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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 25, 1996
REGISTRATION NO. 333-14201
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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SUNAMERICA INC. MARYLAND 86-0176061
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL DELAWARE 95-6994850
TRUST III DELAWARE 95-6994851
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL DELAWARE TO BE APPLIED FOR
TRUST IV DELAWARE TO BE APPLIED FOR
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL (I.R.S.
TRUST V EMPLOYERIDENTIFICATION
NUMBER)
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OFINCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL
TRUST VI 1 SUNAMERICA CENTER
(EXACT NAME OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067-6022
REGISTRANT
ASSPECIFIED IN ITS
CHARTER)
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
SUSAN L. HARRIS, ESQ.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND
GENERAL COUNSEL--CORPORATE AFFAIRS
SUNAMERICA INC.
1 SUNAMERICA CENTER
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067-6022
(310) 772-6000
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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COPIES TO:
DAVID W. FERGUSON, ESQ.
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
(212) 450-4000
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time
to time after this registration statement becomes effective.
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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 being 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. [X]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT TO OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE REGISTRATION
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED BE REGISTERED(1)(2) PER UNIT(3) OFFERING PRICE FEE(6)
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Senior debt securities,
subordinated debt
securities and junior
subordinated debt
securities
(collectively, "Debt
Securities") of
SunAmerica Inc. .......
Warrants of SunAmerica
Inc. to purchase Debt
Securities.............
Warrants of SunAmerica
Inc. to purchase
preferred stock or
depositary shares......
Warrants of SunAmerica
Inc. to purchase common
stock..................
Preferred Stock of
SunAmerica Inc. .......
Depositary Shares of
SunAmerica Inc. .......
Common Stock of
SunAmerica Inc. .......
Stock Purchase Contracts
of SunAmerica Inc. ....
Stock Purchase Units of
SunAmerica Inc. ....... $1,231,500,000 100% $1,231,500,000 $373,181.82
Prepaid Stock Purchase
Contracts of SunAmerica
Inc.(4)................
Preferred Securities of
SunAmerica Capital
Trust III..............
Preferred Securities of
SunAmerica Capital
Trust IV...............
Preferred Securities of
SunAmerica Capital
Trust V................
Preferred Securities of
SunAmerica Capital
Trust VI...............
Guarantees of Preferred
Securities of
SunAmerica Capital
Trust III, SunAmerica
Capital Trust IV,
SunAmerica Capital
Trust V and SunAmerica
Capital Trust VI by
SunAmerica Inc.(5).....
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(1) Such indeterminate number or amount of Debt Securities, Warrants,
Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock, Stock Purchase Contracts
and Stock Purchase Units of SunAmerica and Preferred Securities of
SunAmerica Capital Trust III, SunAmerica Capital Trust IV, SunAmerica
Capital Trust V and SunAmerica Capital Trust VI as may from time to time
be issued at indeterminate prices. Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may
be issued and sold to SunAmerica Capital Trust III, SunAmerica Capital
Trust IV, SunAmerica Capital Trust V and SunAmerica Capital Trust VI, in
which event such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may later be
distributed to the holders of Preferred Securities upon a dissolution of
SunAmerica Capital Trust III, SunAmerica Capital Trust IV, SunAmerica
Capital Trust V and SunAmerica Capital Trust VI and the distribution of
the assets thereof.
(2) Such amount in U.S. dollars or the equivalent thereof in foreign
currencies as shall result in an aggregate initial offering price for all
securities of $1,231,500,000. In addition, this Registration Statement
includes such presently indeterminate number of Offered Securities (as
defined herein) as may be issuable from time to time upon conversion or
exchange of the Offered Securities being registered hereunder.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) and exclusive of accrued interest and dividends,
if any.
(4) Such indeterminate number or amount of Prepaid Stock Purchase Contracts as
may from time to time be issued by SunAmerica Inc. to a holder upon early
settlement of a Stock Purchase Contract.
