an
Indemnified Person and shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors and administrators of such a Person.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Sponsor
agrees to indemnify the (i) Property Trustee, (ii) the Delaware
Trustee, (iii) any Affiliate of the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee, and (iv) any officers, directors, shareholders, members,
partners, employees, representatives, custodians, nominees or agents
of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (each of the Persons
in (i) through (iv) being referred to as a "Fiduciary Indemnified
Person") for, and to hold each Fiduciary Indemnified Person harmless
against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense
including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of such
Fiduciary Indemnified Person) incurred without negligence or bad faith
on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs
and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of
defending itself against or investigating any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties hereunder. The obligation to indemnify as set forth in this
Section 10.4(b) shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this
Declaration or the earlier resignation or removal of such Fiduciary
Indemnified Person.
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(c) The Sponsor agrees to pay to the Trustees from time to
time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by them
hereunder and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustees in
accordance with any provision of this Declaration (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith.
SECTION 10.5 Outside Businesses.
Any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Property
Trustee, subject to Section 5.3(c), may engage in or possess an interest in
other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with
others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the Trust and
the Holders of Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this Declaration in
and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom,
and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of
the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. No Covered Person, the
Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee, or the Property Trustee shall be obligated to
present any particular investment or other opportunity to the Trust even if
such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Trust, could be
taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee
and the Property Trustee shall have the right to take for its own account
(individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such
particular investment or other opportunity. Any Covered Person, the Delaware
Trustee and the Property Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial
or other transaction with the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may
act as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of
holders of, securities or other obligations of the Sponsor or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE XI
ACCOUNTING
SECTION 11.1 Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year ("Fiscal Year") of the Trust shall be the calendar
year, or such other year as is required by the Code.
SECTION 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters.
(a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the
Administrative Trustees shall keep, or cause to be kept, full books of
account, records and supporting documents, which shall reflect in
reasonable detail, each transaction of the Trust. The books of
account shall be maintained on the accrual method of accounting, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently
applied. The Trust shall use the accrual method of accounting for
United States federal income tax purposes. The books of account and
the records of the Trust shall be examined by and reported upon as of
the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust by a firm of independent
certified public accountants selected by the Administrative Trustees.
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be
prepared and delivered to each of the Holders of Securities, within 90
days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust, annual financial
statements of the Trust, including a balance sheet of the Trust as of
the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related statements of income or
loss.
(c) The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be duly
prepared and delivered to each of the Holders of Securities, any
annual United States federal income tax information statement,
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required by the Code, containing such information with regard to the
Securities held by each Holder as is required by the Code and the
Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right under the Code to
deliver any such statement at a later date, the Administrative
Trustees shall endeavor to deliver all such information statements
within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust.
(d) The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be duly
prepared and filed with the appropriate taxing authority, an annual
United States federal income tax return, on a Form 1041 or such other
form required by United States federal income tax law, and any other
annual income tax returns required to be filed by the Administrative
Trustees on behalf of the Trust with any state or local taxing
authority.
SECTION 11.3 Banking.
The Trust shall maintain one or more bank accounts in the name and for
the sole benefit of the Trust; provided, however, that all payments of funds in
respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee shall be made directly
to the Property Trustee Account and no other funds of the Trust shall be
deposited in the Property Trustee Account. The sole signatories for such
accounts shall be designated by the Administrative Trustees; provided, however,
that the Property Trustee shall designate the signatories for the Property
Trustee Account.
SECTION 11.4 Withholding.
The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall comply with
all withholding requirements under United States federal, state and local law.
The Trust shall request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust, such forms
or certificates as are necessary to establish an exemption from withholding
with respect to each Holder, and any representations and forms as shall
reasonably be requested by the Trust to assist it in determining the extent of,
and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations. The Administrative Trustees on
behalf of the Trust shall file required forms with applicable jurisdictions
and, unless an exemption from withholding is properly established by a Holder,
shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder to applicable
jurisdictions. To the extent that the Trust is required to withhold and pay
over any amounts to any authority with respect to Distributions or allocations
to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a Distribution in the
amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any claimed over
withholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable
jurisdiction. If the amount required to be withheld was not withheld from
actual Distributions made, the Trust may reduce subsequent Distributions by the
amount of such withholding.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
SECTION 12.1 Amendments.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration or
by any applicable terms of the Securities, this Declaration may only
be amended by a written instrument executed by the Administrative
Trustees (or if there are more than two Administrative Trustees, a
majority of them) together with:
(i) if the amendment affects the rights, powers,
duties, obligations or immunities of the Property Trustee, the
Property Trustee;
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(ii) if the amendment affects the rights, powers,
duties, obligations or immunities of the Delaware Trustee, the
Delaware Trustee; and
(iii) if the amendment affects the rights, powers,
duties, obligations or immunities of the Sponsor, the Sponsor.
(b) No amendment shall be made, and any such purported
amendment shall be void and ineffective:
(i) unless, in the case of any proposed
amendment, the Property Trustee shall have first received an
Officers' Certificate from each of the Trust and the Sponsor
that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the
terms of this Declaration (including the terms of the
Securities);
(ii) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment
which affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or
immunities of the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall
have first received:
(A) an Officers' Certificate from each
of the Trust and the Sponsor that such amendment is
permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this
Declaration (including the terms of the Securities);
and
(B) an opinion of counsel (who may be
counsel to the Sponsor or the Trust) that such
amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the terms
of this Declaration (including the terms of the
Securities),
provided, however, that the Property Trustee shall not be required to
sign any such amendment; or
(iii) to the extent the result of such amendment
would be to:
(A) cause the Trust to fail to continue
to be classified for purposes of United States
federal income taxation as a grantor trust;
(B) reduce or otherwise adversely affect
the rights, powers, duties or immunities of the
Property Trustee in contravention of the Trust
Indenture Act; or
(C) cause the Trust to be deemed to be
an Investment Company required to be registered under
the Investment Company Act.
(c) After the Trust has issued any Securities that remain
outstanding, any amendment that would materially adversely affect the
rights, privileges or preferences of any Holder of Securities may be
effected only with such additional requirements as may be set forth in
the terms of such Securities.
(d) Section 10.1(c) and this Section 12.1 shall not be
amended without the consent of all of the Holders of the Securities.
(e) Article IV shall not be amended without the consent
of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common
Securities.
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(f) The rights of the Holders of the Common Securities
under Article V to increase or decrease the number of, and appoint and
remove Trustees shall not be amended without the consent of the
Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities.
(g) Notwithstanding Section 12.1(c), this Declaration may
be amended without the consent of the Holders of the Securities to:
(i) cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any
provision in this Declaration that may be inconsistent with
any other provision of this Declaration or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Declaration which shall not be inconsistent with the
other provisions of the Declaration;
(ii) add to the covenants, restrictions or
obligations of the Sponsor; and
(iii) modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of
the Declaration to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure
that the Trust will be classified for United States federal
income tax purposes as a grantor trust at all times that any
Securities are outstanding or to ensure that the Trust will
not be required to register as an Investment Company under the
Investment Company Act.
SECTION 12.2 Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written
Consent.
(a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities
may be called at any time by the Administrative Trustees (or as
provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any
matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to
act under the terms of this Declaration, the terms of the Securities
or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Preferred Securities
are listed or admitted for trading. The Administrative Trustees shall
call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by
the Holders of at least 10% in Liquidation Amount of such class of
Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the
Administrative Trustees one or more notices in writing stating that
the signing Holders of Securities wish to call a meeting and
indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to
be called. Any Holders of Securities calling a meeting shall specify
in writing the Security certificates held by the Holders of Securities
exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities
specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the
required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph
has been met.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms
of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of
Holders of Securities:
(i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to
all the Holders of Securities having a right to vote thereat
at least seven days and not more than 60 days before the date
of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the
Holders of Securities is permitted or required under this
Declaration or the rules of any stock exchange on which the
Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such
vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the
Holders of Securities. Any action that may be taken at a
meeting of the Holders of Securities may be taken without a
meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so
taken is signed by the Holders of Securities owning not less
than the minimum amount of Securities in Liquidation Amount
that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a
meeting at which all Holders of Securities having a right to
vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the
taking of action without a meeting
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shall be given to the Holders of Securities entitled to vote
who have not consented in writing. The Administrative Trustees
may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Security
Holder for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting
shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the
Administrative Trustees;
(ii) each Holder of a Security may authorize any
Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder
of Securities is entitled to participate, including waiving
notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a
meeting. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11
months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the
proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the
Holder of Securities executing it. Except as otherwise
provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or
validity of proxies shall be governed by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies,
and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were
a Delaware corporation and the Holders of the Securities were
stockholders of a Delaware corporation;
(iii) each meeting of the Holders of the Securities
shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such
other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate;
and
(iv) unless the Business Trust Act, this
Declaration, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture
Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the
Preferred Securities are at the time listed or trading,
otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole
discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to
meetings of Holders of Securities, including notice of the
time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is
to be voted on by any Holders of Securities, waiver of any
such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the
establishment of a record date, Quorum requirements, voting in
person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the
exercise of any such right to vote.
ARTICLE XIII
REPRESENTATIONS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE
AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE
SECTION 13.1 Representations and Warranties of Property Trustee.
The Trustee that acts as initial Property Trustee represents and
warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and
each Successor Property Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the
Sponsor at the time of the Successor Property Trustee's acceptance of its
appointment as Property Trustee that:
(a) The Property Trustee is a New York banking
corporation with trust powers and authority to execute and deliver,
and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this
Declaration;
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the
Property Trustee of the Declaration has been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Property Trustee. The
Declaration has been duly executed and delivered by the Property
Trustee and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Property Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium,
insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of
the court
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(regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law); and
(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Declaration by the Property Trustee does not conflict with or
constitute a breach of the charter or by-laws of the Property Trustee.
SECTION 13.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee.
The Trustee that acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents and
warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and
each Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the
Sponsor at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its
appointment as Delaware Trustee that:
(a) The Delaware Trustee is a Delaware banking
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to
execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations
under the terms of, this Declaration and has its principal place of
business in the State of Delaware;
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the
Delaware Trustee of this Declaration has been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Delaware Trustee. This
Declaration has been duly executed and delivered by the Delaware
Trustee and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Delaware Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium,
insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of
the court (regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and
(c) No consent, approval or authorization of, or
registration with or notice to, any Delaware banking authority is
required for the execution, delivery or performance by the Delaware
Trustee of this Declaration.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.1 Notices.
All notices provided for in this Declaration shall be in writing, duly
signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or
mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) if given to the Trust, in care of the Administrative
Trustees at the Trust's mailing address set forth below (or such other
address as the Trust may give notice of to the Holders of the
Securities):
American General Capital [I]
c/oAmerican General Corporation
2929 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019
Attention: Treasury Department
Telecopy: (713) 522-3487
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(b) if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing
address set forth below (or such other address as Delaware Trustee may
give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):
Bankers Trust (Delaware)
E. A. Delle Donne Corporate Center
Montgomery Building
1011 Centre Road, Suite 200
Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1266
Attention: M. Lisa Wilkins
Telecopy: (302) 636-3222
(c) if given to the Property Trustee, at the Property
Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the
Property Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):
Bankers Trust Company
Four Albany Street
New York, New York 10006
Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group -
Corporate Market Services Telecopy: (212) 250-6961
(d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at
the mailing address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other
address as the Holder of the Common Securities may give notice to the
Trust):
American General Corporation
2929 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019
Attention: Treasury Department
Telecopy: (713) 522-3487
(e) if given to any other Holder, at the address set
forth on the books and records of the Trust.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery
or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was
given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 14.2 Governing Law.
This Declaration and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be
governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws without
regard to principles of conflict of laws. The provisions of Sections 3540 and
3561 of the Delaware Code shall not apply to this Trust.
SECTION 14.3 Intention of the Parties.
It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust be classified
for United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust. The
provisions of this Declaration shall be interpreted to further this intention
of the parties.
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SECTION 14.4 Headings.
Headings contained in this Declaration are inserted for convenience of
reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Declaration or any
provision hereof.
SECTION 14.5 Successors and Assigns.
Whenever in this Declaration any of the parties hereto is named or
referred to, the successors and assigns of such party shall be deemed to be
included, and all covenants and agreements in this Declaration by the Sponsor
and the Trustees shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective
successors and assigns, whether or not so expressed.
SECTION 14.6 Partial Enforceability.
If any provision of this Declaration, or the application of such
provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder
of this Declaration, or the application of such provision to persons or
circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be
affected thereby.
SECTION 14.7 Counterparts.
This Declaration may contain more than one counterpart of the
signature page and this Declaration may be executed by the affixing of the
signature of each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages.
All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they
shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a
single signature page.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused these presents
to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
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[Ellen H. Masterson]
not in her individual capacity but
solely as Administrative Trustee
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[James L. Gleaves]
not in his individual capacity but
solely as Administrative Trustee
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[Gregory N. Picard]
not in his individual capacity but
solely as Administrative Trustee
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE)
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Delaware Trustee
By:
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Name:
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BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Property Trustee
By:
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Name:
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AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION,
as Sponsor
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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ANNEX I
TERMS OF
[ ]% PREFERRED SECURITIES
[ ]% COMMON SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust, dated as of [__________] (as amended from time to time, the
"Declaration"), the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences
and other terms and provisions of the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities (collectively, the "Securities") are set out below (each capitalized
term used but not defined herein has the meaning set forth in the Declaration
or, if not defined in such Declaration, as defined in the Indenture):
1. Designation and Number.
(a) Preferred Securities. [______] Preferred Securities
of the Trust, with an aggregate Liquidation Amount with respect to the
assets of the Trust of [____________] dollars ($[__________]), and
with a Liquidation Amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of
$____ per Security, are hereby designated for the purposes of
identification only as "[ ]% [Preferred Securities]" (the "Preferred
Securities"). The certificates evidencing the Preferred Securities
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Declaration,
with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may
be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice or to conform to the
rules of any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Preferred
Securities are listed or quoted.
(b) Common Securities. [_______] Common Securities of
the Trust with an aggregate Liquidation Amount with respect to the
assets of the Trust of [________________] dollars ($[___________]) and
a Liquidation Amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of
$[_____] per Security, are hereby designated for the purposes of
identification only as "[___]% Common Securities" (the "Common
Securities"). The certificates evidencing the Common Securities shall
be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Declaration, with
such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be
required by ordinary usage, custom or practice.
2. Distributions.
(a) Distributions payable on each Security will be fixed
at a rate per annum of [ ]% (the "Coupon Rate") of the Liquidation
Amount of $[______] per Security (the "Liquidation Amount"), such rate
being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the
Property Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than one
[semi-annual] period will bear additional distributions thereon
compounded [semi-annually] at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted
by applicable law). The term "Distributions", as used herein,
includes any such additional distributions unless otherwise stated. A
Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in
respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee and to the
extent the Property Trustee has funds on hand legally available
therefor.
(b) Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative,
will accumulate from the most recent date to which Distributions have
been paid or, if no Distributions have been paid, from [_______], ,
and will be payable [semi-annually] in arrears on [_______] and
[________] of each year, commencing on [__________________], except as
otherwise described below. The amount of Distributions payable for
any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months and for any period of less than a full
calendar month on the basis of the actual
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number of days elapsed in such month. If any date on which
Distributions are payable on the Securities is not a Business Day,
then payment of the Distribution payable on such date shall be made on
the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any
interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), [except that,
if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such
payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in
each case] with the same force and effect as if made on the date such
payment was originally payable (each date on which Distributions are
payable in accordance with the foregoing, a "Distribution Date"). [So
long as no Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) has occurred
and is continuing, the Debenture Issuer has the right under the
Indenture to defer the payment of interest on the Debentures at any
time and from time to time for a period not exceeding [___]
consecutive [semi-annual] periods, including the first such
[semi-annual] period during such period (each an "Extension Period"),
provided that no Extension Period shall extend beyond the Maturity
Date of the Debentures. Distributions will be deferred during any
Extension Period. Notwithstanding such deferral, Distributions to
which holders of Securities are entitled shall continue to accumulate
additional Distributions thereon (to the extent permitted by
applicable law but not at a rate greater than the rate at which
interest is then accruing on the Debentures) at the Coupon Rate
compounded [semi-annually] from the relevant Distribution Dates during
any Extension Period. Prior to the expiration of any Extension
Period, the Debenture Issuer may further defer payments of interest by
further extending such Extension Period; provided that such Extension
Period, together with all previous and further extensions, if any,
within such Extension Period, may not exceed [___] consecutive
[semi-annual] periods, including the first [semi-annual] period during
such Extension Period, or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the
Debentures. Upon the expiration of any Extension Period and the
payment of all amounts then due, the Debenture Issuer may commence a
new Extension Period, subject to the above requirements. The
Debenture Issuer must give the Property Trustee, the Administrative
Trustees and the Debenture Trustee notice of its election of any
Extension Period or any extension thereof at least five Business Days
prior to the earlier of (i) the date the Distributions on the
Preferred Securities would have been payable except for the election
to begin or extend such Extension Period and (ii) the date the
Administrative Trustees are required to give notice to any securities
exchange or to Holders of the Preferred Securities of the record date
or the date such Distributions are payable, but in any event not less
than five Business Days prior to such record date. There is no
limitation on the number of times that the Debenture Issuer may elect
to begin an Extension Period.]
(c) Distributions on the Securities will be payable to
the Holders thereof as they appear on the books and records of the
Trust on the record dates, which shall be [ ________]. Subject to any
applicable laws and regulations and the provisions of the Declaration,
each such payment in respect of the Preferred Securities will be made
as follows: (i) if the Preferred Securities are held in global form
by a Clearing Agency (or its nominee), in accordance with the
procedures of the Clearing Agency; and (ii) if the Preferred
Securities are held in definitive form, by check mailed to the address
of the Holder thereof as reflected in the records of the Registrar
unless otherwise agreed by the Trust. The relevant record dates for
the Common Securities shall be the same as the record dates for the
Preferred Securities. Distributions payable on any Securities that
are not punctually paid on any Distribution Date will cease to be
payable to the Holder on the relevant record date, and such defaulted
Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such
Securities are registered on the special record date or other
specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture.
[(d) In the event of an election by a Holder to convert
its Securities through the Conversion Agent into [other Sponsor
securities] pursuant to the terms of the Securities as set forth in
this Annex I to the Declaration, no payment, allowance or adjustment
shall be made with respect to accumulated and unpaid Distributions on
such Securities on account of accumulated and unpaid dividends on the
[other Sponsor securities] issued upon conversion or exchange, or be
required to be
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made; provided, however, that if a Security is surrendered for
conversion or exchange after the close of business on any record date
for payment of a Distribution and before the opening of business on
the corresponding payment date (other than a Security or portion of a
Security called for redemption on a redemption date occurring after
such record date and prior to such payment date), then,
notwithstanding such conversion or exchange, the Distribution payable
on such payment date will be paid in cash to the Person in whose name
the Security is registered at the close of business on such record
date, and (other than a Security or a portion of a Security called for
redemption on a redemption date occurring after such record date and
on or prior to such payment date) when so surrendered for conversion
or exchange, the Security must be accompanied by payment in cash of an
amount equal to the Distribution payable on such payment date.]
(e) In the event that there is any money or other
property held by or for the Trust that is not accounted for hereunder,
such property shall be distributed Pro Rata (as defined herein) among
the Holders of the Securities.
3. Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution.
[The Debenture Issuer will have the right at any time to dissolve the
Trust and cause the Debentures to be distributed to the Holders of the Trust
Securities in Liquidation of the Trust].
In the event of any dissolution of the Trust pursuant to Sections
8.1(i), (ii), (v), (vi) or (vii) of the Declaration, the Trust shall be
liquidated by the Administrative Trustees as expeditiously as the
Administrative Trustees determine to be possible by distributing, after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable
law, to the Holders of the Securities a Like Amount (as defined below) of the
Debentures, unless such Distribution is determined by the Property Trustee not
to be practicable, in which event such Holders will be entitled to receive out
of the assets of the Trust legally available for Distribution to Holders, after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable
law, an amount equal to the aggregate of the Liquidation Amount of $_____ per
Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of
payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution").
"Like Amount" means (i) with respect to a redemption of the
Securities, Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal
amount of Debentures to be paid in accordance with their terms and (ii) with
respect to a distribution of Debentures upon the liquidation of the Trust,
Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the
Securities of the Holder to whom such Debentures are distributed.
On and from the date fixed by the Administrative Trustees for any
distribution of Debentures and liquidation of the Trust: (i) the Securities
will no longer be deemed to be outstanding; (ii) the Clearing Agency or its
nominee, as the Holder of the Securities, will receive a registered global
certificate or certificates representing the Debentures to be delivered upon
such distribution; and (iii) any Securities not held by the Clearing Agency or
its nominee will be deemed to represent beneficial interests in a Like Amount
of Debentures, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to
the accumulated and unpaid Distributions on such Securities, until such
Securities are presented to the Registrar or its agent for cancellation,
whereupon the Debenture Issuer will issue, and the Debenture Trustee will
authenticate, a certificate representing such Debentures.
If, upon any such liquidation, the Liquidation Distribution can be
paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets on hand legally
available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the
amounts payable directly by the Trust on the Securities shall be paid on a Pro
Rata basis.
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4. Redemption and Distribution.
(a) Upon the repayment of the Debentures on the Maturity
Date thereof [or redemption thereof (in whole or in part) prior
thereto in accordance with the terms thereof], the proceeds from such
repayment or redemption shall be simultaneously applied by the
Property Trustee (subject to the Property Trustee having received
notice no later than 30 days prior to such repayment or redemption) to
redeem a Like Amount of the Securities at a redemption price equal to
(i) in the case of the repayment of the Debentures on the Maturity
Date, the Maturity Redemption Price (as defined below), [(ii) in the
case of the optional redemption of the Debentures prior to
[___________] upon the occurrence and continuation of a [Special
Event] (as defined below), the Special Event Redemption Price (as
defined below)] and [(iii) in the case of the optional redemption of
the Debentures other than as contemplated in clause (ii) above, the
Optional Redemption Price (as defined below)]. The [Maturity
Redemption Price, the Special Event Redemption Price and the Optional
Redemption Price] are referred to collectively as the "Redemption
Price."