(5) SunAmerica is also registering under this registration statement all other
obligations that it may have with respect to Preferred Securities issued
by SunAmerica Capital Trust III, SunAmerica Capital Trust IV, SunAmerica
Capital Trust V and SunAmerica Capital Trust VI. No separate consideration
will be received for any Guarantee or any other such obligations.
(6) Previously paid. Does not include certain securities of SunAmerica Inc.,
SunAmerica Capital Trust III and SunAmerica Capital Trust IV covered by
Registration Statement No. 33-62405 being carried over to this
Registration Statement. Also does not include the Registration Fee
previously paid with respect to such securities.
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT
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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PURSUANT TO RULE 429 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE PROSPECTUS
INCLUDED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ALSO RELATES TO $518,500,000 OF
SECURITIES REGISTERED AND REMAINING UNISSUED UNDER REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.
33-62405 PREVIOUSLY FILED BY SUNAMERICA INC., SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST III AND
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST IV, IN RESPECT OF WHICH $344,827.59 HAS BEEN PAID TO
THE COMMISSION AS FILING FEES. SUCH REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS ACCORDINGLY
AMENDED TO REFLECT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST V AND SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST VI AS REGISTRANTS. IN
THE EVENT THAT ANY OF SUCH PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PRIOR
TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE AMOUNT OF SUCH
SECURITIES WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN ANY PROSPECTUS HEREUNDER. THE AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES BEING REGISTERED, TOGETHER WITH THE REMAINING SECURITIES REGISTERED
UNDER REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-62405 REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement contains two forms of prospectus, a prospectus
supplement covering Preferred Equity Redemption Cumulative Security Units, %
PERCS Units, to be issued by SunAmerica Inc. and a base prospectus for
SunAmerica Inc., SunAmerica Capital Trust III, SunAmerica Capital Trust IV,
SunAmerica Capital Trust V and SunAmerica Capital Trust VI.
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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. +
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT ISSUED October 25, 1996 (Subject to Completion)
(To Prospectus dated October , 1996)
7,000,000 Units
[LOGO] SUNAMERICA
% PERCS(R) UNITS
(Preferred Equity Redemption Cumulative Security Units--PERCS(R) Units)
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The securities offered hereby are 7,000,000 Premium Equity Redemption
Cumulative Securities, % PERCS Units (the "Securities") of SunAmerica Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"). Each Security has a Stated Amount of
$ . Aggregate payments ("PERCS Payments") of % of the Stated Amount per
annum will be made or accrue on each Security semi-annually in arrears on
and of each year, commencing , 1997, until the Final
Settlement Date of , 1999. PERCS Payments will consist of interest on
Treasury Notes payable by the United States Government at the rate of %
per annum and unsecured, unsubordinated contract fees ("Contract Fees")
payable by the Company at the rate of % per annum, subject to the
Company's option to defer payment of Contract Fees. Each Security will
consist of (a) a stock purchase contract ("Purchase Contract") under
which (i) the holder will purchase from the Company on the Final
Settlement Date or an earlier Acceleration Date (defined herein), for an
amount equal to the Stated Amount, initially one share of Common Stock
of the Company, subject to adjustment under certain circumstances, if
such purchase occurs on the Final Settlement Date or Mandatory
Acceleration Date (defined herein), or such lesser number of shares of
Common Stock as may be payable as described below if such purchase
occurs on a Company Acceleration Date (defined herein) and (ii) the
Company will pay the holder the Contract Fees described herein, and
(b) % United States Treasury Notes having a principal amount equal
to the Stated Amount and maturing on the Final Settlement Date.