(b) (i) The "Maturity Redemption Price" shall mean a
price equal to 100% of the Liquidation Amount of the Securities to be
redeemed plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon, if any, to
the date of redemption.
[(ii) "Optional Redemption Price" shall mean a
price equal to the percentage of the Liquidation Amount of
Securities to be redeemed plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions thereon, if any, to the date of such redemption
if redeemed during the 12 month period beginning [______] of
the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
---- ----------
%
and thereafter at 100% of the Liquidation Amount of Securities to be
redeemed.].
[(iii) "Special Event Redemption Price" shall mean a
price equal to [__________], plus, in either case, accumulated
and unpaid Distributions thereon, if any, to the date of such
redemption.]
["Special Event" shall mean _____________________________________.]
(c) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the
outstanding Securities unless all accumulated and unpaid Distributions
have been paid on all Securities for all Distribution periods that
expire on or before the date of redemption.
(d) The procedure with respect to redemptions or
distributions of Debentures shall be as follows:
(i) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of
distribution of Debentures in exchange for, the Securities (a
"Redemption/Distribution Notice") will be given by the Trust
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by mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed or exchanged not
fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for
redemption or exchange thereof which, in the case of a redemption,
will be the date fixed for repayment or redemption of the Debentures.
For purposes of the calculation of the date of redemption or exchange
and the dates on which notices are given pursuant to this Section
4(d)(i), a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be deemed to be given
on the day such notice is first mailed by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to Holders of Securities. Each Redemption/Distribution
Notice shall be addressed to the Holders of Securities at the address
of each such Holder appearing in the books and records of the Trust.
No defect in the Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of
either thereof with respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of
the redemption or exchange proceedings with respect to any other
Holder.
(ii) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding
Securities are to be redeemed, the Securities to be redeemed shall be
redeemed Pro Rata from each Holder of Securities, it being understood
that, in respect of Preferred Securities registered in the name of and
held of record by a Clearing Agency or its nominee, the distribution of
the proceeds of such redemption will be made to the Clearing Agency or
its nominee and disbursed by such Clearing Agency in accordance with
the procedures applied by such agency or nominee.
[(iii) If securities are to be redeemed and the Trust gives a
Redemption/Distribution Notice, such notice shall be irrevocable and
(A) with respect to Preferred Securities registered in the name of or
held of record by a Clearing Agency or its nominee, by 12:00 noon, New
York City time, on the redemption date, provided that the Debenture
Issuer has paid the Property Trustee a sufficient amount of cash in
connection with the related maturity or redemption of the Debentures by
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Maturity Date or the date of
redemption, as the case may be, the Property Trustee or the Paying
Agent will pay to the Clearing Agency or its nominee funds sufficient
to pay the applicable Redemption Price with respect to such Preferred
Securities, and (B) with respect to Preferred Securities issued in
certificated form and Common Securities, provided that the Debenture
Issuer has paid the Property Trustee a sufficient amount of cash in
connection with the related maturity or redemption of the Debentures,
the Property Trustee or the Paying Agent will pay the relevant
Redemption Price to the Holders of such Securities against presentation
to the Registrar of the certificates therefor. If a
Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been given and funds
deposited with the Property Trustee to pay the Redemption Price
(including all unpaid Distributions) with respect to the Securities
called for redemption, then immediately prior to the close of business
on the redemption date, Distributions will cease to accumulate on the
Securities so called for redemption and all rights of Holders of such
Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of the
Holders of such Securities to receive the Redemption Price, but without
interest on such Redemption Price, and such Securities shall cease to
be outstanding.]
(iv) Payment of accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the
redemption date of any Securities will be subject to the rights of
Holders of such Securities on the close of business on a regular record
date in respect of a Distribution Date occurring on or prior to such
Redemption Date.
(v) Neither the Administrative Trustees nor the Trust shall
be required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of (A)
any Securities beginning on the opening of business 15 days before the
day of mailing of a Redemption/Distribution Notice or (B) any
Securities selected for redemption (except the unredeemed portion of
any Security being
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redeemed). If any date fixed for redemption of Securities is not
a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on
such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a
Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect
of any such delay) [except that, if such Business Day is in the
next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case] with the same
force and effect as if made on such date fixed for redemption. If
payment of the Redemption Price in respect of any Securities is
improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Property
Trustee or the Paying Agent or by the Sponsor as guarantor
pursuant to the Preferred Securities Guarantee, on the date fixed
for redemption, (A) Distributions on such Securities will continue
to accumulate from such redemption date to the actual date of
payment, and (B) the actual payment date will be considered the
date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the
Redemption Price.
(vi) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law
(including, without limitation, United States federal securities
laws), the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates may at any time and
from time to time purchase outstanding Preferred Securities by
tender, in the open market or by private agreement.
[5. Conversion Rights.
The Holders of Securities shall have the right at any time, beginning
____________ through the close of business on ____________ (or, in the case of
Securities called for redemption, prior to the close of business on the
Business Day prior to the redemption date), at their option, to cause the
Conversion Agent to convert Securities, on behalf of the converting Holders,
into [other securities] in the manner described herein on and subject to the
following terms and conditions:
(a) The Securities will be convertible or exchangeable at the
office of the Conversion Agent into fully paid and nonassessable
[other securities] pursuant to the Holder's direction to the
Conversion Agent to exchange such Securities for a portion of the
Debentures theretofore held by the Trust on the basis of one Security
per $____ principal amount of Debentures, and immediately convert such
amount of Debentures into fully paid and nonassessable [other
securities] at an initial rate of _______________ per $________
principal amount of Debentures (which is equivalent to a conversion
price of $ ____per [other Sponsor security], subject to certain
adjustments set forth in Sections ________ of the Supplemental
Indenture (as so adjusted, the "Conversion Price")).
(b) In order to convert Securities into [other securities]
the Holder shall submit to the Conversion Agent at the office referred
to above an irrevocable request to convert Securities on behalf of
such Holder (the "Conversion Request"), together, if the Securities
are in certificated form, with such certificates. The Conversion
Request shall (i) set forth the number of Securities to be converted
and the name or names, if other than the Holder, in which the [other
securities] should be issued and (ii) direct the Conversion Agent (a)
to exchange such Securities for a portion of the Debentures held by
the Trust (at the rate of exchange specified in the preceding
paragraph) and (b) to immediately convert such Debentures on behalf of
such Holder into [other securities] (at the conversion rate specified
in the preceding paragraph). The Conversion Agent shall notify the
Trust of the Holder's election to exchange Securities for a portion of
the Debentures held by the Trust (a "Notice of Conversion") and the
Trust shall, upon receipt of such notice, deliver to the Conversion
Agent the appropriate principal amount of Debentures for exchange in
accordance with this Section. The Conversion Agent shall thereupon
notify the Sponsor of the Holder's election to convert such Debentures
into [other securities]. Holders of Securities at the close of
business on a Distribution record date will be entitled to receive the
Distribution payable on such Securities on the corresponding
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Distribution payment date notwithstanding the conversion of such
Securities following such record date but prior to such distribution
payment date; provided, however, that if the date of any redemption of
the related Debentures falls between such record date and the related
Distribution payment date, the amount of such Distribution shall
include accumulated and unpaid Distributions accrued to but excluding
such date of redemption. Except as provided above, neither the Trust
nor the Sponsor will make, or be required to make, any payment,
allowance or adjustment upon any conversion on account of any
accumulated and unpaid Distributions accrued on the Securities
surrendered for conversion, or on account of any accumulated and
unpaid dividends on the [other securities] issued upon such
conversion. Securities shall be deemed to have been converted
immediately prior to the close of business on the day on which a
Notice of Conversion relating to such Securities is received by the
Trust in accordance with the foregoing provision (the "Conversion
Date"). The Person or Persons entitled to receive [other securities]
issuable upon conversion of the Debentures shall be treated for all
purposes as the record holder or holders of such [other securities]
at such time. As promptly as practicable on or after the Conversion
Date, the Sponsor shall issue and deliver at the office of the
Conversion Agent a certificate or certificates for the number of full
[other securities] issuable upon such conversion, together with the
cash payment, if any, in lieu of any fraction of any share to the
Person or Persons entitled to receive the same, unless otherwise
directed by the Holder in the Notice of Conversion and the Conversion
Agent shall distribute such certificate or certificates to such Person
or Persons.
(c) Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof
appoints the Property Trustee as "Conversion Agent" for the purpose of
effecting the conversion or exchange of Securities in accordance with
this Section. In effecting the conversion or exchange and
transactions described in this Section, the Conversion Agent shall be
acting as agent of the Holders of Securities directing it to effect
such conversion or exchange transactions. The Conversion Agent is
hereby authorized (i) to exchange Securities from time to time for
Debentures held by the Trust in connection with the conversion or
exchange of such Securities in accordance with this Section and (ii)
to convert all or a portion of the Debentures into [other securities]
and thereupon to deliver such [other securities] in accordance with
the provisions of this Section and to deliver to the Trust a new
Debenture or Debentures for any resulting unconverted principal
amount.
(d) No fractional [other securities] will be issued as a
result of conversion or exchange, but in lieu thereof, such fractional
interest will be paid in cash by the Sponsor to the Conversion Agent,
which in turn will make such payment to the Holder or Holders of
Securities so converted.
(e) The Sponsor shall at all times reserve and keep
available out of its authorized and unissued [other securities],
solely for issuance upon the conversion or exchange of the Debentures,
free from any preemptive or other similar rights, such number of
[other securities] as shall from time to time be issuable upon the
conversion or exchange of all the Debentures then outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Sponsor shall be entitled to
deliver upon conversion or exchange of Debentures, [other securities]
reacquired and held in the treasury of the Sponsor (in lieu of the
issuance of authorized and unissued [other securities]), so long as
any such treasury shares are free and clear of all liens, charges,
security interests or encumbrances. Any [other securities] issued
upon conversion or exchange of the Debentures shall be duly
authorized, validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable. The
Trust shall deliver the [other securities] received upon conversion or
exchange of the Debentures to the converting Holder free and clear of
all liens, charges, security interests and encumbrances, except for
United States withholding taxes. Each of the Sponsor and the Trust
shall prepare and shall use its best efforts to obtain and keep in
force such governmental or regulatory permits or other authorizations
as may be required by law, and shall comply with all applicable
requirements as to registration or qualification of [other
securities], in order to enable the Sponsor to
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lawfully issue [other securities] to the Trust upon conversion or
exchange of the Debentures and the Trust to lawfully deliver [other
securities] to each Holder upon conversion or exchange of the
Securities.
(f) The Sponsor will pay any and all taxes that may be
payable in respect of the issue or delivery of the [other securities]
on conversion or exchange of Debentures and the delivery of the [other
securities] by the Trust upon conversion or exchange of the
Securities. The Sponsor shall not, however, be required to pay any
tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issue and delivery of the [other securities] in a name other than that
in which the Securities so converted were registered, and no such
issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting
such issue has paid to the Trust the amount of any such tax, or has
established to the satisfaction of the Trust that such tax has been
paid.
(g) Nothing in the preceding paragraph (f) shall limit the
requirement of the Trust to withhold taxes pursuant to the terms of
the Securities or set forth in this Annex I to the Declaration or to
the Declaration itself or otherwise require the Property Trustee or
the Trust to pay any amounts on account of such withholdings.]
6. Voting Rights - Preferred Securities.
(a) Except as provided under Sections 6(b) and 8 and as
otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the
Preferred Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property
Trustee, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture
Trustee, or executing any trust or power conferred on such Debenture
Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default
that is waivable under Section [5.13] of the Indenture, (iii) exercise
any right to rescind or annul a declaration of acceleration of the
maturity of the principal of the Debentures or (iv) consent to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the
Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each
case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of a Majority in
Liquidation Amount of all outstanding Preferred Securities; provided,
that where a consent or other action under the Indenture with respect
to the Debentures would require the consent or act of holders of
Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Debentures (a "Super
Majority"), no consent or act shall be given or taken by the Holders
of outstanding Preferred Securities representing at least such
specified percentage of the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Preferred Securities then outstanding. The Trustees shall not revoke
any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders
of the Preferred Securities except by subsequent vote of such Holders.
The Property Trustee shall notify each Holder of Preferred Securities
of any notice of default with respect to the Debentures. In addition
to obtaining the foregoing approvals of such Holders of the Preferred
Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Trustees
shall obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the
effect that the Trust will not be classified as an association taxable
as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes on
account of such action.
If an Event of Default under the Declaration has occurred and is
continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture
Issuer to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures on
any due date (including any Interest Payment Date or redemption date or the
Maturity Date), then a Holder of Preferred Securities may directly institute a
proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on a Like Amount of Debentures (a "Direct Action")
on or after the respective due date specified in the Debentures. In connection
with such Direct Action, the
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rights of the Holders of the Common Securities will be subrogated to the rights
of such Holder of Preferred Securities to the extent of any payment made by the
Debenture Issuer to such Holder of Preferred Securities in such Direct Action.
Except as provided in this paragraph, the Holders of Preferred Securities will
not be able to exercise directly any other remedy available to the Holders of
the Debentures.
Any approval or direction of Holders of Preferred Securities may be
given at a separate meeting of Holders of Preferred Securities convened for
such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities in the Trust or
pursuant to written consent. The Property Trustee will cause a notice of any
meeting at which Holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to vote, or of
any matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken,
to be mailed to each Holder of record of Preferred Securities. Each such
notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or
the date by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any
resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are
entitled to vote or of such matter upon which written consent is sought, and
(iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or consent.
No vote or consent of the Holders of the Preferred Securities will be
required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Preferred Securities or to
distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of
the Securities.
Notwithstanding that Holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to
vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the
Preferred Securities that are owned by the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the
Sponsor shall not be entitled to vote or consent and shall, for purposes of
such vote or consent, be treated as if they were not outstanding.
7. Voting Rights - Common Securities.
(a) Except as provided under Sections 7(b), 7(c), and 8
or as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of
the Common Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Trustee may be removed at any time by the Holder of
the Common Securities. If an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may be
removed at such time by the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the outstanding Preferred Securities. In no event will the
Holders of the Preferred Securities have the right to vote to appoint,
remove or replace the Administrative Trustees, which voting rights are
vested exclusively in the Sponsor as the Holder of the Common
Securities. No resignation or removal of a Trustee and no appointment
of a successor trustee shall be effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee in accordance with the provisions
of the Declaration.
(c) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property
Trustee, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture
Trustee, or executing any trust or power conferred on such Debenture
Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default
that is waivable under Section [5.13] of the Indenture, (iii) exercise
any right to rescind or annul a declaration of acceleration of the
maturity of the principal of the Debentures or (iv) consent to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the
Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each
case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of a Majority in
Liquidation Amount of all outstanding Common Securities; provided,
that where a consent or other action under the Indenture with respect
to the Debentures would require the consent or act of holders of
Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Debentures (a "Super
Majority"), no consent
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or act shall be given or taken by the Holders of outstanding Common
Securities representing at least such specified percentage of the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Common Securities then
outstanding. The Trustees shall not revoke any action previously
authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Common
Securities except by subsequent vote of such Holders. The Property
Trustee shall notify each Holder of Common Securities of any notice of
default with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the
foregoing approvals of such Holders of the Common Securities, prior to
taking any of the foregoing actions, the Trustees shall obtain an
Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the
Trust will not be classified as an association taxable as a
corporation for United States federal income tax purposes on account
of such action.
If an Event of Default under the Declaration has occurred and is
continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture
Issuer to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures on
the due date (including any Interest Payment Date or redemption date or the
Maturity Date), then a Holder of Common Securities may institute a Direct
Action for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on a Like Amount of Debentures on or after the
respective due date specified in the Debentures. Except as provided in this
paragraph, the Holders of Common Securities will not be able to exercise
directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Debentures.
Any approval or direction of Holders of Common Securities may be given
at a separate meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened for such
purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities in the Trust or
pursuant to written consent. The Administrative Trustees will cause a notice
of any meeting at which Holders of Common Securities are entitled to vote, or
of any matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be
taken, to be mailed to each Holder of record of Common Securities. Each such
notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or
the date by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any
resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are
entitled to vote or of such matter upon which written consent is sought and
(iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or consents.
No vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities will be
required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities or to distribute
the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of the
Securities.
8. Amendments to Declaration.
In addition to the circumstances and requirements set out in Section
12.1 of the Declaration, the Declaration may be amended by the Trustees and the
Sponsor with (i) the consent of Holders representing a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of all outstanding Securities, and (ii) receipt by the Trustees of an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any
power granted to the Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect
the Trust's status as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes or the Trust's exemption from status as an investment company under
the Investment Company Act, provided that, without the consent of each Holder
of Securities, the Declaration may not be amended to (i) change the amount or
timing of any Distribution on the Securities or otherwise adversely affect the
amount of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Securities as
of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Holder of Securities to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.
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9. Pro Rata.
A reference in these terms of the Securities to any payment,
distribution or treatment as being "Pro Rata" shall mean pro rata to each
Holder of Securities according to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to the aggregate Liquidation
Amount of all Securities outstanding unless, in relation to any payment, an
Event of Default under the Declaration has occurred and is continuing, in which
case any funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each
Holder of the Preferred Securities pro rata according to the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities held by the relevant Holder relative
to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all Preferred Securities outstanding,
and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, to each Holder of Common Securities pro rata according to the
aggregate Liquidation Amount of Common Securities held by the relevant Holder
relative to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all Common Securities
outstanding.
10. Ranking.
The Preferred Securities rank pari passu with the Common Securities
and payment thereon shall be made Pro Rata with the Common Securities, except
that, if an Event of Default under the Declaration occurs and is continuing, no
payments in respect of Distributions on, or payments upon liquidation,
redemption or otherwise with respect to, the Common Securities shall be made
until the Holders of the Preferred Securities shall be paid in full the
Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution and other payments to
which they are entitled at such time.
11. Acceptance of Preferred Securities Guarantee and Indenture.
Each Holder of Preferred Securities by the acceptance thereof, agrees
to the provisions of the Preferred Securities Guarantee, including the
subordination provisions therein and to the provisions of the Indenture.
12. No Preemptive Rights.
The Holders of the Securities shall have no preemptive or similar
rights to subscribe for any additional securities.
13. Miscellaneous.
These terms constitute a part of the Declaration.
The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Preferred
Securities Guarantee and the Indenture (including any supplemental indenture)
to a Holder without charge on written request to the Sponsor at its principal
place of business.
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
[IF THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL PREFERRED SECURITY, INSERT: THIS
PREFERRED SECURITY IS A GLOBAL PREFERRED SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
DECLARATION HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE "CLEARING AGENCY") OR A NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING
AGENCY. THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR PREFERRED SECURITIES
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE CLEARING AGENCY OR ITS
NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION AND NO
TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED
SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE CLEARING AGENCY TO A NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING AGENCY
OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING AGENCY TO THE CLEARING AGENCY OR ANOTHER
NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING AGENCY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.]
Certificate Number Number of Preferred Securities
CUSIP NO.
Certificate Evidencing Preferred Securities
of
American General Capital [I]
[ ]% Preferred Securities
(Liquidation Amount $_____ per Preferred Security)
American General Capital [I], a statutory business trust created under
the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
______________________ (the "Holder") is the registered owner of
___________________ securities of the Trust representing undivided preferred
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated the [ ]% Preferred
Securities (Liquidation Amount $_____ per Preferred Security) (the "Preferred
Securities"). The Preferred Securities are transferable on the books and
records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon
surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer.
The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms
and provisions of the Preferred Securities represented hereby are set forth
herein, on the reverse hereof and in the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust of the Trust dated as of [___________], as the same may be amended from
time to time (the "Declaration"), and shall in all respects be subject to the
provisions thereof, including the designation of the terms of the Preferred
Securities as set forth in Annex I to the Declaration. Each capitalized term
used but not defined herein or in any legend, form or certificate hereon shall
have the meaning given to it in the Declaration. The Sponsor will provide a
copy of the Declaration, the Preferred Securities Guarantee and the Indenture
to any Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal
place of business.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder and to the benefits of
the Preferred Securities Guarantee to the extent provided therein.
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By its acceptance hereof, the Holder agrees to treat, for United
States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the
Preferred Securities as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the
Debentures.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this
day of . -----
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American General Capital [I]
By:
------------------------------------
Name:
----------------------------------
Administrative Trustee
PROPERTY TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Preferred Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Declaration.
Dated:
-------------------
Bankers Trust Company
as Property Trustee
By:
------------------------------------
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
Distributions payable on each Preferred Security will be fixed at a
rate per annum of [ ]% (the "Coupon Rate") of the Liquidation Amount of $_____
per Preferred Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the
Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee. Distributions in arrears for
more than one [semi-annual period] will bear interest thereon compounded
[semi-annually] at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law).
The term "Distributions", as used herein, includes such cash distributions and
any such interest payable unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable
only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by
the Property Trustee and to the extent the Property Trustee has funds on hand
legally available therefor.
Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be cumulative, will
accumulate from the most recent date to which Distributions have been paid or,
if no Distributions have been paid, from [ ], [ ] and will be payable
[semi-annually] in arrears on [ ] and [ ] of each year,
commencing on [ ], [ ], except as otherwise described below and in the
Declaration. Distributions will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months and, for any period of less than a full
calendar month, the number of days elapsed in such month. [As long as no Event
of Default (as defined in the Indenture) has occurred and is continuing, the
Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer the payment of
interest on the Debentures at any time and from time to time for a period not
exceeding [____] consecutive calendar [semi-annual] periods, including the
first such [semi-annual period] during such extension period (each, an
"Extension Period"), provided that no Extension Period shall extend beyond the
Maturity Date of the Debentures. Distributions will be deferred during any
Extension Period. Notwithstanding such deferral, [semi-annual] Distributions
will continue to accumulate with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by
applicable law, but not at a rate exceeding the rate of interest then accruing
on the Debentures) at the Coupon Rate compounded [semi-annually] during any
Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any Extension Period, the
Debenture Issuer may further defer payments of interest by further extending
such Extension Period; provided that such Extension Period, together with all
previous and further extensions, if any, within such Extension Period, may not
exceed [____] consecutive [semi-annual] periods, including the first
semi-annual period during such Extension Period, or extend beyond the Maturity
Date of the Debentures. [Payments of Distributions that have accumulated but
not been paid during any Extension Period will be payable to Holders as they
appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date for the first
scheduled Distribution payment date following the expiration of such Extension
Period and prior to the commencement of any new Extension Period. Upon the
expiration of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, the
Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above
requirements.]
[Subject to the conditions set forth in the Declaration and the
Indenture, the Property Trustee shall, at the direction of the Sponsor, at any
time dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of the liabilities to creditors
of the Trust as provided by law, cause the Debentures to be distributed to the
holders of the Securities in liquidation of the Trust [or, simultaneously with
any redemption of the Debentures, cause a Like Amount of the Securities to be
redeemed by the Trust.]
[The Preferred Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the Declaration.]
[The Preferred Securities shall be convertible or exchangeable into
[___________] as provided in the Declaration.]
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this
Preferred Security Certificate to:
- -------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------
(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
- -------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
- -------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------
- -------------------------agent to transfer this Preferred Security Certificate
on the books of the Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or
her.
Date:
-------------------------------------
Signature:
--------------------------------
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Security
Certificate)
Signature Guarantee:
-------------------------------
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* Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union
meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program
("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by
the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE
THIS COMMON SECURITY IS NOT TRANSFERABLE
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION REFERRED TO HEREIN
Certificate Number Number of Common Securities
Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
American General Capital [I]
[ ]% Common Securities
(Liquidation Amount $_______ per Common Security)
American General Capital [I], a statutory business trust created under
the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that American
General Corporation (the "Holder") is the registered owner of _______common
securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust designated the [ ]% Common Securities (Liquidation Amount
$_____ per Common Security) (the "Common Securities"). Subject to the terms of
the Declaration, the Common Securities are transferable on the books and
records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon
surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer.
The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms
and provisions of the Common Securities represented hereby are set forth
herein, on the reverse hereof and in the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust of the Trust dated as of [__________] as the same may be amended from
time to time (the "Declaration"), and shall in all respects be subject to the
provisions thereof, including the designation of the terms of the Common
Securities as set forth in Annex I to the Declaration. Each capitalized term
used but not defined herein or in any legend, form or certificate hereon shall
have the meaning given to it in the Declaration. The Sponsor will provide a
copy of the Declaration and the Indenture (including any supplemental
indenture) to any Holder without charge upon written request to the Sponsor at
its principal place of business.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Sponsor is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder to the extent provided
therein.
By its acceptance hereof, the Holder agrees to treat, for United
States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the
Common Securities as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the
Debentures.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this
day of
- ------- ---------------, -----.
AMERICAN GENERAL TRUST [I]
By:
----------------------------------
Name:
--------------------------------
Administrative Trustee
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
Distributions payable on each Common Security will be fixed at a rate
per annum of [ ]% (the "Coupon Rate") of the Liquidation Amount of $______ per
Common Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures
to be held by the Property Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than one
[semi-annual] period will bear interest thereon compounded semiannually at the
Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term
"Distributions", as used herein, includes such cash distributions and any such
interest payable unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to
the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the
Property Trustee and to the extent the Property Trustee has funds available
therefor.
Distributions on the Common Securities will be cumulative, will accrue
from the most recent date to which Distributions have been paid or, if no
Distributions have been paid, from [_____], [___] and will be payable
[semi-annually] in arrears on [________] and [_____] of each year, commencing
on [________], [___], except as otherwise described below and in the
Declaration. Distributions will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30 day months and, for any period of less than a full
calendar month, the number of days elapsed in such month. [As long as no Event
of Default (as defined in the Indenture) has occurred and is continuing, the
Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer the payment of
interest on the Debenture at any time and from time for a period not exceeding
[___] consecutive calendar [semi-annual] periods, including the first such
semi-annual period during such extension period (each an "Extension Period"),
provided, that no Extension Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the
Debentures. Distributions will be deferred during any Extension Period.
Notwithstanding such deferral, Distributions will continue to accumulate with
interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law, but not at a rate
exceeding the rate of interest then accruing on the Debentures) at the Coupon
Rate compounded [semi-annually] during any Extension Period. Prior to the
termination of any Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may further defer
payments of interest by further extending such Extension Period; provided, that
such Extension Period, together with all previous and further extensions, if
any, within such Extension Period, may not exceed [___] consecutive
[semi-annual] periods, including the first semi-annual period during such
Extension Period, or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures.
Payments of Distributions that have accumulated but not been paid during any
Extension Period will be payable to Holders as they appear on the books and
records of the Trust on the record date for the first Distribution Date
following the expiration of such Extension Period. Upon the expiration of any
Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, the Debenture Issuer
may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above requirements.]
[Subject to the conditions set forth in the Declaration and the
Indenture, the Property Trustee shall, at the direction of the Sponsor, at any
time dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of the liabilities to creditors
of the Trust as provided by law, cause the Debentures to be distributed to the
holders of the Securities in liquidation of the Trust [or, simultaneously with
any redemption of the Debentures, cause a Like Amount of the Securities to be
redeemed by the Trust.]
[The Common Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the Declaration.]
[The Common Securities shall be convertible or exchangeable into
[_______] as provided in the Declaration.]
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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Exhibit 4(p)
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL I
This Certificate of Trust is being executed as of November 14, 1997
for the purposes of organizing a business trust pursuant to the Delaware
Business Trust Act, 12 Del. C. ss. 3801 et seq. (the "Act").
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows:
1. Name. The name of the business trust is "American General
Capital I" (the "Trust").
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the Delaware
resident trustee of the Trust meeting the requirements of Section 3807 of the
Act are as follows:
Bankers Trust (Delaware)
E. A. Delle Donne Corporate Center
Montgomery Bldg.
1011 Centre Road, Suite 200
Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1266
3. Effectiveness. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective
immediately upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the trustees of the
Trust, have duly executed this Certificate of Trust as of the day and year first
above written.
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE)
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By: \s\ M. Lisa Wilkins
------------------------------
Name: M. Lisa Wilkins
Title: Assistant Secretary
\s\ James L. Gleaves
----------------------------------
James L. Gleaves
not in his individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
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Exhibit 4(q)
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL II
This Certificate of Trust is being executed as of November 14, 1997
for the purposes of organizing a business trust pursuant to the Delaware
Business Trust Act, 12 Del. C. ss. 3801 et seq. (the "Act").
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows:
1. Name. The name of the business trust is "American General
Capital II" (the "Trust").
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the Delaware
resident trustee of the Trust meeting the requirements of Section 3807 of the
Act are as follows:
Bankers Trust (Delaware)
E. A. Delle Donne Corporate Center
Montgomery Bldg.
1011 Centre Road, Suite 200
Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1266
3. Effectiveness. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective
immediately upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the trustees of the
Trust, have duly executed this Certificate of Trust as of the day and year first
above written.
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE)
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By: \s\ M. Lisa Wilkins
---------------------------
Name: M. Lisa Wilkins
Title: Assistant Secretary
\s\ James L. Gleaves
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James L. Gleaves
not in his individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
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Exhibit 4(r)
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL III
This Certificate of Trust is being executed as of November 14, 1997
for the purposes of organizing a business trust pursuant to the Delaware
Business Trust Act, 12 Del. C. ss. 3801 et seq. (the "Act").
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows:
1. Name. The name of the business trust is "American General
Capital III" (the "Trust").
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the Delaware
resident trustee of the Trust meeting the requirements of Section 3807 of the
Act are as follows:
Bankers Trust (Delaware)
E. A. Delle Donne Corporate Center
Montgomery Bldg.
1011 Centre Road, Suite 200
Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1266
3. Effectiveness. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective
immediately upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the trustees of the
Trust, have duly executed this Certificate of Trust as of the day and year first
above written.
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE)
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By: \s\ M. Lisa Wilkins
------------------------------
Name: M. Lisa Wilkins
Title: Assistant Secretary
\s\ James L. Gleaves
----------------------------------
James L. Gleaves
not in his individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
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Exhibit 4(s)
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL IV
This Certificate of Trust is being executed as of November 14, 1997
for the purposes of organizing a business trust pursuant to the Delaware
Business Trust Act, 12 Del. C. ss. 3801 et seq. (the "Act").
The undersigned hereby certifies as follows:
1. Name. The name of the business trust is "American General
Capital IV" (the "Trust").
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the Delaware
resident trustee of the Trust meeting the requirements of Section 3807 of the
Act are as follows:
Bankers Trust (Delaware)
E. A. Delle Donne Corporate Center
Montgomery Bldg.
1011 Centre Road, Suite 200
Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1266
3. Effectiveness. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective
immediately upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the trustees of the
Trust, have duly executed this Certificate of Trust as of the day and year first
above written.
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE)
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By: \s\ M. Lisa Wilkins
--------------------------
Name: M. Lisa Wilkins
Title: Assistant Secretary
\s\ James L. Gleaves
------------------------------
James L. Gleaves
not in his individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
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Exhibit 4(t)
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[FORM OF PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT]
-------------------------
PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
(AS GUARANTOR)
AND
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
(AS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE)
RELATING TO PREFERRED SECURITIES
OF
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL [I]
DATED AS OF [ ]
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Section of Section of
Trust Indenture Act Guarantee
of 1939, as amended Agreement
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<S> <C>
310(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1(a)
310(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1(c), 2.8
310(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inapplicable
311(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2(b)
311(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2(b)
311(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inapplicable
312(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2(a)
312(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2(b)
313 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3
314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4
314(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inapplicable
314(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5
314(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inapplicable
314(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1, 2.5, 3.2
314(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1, 3.2
315(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1(d)
315(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7
315(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
315(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1(d)
316(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1, 2.6, 5.4
316(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3
316(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2
317(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inapplicable
317(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inapplicable
318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1(b)
318(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
318(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1(a)
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* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Guarantee
Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms
or provisions.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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SECTION 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1-
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -4-
SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Preferred Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -4-
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -5-
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -5-
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -5-
SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -5-
SECTION 2.7 Event of Default; Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6-
SECTION 2.8 Conflicting Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6-
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6-
SECTION 3.2 Certain Rights of Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -8-
SECTION 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Preferred Securities Guarantee . . . . . . . . -10
ARTICLE IV
PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -10-
SECTION 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. . . . . . . -11-
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
SECTION 5.1 Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -12-
SECTION 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -12-
SECTION 5.3 Obligations Not Affected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -12-
SECTION 5.4 Rights of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -13-
SECTION 5.5 Guarantee of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -13-
SECTION 5.6 Subrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -14-
SECTION 5.7 Independent Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -14-
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
SECTION 6.1 Limitation of Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -14-
SECTION 6.2 Ranking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -15-
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ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
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SECTION 7.1 Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -15-
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 8.1 Exculpation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -15-
SECTION 8.2 Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -16-
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1 Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -16-
SECTION 9.2 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -16-
SECTION 9.3 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -17-
SECTION 9.4 Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -18-
SECTION 9.5 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -18-
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PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
This PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Preferred
Securities Guarantee"), dated as of __________, is executed and delivered by
American General Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Guarantor"), and
Bankers Trust Company, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the
"Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as
defined herein) from time to time of the Preferred Securities (as defined
herein) of American General Capital [I], a Delaware statutory business trust
(the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust (the "Declaration"), dated as of _____________________, among the
trustees of the Issuer, the Guarantor, as sponsor, and the holders from time to
time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer
is issuing on the date hereof __________ preferred securities, having an
aggregate liquidation amount of $__________, such preferred securities being
designated the [_________________] Preferred Securities (the "Preferred
Securities").
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the
Preferred Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to
agree, to the extent set forth in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, to pay
to the Holders of the Preferred Securities the Guarantee Payments (as defined
below) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each
Holder of Preferred Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby
acknowledges shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers
this Preferred Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation
In this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee
but not defined in the preamble above have the respective
meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1;
(b) Terms defined in the Declaration as at the date of execution
of this Preferred Securities Guarantee have the same meaning
when used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee unless
otherwise defined in this Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(c) a term defined anywhere in this Preferred Securities Guarantee
has the same meaning throughout;
(d) all references to "the Preferred Securities Guarantee" or
"this Preferred Securities Guarantee" are to this Preferred
Securities Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from
time to time;
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(e) all references in this Preferred Securities Guarantee to
Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this
Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;
(f) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning
when used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless
otherwise defined in this Preferred Securities Guarantee or
unless the context otherwise requires; and
(g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereunder.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a
day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or
required by law or executive order to close.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally
administered, which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is
located at Four Albany Street, New York, New York 10006, Attention: Corporate
Trust and Agency Group - Corporate Market Services.
"Covered Person" means any Holder or beneficial owner of Preferred
Securities.
"Debentures" means the series of junior subordinated debt securities
of the Guarantor designated the [____________________________________] held by
the Property Trustee (as defined in the Declaration) of the Issuer.
"Event of Default" means [a] a default by the Guarantor on any of its
payment or other obligations under this Preferred Securities Guarantee [or (b)
if applicable, the failure by the Guarantor to deliver [other securities] upon
an appropriate election by the Holders of Preferred Securities to convert or
exchange such Preferred Securities into [such other securities]].
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions,
without duplication, with respect to the Preferred Securities, to the extent
not paid or made by the Issuer: (i) any accumulated and unpaid Distributions
(as defined in the Declaration) that are required to be paid on such Preferred
Securities, to the extent the Issuer has funds on hand legally available
therefor, (ii) the redemption price with respect to any Preferred Securities
called for redemption by the Issuer, including all accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the date of redemption (the "Redemption Price"), to the extent
the Issuer has funds on hand legally available therefor, or (iii) upon a
voluntary or involuntary termination and liquidation of the Issuer (other than
in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the Holders in exchange
for Preferred Securities [or a conversion or exchange of all the Preferred
Securities into [other securities]] as provided in the Declaration), the lesser
of (a) the Liquidation Distribution (as defined in the Declaration), and (b)
the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for distribution to
Holders of Preferred Securities.
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"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records
of the Issuer, of any Preferred Securities; provided, however, that, in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Preferred
Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
"Holder" shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor.
"Indemnified Person" means the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee,
any Affiliate of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, or any officers,
directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives,
nominees, custodians or agents of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
November 15, 1997, between the Guarantor (the "Debenture Issuer") and Bankers
Trust Company, as trustee, [as supplemented by the First Supplemental
Indenture, dated ______________________ ("Supplemental Indenture")] pursuant to
which the Debentures are to be issued to the Property Trustee of the Issuer.
"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities" means,
except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by Holder(s) of Preferred
Securities, voting separately as a class, of more than 50% of the aggregate
liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on
redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions
to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all Preferred
Securities.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman,
any Vice Chairman, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Guarantor.
Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers'
Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions
relating thereto;
(b) a statement that each such officer has made such
examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is
necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(c) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each
such officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Other Guarantees" means (i) guarantees issued by the Guarantor with
respect to preferred securities (if any) similar to the Preferred Securities
issued by other trusts established or to be established by the Guarantor (if
any), in each case similar to the Issuer, including the guarantees issued by
the Guarantor with respect to the preferred securities issued by American
General Institutional Capital A and American General Institutional Capital B
and (ii) guarantees by the Guarantor relating to the preferred securities of
American General Capital, L.L.C. and American General Delaware, L.L.C.
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"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever
nature.
"Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee" means Bankers Trust Company,
a New York banking corporation, until a Successor Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant
to the terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee and thereafter means each
such Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, including any vice president, any
assistant vice president, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant
treasurer or other officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect
to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee" means a successor
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application
(a) This Preferred Securities Guarantee is subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of
this Preferred Securities Guarantee and shall, to the extent
applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this
Preferred Securities Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the
duties imposed by Section 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust
Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Preferred Securities
(a) The Guarantor shall provide the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee (unless the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
is otherwise the registrar of the Preferred Securities) with a list,
in such form as the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of the
Preferred Securities ("List of Holders") as of such date, (i) within
one Business Day after [________ and
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_______] of each year, and (ii) at any other time within 30 days of
receipt by the Guarantor of a written request for a List of Holders as
of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given to
the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee provided, that the
Guarantor shall not be obligated to provide such List of Holders at
any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List
of Holders given to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee by the
Guarantor. The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may destroy any
List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of
Holders.
(b) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
comply with its obligations under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and Section
312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
Within 60 days after December 31 of each year, commencing December 31,
[____], the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders
of the Preferred Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the
Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section
313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
shall also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Holders such documents,
reports and information, if any, as required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act and the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the
Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent
The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee such evidence of compliance with such conditions precedent, if any,
provided for in this Preferred Securities Guarantee that relate to any of the
matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section
314(c)(1) may be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver
The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of Preferred
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Preferred
Securities, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such
waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
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SECTION 2.7 Event of Default; Notice
(a) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall,
within 90 days after the occurrence of a default with respect to this
Preferred Securities Guarantee, mail by first class postage prepaid,
to all Holders of the Preferred Securities, notices of all defaults
actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee, unless such defaults have been cured before the
giving of such notice, provided, that, except in the case of default
in the payment of any Guarantee Payment, the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and
so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust
committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the
Preferred Securities.
(b) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not
be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have received written
notice, or a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee charged with the administration of this Preferred Securities
Guarantee shall have obtained actual knowledge, of such Event of
Default.
SECTION 2.8 Conflicting Interests
The Declaration shall be deemed to be specifically described in this
Preferred Securities Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the first
proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee
(a) This Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be held by
the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities, and the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Preferred Securities
Guarantee to any Person except a Holder of Preferred Securities
exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.4(b) or to a
Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such
Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to
act as Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. The right,
title and interest of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
automatically vest in any Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee, and such vesting and succession of title shall be effective
whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered
pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If an Event of Default actually known to a
Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has
occurred and is continuing, the Preferred
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Securities Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Preferred Securities
Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities.
(c) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, before
the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing of all
Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform
only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Preferred
Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be read into this
Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has
not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) and is actually
known to a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Preferred
Securities Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill in its
exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(d) No provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee
shall be construed to relieve the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of
Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of
Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this
Preferred Securities Guarantee, and the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable
except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Preferred Securities Guarantee, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the
part of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee,
the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements
and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished
to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof
or of the Trust Indenture Act are specifically
required to be furnished to the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(ii) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good
faith by a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the
Preferred Securities Guarantee
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Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon
which such judgment was made;
(iii) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount
of the Preferred Securities relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee under this Preferred Securities Guarantee;
and
(iv) no provision of this Preferred Securities
Guarantee shall require the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if
the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such
funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the
terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or indemnity,
reasonably satisfactory to the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee, against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it.
SECTION 3.2 Certain Rights of Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
(i) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
may conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting
or refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate,
statement instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document reasonably
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
presented by the proper party or parties.
(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor
contemplated by this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate.
(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this
Preferred Securities Guarantee, the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be
proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting to
take any action hereunder, the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
request and conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate
which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly
delivered by the Guarantor.
(iv) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or
registration of any instrument (or any rerecording, refiling
or registration thereof).
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(v) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
may consult with legal counsel of its selection, and the
written advice or opinion of such legal counsel with respect
to legal matters shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
to be taken by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance
with such advice or opinion. Such legal counsel may be legal
counsel to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may
include any of its employees. The Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction.
(vi) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or
powers vested in it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee at
the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder
shall have provided to the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee such security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory
to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, against the
costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses and
the expenses of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee's
agents, nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might be
incurred by it in complying with such request or direction,
including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee; provided that, nothing
contained in this Section 3.2(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve
the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to
exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Preferred
Securities Guarantee.
(vii) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as
it may see fit.
(viii) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform
any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
nominees, custodians or attorneys, and the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(ix) Any action taken by the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee or its agents hereunder shall bind the
Holders of the Preferred Securities, and the signature of the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee or its agents alone
shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action.
No third party shall be required to inquire as to the
authority of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee to so
act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and
provisions of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, both of
which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee's or its agent's taking such
action.
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(x) Whenever in the administration of this
Preferred Securities Guarantee the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive
instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or
taking any other action hereunder, the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee (i) may request instructions from the
Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or
right or taking such other action until such instructions are
received, and (iii) shall be protected in conclusively relying
on or acting in accordance with such instructions.
(xi) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted
to be taken by it in good faith, without negligence, and
reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Preferred Securities Guarantee.
(b) No provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee
shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise
any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in
accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to
exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive
power or authority available to the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
SECTION 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Preferred
Securities Guarantee
The recitals contained in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be
taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness.
The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE IV
PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility
(a) There shall at all times be a Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America or any State or
Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a
corporation or Person permitted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust
Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus
of at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and
subject to
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supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial or
District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to
the requirements of the supervising or examining authority
referred to above, then, for the purposes of this Section
4.1(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published.
(b) If at any time the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the
manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).
(c) If the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has or
shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee and Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions
of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee
(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee may be appointed or removed without cause at any
time by the Guarantor except during an Event of Default.
(b) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not
be removed in accordance with Section 4.2(a) until a Successor
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such
Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the
Guarantor.
(c) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall hold
office until a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
have been appointed or until its removal or resignation. The
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without
need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing
executed by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered
to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a
Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed
and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by
such Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to
the Guarantor and the resigning Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided
in this Section 4.2 within 60 days after delivery of an instrument of
removal or resignation, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such
notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee.