(continued on next page)
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PRIOR TO THE OFFERING MADE HEREBY THERE HAS BEEN NO PUBLIC MARKET FOR THE
SECURITIES. APPLICATION WILL BE MADE TO LIST THE SECURITIES ON THE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE ("NYSE"). HOWEVER, NO ASSURANCE CAN
BE GIVEN THAT SUCH LISTING WILL BE EFFECTED. ON
OCTOBER 24, 1996, THE LAST CLOSING PRICE OF
THE COMMON STOCK ON THE NYSE COMPOSITE
TAPE WAS $37 PER SHARE.
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SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE S-12 OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT FOR
CERTAIN INFORMATION RELEVANT TO AN INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING
THE PERIOD AND CIRCUMSTANCES DURING AND UNDER WHICH PAYMENTS OF CONTRACT
FEES ON THE SECURITIES MAY BE DEFERRED.
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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 SUPPLEMENT OR THE
PROSPECTUS TO WHICH IT RELATES. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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PRICE $ A SECURITY
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UNDERWRITING
PRICE TO DISCOUNTS AND PURCHASE PRICE OF PROCEEDS (DEFICIT) TO
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS(1) TREASURY NOTES THE COMPANY(2)
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Per Security... $ $ $ $
Total(3)....... $ $ $ $
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(1) The Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. See
"Underwriters."
(2) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at $ . Does
not include proceeds per Security and total proceeds of $ and $ ,
respectively ($ and $ , respectively, if the Underwriters' over-
allotment option is exercised in full), receivable by the Company upon
settlement of Purchase Contracts.
(3) The Company has granted to the Underwriters an option to, exercisable
within 30 days of the date hereof, purchase up to an aggregate of
1,050,000 additional Securities at the price to public less underwriting
discounts and commissions for the purpose of covering over-allotments, if
any. If the Underwriters exercise such option in full, the total price to
public, underwriting discounts and commissions and proceeds (deficit) to
the Company will be $ , $ and $( ), respectively. See "Underwriters."
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The Securities are offered, subject to prior sale, when, as and if accepted
by the Underwriters named herein, and subject to approval of certain legal
matters by counsel for the Underwriters. It is expected that delivery of the
Securities offered hereby will be made on or about , 1996 at the offices of
, New York, New York, against payment therefor in same day funds.
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MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
Incorporated
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
October , 1996 SMITH BARNEY INC.
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The Treasury Notes will be pledged to the Collateral Agent (defined herein)
to secure the holders' obligations to purchase Common Stock under the Purchase
Contracts. Unless a holder of Securities elects to pay cash to settle the
underlying Purchase Contracts, an Acceleration (defined herein) occurs or
certain termination events occur, as described herein, principal of the
Treasury Notes underlying such Securities, when paid at maturity, will
automatically be applied to satisfy in full the holder's obligation to
purchase Common Stock under the Purchase Contracts. For so long as a Purchase
Contract remains in effect, such Purchase Contract and the Treasury Notes
securing it will not be separable and may be transferred only as an integrated
Security. A holder of Securities will have the right to remove the Treasury
Notes underlying such Securities by paying the Stated Amount to settle the
Purchase Contract.
At any time or from time to time prior to the Final Settlement Date, the
Company may accelerate (a "Company Acceleration") the outstanding Securities,
in whole or in part. On the effective date of any such acceleration (a
"Company Acceleration Date"), the Company will have the obligation to deliver
an amount per Security initially equal to $ , declining by $ on each
day following the date of issue to $ on , 1999, and equal to $
thereafter (the "Company Acceleration Price"), payable in shares of Common
Stock having an aggregate Current Market Price (defined herein) equal to the
applicable Company Acceleration Price. In addition, holders will also receive
an amount in cash equal to all accrued and unpaid PERCS Payments. The Company
may only accelerate the Securities if the Current Market Price of a share of
Common Stock on the Notice Date (defined herein) is equal to or exceeds the
Company Acceleration Price applicable to such Notice Date. Automatic
acceleration ("Mandatory Acceleration") of the outstanding Securities will
also occur upon certain mergers or consolidations of the Company. In the event
of any Acceleration, the Purchase Contract Agent (defined herein), on behalf
of the holders of Securities that have been accelerated, will sell on the
second Business Day (defined herein) preceding the Acceleration Date the
Treasury Notes underlying such holders' Securities and automatically apply the
proceeds of such sales (excluding accrued interest) to satisfy in full such
holders' obligations to purchase Common Stock under the Purchase Contracts on
the Acceleration Date. Any proceeds from such sales in excess of the Stated
Amount will be returned to such holders. In the event that the proceeds
(excluding accrued interest) from the sale of such Treasury Notes is less than
the Stated Amount, such proceeds nevertheless will be considered to satisfy in
full the holders' obligations to purchase Common Stock under the Purchase
Contracts on the Acceleration Date.