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(e) No Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be
liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Preferred
securities Guarantee Trustee.
(f) Upon termination of this Preferred Securities
Guarantee or removal or resignation of the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Guarantor shall
pay to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee all amounts due to
the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee accrued to the date of such
termination, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
SECTION 5.1 Guarantee
The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to
the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore
paid by or on behalf of the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any
defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert.
The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by
direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by
causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.
SECTION 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand
The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply,
presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first
against the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor,
protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all
other notices and demands.
SECTION 5.3 Obligations Not Affected
The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor
under this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall in no way be affected or
impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or
otherwise, of the performance or observance by the Issuer of any
express or implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to
the Preferred Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer
of all or any portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price,
Liquidation Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of
the Preferred Securities or the extension of time for the performance
of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with,
the Preferred Securities (other than an extension of time for payment
of Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation
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Distribution or other sum payable that results from the extension of
any interest payment period on the Debentures permitted by the
Indenture);
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on
the part of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right,
privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the
terms of the Preferred Securities, or any action on the part of the
Issuer granting indulgence or extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution, sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency,
bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization,
arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar
proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the
Preferred Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation
guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a
guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 5.3 that the
obligations of the Guarantor with respect to the Guarantee Payments
shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or
obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
SECTION 5.4 Rights of Holders
(a) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of
the Preferred Securities have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee or exercising any trust or power conferred upon
the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee under this Preferred
Securities Guarantee.
(b) Any Holder of Preferred Securities may institute a
legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the
Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee's rights under this Preferred
Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding
against the Issuer, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee or any
other person or entity. The Guarantor waives any right or remedy to
require that any action be brought first against the Issuer or any
other person or entity before proceeding directly against the
Guarantor.
SECTION 5.5 Guarantee of Payment
This Preferred Securities Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and
not of collection. This Preferred Securities Guarantee will not be discharged
except by payment of the Guarantee
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Payments in full (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the
Issuer) or upon distribution of Debentures to Holders [or conversion of the
Preferred Securities into [other securities of the Guarantor]] as provided in
the Declaration.
SECTION 5.6 Subrogation
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the
Holders of Preferred Securities against the Issuer in respect of any amounts
paid to such Holders by the Guarantor under this Preferred Securities
Guarantee; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the
extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or
exercise any right that it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity,
reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under
this Preferred Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any
amounts are due and unpaid under this Preferred Securities Guarantee. If any
amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence,
the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay
over such amount to the Holders.
SECTION 5.7 Independent Obligations
The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are
independent of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Preferred
Securities, and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor
hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in
subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
SECTION 6.1 Limitation of Transactions
So long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Guarantor
shall not, and shall not permit any subsidiary of the Guarantor to, (i) declare
or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make
a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Guarantor's capital stock,
(ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on, or repay
or repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Guarantor that rank pari
passu in all respects with or junior in interest to the Debentures or (iii)
make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Guarantor of
the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Guarantor if such guarantee ranks
pari passu or junior in interest to the Debentures (other than (a) dividends or
distributions in shares of, or options, warrants, rights to subscribe for or
purchase shares of, common stock of the Guarantor, (b) any declaration of a
dividend in connection with the implementation or extension of a stockholder's
rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the
redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments
under this Preferred Securities Guarantee, (d) as a result of a
reclassification of the Guarantor's capital stock or the exchange or the
conversion of one class or series of the Guarantor's capital stock for another
class or series of the Guarantor's capital stock, (e) the purchase of
fractional interests in shares of the Guarantor's capital stock pursuant to the
conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock
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or the security being converted or exchanged, and (f) acquisitions of common
stock of the Company in connection with the satisfaction of its obligations
under any benefit plan for its directors, officers or employees), if at such
time (i) there shall have occurred and be continuing any event of which the
Guarantor has actual knowledge (a) that is, or with the giving of notice or the
lapse of time, or both, would be an Event of Default under the Indenture and
(b) in respect of which the Guarantor shall not have taken reasonable steps to
cure, (ii) the Guarantor shall be in default with respect to its payment of any
obligations under this Preferred Securities Guarantee or (iii) the Guarantor
shall have given notice of its election of an Extension Period (as defined in
the Indenture) pursuant to the terms of the Debentures and shall not have
rescinded such notice, and any such Extension Period, or any extension
thereof, shall be continuing.
SECTION 6.2 Ranking
This Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute an unsecured
obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right
of payment to Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture), to the same
extent and in the same manner that the Debentures are subordinated to Senior
Indebtedness pursuant to the Indenture, it being understood that the terms of
Article XIII of the Indenture shall apply to the obligations of the Guarantor
under this Preferred Securities Guarantee as if (x) such Article XIII were set
forth herein in full and (y) such obligations were substituted for the term
"Securities" appearing in such Article XIII, and (ii) pari passu with the
Debentures and with any Other Guarantee.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
SECTION 7.1 Termination
This Preferred Securities Guarantee shall terminate and be of no
further force and effect (i) upon full payment of the Redemption Price (as
defined in the Declaration) of all Preferred Securities, (ii) upon the
distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of all of the Preferred
Securities [or conversion or exchange of all the Preferred Securities into
[other securities] as provided in the Declaration]], or (iii) upon full payment
of the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration upon liquidation of
the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Preferred Securities Guarantee
will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at
any time any Holder of Preferred Securities must restore payment of any sums
paid under the Preferred Securities or under this Preferred Securities
Guarantee.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 8.1 Exculpation
(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or
accountable in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered
Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or
omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good
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faith in accordance with this Preferred Securities Guarantee and in a
manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within
the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by
this Preferred Securities Guarantee or by law, except that an
Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim
incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's negligence or willful
misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in
relying in good faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such
information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the
Guarantor by any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person
reasonably believes are within such other Person's professional or
expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or
on behalf of the Guarantor, including information, opinions, reports
or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities,
profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and
amount of assets from which Distributions to Holders of Preferred
Securities might properly be paid.
SECTION 8.2 Indemnification
The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to
hold each Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss, liability,
damage, claim or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the
trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including
reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against, or
investigating, any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligation to
indemnify as set forth in this Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of
this Preferred Securities Guarantee or resignation or removal of the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1 Successors and Assigns
All guarantees and agreements contained in this Preferred Securities
Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders
of the Preferred Securities then outstanding.
SECTION 9.2 Amendments
Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely
affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent of Holders will be
required), this Preferred Securities Guarantee may only be amended with the
prior approval of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities. The provisions of Section 12.2 of the Declaration with
respect to meetings of Holders of the Preferred Securities apply to the giving
of such approval.
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SECTION 9.3 Notices
All notices provided for in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall
be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be
delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) If given to the Issuer, in care of the Administrative
Trustees at the Issuer's mailing address set forth below:
American General Capital [I]
c/o American General Corporation
2929 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019-2155
Attention: Treasury Department
Telecopy: (713) 522-3847
(b) If given to the Preferred Securities Guarantee
Trustee, at the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee's mailing
address set forth below (or such other address as the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the
Preferred Securities):
Bankers Trust Company
Four Albany Street
New York, New York 10006
Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group -
Corporate Market Services
Telecopy: (212) 250-6961
(c) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing
address set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may
give notice of to the Holders of the Preferred Securities):
American General Corporation
2929 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019-2155
Attention: Treasury Department
Telecopy: (713) 522-3847
(d) If given to any Holder of Preferred Securities, at
the address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery
or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice
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was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered
on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 9.4 Benefit
This Preferred Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is not
separately transferable from the Preferred Securities.
SECTION 9.5 Governing Law
THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year
first above written.
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION,
as Guarantor
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT 5(a)
[LETTERHEAD OF VINSON & ELKINS, L.L.P.]
November 17, 1997
American General Corporation
2929 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to American General, a Texas corporation (the
"Company"), in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") filed on even date herewith with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to up to $1,500,000,000
aggregate initial public offering price of (i) the Company's senior unsecured
debt securities (the "Senior Debt Securities"), (ii) the Company's subordinated
unsecured debt securities (the "Subordinated Debt Securities"), (iii) the
Company's junior subordinated unsecured debt securities (the "Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities," and together with the Senior Debt Securities and
the Subordinated Debt Securities, the "Debt Securities"), (iv) shares of common
stock, par value $.50 per share, of the Company, including the attached rights
(the "Common Stock"), (v) shares of preferred stock, par value $1.50 per share,
of the Company (the "Preferred Stock"), and (vi) warrants to purchase Common
Stock, Senior Debt Securities, Subordinated Debt Securities or Preferred Stock
of the Company (the "Warrants"), and in connection with the proposed issuance by
the Company of guarantees (the "Guarantees") of up to $1,500,000,000 of
aggregate initial public offering price of preferred securities (the "Preferred
Securities") of American General Capital I, American General Capital II,
American General Capital III, and American General Capital IV, each Delaware
business trusts (the "Trusts") (such Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Common
Stock, Warrants and Guarantees being collectively referred to herein as the
"Securities"), which Securities may be issued from time to time pursuant to Rule
415 under the Securities Act.
We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise
identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Restated Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws of the Company, each as amended to the date hereof, (ii) the Senior
Indenture (the "Senior Indenture") relating to the Senior Debt Securities to be
entered into between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee, in the
form included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (iii) the Senior
Subordinated Indenture (the "Subordinated Indenture") relating to the
Subordinated Debt Securities to be entered into between the Company and Bankers
Trust Company, as Trustee, in the form included as an exhibit to the
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Registration Statement, (iv) the Junior Subordinated Indenture (the "Junior
Subordinated Indenture") relating to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to
be entered into between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee, in
the form included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (v) the form of
Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement (a "Guarantee Agreement") and Amended
and Restated Declaration of Trust of each Trust, each to be entered into
between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee, with respect to each
Trust, in the form included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and
(vi) such other certificates, statutes and other instruments and documents as
we considered appropriate for purposes of the opinions hereafter expressed.
In connection with this opinion, we have assumed that (i) the
Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), will have become effective; (ii) a Prospectus Supplement will have
been prepared and filed with the Commission describing the Securities offered
thereby; (iii) all Securities will be issued and sold in compliance with
applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the
Registration Statement and the applicable Prospectus Supplement; (iv) the
Senior Indenture, the Subordinated Indenture, the Junior Subordinated
Indenture, and each Guarantee Agreement will each be duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the parties thereto in substantially the form reviewed by us;
(v) each person signing the Senior Indenture, the Subordinated Indenture, the
Junior Subordinated Indenture and each Guarantee Agreement will have the legal
capacity and authority to do so; (vi) a definitive purchase, underwriting or
similar agreement with respect to any Securities offered will have been duly
authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other
parties thereto; and (vii) any Securities issuable upon conversion, exchange or
exercise of any Security being offered will have been duly authorized, created
and, if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exchange or
exercise.
Based on the foregoing and subject to the limitations set forth
herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas.
2. With respect to Debt Securities to be issued under the Senior
Indenture, when (i) the Senior Indenture has been duly qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"); (ii) the Board of
Directors of the Company or, to the extent permitted by Article 2.36 of the
Texas Business Corporation Act (the "TBCA"), a duly constituted and acting
committee thereof (such Board of Directors or committee being referred to
herein as the "Board") has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the
issuance and terms of such Debt Securities, the terms of the offering thereof
and related matters; (iii) the terms of such Debt Securities and of their
issuance and sale have been established so as not to violate any applicable law
or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding
upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction
imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company;
and (iv) such Debt Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued
and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Senior Indenture and in
accordance with the applicable
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definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board
upon payment of the consideration provided for therein, such Debt Securities
will be legally issued and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and
will be entitled to the benefits of the Senior Indenture.
3. With respect to Debt Securities to be issued under the
Subordinated Indenture, when (i) the Subordinated Indenture has been duly
qualified under the TIA; (ii) the Board has taken all necessary corporate
action to approve the issuance and terms of such Debt Securities, the terms of
the offering thereof and related matters; (iii) the terms of such Debt
Securities and of their issuance and sale have been established so as not to
violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any
agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any
requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Company; and (iv) such Debt Securities have been duly
executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions
of the Subordinated Indenture and in accordance with the applicable definitive
purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board upon payment
of the consideration provided for therein, such Debt Securities will be legally
issued and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and will be
entitled to the benefits of the Subordinated Indenture.
4. With respect to Debt Securities to be issued under the Junior
Subordinated Indenture, when (i) the Junior Subordinated Indenture has been
duly qualified under the TIA; (ii) the Board has taken all necessary corporate
action to approve the issuance and terms of such Debt Securities, the terms of
the offering thereof and related matters; (iii) the terms of such Debt
Securities and of their issuance and sale have been established so as not to
violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any
agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any
requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Company; and (iv) such Debt Securities have been duly
executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions
of the Junior Subordinated Indenture and in accordance with the applicable
definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board
upon payment of the consideration provided for therein, such Debt Securities
will be legally issued and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and
will be entitled to the benefits of the Junior Subordinated Indenture.
5. With respect to shares of any series of Preferred Stock, when
(i) the Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance
and terms of the shares of such series, the terms of the offering thereof and
related matters, including the adoption of a resolution establishing and
designating such series and fixing and determining the preferences,
limitations, and relative rights thereof and the filing of a statement with
respect to such series with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas as
required under Article 2.13 of the TBCA; and (ii) certificates representing the
shares of such series of Preferred Stock have been duly executed,
countersigned, registered and delivered either (a) in accordance with the
applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by
the Board upon payment of the consideration therefor (not less than the par
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value of the Preferred Stock) provided for therein, or (b) upon conversion,
exchange or exercise of any other Security in accordance with the terms of such
Security or the instrument governing such Security providing for such
conversion, exchange or exercise as approved by the Board, for the
consideration approved by the Board (not less than the par value of the
Preferred Stock), the shares of such series of Preferred Stock will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
6. With respect to shares of Common Stock, when (i) the Board has
taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance and terms of the
offering thereof and related matters; and (ii) certificates representing the
shares of Common Stock have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and
delivered either (a) in accordance with the applicable definitive purchase,
underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Board upon payment of the
consideration therefor (not less than the par value of the Common Stock)
provided for therein, or (b) upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any other
Security in accordance with the terms of such Security or the instrument
governing such Security providing for such conversion, exchange or exercise as
approved by the Board, for the consideration approved by the Board (not less
than the par value of the Common Stock and, in the case of shares of Common
Stock issued upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of another security, the
consideration specified in Article 2.15E of the TBCA), the shares of Common
Stock will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
7. With respect to the Warrants, when (i) the Board has taken all
necessary corporate action to approve the creation of and the issuance and
terms of the Warrants, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters;
(ii) the warrant agreement or agreements relating to the Warrants have been
duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the
warrant agent appointed by the Company; and (iii) the Warrants or certificates
representing the Warrants have been duly executed, countersigned, registered
and delivered in accordance with the appropriate warrant agreement or
agreements and the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar
agreement approved by the Board upon payment of the consideration provided for
therein, the Warrants will be duly authorized and validly issued.
8. When (i) appropriate corporate action has been taken by the
Company to authorize the form, terms, execution and delivery of a Guarantee
Agreement with respect to Preferred Securities of any Trust to be entered into
between the Company and a qualified guarantee trustee (the "Guarantee
Trustee"), (ii) such Guarantee Agreement has been duly qualified under the
TIA, (iii) such Guarantee Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered
by the Company and the Guarantee Trustee, and (iv) such Preferred Securities
shall have been duly authorized for issuance by the related Trust's declaration
of trust, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time (the
"Declaration"), and duly executed, issued and delivered by duly authorized
trustees of the Trust against payment of the consideration therefor and
authenticated, all in the manner provided for in the Declaration, such
Guarantee Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
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The foregoing opinions are qualified to the extent that the
enforceability of any document, instrument or security may be limited by or
subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer or conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally and by general equitable or public policy
principles, and (ii) with respect to any Securities denominated in a currency
other than United States dollars, requirement that a claim (or a foreign
currency judgement in respect of such a claim) with respect to such Securities
be converted to United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a
date determined pursuant to applicable law or governmental authority to limit,
delay or prohibit the making of payments in a foreign currency or payments
outside the United States.
We express no opinions concerning the validity or enforceability of
any provisions contained in the Senior Indenture, the Subordinated Indenture,
the Junior Subordinated Indenture or a Guarantee Agreement that purports to
waive or not give effect to rights to notices, defenses, subrogation or other
rights or benefits that cannot be effectively waived under applicable law.
The foregoing opinions are limited in all respects to the laws of the
State of Texas, the laws of the State of New York and federal laws.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. By giving such consent, we do not admit that we are
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued
thereunder.
Very truly yours,
VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P.
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EXHIBIT 5(b)
[LETTERHEAD OF RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER]
November 19, 1997
American General Capital I
2929 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019-2155
Re: American General Capital I
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special Delaware counsel for American General
Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Company"), and American General Capital
I, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), in connection with the matters set
forth herein. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.
For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, our
examination of documents has been limited to the examination of originals or
copies of the following:
(a) The Certificate of Trust of the Trust, dated as of
November 14, 1997 (the "Certificate"), as filed with the office of the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Secretary of State") on
November 14, 1997;
(b) The Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated as of
November 14, 1997, among the Company and the trustees of the Trust named
therein;
(c) The Registration Statement (the "Registration
Statement") on Form S-3, including a preliminary prospectus and prospectus
supplement with respect to the Trust (jointly, the "Prospectus"), relating to
the Preferred Securities of the Trust representing preferred undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (each, a "Preferred Security"
and
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November 19, 1997
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collectively, the "Preferred Securities"), filed by the Company, the Trust and
others with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about November 19,
1997;
(d) A form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust
for the Trust, to be entered into among the Company, the trustees of the Trust
named therein, and the holders, from time to time, of the undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of such Trust (including Exhibits A-1 and A-2 and Annex
I thereto) (the "Declaration"), attached as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement; and
(e) A Certificate of Good Standing for the Trust, dated
November 19, 1997, obtained from the Secretary of State.
Initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined are used as defined in the Declaration.
For purposes of this opinion, we have not reviewed any
documents other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (e) above.
In particular, we have not reviewed any document (other than the documents
listed in paragraphs (a) through (e) above) that is referred to in or
incorporated by reference into the documents reviewed by us. We have assumed
that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that
is inconsistent with the opinions stated herein. We have conducted no
independent factual investigation of our own but rather have relied solely upon
the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein and
the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed
to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.
With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed
(i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals,
(ii) the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as
copies or forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.
For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the
Declaration constitutes the entire agreement among the parties thereto with
respect to the subject matter thereof, including with respect to the creation,
operation and termination of the Trust, and that the Declaration and the
Certificate are in full force and effect and have not been amended, (ii) except
to the extent provided in paragraph 1 below, the due organization, due
formation or due creation, as the case may be, and valid existence in good
standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the laws of the
jurisdiction governing its organization, formation or creation, (iii) the legal
capacity of natural persons who are parties to the documents examined by us,
(iv) that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and
authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, such
documents, (v) the due authorization, execution and delivery by all parties
thereto of all documents examined by us, (vi) the receipt by each Person to
whom a Preferred Security is to be issued by the Trust
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(collectively, the "Preferred Security Holders") of a Preferred Security
Certificate (substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Declaration) for
such Preferred Security and the payment for such Preferred Security, in
accordance with the Declaration and the Registration Statement, and (vii) that
the Preferred Securities are issued and sold to the Preferred Security Holders
in accordance with the Declaration and the Registration Statement. We have not
participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and assume no
responsibility for its contents.
This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware
(excluding the securities laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not
considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction,
including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto. Our
opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations
and orders thereunder that are currently in effect.
Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such
questions of law and statutes of the State of Delaware as we have considered
necessary or appropriate, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications,
limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Trust has been duly created and is validly
existing in good standing as a business trust under the Business Trust Act.
2. The Preferred Securities of the Trust will represent
valid and, subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 3 below, fully
paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust.
3. The Preferred Security Holders, as beneficial owners
of the Trust, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability
extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We note that the Preferred
Security Holders may be obligated to make payments as set forth in the
Declaration.
We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities
and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We hereby
consent to the use of our name under the heading "Validity of Securities" in
the Prospectus. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that
we come within the category of Persons whose consent is required under Section
7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. Except as stated above,
without our
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prior written consent, this opinion may not be furnished or quoted to, or
relied upon by, any other Person for any purpose.
Very truly yours,
/s/ RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A.
BJK/bjr
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[LETTERHEAD OF RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER]
November 19, 1997
American General Capital II
2929 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019-2155
Re: American General Capital II
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special Delaware counsel for American General
Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Company"), and American General Capital
II, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), in connection with the matters set
forth herein. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.
For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, our
examination of documents has been limited to the examination of originals or
copies of the following:
(a) The Certificate of Trust of the Trust, dated as of
November 14, 1997 (the "Certificate"), as filed with the office of the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Secretary of State") on
November 14, 1997;
(b) The Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated as of
November 14, 1997, among the Company and the trustees of the Trust named
therein;
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November 19, 1997
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(c) The Registration Statement (the "Registration
Statement") on Form S-3, including a preliminary prospectus and prospectus
supplement with respect to the Trust (jointly, the "Prospectus"), relating to
the Preferred Securities of the Trust representing preferred undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (each, a "Preferred Security"
and collectively, the "Preferred Securities"), filed by the Company, the Trust
and others with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about November
19, 1997;
(d) A form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust
for the Trust, to be entered into among the Company, the trustees of the Trust
named therein, and the holders, from time to time, of the undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of such Trust (including Exhibits A-1 and A-2 and Annex
I thereto) (the "Declaration"), attached as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement; and
(e) A Certificate of Good Standing for the Trust, dated
November 19, 1997, obtained from the Secretary of State.
Initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined are used as defined in the Declaration.
For purposes of this opinion, we have not reviewed any
documents other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (e) above.
In particular, we have not reviewed any document (other than the documents
listed in paragraphs (a) through (e) above) that is referred to in or
incorporated by reference into the documents reviewed by us. We have assumed
that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that
is inconsistent with the opinions stated herein. We have conducted no
independent factual investigation of our own but rather have relied solely upon
the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein and
the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed
to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.
With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed
(i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals,
(ii) the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as
copies or forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.
For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the
Declaration constitutes the entire agreement among the parties thereto with
respect to the subject matter thereof, including with respect to the creation,
operation and termination of the Trust, and that the Declaration and the
Certificate are in full force and effect and have not been amended, (ii) except
to the extent provided in paragraph 1 below, the due organization, due
formation or due creation, as the case may be, and valid existence in good
standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the laws of the
jurisdiction governing its organization, formation or creation, (iii) the legal
capacity of natural persons who are parties to the documents examined by
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November 19, 1997
Page 3
us, (iv) that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power
and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under,
such documents, (v) the due authorization, execution and delivery by all
parties thereto of all documents examined by us, (vi) the receipt by each
Person to whom a Preferred Security is to be issued by the Trust (collectively,
the "Preferred Security Holders") of a Preferred Security Certificate
(substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Declaration) for such
Preferred Security and the payment for such Preferred Security, in accordance
with the Declaration and the Registration Statement, and (vii) that the
Preferred Securities are issued and sold to the Preferred Security Holders in
accordance with the Declaration and the Registration Statement. We have not
participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and assume no
responsibility for its contents.
This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware
(excluding the securities laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not
considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction,
including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto. Our
opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations
and orders thereunder that are currently in effect.
Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such
questions of law and statutes of the State of Delaware as we have considered
necessary or appropriate, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications,
limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Trust has been duly created and is validly
existing in good standing as a business trust under the Business Trust Act.
2. The Preferred Securities of the Trust will represent
valid and, subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 3 below, fully
paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust.
3. The Preferred Security Holders, as beneficial owners
of the Trust, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability
extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We note that the Preferred
Security Holders may be obligated to make payments as set forth in the
Declaration.
We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities
and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We hereby
consent to the use of our name under the heading "Validity of Securities" in
the Prospectus. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that
we come within the category of Persons whose consent is
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November 19, 1997
Page 4
required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Except as stated above, without our prior written consent, this opinion may not
be furnished or quoted to, or relied upon by, any other Person for any purpose.
Very truly yours,
/s/ RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A.
BJK/bjr
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[LETTERHEAD OF RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER]
November 19, 1997
American General Capital III
2929 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019-2155
Re: American General Capital III
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special Delaware counsel for American General
Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Company"), and American General Capital
III, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), in connection with the matters
set forth herein. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.
For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, our
examination of documents has been limited to the examination of originals or
copies of the following:
(a) The Certificate of Trust of the Trust, dated as of
November 14, 1997 (the "Certificate"), as filed with the office of the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Secretary of State") on
November 14, 1997;
(b) The Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated as of
November 14, 1997, among the Company and the trustees of the Trust named
therein;
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American General Capital III
November 19, 1997
Page 2
(c) The Registration Statement (the "Registration
Statement") on Form S-3, including a preliminary prospectus and prospectus
supplement with respect to the Trust (jointly, the "Prospectus"), relating to
the Preferred Securities of the Trust representing preferred undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (each, a "Preferred Security"
and collectively, the "Preferred Securities"), filed by the Company, the Trust
and others with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about November
19, 1997;
(d) A form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust
for the Trust, to be entered into among the Company, the trustees of the Trust
named therein, and the holders, from time to time, of the undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of such Trust (including Exhibits A-1 and A-2 and Annex
I thereto) (the "Declaration"), attached as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement; and
(e) A Certificate of Good Standing for the Trust, dated
November 19, 1997, obtained from the Secretary of State.
Initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined are used as defined in the Declaration.
For purposes of this opinion, we have not reviewed any
documents other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (e) above.
In particular, we have not reviewed any document (other than the documents
listed in paragraphs (a) through (e) above) that is referred to in or
incorporated by reference into the documents reviewed by us. We have assumed
that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that
is inconsistent with the opinions stated herein. We have conducted no
independent factual investigation of our own but rather have relied solely upon
the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein and
the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed
to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.
With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed
(i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals,
(ii) the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as
copies or forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.
For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the
Declaration constitutes the entire agreement among the parties thereto with
respect to the subject matter thereof, including with respect to the creation,
operation and termination of the Trust, and that the Declaration and the
Certificate are in full force and effect and have not been amended, (ii) except
to the extent provided in paragraph 1 below, the due organization, due
formation or due creation, as the case may be, and valid existence in good
standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the laws of the
jurisdiction governing its organization, formation or creation, (iii) the legal
capacity of natural persons who are parties to the documents examined by
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American General Capital III
November 19, 1997
Page 3
us, (iv) that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power
and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under,
such documents, (v) the due authorization, execution and delivery by all
parties thereto of all documents examined by us, (vi) the receipt by each
Person to whom a Preferred Security is to be issued by the Trust (collectively,
the "Preferred Security Holders") of a Preferred Security Certificate
(substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Declaration) for such
Preferred Security and the payment for such Preferred Security, in accordance
with the Declaration and the Registration Statement, and (vii) that the
Preferred Securities are issued and sold to the Preferred Security Holders in
accordance with the Declaration and the Registration Statement. We have not
participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and assume no
responsibility for its contents.
This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware
(excluding the securities laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not
considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction,
including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto. Our
opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations
and orders thereunder that are currently in effect.
Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such
questions of law and statutes of the State of Delaware as we have considered
necessary or appropriate, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications,
limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Trust has been duly created and is validly
existing in good standing as a business trust under the Business Trust Act.
2. The Preferred Securities of the Trust will represent
valid and, subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 3 below, fully
paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust.
3. The Preferred Security Holders, as beneficial owners
of the Trust, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability
extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We note that the Preferred
Security Holders may be obligated to make payments as set forth in the
Declaration.
We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities
and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We hereby
consent to the use of our name under the heading "Validity of Securities" in
the Prospectus. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that
we come within the category of Persons whose consent is
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November 19, 1997
Page 4
required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Except as stated above, without our prior written consent, this opinion may not
be furnished or quoted to, or relied upon by, any other Person for any purpose.
Very truly yours,
/s/ RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A.
BJK/bjr
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[LETTERHEAD OF RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER]
November 19, 1997
American General Capital IV
2929 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019-2155
Re: American General Capital IV
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special Delaware counsel for American General
Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Company"), and American General Capital
IV, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), in connection with the matters set
forth herein. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.
For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, our
examination of documents has been limited to the examination of originals or
copies of the following:
(a) The Certificate of Trust of the Trust, dated as of
November 14, 1997 (the "Certificate"), as filed with the office of the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Secretary of State") on
November 14, 1997;
(b) The Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated as of
November 14, 1997, among the Company and the trustees of the Trust named
therein;
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American General Capital IV
November 19, 1997
Page 2
(c) The Registration Statement (the "Registration
Statement") on Form S-3, including a preliminary prospectus and prospectus
supplement with respect to the Trust (jointly, the "Prospectus"), relating to
the Preferred Securities of the Trust representing preferred undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (each, a "Preferred Security"
and collectively, the "Preferred Securities"), filed by the Company, the Trust
and others with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about November
19, 1997;
(d) A form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust
for the Trust, to be entered into among the Company, the trustees of the Trust
named therein, and the holders, from time to time, of the undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of such Trust (including Exhibits A-1 and A-2 and Annex
I thereto) (the "Declaration"), attached as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement; and
(e) A Certificate of Good Standing for the Trust, dated
November 19, 1997, obtained from the Secretary of State.
Initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined are used as defined in the Declaration.
For purposes of this opinion, we have not reviewed any
documents other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (e) above.
In particular, we have not reviewed any document (other than the documents
listed in paragraphs (a) through (e) above) that is referred to in or
incorporated by reference into the documents reviewed by us. We have assumed
that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that
is inconsistent with the opinions stated herein. We have conducted no
independent factual investigation of our own but rather have relied solely upon
the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein and
the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed
to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.
With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed
(i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals,
(ii) the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as
copies or forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.
For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the
Declaration constitutes the entire agreement among the parties thereto with
respect to the subject matter thereof, including with respect to the creation,
operation and termination of the Trust, and that the Declaration and the
Certificate are in full force and effect and have not been amended, (ii) except
to the extent provided in paragraph 1 below, the due organization, due
formation or due creation, as the case may be, and valid existence in good
standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the laws of the
jurisdiction governing its organization, formation or creation, (iii) the legal
capacity of natural persons who are parties to the documents examined by
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November 19, 1997
Page 3
us, (iv) that each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power
and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under,
such documents, (v) the due authorization, execution and delivery by all
parties thereto of all documents examined by us, (vi) the receipt by each
Person to whom a Preferred Security is to be issued by the Trust (collectively,
the "Preferred Security Holders") of a Preferred Security Certificate
(substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Declaration) for such
Preferred Security and the payment for such Preferred Security, in accordance
with the Declaration and the Registration Statement, and (vii) that the
Preferred Securities are issued and sold to the Preferred Security Holders in
accordance with the Declaration and the Registration Statement. We have not
participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and assume no
responsibility for its contents.
This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware
(excluding the securities laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not
considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction,
including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto. Our
opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations
and orders thereunder that are currently in effect.
Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such
questions of law and statutes of the State of Delaware as we have considered
necessary or appropriate, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications,
limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Trust has been duly created and is validly
existing in good standing as a business trust under the Business Trust Act.
2. The Preferred Securities of the Trust will represent
valid and, subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 3 below, fully
paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust.
3. The Preferred Security Holders, as beneficial owners
of the Trust, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability
extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We note that the Preferred
Security Holders may be obligated to make payments as set forth in the
Declaration.
We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities
and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We hereby
consent to the use of our name under the heading "Validity of Securities" in
the Prospectus. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that
we come within the category of Persons whose consent is
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Page 4
required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Except as stated above, without our prior written consent, this opinion may not
be furnished or quoted to, or relied upon by, any other Person for any purpose.
Very truly yours,
/s/ RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A.
BJK/bjr
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EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Experts" in the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 and related Prospectuses of American General
Corporation ("AGC"), American General Capital I, American General Capital II,
American General Capital III, and American General Capital IV for the
registration of $1,500,000,000 of securities and to the incorporation by
reference therein of our report dated February 14, 1997 (except Note 2.5, as to
which the date is June 17, 1997), with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and schedules of AGC included in its Current Report on Form 8-K dated
October 10, 1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Houston, Texas
November 19, 1997
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EXHIBIT 24
American General Corporation: Board of Directors
Date: October 23, 1997
Subject: Form S-3; Limited Power of Attorney for
Purpose. The purpose of this limited power of attorney is to authorize
certain officers of the Company to execute, on behalf of the
undersigned person, the Company's Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3,
together with any required further amendments, exhibits or other related
documents and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
(the "Company"), will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 ("Registration Statement") including one or more
prospectuses included therein ("Prospectuses"), with such amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and
any supplement or supplements to the Prospectuses as may be necessary or
appropriate, in connection with registration by the Company of the following
securities: (i) debt securities, including but not limited to senior or
subordinated debt securities, medium-term notes, debt securities convertible
into common stock or convertible into, or exchangeable for, other equity
securities, or debt securities secured by assets of the Company, or of any
direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or of any special purpose entity
(a "SPE"), including but not limited to corporations, limited liability
companies, and limited partnerships or trusts; (ii) common stock of the
Company; (iii) preferred stock of the Company (which may be represented in
whole or in part by depositary shares) issuable with such designations, powers,
preferences and rights as permitted by the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and applicable law; (iv) warrants to purchase common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities; (v) any other equity securities;
and/or (vi) the guaranty of any contract, securities (including any preferred
shares or other equity or debt securities) or other obligations of any SPE or
of one or more other entities, which securities may be issued from time to time
at the discretion of the Terms Committee of the Board of Directors (as
established by the Board of Directors);
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his/her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company does hereby
appoint Robert M. Devlin, James S. D'Agostino, Jr., Jon P. Newton, and Mark S.
Berg and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or
attorneys-in-fact, with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his/her name, place, and stead,
in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the
Company:
(1) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectuses and
exhibits thereto, and any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement and any supplement or supplements to
the Prospectuses as said attorneys-in-fact or any of them
shall deem necessary or appropriate, together with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
to file the same or cause the same to be filed with the
Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection
with any matter relating thereto; and
(2) any application, statement, petition, notice, or other
document, or any amendment thereto, or any exhibit filed in
connection therewith, which is required to register or qualify
(or exempt from registration or qualification) the securities
of the Company being offered, and to register or license the
Company as a broker or dealer in securities, under the
securities or blue-sky or insurance laws of all states as may
be necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale as
contemplated by said Registration Statement.
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Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall have full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable in connection with such
Registration Statement or related securities or blue-sky or insurance filings,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of October, 1997.
/s/ J. Evans Attwell
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American General Corporation: Board of Directors
Date: October 23, 1997
Subject: Form S-3; Limited Power of Attorney for
Purpose. The purpose of this limited power of attorney is to authorize
certain officers of the Company to execute, on behalf of the
undersigned person, the Company's Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3,
together with any required further amendments, exhibits or other related
documents and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
(the "Company"), will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 ("Registration Statement") including one or more
prospectuses included therein ("Prospectuses"), with such amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and
any supplement or supplements to the Prospectuses as may be necessary or
appropriate, in connection with registration by the Company of the following
securities: (i) debt securities, including but not limited to senior or
subordinated debt securities, medium-term notes, debt securities convertible
into common stock or convertible into, or exchangeable for, other equity
securities, or debt securities secured by assets of the Company, or of any
direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or of any special purpose entity
(a "SPE"), including but not limited to corporations, limited liability
companies, and limited partnerships or trusts; (ii) common stock of the
Company; (iii) preferred stock of the Company (which may be represented in
whole or in part by depositary shares) issuable with such designations, powers,
preferences and rights as permitted by the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and applicable law; (iv) warrants to purchase common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities; (v) any other equity securities;
and/or (vi) the guaranty of any contract, securities (including any preferred
shares or other equity or debt securities) or other obligations of any SPE or
of one or more other entities, which securities may be issued from time to time
at the discretion of the Terms Committee of the Board of Directors (as
established by the Board of Directors);
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his/her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company does hereby
appoint Robert M. Devlin, James S. D'Agostino, Jr., Jon P. Newton, and Mark S.
Berg and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or
attorneys-in-fact, with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his/her name, place, and stead,
in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the
Company:
(1) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectuses and
exhibits thereto, and any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement and any supplement or supplements to
the Prospectuses as said attorneys-in-fact or any of them
shall deem necessary or appropriate, together with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
to file the same or cause the same to be filed with the
Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection
with any matter relating thereto; and
(2) any application, statement, petition, notice, or other
document, or any amendment thereto, or any exhibit filed in
connection therewith, which is required to register or qualify
(or exempt from registration or qualification) the securities
of the Company being offered, and to register or license the
Company as a broker or dealer in securities, under the
securities or blue-sky or insurance laws of all states as may
be necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale as
contemplated by said Registration Statement.
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Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall have full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable in connection with such
Registration Statement or related securities or blue-sky or insurance filings,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of October, 1997.
/s/ Brady F. Carruth
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American General Corporation: Board of Directors
Date: October 23, 1997
Subject: Form S-3; Limited Power of Attorney for
Purpose. The purpose of this limited power of attorney is to authorize
certain officers of the Company to execute, on behalf of the
undersigned person, the Company's Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3,
together with any required further amendments, exhibits or other related
documents and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
(the "Company"), will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 ("Registration Statement") including one or more
prospectuses included therein ("Prospectuses"), with such amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and
any supplement or supplements to the Prospectuses as may be necessary or
appropriate, in connection with registration by the Company of the following
securities: (i) debt securities, including but not limited to senior or
subordinated debt securities, medium-term notes, debt securities convertible
into common stock or convertible into, or exchangeable for, other equity
securities, or debt securities secured by assets of the Company, or of any
direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or of any special purpose entity
(a "SPE"), including but not limited to corporations, limited liability
companies, and limited partnerships or trusts; (ii) common stock of the
Company; (iii) preferred stock of the Company (which may be represented in
whole or in part by depositary shares) issuable with such designations, powers,
preferences and rights as permitted by the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and applicable law; (iv) warrants to purchase common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities; (v) any other equity securities;
and/or (vi) the guaranty of any contract, securities (including any preferred
shares or other equity or debt securities) or other obligations of any SPE or
of one or more other entities, which securities may be issued from time to time
at the discretion of the Terms Committee of the Board of Directors (as
established by the Board of Directors);
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his/her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company does hereby
appoint Robert M. Devlin, James S. D'Agostino, Jr., Jon P. Newton, and Mark S.
Berg and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or
attorneys-in-fact, with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his/her name, place, and stead,
in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the
Company:
(1) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectuses and
exhibits thereto, and any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement and any supplement or supplements to
the Prospectuses as said attorneys-in-fact or any of them
shall deem necessary or appropriate, together with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
to file the same or cause the same to be filed with the
Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection
with any matter relating thereto; and
(2) any application, statement, petition, notice, or other
document, or any amendment thereto, or any exhibit filed in
connection therewith, which is required to register or qualify
(or exempt from registration or qualification) the securities
of the Company being offered, and to register or license the
Company as a broker or dealer in securities, under the
securities or blue-sky or insurance laws of all states as may
be necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale as
contemplated by said Registration Statement.
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Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall have full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable in connection with such
Registration Statement or related securities or blue-sky or insurance filings,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of October, 1997.
/s/ James S. D'Agostino, Jr.
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American General Corporation: Board of Directors
Date: October 23, 1997
Subject: Form S-3; Limited Power of Attorney for
Purpose. The purpose of this limited power of attorney is to authorize
certain officers of the Company to execute, on behalf of the
undersigned person, the Company's Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3,
together with any required further amendments, exhibits or other related
documents and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
(the "Company"), will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 ("Registration Statement") including one or more
prospectuses included therein ("Prospectuses"), with such amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and
any supplement or supplements to the Prospectuses as may be necessary or
appropriate, in connection with registration by the Company of the following
securities: (i) debt securities, including but not limited to senior or
subordinated debt securities, medium-term notes, debt securities convertible
into common stock or convertible into, or exchangeable for, other equity
securities, or debt securities secured by assets of the Company, or of any
direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or of any special purpose entity
(a "SPE"), including but not limited to corporations, limited liability
companies, and limited partnerships or trusts; (ii) common stock of the
Company; (iii) preferred stock of the Company (which may be represented in
whole or in part by depositary shares) issuable with such designations, powers,
preferences and rights as permitted by the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and applicable law; (iv) warrants to purchase common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities; (v) any other equity securities;
and/or (vi) the guaranty of any contract, securities (including any preferred
shares or other equity or debt securities) or other obligations of any SPE or
of one or more other entities, which securities may be issued from time to time
at the discretion of the Terms Committee of the Board of Directors (as
established by the Board of Directors);
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his/her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company does hereby
appoint Robert M. Devlin, James S. D'Agostino, Jr., Jon P. Newton, and Mark S.
Berg and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or
attorneys-in-fact, with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his/her name, place, and stead,
in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the
Company:
(1) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectuses and
exhibits thereto, and any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement and any supplement or supplements to
the Prospectuses as said attorneys-in-fact or any of them
shall deem necessary or appropriate, together with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
to file the same or cause the same to be filed with the
Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection
with any matter relating thereto; and
(2) any application, statement, petition, notice, or other
document, or any amendment thereto, or any exhibit filed in
connection therewith, which is required to register or qualify
(or exempt from registration or qualification) the securities
of the Company being offered, and to register or license the
Company as a broker or dealer in securities, under the
securities or blue-sky or insurance laws of all states as may
be necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale as
contemplated by said Registration Statement.
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Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall have full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable in connection with such
Registration Statement or related securities or blue-sky or insurance filings,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of October, 1997.
/s/ W. Lipscomb Davis, Jr.
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American General Corporation: Board of Directors
Date: October 23, 1997
Subject: Form S-3; Limited Power of Attorney for
Purpose. The purpose of this limited power of attorney is to authorize
certain officers of the Company to execute, on behalf of the
undersigned person, the Company's Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3,
together with any required further amendments, exhibits or other related
documents and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
(the "Company"), will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 ("Registration Statement") including one or more
prospectuses included therein ("Prospectuses"), with such amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and
any supplement or supplements to the Prospectuses as may be necessary or
appropriate, in connection with registration by the Company of the following
securities: (i) debt securities, including but not limited to senior or
subordinated debt securities, medium-term notes, debt securities convertible
into common stock or convertible into, or exchangeable for, other equity
securities, or debt securities secured by assets of the Company, or of any
direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or of any special purpose entity
(a "SPE"), including but not limited to corporations, limited liability
companies, and limited partnerships or trusts; (ii) common stock of the
Company; (iii) preferred stock of the Company (which may be represented in
whole or in part by depositary shares) issuable with such designations, powers,
preferences and rights as permitted by the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and applicable law; (iv) warrants to purchase common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities; (v) any other equity securities;
and/or (vi) the guaranty of any contract, securities (including any preferred
shares or other equity or debt securities) or other obligations of any SPE or
of one or more other entities, which securities may be issued from time to time
at the discretion of the Terms Committee of the Board of Directors (as
established by the Board of Directors);
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his/her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company does hereby
appoint Robert M. Devlin, James S. D'Agostino, Jr., Jon P. Newton, and Mark S.