The opportunity for equity appreciation afforded by an investment in the
Securities is limited because the Company may, at its option, accelerate the
Securities at any time prior to the Final Settlement Date at the Company
Acceleration Price. Although not obligated to do so, the Company may be
expected to accelerate the Securities prior to the Final Settlement Date if
the market price of the Common Stock exceeds the Company Acceleration Price,
in which event owners of Securities will receive less than one share of Common
Stock for each Security. Because the price of the Common Stock is subject to
market fluctuations, the value of the Common Stock received by an owner of
Securities upon settlement of the Securities may be more or less than the
amount paid for the Securities offered hereby. Holders of Securities have no
voting rights and no right to Common Stock prior to the Final Settlement Date
or an earlier Acceleration Date.
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NO DEALER, SALESMAN OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED, OR INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS IN
CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER MADE BY THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND, IF GIVEN OR
MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING
BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR THE UNDERWRITERS. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE
AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATE HEREOF. THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DOES
NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL, OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY, ANY
SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE REGISTERED SECURITIES TO WHICH IT RELATES IN ANY
JURISDICTION WHERE, OR TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM, IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH
OFFER OR SOLICITATION.
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT ----
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Prospectus Supplement Summary....... S-4
Risk Factors........................ S-12
Use of Proceeds..................... S-14
Common Stock Price Ranges and
Dividends.......................... S-15
Capitalization...................... S-16
Selected Consolidated Financial
Data............................... S-17
Description of the Securities....... S-19
Description of the Purchase
Contracts.......................... S-20
Certain Provisions of the Purchase
Contract Agreement and the Pledge
Agreements......................... S-28
Description of Prepaid Securities... S-31
Certain United States Federal Income
Tax Considerations................. S-34
United States State and Local Tax
Considerations..................... S-37
Underwriters........................ S-38
Legal Matters....................... S-39
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Available Information.................................................................................................. 3
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference........................................................................ 4
The Company............................................................................................................ 5
The SunAmerica Trusts.................................................................................................. 5
Use of Proceeds........................................................................................................ 9
Consolidated Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends.. 10
Description of the Senior Debt Securities and Subordinated Debt Securities............................................. 11
Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities................................................................. 19
Description of Capital Stock........................................................................................... 25
Description of Depositary Shares....................................................................................... 31
Description of Warrants................................................................................................ 34
Description of the Preferred Securities................................................................................ 34
Description of the Preferred Securities Guarantees..................................................................... 36
Description of the Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units................................................... 39
Plan of Distribution................................................................................................... 39
Legal Matters.......................................................................................................... 40
Experts................................................................................................................ 40
ERISA Matters.......................................................................................................... 41
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IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR EFFECT
TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICES OF THE SECURITIES
OFFERED HEREBY, THE COMMON STOCK, THE SERIES E DEPOSITARY SHARES (AS DEFINED
IN THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUS) OF THE COMPANY, OR THE MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
INC. 7 1/4% STRYPES DUE JUNE 15, 1999 (THE "STRYPES") PAYABLE WITH SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK, AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN
MARKET. SUCH TRANSACTIONS MAY BE EFFECTED WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES
OFFERED HEREBY, THE SERIES E DEPOSITARY SHARES AND THE STRYPES ON THE NEW YORK
STOCK EXCHANGE OR OTHERWISE AND WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMON STOCK ON THE NEW
YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, THE PACIFIC STOCK EXCHANGE OR OTHERWISE. SUCH
STABILIZING, IF COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY
The following summary is qualified by the detailed information and financial
statements included elsewhere or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
Supplement. Certain terms used in this summary are defined elsewhere in this
Prospectus Supplement.