Berg and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or
attorneys-in-fact, with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his/her name, place, and stead,
in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the
Company:
(1) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectuses and
exhibits thereto, and any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement and any supplement or supplements to
the Prospectuses as said attorneys-in-fact or any of them
shall deem necessary or appropriate, together with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
to file the same or cause the same to be filed with the
Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection
with any matter relating thereto; and
(2) any application, statement, petition, notice, or other
document, or any amendment thereto, or any exhibit filed in
connection therewith, which is required to register or qualify
(or exempt from registration or qualification) the securities
of the Company being offered, and to register or license the
Company as a broker or dealer in securities, under the
securities or blue-sky or insurance laws of all states as may
be necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale as
contemplated by said Registration Statement.
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Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall have full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable in connection with such
Registration Statement or related securities or blue-sky or insurance filings,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of October, 1997.
/s/ Robert M. Devlin
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American General Corporation: Board of Directors
Date: October 23, 1997
Subject: Form S-3; Limited Power of Attorney for
Purpose. The purpose of this limited power of attorney is to authorize
certain officers of the Company to execute, on behalf of the
undersigned person, the Company's Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3,
together with any required further amendments, exhibits or other related
documents and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
(the "Company"), will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 ("Registration Statement") including one or more
prospectuses included therein ("Prospectuses"), with such amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and
any supplement or supplements to the Prospectuses as may be necessary or
appropriate, in connection with registration by the Company of the following
securities: (i) debt securities, including but not limited to senior or
subordinated debt securities, medium-term notes, debt securities convertible
into common stock or convertible into, or exchangeable for, other equity
securities, or debt securities secured by assets of the Company, or of any
direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or of any special purpose entity
(a "SPE"), including but not limited to corporations, limited liability
companies, and limited partnerships or trusts; (ii) common stock of the
Company; (iii) preferred stock of the Company (which may be represented in
whole or in part by depositary shares) issuable with such designations, powers,
preferences and rights as permitted by the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and applicable law; (iv) warrants to purchase common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities; (v) any other equity securities;
and/or (vi) the guaranty of any contract, securities (including any preferred
shares or other equity or debt securities) or other obligations of any SPE or
of one or more other entities, which securities may be issued from time to time
at the discretion of the Terms Committee of the Board of Directors (as
established by the Board of Directors);
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his/her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company does hereby
appoint Robert M. Devlin, James S. D'Agostino, Jr., Jon P. Newton, and Mark S.
Berg and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or
attorneys-in-fact, with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his/her name, place, and stead,
in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the
Company:
(1) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectuses and
exhibits thereto, and any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement and any supplement or supplements to
the Prospectuses as said attorneys-in-fact or any of them
shall deem necessary or appropriate, together with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
to file the same or cause the same to be filed with the
Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection
with any matter relating thereto; and
(2) any application, statement, petition, notice, or other
document, or any amendment thereto, or any exhibit filed in
connection therewith, which is required to register or qualify
(or exempt from registration or qualification) the securities
of the Company being offered, and to register or license the
Company as a broker or dealer in securities, under the
securities or blue-sky or insurance laws of all states as may
be necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale as
contemplated by said Registration Statement.
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Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall have full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable in connection with such
Registration Statement or related securities or blue-sky or insurance filings,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of October, 1997.
/s/ Larry D. Horner
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American General Corporation: Board of Directors
Date: October 23, 1997
Subject: Form S-3; Limited Power of Attorney for
Purpose. The purpose of this limited power of attorney is to authorize
certain officers of the Company to execute, on behalf of the
undersigned person, the Company's Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3,
together with any required further amendments, exhibits or other related
documents and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
(the "Company"), will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 ("Registration Statement") including one or more
prospectuses included therein ("Prospectuses"), with such amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and
any supplement or supplements to the Prospectuses as may be necessary or
appropriate, in connection with registration by the Company of the following
securities: (i) debt securities, including but not limited to senior or
subordinated debt securities, medium-term notes, debt securities convertible
into common stock or convertible into, or exchangeable for, other equity
securities, or debt securities secured by assets of the Company, or of any
direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or of any special purpose entity
(a "SPE"), including but not limited to corporations, limited liability
companies, and limited partnerships or trusts; (ii) common stock of the
Company; (iii) preferred stock of the Company (which may be represented in
whole or in part by depositary shares) issuable with such designations, powers,
preferences and rights as permitted by the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and applicable law; (iv) warrants to purchase common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities; (v) any other equity securities;
and/or (vi) the guaranty of any contract, securities (including any preferred
shares or other equity or debt securities) or other obligations of any SPE or
of one or more other entities, which securities may be issued from time to time
at the discretion of the Terms Committee of the Board of Directors (as
established by the Board of Directors);
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his/her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company does hereby
appoint Robert M. Devlin, James S. D'Agostino, Jr., Jon P. Newton, and Mark S.
Berg and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or
attorneys-in-fact, with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his/her name, place, and stead,
in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the
Company:
(1) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectuses and
exhibits thereto, and any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement and any supplement or supplements to
the Prospectuses as said attorneys-in-fact or any of them
shall deem necessary or appropriate, together with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
to file the same or cause the same to be filed with the
Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection
with any matter relating thereto; and
(2) any application, statement, petition, notice, or other
document, or any amendment thereto, or any exhibit filed in
connection therewith, which is required to register or qualify
(or exempt from registration or qualification) the securities
of the Company being offered, and to register or license the
Company as a broker or dealer in securities, under the
securities or blue-sky or insurance laws of all states as may
be necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale as
contemplated by said Registration Statement.
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Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall have full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable in connection with such
Registration Statement or related securities or blue-sky or insurance filings,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of October, 1997.
/s/ Richard J. V. Johnson
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American General Corporation: Board of Directors
Date: October 23, 1997
Subject: Form S-3; Limited Power of Attorney for
Purpose. The purpose of this limited power of attorney is to authorize
certain officers of the Company to execute, on behalf of the
undersigned person, the Company's Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3,
together with any required further amendments, exhibits or other related
documents and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
(the "Company"), will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 ("Registration Statement") including one or more
prospectuses included therein ("Prospectuses"), with such amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and
any supplement or supplements to the Prospectuses as may be necessary or
appropriate, in connection with registration by the Company of the following
securities: (i) debt securities, including but not limited to senior or
subordinated debt securities, medium-term notes, debt securities convertible
into common stock or convertible into, or exchangeable for, other equity
securities, or debt securities secured by assets of the Company, or of any
direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or of any special purpose entity
(a "SPE"), including but not limited to corporations, limited liability
companies, and limited partnerships or trusts; (ii) common stock of the
Company; (iii) preferred stock of the Company (which may be represented in
whole or in part by depositary shares) issuable with such designations, powers,
preferences and rights as permitted by the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and applicable law; (iv) warrants to purchase common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities; (v) any other equity securities;
and/or (vi) the guaranty of any contract, securities (including any preferred
shares or other equity or debt securities) or other obligations of any SPE or
of one or more other entities, which securities may be issued from time to time
at the discretion of the Terms Committee of the Board of Directors (as
established by the Board of Directors);
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his/her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company does hereby
appoint Robert M. Devlin, James S. D'Agostino, Jr., Jon P. Newton, and Mark S.
Berg and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or
attorneys-in-fact, with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his/her name, place, and stead,
in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the
Company:
(1) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectuses and
exhibits thereto, and any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement and any supplement or supplements to
the Prospectuses as said attorneys-in-fact or any of them
shall deem necessary or appropriate, together with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
to file the same or cause the same to be filed with the
Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection
with any matter relating thereto; and
(2) any application, statement, petition, notice, or other
document, or any amendment thereto, or any exhibit filed in
connection therewith, which is required to register or qualify
(or exempt from registration or qualification) the securities
of the Company being offered, and to register or license the
Company as a broker or dealer in securities, under the
securities or blue-sky or insurance laws of all states as may
be necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale as
contemplated by said Registration Statement.
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Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall have full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable in connection with such
Registration Statement or related securities or blue-sky or insurance filings,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of October, 1997.
/s/ Michael E. Murphy
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American General Corporation: Board of Directors
Date: October 23, 1997
Subject: Form S-3; Limited Power of Attorney for
Purpose. The purpose of this limited power of attorney is to authorize
certain officers of the Company to execute, on behalf of the
undersigned person, the Company's Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3,
together with any required further amendments, exhibits or other related
documents and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
(the "Company"), will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 ("Registration Statement") including one or more
prospectuses included therein ("Prospectuses"), with such amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and
any supplement or supplements to the Prospectuses as may be necessary or
appropriate, in connection with registration by the Company of the following
securities: (i) debt securities, including but not limited to senior or
subordinated debt securities, medium-term notes, debt securities convertible
into common stock or convertible into, or exchangeable for, other equity
securities, or debt securities secured by assets of the Company, or of any
direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or of any special purpose entity
(a "SPE"), including but not limited to corporations, limited liability
companies, and limited partnerships or trusts; (ii) common stock of the
Company; (iii) preferred stock of the Company (which may be represented in
whole or in part by depositary shares) issuable with such designations, powers,
preferences and rights as permitted by the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and applicable law; (iv) warrants to purchase common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities; (v) any other equity securities;
and/or (vi) the guaranty of any contract, securities (including any preferred
shares or other equity or debt securities) or other obligations of any SPE or
of one or more other entities, which securities may be issued from time to time
at the discretion of the Terms Committee of the Board of Directors (as
established by the Board of Directors);
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his/her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company does hereby
appoint Robert M. Devlin, James S. D'Agostino, Jr., Jon P. Newton, and Mark S.
Berg and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or
attorneys-in-fact, with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his/her name, place, and stead,
in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the
Company:
(1) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectuses and
exhibits thereto, and any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement and any supplement or supplements to
the Prospectuses as said attorneys-in-fact or any of them
shall deem necessary or appropriate, together with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
to file the same or cause the same to be filed with the
Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection
with any matter relating thereto; and
(2) any application, statement, petition, notice, or other
document, or any amendment thereto, or any exhibit filed in
connection therewith, which is required to register or qualify
(or exempt from registration or qualification) the securities
of the Company being offered, and to register or license the
Company as a broker or dealer in securities, under the
securities or blue-sky or insurance laws of all states as may
be necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale as
contemplated by said Registration Statement.
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Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall have full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable in connection with such
Registration Statement or related securities or blue-sky or insurance filings,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of October, 1997.
/s/ Jon P. Newton
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American General Corporation: Board of Directors
Date: October 23, 1997
Subject: Form S-3; Limited Power of Attorney for
Purpose. The purpose of this limited power of attorney is to authorize
certain officers of the Company to execute, on behalf of the
undersigned person, the Company's Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3,
together with any required further amendments, exhibits or other related
documents and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
(the "Company"), will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 ("Registration Statement") including one or more
prospectuses included therein ("Prospectuses"), with such amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and
any supplement or supplements to the Prospectuses as may be necessary or
appropriate, in connection with registration by the Company of the following
securities: (i) debt securities, including but not limited to senior or
subordinated debt securities, medium-term notes, debt securities convertible
into common stock or convertible into, or exchangeable for, other equity
securities, or debt securities secured by assets of the Company, or of any
direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or of any special purpose entity
(a "SPE"), including but not limited to corporations, limited liability
companies, and limited partnerships or trusts; (ii) common stock of the
Company; (iii) preferred stock of the Company (which may be represented in
whole or in part by depositary shares) issuable with such designations, powers,
preferences and rights as permitted by the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and applicable law; (iv) warrants to purchase common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities; (v) any other equity securities;
and/or (vi) the guaranty of any contract, securities (including any preferred
shares or other equity or debt securities) or other obligations of any SPE or
of one or more other entities, which securities may be issued from time to time
at the discretion of the Terms Committee of the Board of Directors (as
established by the Board of Directors);
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his/her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company does hereby
appoint Robert M. Devlin, James S. D'Agostino, Jr., Jon P. Newton, and Mark S.
Berg and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or
attorneys-in-fact, with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his/her name, place, and stead,
in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the
Company:
(1) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectuses and
exhibits thereto, and any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement and any supplement or supplements to
the Prospectuses as said attorneys-in-fact or any of them
shall deem necessary or appropriate, together with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
to file the same or cause the same to be filed with the
Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection
with any matter relating thereto; and
(2) any application, statement, petition, notice, or other
document, or any amendment thereto, or any exhibit filed in
connection therewith, which is required to register or qualify
(or exempt from registration or qualification) the securities
of the Company being offered, and to register or license the
Company as a broker or dealer in securities, under the
securities or blue-sky or insurance laws of all states as may
be necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale as
contemplated by said Registration Statement.
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Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall have full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable in connection with such
Registration Statement or related securities or blue-sky or insurance filings,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of October, 1997.
/s/ Robert E. Smittcamp
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American General Corporation: Board of Directors
Date: October 23, 1997
Subject: Form S-3; Limited Power of Attorney for
Purpose. The purpose of this limited power of attorney is to authorize
certain officers of the Company to execute, on behalf of the
undersigned person, the Company's Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3,
together with any required further amendments, exhibits or other related
documents and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
(the "Company"), will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 ("Registration Statement") including one or more
prospectuses included therein ("Prospectuses"), with such amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and
any supplement or supplements to the Prospectuses as may be necessary or
appropriate, in connection with registration by the Company of the following
securities: (i) debt securities, including but not limited to senior or
subordinated debt securities, medium-term notes, debt securities convertible
into common stock or convertible into, or exchangeable for, other equity
securities, or debt securities secured by assets of the Company, or of any
direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company or of any special purpose entity
(a "SPE"), including but not limited to corporations, limited liability
companies, and limited partnerships or trusts; (ii) common stock of the
Company; (iii) preferred stock of the Company (which may be represented in
whole or in part by depositary shares) issuable with such designations, powers,
preferences and rights as permitted by the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, and applicable law; (iv) warrants to purchase common
stock, preferred stock or debt securities; (v) any other equity securities;
and/or (vi) the guaranty of any contract, securities (including any preferred
shares or other equity or debt securities) or other obligations of any SPE or
of one or more other entities, which securities may be issued from time to time
at the discretion of the Terms Committee of the Board of Directors (as
established by the Board of Directors);
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his/her capacity as a
director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company does hereby
appoint Robert M. Devlin, James S. D'Agostino, Jr., Jon P. Newton, and Mark S.
Berg and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact or
attorneys-in-fact, with or without the others and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his/her name, place, and stead,
in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the
Company:
(1) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectuses and
exhibits thereto, and any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such
Registration Statement and any supplement or supplements to
the Prospectuses as said attorneys-in-fact or any of them
shall deem necessary or appropriate, together with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith,
to file the same or cause the same to be filed with the
Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection
with any matter relating thereto; and
(2) any application, statement, petition, notice, or other
document, or any amendment thereto, or any exhibit filed in
connection therewith, which is required to register or qualify
(or exempt from registration or qualification) the securities
of the Company being offered, and to register or license the
Company as a broker or dealer in securities, under the
securities or blue-sky or insurance laws of all states as may
be necessary or appropriate to permit the offering and sale as
contemplated by said Registration Statement.
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Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall have full power and authority to
do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable in connection with such
Registration Statement or related securities or blue-sky or insurance filings,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorneys-in-fact and each of them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
instrument this 23rd day of October, 1997.
/s/ Anne M. Tatlock
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EXHIBIT 25(a)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT
TO SECTION 305(b)(2) ___________
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BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK 13-4941247
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer
organization if not a U.S. national bank) Identification no.)
FOUR ALBANY STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(Address of principal (Zip Code)
executive offices)
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
130 LIBERTY STREET, 31ST FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(212) 250-2201
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
TEXAS 74-0483432
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
Incorporation or organization) Identification no.)
2929 ALLEN PARKWAY
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019
(Address of principal executive offices)
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
(Title of the indenture securities)
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ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION.
Furnish the following information as to the trustee.
(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising
authority to which it is subject.
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NAME ADDRESS
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Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District) New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C.
New York State Banking Department Albany, NY
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(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
Yes.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
None.
ITEM 3.-15. NOT APPLICABLE
ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT 1 - Restated Organization Certificate of
Bankers Trust Company dated August 7, 1990,
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization
Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated
June 21, 1995 - Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1
Statement, Registration No. 33-65171,
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization
Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated
March 20, 1996, incorporate by reference to
Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 333-25843 and Certificate
of Amendment of the Organization Certificate
of Bankers Trust Company dated June 19,
1997, copy attached.
EXHIBIT 2 - Certificate of Authority to commence
business - Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 33-21047.
EXHIBIT 3 - Authorization of the Trustee to exercise
corporate trust powers - Incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form
T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-21047.
EXHIBIT 4 - Existing By-Laws of Bankers Trust Company,
as amended on February 18, 1997,
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 333-24509-01.
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EXHIBIT 5 - Not applicable.
EXHIBIT 6 - Consent of Bankers Trust Company
required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 22-18864.
EXHIBIT 7 - The latest report of condition of Bankers
Trust Company dated as of June 30, 1997.
Copy attached.
EXHIBIT 8 - Not Applicable.
EXHIBIT 9 - Not Applicable.
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<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility 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 14th day
of November, 1997.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ KEVIN WEEKS
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Kevin Weeks
Assistant Vice President
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility 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 14th day
of November, 1997.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: Kevin Weeks
Kevin Weeks
Assistant Vice President
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Legal Title of Bank: Bankers Trust Company Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 36-4840 FFIEC 031
Address: 130 Liberty Street Vendor ID: D CERT: 00623 Page RC-1
City, State ZIP: New York, NY 10006 11
FDIC Certificate No.: 00623
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CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL
AND STATE-CHARTERED SAVINGS BANKS JUNE 30, 1997
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, reported the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the
quarter.
SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET
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<CAPTION>
C400
Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCFD Bil Mil Thou
ASSETS
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1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1) ............................... 0081 1,724,000 1.a.
b. Interest-bearing balances(2) ........................................................ 0071 2,648,000 1.b.
2. Securities:
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A) .......................... 1754 0 2.a.
b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)......................... 1773 3,990,000 2.b.
3 Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in domestic offices 1350 26,430,000 3.
of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
a. Federal funds sold ..................................................................
b. Securities purchased under agreements to resell .....................................
4. Loans and lease financing receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income (from Schedule RC-C) RCFD 2122 17,815,000 4.a.
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses.....................RCFD 3123 723,000 4.b.
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ........................RCFD 3128 0 4.c.
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income,
allowance, and reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b and 4.c) .................................. 2125 17,092,000 4.d.
5. Assets held in trading accounts ........................................................... 3545 40,350,000 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) .................................. 2145 937,000 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M) .............................................. 2150 195,000 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)... 2130 96,000 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding .............................. 2155 691,000 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M) .................................................... 2143 85,000 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F) ......................................................... 2160 4,633,000 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11) .................................................. 2170 98,871,000 12.
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held in trading accounts.
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Legal Title of Bank: Bankers Trust Company Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 36-4840 FFIEC 031
Address: 130 Liberty Street Vendor ID: D CERT: 00623 Page RC-2
City, State ZIP: New York, NY 10006 12
FDIC Certificate No.: 00623
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<TABLE>
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ASSETS
SCHEDULE RC--CONTINUED
Dollar Amounts in Thousands Bil Mil Thou
LIABILITIES
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13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E, part I) RCON 2200 18,026,000 13.a.
(1) Noninterest-bearing(1) ................RCON 6631 3,184,000 13.a.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing ......................RCON 6636 14,842,000 13.a.(2)
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs (from Schedule RC-E
part II) RCFN 2200 22,173,000 13.b.
(1) Noninterest-bearing ...................RCFN 6631 1,454,000 13.b.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing ......................RCFN 6636 20,719,000 13.b.(2)
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase in 2800 14,623,000 14.
domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
a. Federal funds purchased .............................................................RCFD 0278
b. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ......................................RCFD 0279 14.b.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ............................................RCON 2840 0 15.a.
b. Trading liabilities .................................................................RCFD 3548 19,819,000 15.b.
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With original maturity of one year or less ..........................................RCFD 2332 6,877,000 16.a.
b. With original maturity of more than one year ........................................A547 217,000 16.b.
c. With a remaining maturity of more than three years ..................................A548 4,848,000 16.c.
17. Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases ...........................
18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding .................................RCFD 2920 691,000 18.
19. Subordinated notes and debentures ........................................................RCFD 3200 1,251,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G) ...................................................RCFD 2930 4,872,000 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20) ...........................................RCFD 2948 93,397,000 21.
22. Limited-life preferred stock and related surplus .........................................RCFD 3282 0 22.
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ............................................RCFD 3838 1,000,000 23.
24. Common stock .............................................................................RCFD 3230 1,001,000 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) .................................RCFD 3839 540,000 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves ..............................................RCFD 3632 3,314,000 26.a.
b. Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities ..............RCFD 8434 ( 3,000) 26.b.
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments ......................................RCFD 3284 ( 378,000) 27.
28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27) ........................................RCFD 3210 5,474,000 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22,
and 28) ..................................................................................RCFD 3300 98,871,000 29.
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Memorandum
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To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.
1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes the
most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent external Number
auditors as of any date during 1996 ....................................................... RCFD 6724 N/A M.1
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1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which
submits a report on the bank
2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public
accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company
(but not on the bank separately)
3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be
required by state chartering authority)
4 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other external auditors
(may be required by state chartering authority)
5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
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(1) Including total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
(2) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, MANUEL KURSKY, 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 BANKERS TRUST COMPANY UNDER SECTION
8005 OF THE BANKING LAW," dated June 19, 1997, providing for an increase in
authorized capital stock from $1,601,666,670 consisting of 100,166,667 shares
with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 600 shares with a
par value of $1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to
$2,001,666,670 consisting of 100,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each
designated as Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each
designated as Series Preferred Stock.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of
New York,
this 27TH day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and NINETY-SEVEN.
Manuel Kursky
------------------------------
Deputy Superintendent of Banks
<PAGE> 9
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
OF BANKERS TRUST
Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law
-----------------------------
We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing
Director and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.
2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.
3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to
increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have
authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in
conformity therewith.