THE COMPANY
The Company is a diversified financial services company specializing in
retirement savings products and services. At June 30, 1996, the Company held
$36.17 billion of assets throughout its businesses, including $23.40 billion of
assets on its balance sheet, $2.12 billion of assets managed in mutual funds
and private accounts and $10.65 billion of assets under custody in retirement
trust accounts. Together, the Company's life insurance companies rank among the
largest U.S. issuers of annuities. Complementing these annuity operations are
the Company's asset management operations; its three broker-dealers, which the
Company believes, based on industry data, represent the largest network of
independent registered representatives in the nation; and its trust company,
which provides administrative and custodial services to qualified retirement
plans. Through these subsidiaries, the Company specializes in the sale of tax-
deferred long-term savings products and investments to the expanding
preretirement savings market. The Company markets fixed annuities and fee-
generating variable annuities, mutual funds and trust services, as well as
guaranteed investment contracts. The Company's products are distributed through
a broad spectrum of financial services distribution channels, including
independent registered representatives of the Company's broker-dealer
subsidiaries and unaffiliated broker-dealers, independent general insurance
agents and financial institutions.
Since the beginning of fiscal 1996, the Company has made several acquisitions
that have added a total of $4.7 billion in annuity reserves and enhanced its
position in the financial institution and qualified teachers markets. On
December 29, 1995, the Company purchased CalFarm Life Insurance Company, which
on such date had approximately $650 million in annuity reserves. On February
29, 1996, the Company acquired Ford Life Insurance Company, which had annuity
reserves of approximately $3.1 billion on such date and on April 1, 1996
purchased approximately $960 million in annuity reserves from The Central
National Life Insurance Company of Omaha. On January 2, 1996, the Company
purchased Houston-based broker-dealer Advantage Capital Corp., further
strengthening its distribution network. This acquisition added more than 1,000
representatives to the Company's broker-dealer network, bringing its number of
independent registered representatives to more than 6,600.
The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 1 SunAmerica
Center, Los Angeles, California, 90067-6022, telephone number (310) 772-6000.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
RECENT FINANCIAL RESULTS
For its fiscal year ended September 30, 1996, the Company reported
preliminary unaudited net income of $274.4 million or $1.95 per share, up 37%
on a per share basis from $194.2 million or $1.42 per share in fiscal 1995.
Net investment income for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996 increased
35% to $492.8 million from $365.6 million in fiscal 1995 and fee income
increased 22% to $220.4 million from $180.4 million in the prior year. These
increases were partially offset by a 28% increase in general and administrative
expenses and a 26% increase in amortization of deferred acquisition costs.
PROPOSED COMMON STOCK DIVIDEND INCREASE
In August 1996, the Board of Directors of the Company stated their intent to
approve a quarterly dividend increase from $.075 per share (which reflects the
August 1996 two-for one stock split) to $.10 per share at their next regularly
scheduled Board meeting in November. The declaration and payment of dividends
is subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors, based on the Board's
determination of the financial condition, results of operations and cash
requirements of the Company.
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THE OFFERING
Securities..................
7,000,000 Preferred Equity Redemption
Cumulative Security Units, % PERCS Units.
Stated Amount...............
$ per Security.