4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the
authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock
shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding,
which reads as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to
have is One Billion, Six Hundred and One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six
Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($1,601,666,670), divided into One
Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven
(100,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common
Stock and 600 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)
each designated as Series Preferred Stock."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to
have is Two Billion One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six
Hundred Seventy Dollars ($2,001,666,670), divided into One Hundred Million,
One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (100,166,667)
shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1000
shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated
as Series Preferred Stock."
<PAGE> 10
5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized
by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares
entitled to vote thereon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 19th
day of June, 1997.
James T. Byrne, Jr.
-------------------------
James T. Byrne, Jr.
Managing Director
Lea Lahtinen
-------------------------
Lea Lahtinen
Assistant Secretary
State of New York )
) ss:
County of New York )
Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is an Assistant
Secretary of Bankers 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 herein contained are true.
Lea Lahtinen
-------------------------
Lea Lahtinen
Sworn to before me this 19th day
of June, 1997.
Sandra L. West
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Notary Public
SANDRA L. WEST
Notary Public State of New York
No. 31-4942101
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires September 19, 1998
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 25(B)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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) ___________
------------------------------
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK 13-4941247
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer
organization if not a U.S. national bank) Identification no.)
FOUR ALBANY STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(Address of principal (Zip Code)
executive offices)
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
130 LIBERTY STREET, 31ST FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(212) 250-2201
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
---------------------------------
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
TEXAS 74-0483432
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
Incorporation or organization) Identification no.)
2929 ALLEN PARKWAY
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019
(Address of principal executive offices)
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
SENIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
(Title of the indenture securities)
<PAGE> 2
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.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME ADDRESS
---- -------
<S> <C>
Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District) New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C.
New York State Banking Department Albany, NY
</TABLE>
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
Yes.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
None.
ITEM 3.-15. NOT APPLICABLE
ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT 1 - Restated Organization Certificate of
Bankers Trust Company dated August 7, 1990,
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization
Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated
June 21, 1995 - Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1
Statement, Registration No. 33-65171,
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization
Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated
March 20, 1996, incorporate by reference to
Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 333-25843 and Certificate
of Amendment of the Organization Certificate
of Bankers Trust Company dated June 19,
1997, copy attached.
EXHIBIT 2 - Certificate of Authority to commence
business - Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 33-21047.
EXHIBIT 3 - Authorization of the Trustee to exercise
corporate trust powers - Incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form
T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-21047.
EXHIBIT 4 - Existing By-Laws of Bankers Trust Company,
as amended on February 18, 1997,
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 333-24509-01.
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<PAGE> 3
EXHIBIT 5 - Not applicable.
EXHIBIT 6 - Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b)
of the Act. - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4
filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 22-18864.
EXHIBIT 7 - The latest report of condition of Bankers Trust Company
dated as of June 30, 1997. Copy attached.
EXHIBIT 8 - Not Applicable.
EXHIBIT 9 - Not Applicable.
-3-
<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility 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 14th day
of November, 1997.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ KEVIN WEEKS
------------------------------
Kevin Weeks
Assistant Vice President
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<PAGE> 5
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility 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 14th day
of November, 1997.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: Kevin Weeks
Kevin Weeks
Assistant Vice President
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<PAGE> 6
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Legal Title of Bank: Bankers Trust Company Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 36-4840 FFIEC 031
Address: 130 Liberty Street Vendor ID: D CERT: 00623 Page RC-1
City, State ZIP: New York, NY 10006 11
FDIC Certificate No.: 00623
</TABLE>
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL AND STATE-CHARTERED
SAVINGS BANKS JUNE 30, 1997
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, reported the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the
quarter.
SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------
C400
Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCFD Bil Mil Thou
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1) ................................... 0081 1,724,000 1.a.
b. Interest-bearing balances(2) ............................................................ 0071 2,648,000 1.b.
2. Securities:
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A) .............................. 1754 0 2.a.
b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D) ............................ 1773 3,990,000 2.b.
3 Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in domestic offices ... 1350 26,430,000 3.
of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
a. Federal funds sold ......................................................................
b. Securities purchased under agreements to resell .........................................
4. Loans and lease financing receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income (from Schedule RC-C) ... RCFD 2122 17,815,000 4.a.
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ..................... RCFD 3123 723,000 4.b.
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ......................... RCFD 3128 0 4.c.
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income,
allowance, and reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b and 4.c) ..................................... 2125 17,092,000 4.d.
5. Assets held in trading accounts .............................................................. 3545 40,350,000 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ..................................... 2145 937,000 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M) ................................................. 2150 195,000 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M) ..... 2130 96,000 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ................................. 2155 691,000 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M) ....................................................... 2143 85,000 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F) ............................................................ 2160 4,633,000 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11) ..................................................... 2170 98,871,000 12.
</TABLE>
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held in trading accounts.
<PAGE> 7
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Legal Title of Bank: Bankers Trust Company Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 36-4840 FFIEC 031
Address: 130 Liberty Street Vendor ID: D CERT: 00623 Page RC-2
City, State Zip: New York, NY 10006 12
FDIC Certificate No.: 00623
</TABLE>
SCHEDULE RC--CONTINUED
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------
Dollar Amounts in Thousands Bil Mil Thou
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E, part I) ... RCON 2200 18,026,000 13.a.
(1) Noninterest-bearing(1) .................... RCON 6631 3,184,000 13.a.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing .......................... RCON 6636 14,842,000 13.a.(2)
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs (from Schedule RC-E
part II) ............................................................................ RCFN 2200 22,173,000 13.b.
(1) Noninterest-bearing ....................... RCFN 6631 1,454,000 13.b.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing .......................... RCFN 6636 20,719,000 13.b.(2)
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase in
domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs: .... 2800 14,623,000 14.
a. Federal funds purchased ............................................................. RCFD 0278 14.a.
b. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ...................................... RCFD 0279 14.b.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ............................................ RCON 2840 0 15.a.
b. Trading liabilities ................................................................. RCFD 3548 19,819,000 15.b.
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With original maturity of one year or less .......................................... RCFD 2332 6,877,000 16.a.
b. With original maturity of more than one year ........................................ A547 217,000 16.b.
c. With a remaining maturity of more than three years .................................. A548 4,848,000 16.c.
17. Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases ...........................
18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ................................. RCFD 2920 691,000 18.
19. Subordinated notes and debentures ........................................................ RCFD 3200 1,251,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G) ................................................... RCFD 2930 4,872,000 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20) ........................................... RCFD 2948 93,397,000 21.
22. Limited-life preferred stock and related surplus ......................................... RCFD 3282 0 22.
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ............................................ RCFD 3838 1,000,000 23.
24. Common stock ............................................................................. RCFD 3230 1,001,000 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) ................................. RCFD 3839 540,000 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves .............................................. RCFD 3632 3,314,000 26.a.
b. Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities .............. RCFD 8434 (3,000) 26.b.
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments ...................................... RCFD 3284 (378,000) 27.
28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27) ........................................ RCFD 3210 5,474,000 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22,
and 28) .................................................................................. RCFD 3300 98,871,000 29.
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Memorandum
<S> <C> <C> <C>
To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.
1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that
best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for Number
the bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 1996 ........................ RCFD 6724 N/A M.1
</TABLE>
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which
submits a report on the bank
2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public
accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company
(but not on the bank separately)
3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be
required by state chartering authority)
4 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other external auditors
(may be required by state chartering authority)
5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
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(1) Including total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
(2) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.
<PAGE> 8
STATE OF NEW YORK,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, MANUEL KURSKY, 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 BANKERS TRUST COMPANY UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE
BANKING LAW," dated June 19, 1997, providing for an increase in authorized
capital stock from $1,601,666,670 consisting of 100,166,667 shares with a par
value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 600 shares with a par value of
$1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $2,001,666,670
consisting of 100,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as
Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as
Series Preferred Stock.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New
York,
this 27TH day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and NINETY-SEVEN.
Manuel Kursky
------------------------------
Deputy Superintendent of Banks
<PAGE> 9
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
OF BANKERS TRUST
Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law
-----------------------------
We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing
Director and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.
2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.
3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended
to increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have
authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in
conformity therewith.
4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the
authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock
shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding,
which reads as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to
have is One Billion, Six Hundred and One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six
Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($1,601,666,670), divided into One
Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven
(100,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common
Stock and 600 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)
each designated as Series Preferred Stock."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to
have is Two Billion One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six
Hundred Seventy Dollars ($2,001,666,670), divided into One Hundred Million,
One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (100,166,667)
shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1000
shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated
as Series Preferred Stock."
<PAGE> 10
5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized
by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares
entitled to vote thereon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 19th
day of June, 1997.
James T. Byrne, Jr.
------------------------
James T. Byrne, Jr.
Managing Director
Lea Lahtinen
------------------------
Lea Lahtinen
Assistant Secretary
State of New York )
) ss:
County of New York )
Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is an Assistant
Secretary of Bankers 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 herein contained are true.
Lea Lahtinen
------------------------
Lea Lahtinen
Sworn to before me this 19th day of June, 1997.
Sandra L. West
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Notary Public
SANDRA L. WEST
Notary Public State of New York
No. 31-4942101
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires September 19, 1998
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 25(c)
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UNITED STATES
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) ___________
------------------------------
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK 13-4941247
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer
organization if not a U.S. national bank) Identification no.)
FOUR ALBANY STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(Address of principal (Zip Code)
executive offices)
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
130 LIBERTY STREET, 31ST FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(212) 250-2201
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
---------------------------------
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL I
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
TEXAS 74-0483432 DELAWARE APPLIED FOR
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
Incorporation or organization) Identification no.) incorporation or organization) Identification no.)
2929 ALLEN PARKWAY C/O AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019-2155 2929 ALLEN PARKWAY
(Address, including zip code HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019-2155
of principal executive offices) (Address, including zip code of
principal executive offices)
</TABLE>
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL I PREFERRED SECURITIES
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
GUARANTEE OF AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION WITH RESPECT TO PREFERRED SECURITIES
(Title of the indenture securities)
<PAGE> 2
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.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME ADDRESS
---- -------
<S> <C>
Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District) New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C.
New York State Banking Department Albany, NY
</TABLE>
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
Yes.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
None.
ITEM 3.-15. NOT APPLICABLE
ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT 1 - Restated Organization Certificate of
Bankers Trust Company dated August 7, 1990,
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization
Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated
June 21, 1995 - Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1
Statement, Registration No. 33-65171,
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization
Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated
March 20, 1996, incorporate by reference to
Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 333-25843 and Certificate
of Amendment of the Organization Certificate
of Bankers Trust Company dated June 19,
1997, copy attached.
EXHIBIT 2 - Certificate of Authority to commence
business - Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 33-21047.
EXHIBIT 3 - Authorization of the Trustee to exercise
corporate trust powers - Incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form
T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-21047.
EXHIBIT 4 - Existing By-Laws of Bankers Trust Company,
as amended on February 18, 1997,
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 333-24509-01.
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<PAGE> 3
EXHIBIT 5 - Not applicable.
EXHIBIT 6 - Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b)
of the Act. - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4
filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 22-18864.
EXHIBIT 7 - The latest report of condition of Bankers Trust Company
dated as of June 30, 1997. Copy attached.
EXHIBIT 8 - Not Applicable.
EXHIBIT 9 - Not Applicable.
-3-
<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility 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 14th day
of November, 1997.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ KEVIN WEEKS
-------------------------------
Kevin Weeks
Assistant Vice President
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<PAGE> 5
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility 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 14th day
of November, 1997.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: Kevin Weeks
Kevin Weeks
Assistant Vice President
-5-
<PAGE> 6
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Legal Title of Bank: Bankers Trust Company Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 36-4840 FFIEC 031
Address: 130 Liberty Street Vendor ID: D CERT: 00623 Page RC-1
City, State ZIP: New York, NY 10006 11
FDIC Certificate No.: 00623
</TABLE>
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL AND STATE-CHARTERED
SAVINGS BANKS JUNE 30, 1997
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, reported the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the
quarter.
SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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C400
Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCFD Bil Mil Thou
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1) ................................... 0081 1,724,000 1.a.
b. Interest-bearing balances(2) ............................................................ 0071 2,648,000 1.b.
2. Securities:
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A) .............................. 1754 0 2.a.
b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D) ............................ 1773 3,990,000 2.b.
3 Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in domestic offices ... 1350 26,430,000 3.
of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
a. Federal funds sold ......................................................................
b. Securities purchased under agreements to resell .........................................
4. Loans and lease financing receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income (from Schedule RC-C) ... RCFD 2122 17,815,000 4.a.
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ..................... RCFD 3123 723,000 4.b.
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ......................... RCFD 3128 0 4.c.
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income,
allowance, and reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b and 4.c) ..................................... 2125 17,092,000 4.d.
5. Assets held in trading accounts .............................................................. 3545 40,350,000 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ..................................... 2145 937,000 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M) ................................................. 2150 195,000 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M) ..... 2130 96,000 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ................................. 2155 691,000 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M) ....................................................... 2143 85,000 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F) ............................................................ 2160 4,633,000 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11) ..................................................... 2170 98,871,000 12.
</TABLE>
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held in trading accounts.
<PAGE> 7
<TABLE>
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Legal Title of Bank: Bankers Trust Company Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 36-4840 FFIEC 031
Address: 130 Liberty Street Vendor ID: D CERT: 00623 Page RC-2
City, State Zip: New York, NY 10006 12
FDIC Certificate No.: 00623
</TABLE>
SCHEDULE RC--CONTINUED
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Dollar Amounts in Thousands Bil Mil Thou
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LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E, part I) ... RCON 2200 18,026,000 13.a.
(1) Noninterest-bearing(1) .................... RCON 6631 3,184,000 13.a.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing .......................... RCON 6636 14,842,000 13.a.(2)
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs (from Schedule RC-E
part II) ............................................................................ RCFN 2200 22,173,000 13.b.
(1) Noninterest-bearing ....................... RCFN 6631 1,454,000 13.b.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing .......................... RCFN 6636 20,719,000 13.b.(2)
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase in
domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs: .... 2800 14,623,000 14.
a. Federal funds purchased ............................................................. RCFD 0278 14.a.
b. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ...................................... RCFD 0279 14.b.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ............................................ RCON 2840 0 15.a.
b. Trading liabilities ................................................................. RCFD 3548 19,819,000 15.b.
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With original maturity of one year or less .......................................... RCFD 2332 6,877,000 16.a.
b. With original maturity of more than one year ........................................ A547 217,000 16.b.
c. With a remaining maturity of more than three years .................................. A548 4,848,000 16.c.
17. Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases ...........................
18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ................................. RCFD 2920 691,000 18.
19. Subordinated notes and debentures ........................................................ RCFD 3200 1,251,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G) ................................................... RCFD 2930 4,872,000 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20) ........................................... RCFD 2948 93,397,000 21.
22. Limited-life preferred stock and related surplus ......................................... RCFD 3282 0 22.
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ............................................ RCFD 3838 1,000,000 23.
24. Common stock ............................................................................. RCFD 3230 1,001,000 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) ................................. RCFD 3839 540,000 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves .............................................. RCFD 3632 3,314,000 26.a.
b. Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities .............. RCFD 8434 (3,000) 26.b.
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments ...................................... RCFD 3284 (378,000) 27.
28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27) ........................................ RCFD 3210 5,474,000 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22,
and 28) .................................................................................. RCFD 3300 98,871,000 29.
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Memorandum
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To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.
1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that
best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for Number
the bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 1996 .............. RCFD 6724 N/A M.1
</TABLE>
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which
submits a report on the bank
2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public
accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company
(but not on the bank separately)
3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be
required by state chartering authority)
4 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other external auditors
(may be required by state chartering authority)
5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
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(1) Including total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
(2) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.
<PAGE> 8
STATE OF NEW YORK,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, MANUEL KURSKY, 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 BANKERS TRUST COMPANY UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE
BANKING LAW," dated June 19, 1997, providing for an increase in authorized
capital stock from $1,601,666,670 consisting of 100,166,667 shares with a par
value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 600 shares with a par value of
$1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $2,001,666,670
consisting of 100,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as
Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as
Series Preferred Stock.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New
York,
this 27TH day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and NINETY-SEVEN.
Manuel Kursky
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Deputy Superintendent of Banks
<PAGE> 9
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
OF BANKERS TRUST
Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law
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We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing
Director and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.
2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.
3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to
increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have
authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in
conformity therewith.
4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the
authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock
shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding,
which reads as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to
have is One Billion, Six Hundred and One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six
Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($1,601,666,670), divided into One
Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven
(100,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common
Stock and 600 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)
each designated as Series Preferred Stock."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to
have is Two Billion One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six
Hundred Seventy Dollars ($2,001,666,670), divided into One Hundred Million,
One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (100,166,667)
shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1000
shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated
as Series Preferred Stock."
<PAGE> 10
5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized
by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares
entitled to vote thereon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 19th
day of June, 1997.
James T. Byrne, Jr.
--------------------------
James T. Byrne, Jr.
Managing Director
Lea Lahtinen
--------------------------
Lea Lahtinen
Assistant Secretary
State of New York )
) ss:
County of New York )
Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is an Assistant
Secretary of Bankers 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 herein contained are true.
Lea Lahtinen
--------------------------
Lea Lahtinen
Sworn to before me this 19th day
of June, 1997.
Sandra L. West
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Notary Public
SANDRA L. WEST
Notary Public State of New York
No. 31-4942101
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires September 19, 1998
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EXHIBIT 25(d)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT
TO SECTION 305(b)(2) ___________
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BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK 13-4941247
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer
organization if not a U.S. national bank) Identification no.)
FOUR ALBANY STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(Address of principal (Zip Code)
executive offices)
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
130 LIBERTY STREET, 31ST FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(212) 250-2201
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL II
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
TEXAS 74-0483432 DELAWARE APPLIED FOR
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
Incorporation or organization) Identification no.) incorporation or organization) Identification no.)
2929 ALLEN PARKWAY C/O AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019-2155 2929 ALLEN PARKWAY
(Address, including zip code HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019-2155
of principal executive offices) (Address, including zip code of
principal executive offices)
</TABLE>
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL II PREFERRED SECURITIES
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
GUARANTEE OF AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION WITH RESPECT TO PREFERRED SECURITIES
(Title of the indenture securities)
<PAGE> 2
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.
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<CAPTION>
NAME ADDRESS
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<S> <C>
Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District) New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C.
New York State Banking Department Albany, NY
</TABLE>
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
Yes.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
None.
ITEM 3.-15. NOT APPLICABLE
ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT 1 - Restated Organization Certificate of
Bankers Trust Company dated August 7, 1990,
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization
Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated
June 21, 1995 - Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1
Statement, Registration No. 33-65171,
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization
Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated
March 20, 1996, incorporate by reference to
Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 333-25843 and Certificate
of Amendment of the Organization Certificate
of Bankers Trust Company dated June 19,
1997, copy attached.
EXHIBIT 2 - Certificate of Authority to commence
business - Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 33-21047.
EXHIBIT 3 - Authorization of the Trustee to exercise
corporate trust powers - Incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form
T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-21047.
EXHIBIT 4 - Existing By-Laws of Bankers Trust Company,
as amended on February 18, 1997,
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 333-24509-01.
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EXHIBIT 5 - Not applicable.
EXHIBIT 6 - Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b)
of the Act. - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4
filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 22-18864.
EXHIBIT 7 - The latest report of condition of Bankers Trust Company
dated as of June 30, 1997. Copy attached.
EXHIBIT 8 - Not Applicable.
EXHIBIT 9 - Not Applicable.
-3-
<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility 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 14th day
of November, 1997.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ KEVIN WEEKS
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Kevin Weeks
Assistant Vice President
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<PAGE> 5
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility 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 14th day
of November, 1997.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: Kevin Weeks
Kevin Weeks
Assistant Vice President
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<PAGE> 6
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Legal Title of Bank: Bankers Trust Company Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 36-4840 FFIEC 031
Address: 130 Liberty Street Vendor ID: D CERT: 00623 Page RC-1
City, State ZIP: New York, NY 10006 11
FDIC Certificate No.: 00623
</TABLE>
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL AND STATE-CHARTERED
SAVINGS BANKS JUNE 30, 1997
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, reported the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the
quarter.
SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET
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<CAPTION>
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C400
Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCFD Bil Mil Thou
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1) ................................... 0081 1,724,000 1.a.
b. Interest-bearing balances(2) ............................................................ 0071 2,648,000 1.b.
2. Securities:
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A) .............................. 1754 0 2.a.
b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D) ............................ 1773 3,990,000 2.b.
3 Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in domestic offices ... 1350 26,430,000 3.
of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
a. Federal funds sold ......................................................................
b. Securities purchased under agreements to resell .........................................
4. Loans and lease financing receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income (from Schedule RC-C) ... RCFD 2122 17,815,000 4.a.
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ..................... RCFD 3123 723,000 4.b.
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ......................... RCFD 3128 0 4.c.
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income,
allowance, and reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b and 4.c) ..................................... 2125 17,092,000 4.d.
5. Assets held in trading accounts .............................................................. 3545 40,350,000 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ..................................... 2145 937,000 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M) ................................................. 2150 195,000 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M) ..... 2130 96,000 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ................................. 2155 691,000 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M) ....................................................... 2143 85,000 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F) ............................................................ 2160 4,633,000 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11) ..................................................... 2170 98,871,000 12.
</TABLE>
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held in trading accounts.
<PAGE> 7
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Legal Title of Bank: Bankers Trust Company Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 36-4840 FFIEC 031
Address: 130 Liberty Street Vendor ID: D CERT: 00623 Page RC-2
City, State Zip: New York, NY 10006 12
FDIC Certificate No.: 00623
</TABLE>
SCHEDULE RC--CONTINUED
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Dollar Amounts in Thousands Bil Mil Thou
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E, part I) ... RCON 2200 18,026,000 13.a.
(1) Noninterest-bearing(1) .................... RCON 6631 3,184,000 13.a.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing .......................... RCON 6636 14,842,000 13.a.(2)
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs (from Schedule RC-E
part II) ............................................................................ RCFN 2200 22,173,000 13.b.
(1) Noninterest-bearing ....................... RCFN 6631 1,454,000 13.b.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing .......................... RCFN 6636 20,719,000 13.b.(2)
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase in
domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs: .... 2800 14,623,000 14.
a. Federal funds purchased ............................................................. RCFD 0278 14.a.
b. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ...................................... RCFD 0279 14.b.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ............................................ RCON 2840 0 15.a.
b. Trading liabilities ................................................................. RCFD 3548 19,819,000 15.b.
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With original maturity of one year or less .......................................... RCFD 2332 6,877,000 16.a.
b. With original maturity of more than one year ........................................ A547 217,000 16.b.
c. With a remaining maturity of more than three years .................................. A548 4,848,000 16.c.
17. Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases ...........................
18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ................................. RCFD 2920 691,000 18.
19. Subordinated notes and debentures ........................................................ RCFD 3200 1,251,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G) ................................................... RCFD 2930 4,872,000 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20) ........................................... RCFD 2948 93,397,000 21.
22. Limited-life preferred stock and related surplus ......................................... RCFD 3282 0 22.
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ............................................ RCFD 3838 1,000,000 23.
24. Common stock ............................................................................. RCFD 3230 1,001,000 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) ................................. RCFD 3839 540,000 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves .............................................. RCFD 3632 3,314,000 26.a.
b. Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities .............. RCFD 8434 (3,000) 26.b.
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments ...................................... RCFD 3284 (378,000) 27.
28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27) ........................................ RCFD 3210 5,474,000 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22,
and 28) .................................................................................. RCFD 3300 98,871,000 29.
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Memorandum
<S> <C> <C> <C>
To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.
1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that
best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for Number
the bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 1996 ....................... RCFD 6724 N/A M.1
</TABLE>
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which
submits a report on the bank
2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public
accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company
(but not on the bank separately)
3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be
required by state chartering authority)
4 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other external auditors
(may be required by state chartering authority)
5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
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(1) Including total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
(2) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.
<PAGE> 8
STATE OF NEW YORK,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, MANUEL KURSKY, 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 BANKERS TRUST COMPANY UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE
BANKING LAW," dated June 19, 1997, providing for an increase in authorized
capital stock from $1,601,666,670 consisting of 100,166,667 shares with a par
value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 600 shares with a par value of
$1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $2,001,666,670
consisting of 100,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as
Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as
Series Preferred Stock.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New
York,
this 27TH day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and NINETY-SEVEN.
Manuel Kursky
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Deputy Superintendent of Banks
<PAGE> 9
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
OF BANKERS TRUST
Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law
-----------------------------
We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing
Director and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.
2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.
3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to
increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have
authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in
conformity therewith.
4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the
authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock
shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding,
which reads as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to
have is One Billion, Six Hundred and One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six
Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($1,601,666,670), divided into One
Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven
(100,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common
Stock and 600 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)
each designated as Series Preferred Stock."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to
have is Two Billion One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six
Hundred Seventy Dollars ($2,001,666,670), divided into One Hundred Million,
One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (100,166,667)
shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1000
shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated
as Series Preferred Stock."
<PAGE> 10
5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized
by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares
entitled to vote thereon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 19th
day of June, 1997.
James T. Byrne, Jr.
--------------------------
James T. Byrne, Jr.
Managing Director
Lea Lahtinen
--------------------------
Lea Lahtinen
Assistant Secretary
State of New York )
) ss:
County of New York )
Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is an Assistant
Secretary of Bankers 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 herein contained are true.
Lea Lahtinen
--------------------------
Lea Lahtinen
Sworn to before me this 19th day
of June, 1997.
Sandra L. West
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Notary Public
SANDRA L. WEST
Notary Public State of New York
No. 31-4942101
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires September 19, 1998
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 25(e)
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UNITED STATES
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) ___________
------------------------------
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK 13-4941247
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer
organization if not a U.S. national bank) Identification no.)
FOUR ALBANY STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(Address of principal (Zip Code)
executive offices)
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
130 LIBERTY STREET, 31ST FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(212) 250-2201
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
---------------------------------
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AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL III
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) (Exact name of Registrant as specified
in its charter)
TEXAS 74-0483432 DELAWARE APPLIED FOR
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
Incorporation or organization) Identification no.) incorporation or organization) Identification no.)
2929 ALLEN PARKWAY C/O AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019-2155 2929 ALLEN PARKWAY
(Address, including zip code HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019-2155
of principal executive offices) (Address, including zip code of
principal executive offices)
</TABLE>
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL III PREFERRED SECURITIES
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
GUARANTEE OF AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION WITH RESPECT TO PREFERRED SECURITIES
(Title of the indenture securities)
<PAGE> 2
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.
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<CAPTION>
NAME ADDRESS
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<S> <C>
Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District) New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C.
New York State Banking Department Albany, NY
</TABLE>
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
Yes.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
None.
ITEM 3.-15. NOT APPLICABLE
ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT 1 - Restated Organization Certificate of
Bankers Trust Company dated August 7, 1990,
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization
Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated
June 21, 1995 - Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1
Statement, Registration No. 33-65171,
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization
Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated
March 20, 1996, incorporate by reference to
Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 333-25843 and Certificate
of Amendment of the Organization Certificate
of Bankers Trust Company dated June 19,
1997, copy attached.
EXHIBIT 2 - Certificate of Authority to commence
business - Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 33-21047.
EXHIBIT 3 - Authorization of the Trustee to exercise
corporate trust powers - Incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form
T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-21047.
EXHIBIT 4 - Existing By-Laws of Bankers Trust Company,
as amended on February 18, 1997,
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 333-24509-01.
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EXHIBIT 5 - Not applicable.
EXHIBIT 6 - Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b)
of the Act. - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4
filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 22-18864.
EXHIBIT 7 - The latest report of condition of Bankers Trust Company
dated as of June 30, 1997. Copy attached.
EXHIBIT 8 - Not Applicable.
EXHIBIT 9 - Not Applicable.
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<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility 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 14th day
of November, 1997.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ KEVIN WEEKS
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Kevin Weeks
Assistant Vice President
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility 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 14th day
of November, 1997.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: Kevin Weeks
Kevin Weeks
Assistant Vice President
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<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Legal Title of Bank: Bankers Trust Company Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 36-4840 FFIEC 031
Address: 130 Liberty Street Vendor ID: D CERT: 00623 Page RC-1
City, State ZIP: New York, NY 10006 11
FDIC Certificate No.: 00623
</TABLE>
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL AND STATE-CHARTERED
SAVINGS BANKS JUNE 30, 1997
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, reported the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the
quarter.
SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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C400
Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCFD Bil Mil Thou
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1) ................................... 0081 1,724,000 1.a.
b. Interest-bearing balances(2) ............................................................ 0071 2,648,000 1.b.
2. Securities:
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A) .............................. 1754 0 2.a.
b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D) ............................ 1773 3,990,000 2.b.
3 Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in domestic offices ... 1350 26,430,000 3.
of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
a. Federal funds sold ......................................................................
b. Securities purchased under agreements to resell .........................................
4. Loans and lease financing receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income (from Schedule RC-C) ... RCFD 2122 17,815,000 4.a.
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ..................... RCFD 3123 723,000 4.b.
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ......................... RCFD 3128 0 4.c.
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income,
allowance, and reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b and 4.c) ..................................... 2125 17,092,000 4.d.
5. Assets held in trading accounts .............................................................. 3545 40,350,000 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ..................................... 2145 937,000 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M) ................................................. 2150 195,000 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M) ..... 2130 96,000 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ................................. 2155 691,000 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M) ....................................................... 2143 85,000 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F) ............................................................ 2160 4,633,000 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11) ..................................................... 2170 98,871,000 12.
</TABLE>
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held in trading accounts.
<PAGE> 7
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Legal Title of Bank: Bankers Trust Company Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 36-4840 FFIEC 031
Address: 130 Liberty Street Vendor ID: D CERT: 00623 Page RC-2
City, State Zip: New York, NY 10006 12
FDIC Certificate No.: 00623
</TABLE>
SCHEDULE RC--CONTINUED
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Dollar Amounts in Thousands Bil Mil Thou
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E, part I) ... RCON 2200 18,026,000 13.a.
(1) Noninterest-bearing(1) .................... RCON 6631 3,184,000 13.a.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing .......................... RCON 6636 14,842,000 13.a.(2)
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs (from Schedule RC-E
part II) ............................................................................ RCFN 2200 22,173,000 13.b.
(1) Noninterest-bearing ....................... RCFN 6631 1,454,000 13.b.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing .......................... RCFN 6636 20,719,000 13.b.(2)
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase in
domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs: .... 2800 14,623,000 14.
a. Federal funds purchased ............................................................. RCFD 0278 14.a.
b. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ...................................... RCFD 0279 14.b.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ............................................ RCON 2840 0 15.a.
b. Trading liabilities ................................................................. RCFD 3548 19,819,000 15.b.
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With original maturity of one year or less .......................................... RCFD 2332 6,877,000 16.a.
b. With original maturity of more than one year ........................................ A547 217,000 16.b.
c. With a remaining maturity of more than three years .................................. A548 4,848,000 16.c.
17. Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases ...........................
18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ................................. RCFD 2920 691,000 18.
19. Subordinated notes and debentures ........................................................ RCFD 3200 1,251,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G) ................................................... RCFD 2930 4,872,000 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20) ........................................... RCFD 2948 93,397,000 21.
22. Limited-life preferred stock and related surplus ......................................... RCFD 3282 0 22.
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ............................................ RCFD 3838 1,000,000 23.
24. Common stock ............................................................................. RCFD 3230 1,001,000 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) ................................. RCFD 3839 540,000 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves .............................................. RCFD 3632 3,314,000 26.a.
b. Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities .............. RCFD 8434 (3,000) 26.b.
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments ...................................... RCFD 3284 (378,000) 27.
28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27) ........................................ RCFD 3210 5,474,000 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22,
and 28) .................................................................................. RCFD 3300 98,871,000 29.
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Memorandum
<S> <C> <C> <C>
To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.
1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that
best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for Number
the bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 1996 ....................... RCFD 6724 N/A M.1
</TABLE>
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which
submits a report on the bank
2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public
accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company
(but not on the bank separately)
3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be
required by state chartering authority)
4 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other external auditors
(may be required by state chartering authority)
5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
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(1) Including total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
(2) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.
<PAGE> 8
STATE OF NEW YORK,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, MANUEL KURSKY, 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 BANKERS TRUST COMPANY UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE
BANKING LAW," dated June 19, 1997, providing for an increase in authorized
capital stock from $1,601,666,670 consisting of 100,166,667 shares with a par
value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 600 shares with a par value of
$1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $2,001,666,670
consisting of 100,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as
Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as
Series Preferred Stock.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New
York,
this 27TH day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and NINETY-SEVEN.
Manuel Kursky
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Deputy Superintendent of Banks
<PAGE> 9
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
OF BANKERS TRUST
Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law
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We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing
Director and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.
2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.
3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to
increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have
authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in
conformity therewith.
4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the
authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock
shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding,
which reads as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to
have is One Billion, Six Hundred and One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six
Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($1,601,666,670), divided into One
Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven
(100,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common
Stock and 600 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)
each designated as Series Preferred Stock."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to
have is Two Billion One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six
Hundred Seventy Dollars ($2,001,666,670), divided into One Hundred Million,
One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (100,166,667)
shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1000
shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated
as Series Preferred Stock."
<PAGE> 10
5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized
by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares
entitled to vote thereon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 19th
day of June, 1997.
James T. Byrne, Jr.
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James T. Byrne, Jr.
Managing Director
Lea Lahtinen
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Lea Lahtinen
Assistant Secretary
State of New York )
) ss:
County of New York )
Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is an Assistant
Secretary of Bankers 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 herein contained are true.
Lea Lahtinen
-----------------------------
Lea Lahtinen
Sworn to before me this 19th day
of June, 1997.
Sandra L. West
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Notary Public
SANDRA L. WEST
Notary Public State of New York
No. 31-4942101
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires September 19, 1998
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EXHIBIT 25(f)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT
TO SECTION 305(b)(2) ___________
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BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK 13-4941247
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer
organization if not a U.S. national bank) Identification no.)
FOUR ALBANY STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(Address of principal (Zip Code)
executive offices)
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
130 LIBERTY STREET, 31ST FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10006
(212) 250-2201
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL IV
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) (Exact name of Registrant as specified
in its charter)
TEXAS 74-0483432 DELAWARE APPLIED FOR
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
Incorporation or organization) Identification no.) incorporation or organization) Identification no.)
2929 ALLEN PARKWAY C/O AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019-2155 2929 ALLEN PARKWAY
(Address, including zip code HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019-2155
of principal executive offices) (Address, including zip code of
principal executive offices)
</TABLE>
AMERICAN GENERAL CAPITAL IV PREFERRED SECURITIES
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
GUARANTEE OF AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION WITH RESPECT TO PREFERRED SECURITIES
(Title of the indenture securities)
<PAGE> 2
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.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME ADDRESS
---- -------
<S> <C>
Federal Reserve Bank (2nd District) New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C.
New York State Banking Department Albany, NY
</TABLE>
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
Yes.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
None.
ITEM 3.-15. NOT APPLICABLE
ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT 1 - Restated Organization Certificate of
Bankers Trust Company dated August 7, 1990,
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization
Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated
June 21, 1995 - Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1
Statement, Registration No. 33-65171,
Certificate of Amendment of the Organization
Certificate of Bankers Trust Company dated
March 20, 1996, incorporate by reference to
Exhibit 1 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 333-25843 and Certificate
of Amendment of the Organization Certificate
of Bankers Trust Company dated June 19,
1997, copy attached.
EXHIBIT 2 - Certificate of Authority to commence
business - Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 2 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 33-21047.
EXHIBIT 3 - Authorization of the Trustee to exercise
corporate trust powers - Incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 2 filed with Form
T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-21047.
EXHIBIT 4 - Existing By-Laws of Bankers Trust Company,
as amended on February 18, 1997,
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4 filed with Form T-1 Statement,
Registration No. 333-24509-01.
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EXHIBIT 5 - Not applicable.
EXHIBIT 6 - Consent of Bankers Trust Company required by Section 321(b)
of the Act. - Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4
filed with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 22-18864.
EXHIBIT 7 - The latest report of condition of Bankers Trust Company
dated as of June 30, 1997. Copy attached.
EXHIBIT 8 - Not Applicable.
EXHIBIT 9 - Not Applicable.
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<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility 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 14th day
of November, 1997.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ KEVIN WEEKS
------------------------------
Kevin Weeks
Assistant Vice President
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<PAGE> 5
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, Bankers Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility 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 14th day
of November, 1997.
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By: KEVIN WEEKS
Kevin Weeks
Assistant Vice President
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<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Legal Title of Bank: Bankers Trust Company Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 36-4840 FFIEC 031
Address: 130 Liberty Street Vendor ID: D CERT: 00623 Page RC-1
City, State ZIP: New York, NY 10006 11
FDIC Certificate No.: 00623
</TABLE>
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL AND STATE-CHARTERED
SAVINGS BANKS JUNE 30, 1997
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, reported the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the
quarter.
SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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C400
Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCFD Bil Mil Thou
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A):
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1) ................................... 0081 1,724,000 1.a.
b. Interest-bearing balances(2) ............................................................ 0071 2,648,000 1.b.
2. Securities:
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A) .............................. 1754 0 2.a.
b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D) ............................ 1773 3,990,000 2.b.
3 Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell in domestic offices ... 1350 26,430,000 3.
of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
a. Federal funds sold ......................................................................
b. Securities purchased under agreements to resell .........................................
4. Loans and lease financing receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income (from Schedule RC-C) ... RCFD 2122 17,815,000 4.a.
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ..................... RCFD 3123 723,000 4.b.
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ......................... RCFD 3128 0 4.c.
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income,
allowance, and reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b and 4.c) ..................................... 2125 17,092,000 4.d.
5. Assets held in trading accounts .............................................................. 3545 40,350,000 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ..................................... 2145 937,000 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M) ................................................. 2150 195,000 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M) ..... 2130 96,000 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ................................. 2155 691,000 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M) ....................................................... 2143 85,000 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F) ............................................................ 2160 4,633,000 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11) ..................................................... 2170 98,871,000 12.
</TABLE>
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held in trading accounts.
<PAGE> 7
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Legal Title of Bank: Bankers Trust Company Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 36-4840 FFIEC 031
Address: 130 Liberty Street Vendor ID: D CERT: 00623 Page RC-2
City, State Zip: New York, NY 10006 12
FDIC Certificate No.: 00623
</TABLE>
SCHEDULE RC--CONTINUED
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Dollar Amounts in Thousands Bil Mil Thou
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E, part I) ... RCON 2200 18,026,000 13.a.
(1) Noninterest-bearing(1) .................... RCON 6631 3,184,000 13.a.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing .......................... RCON 6636 14,842,000 13.a.(2)
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs (from Schedule RC-E
part II) ............................................................................ RCFN 2200 22,173,000 13.b.
(1) Noninterest-bearing ....................... RCFN 6631 1,454,000 13.b.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing .......................... RCFN 6636 20,719,000 13.b.(2)
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase in
domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBFs: .... 2800 14,623,000 14.
a. Federal funds purchased ............................................................. RCFD 0278 14.a.
b. Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ...................................... RCFD 0279 14.b.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ............................................ RCON 2840 0 15.a.
b. Trading liabilities ................................................................. RCFD 3548 19,819,000 15.b.
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With original maturity of one year or less .......................................... RCFD 2332 6,877,000 16.a.
b. With original maturity of more than one year ........................................ A547 217,000 16.b.
c. With a remaining maturity of more than three years .................................. A548 4,848,000 16.c.
17. Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases ...........................
18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ................................. RCFD 2920 691,000 18.
19. Subordinated notes and debentures ........................................................ RCFD 3200 1,251,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G) ................................................... RCFD 2930 4,872,000 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20) ........................................... RCFD 2948 93,397,000 21.
22. Limited-life preferred stock and related surplus ......................................... RCFD 3282 0 22.
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ............................................ RCFD 3838 1,000,000 23.
24. Common stock ............................................................................. RCFD 3230 1,001,000 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) ................................. RCFD 3839 540,000 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves .............................................. RCFD 3632 3,314,000 26.a.
b. Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities .............. RCFD 8434 (3,000) 26.b.
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments ...................................... RCFD 3284 (378,000) 27.
28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27) ........................................ RCFD 3210 5,474,000 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22,
and 28) .................................................................................. RCFD 3300 98,871,000 29.
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Memorandum
<S> <C> <C> <C>
To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.
1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that
best describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for Number
the bank by independent external auditors as of any date during 1996 ........................ RCFD 6724 N/A M.1
</TABLE>
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which
submits a report on the bank
2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public
accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company
(but not on the bank separately)
3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be
required by state chartering authority)
4 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other external auditors
(may be required by state chartering authority)
5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
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(1) Including total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
(2) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus.
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
BANKING DEPARTMENT
I, MANUEL KURSKY, 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 BANKERS TRUST COMPANY UNDER SECTION 8005 OF THE
BANKING LAW," dated June 19, 1997, providing for an increase in authorized
capital stock from $1,601,666,670 consisting of 100,166,667 shares with a par
value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 600 shares with a par value of
$1,000,000 each designated as Series Preferred Stock to $2,001,666,670
consisting of 100,166,667 shares with a par value of $10 each designated as
Common Stock and 1,000 shares with a par value of $1,000,000 each designated as
Series Preferred Stock.
WITNESS, my hand and official seal of the Banking Department at the City of New
York,
this 27TH day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and NINETY-SEVEN.
Manuel Kursky
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Deputy Superintendent of Banks
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
ORGANIZATION CERTIFICATE
OF BANKERS TRUST
Under Section 8005 of the Banking Law
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We, James T. Byrne, Jr. and Lea Lahtinen, being respectively a Managing
Director and an Assistant Secretary of Bankers Trust Company, do hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is Bankers Trust Company.
2. The organization certificate of said corporation was filed by the
Superintendent of Banks on the 5th of March, 1903.
3. The organization certificate as heretofore amended is hereby amended to
increase the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have
authority to issue and to increase the amount of its authorized capital stock in
conformity therewith.
4. Article III of the organization certificate with reference to the
authorized capital stock, the number of shares into which the capital stock
shall be divided, the par value of the shares and the capital stock outstanding,
which reads as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to
have is One Billion, Six Hundred and One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six
Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($1,601,666,670), divided into One
Hundred Million, One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven
(100,166,667) shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common
Stock and 600 shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)
each designated as Series Preferred Stock."
is hereby amended to read as follows:
"III. The amount of capital stock which the corporation is hereafter to
have is Two Billion One Million, Six Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six
Hundred Seventy Dollars ($2,001,666,670), divided into One Hundred Million,
One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Sixty-Seven (100,166,667)
shares with a par value of $10 each designated as Common Stock and 1000
shares with a par value of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) each designated
as Series Preferred Stock."
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5. The foregoing amendment of the organization certificate was authorized
by unanimous written consent signed by the holder of all outstanding shares
entitled to vote thereon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 19th
day of June, 1997.
James T. Byrne, Jr.
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James T. Byrne, Jr.
Managing Director
Lea Lahtinen
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Lea Lahtinen
Assistant Secretary
State of New York )
) ss:
County of New York )
Lea Lahtinen, being fully sworn, deposes and says that she is an Assistant
Secretary of Bankers 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 herein contained are true.
Lea Lahtinen
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Lea Lahtinen
Sworn to before me this 19th day
of June, 1997.
Sandra L. West
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Notary Public
SANDRA L. WEST
Notary Public State of New York
No. 31-4942101
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires September 19, 1998