PERCS Units Payments... % of the Stated Amount per annum, payable or
accruing semi-annually in arrears. These
payments will consist of interest on the
Treasury Notes (defined below) payable by the
United States Government at the rate of % of
the Stated Amount per annum and unsecured,
unsubordinated contract fees ("Contract Fees")
payable or accruing semi-annually by the
Company at the rate of % of the Stated Amount
per annum, subject to the Company's option to
defer Contract Fees. Amounts payable on the
first Payment Date (defined below) will be
adjusted as described under "Description of the
Securities--General."
Payment Dates...............
and of each year, commencing ,
1997, through and including the Final
Settlement Date referred to below (each, a
"Payment Date").
Right to Defer Contract
Fees........................ The Company may, at its option, defer the
payment of Contract Fees on the Purchase
Contracts in whole or in part until no later
than the Final Settlement Date (or an earlier
Acceleration Date (defined below)). However,
deferred installments of Contract Fees will
bear additional Contract Fees at the rate of %
per annum (compounding on each succeeding
Payment Date) until paid (such deferred
installments of Contract Fees together with the
additional Contract Fees are referred to herein
as the "Deferred Contract Fees"). See "Risk
Factors--Right to Defer Contract Fees" and
"Description of the Purchase Contracts--
Contract Fees."
Final Settlement Date.......
, 1999 (the "Final Settlement Date"). On
the Final Settlement Date the Stated Amount per
Security will automatically be applied to the
purchase of initially one share of Common
Stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Common
Stock"), of the Company, subject to adjustment
under certain circumstances (the "Settlement
Rate").
Components of the
Securities.................. The Securities will be issued under a Purchase
Contract Agreement, dated as of , 1996
(the "Purchase Contract Agreement"), between
the Company and The Bank of New York, as agent
for the holders of the Securities (together
with any successor thereto in such capacity,
the "Purchase Contract Agent").
Each Security offered hereby (each, a
"Security" and collectively, the "Securities")
will consist of (a) a stock purchase contract
("Purchase Contract") under which (i) the
holder will purchase from the Company on the
Final Settlement Date or an earlier
Acceleration Date, for an amount in U.S.
dollars equal to the Stated Amount, initially
one share of Common Stock, subject
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to adjustment under certain circumstances, if
such purchase occurs on the Final Settlement
Date or Mandatory Acceleration Date (defined
herein), or such lesser number of shares of
Common Stock as may be payable as described
below if such purchase occurs on a Company
Acceleration Date (defined below), and (ii) the
Company will pay Contract Fees to the holder,
and (b) % United States Treasury Notes due
, 1999 ("Treasury Notes") having a
principal amount equal to the Stated Amount and
maturing on the Final Settlement Date.
The aggregate fair market value of the Treasury
Notes (excluding accrued interest) at the time
of purchase may exceed their aggregate
principal amount, in which case the Company
shall, for the benefit of the Securityholders,
provide the amount of such excess as additional
purchase price for the Treasury Notes (such
amount, the "Initial Premium Payment"). Holders
will not directly receive any cash as a result
of any Initial Premium Payment.
The Treasury Notes will be pledged with The
First National Bank of Chicago, as collateral
agent for the Company (together with any
successor thereto in such capacity, the
"Collateral Agent"), to secure the holders'
obligations to purchase Common Stock under the
Purchase Contracts. Unless an Acceleration
(defined below) occurs, or the Purchase
Contracts are terminated upon a Bankruptcy
Event or a Sale of Assets (each defined herein)
or an Early Settlement (defined below) has
occurred the principal of the Treasury Notes
underlying such Securities, when paid at
maturity, will automatically be applied to
satisfy in full the holders' obligations to
purchase Common Stock under the Purchase
Contracts on the Final Settlement Date. For so
long as a Purchase Contract remains in effect,
such Purchase Contract and the Treasury Notes
securing it will not be separable and may be
transferred only as an integrated Security.
Holders of Securities have no voting rights and
no right to Common Stock prior to the Final
Settlement Date or an earlier Acceleration
Date.
Acceleration of
Securities.................. Company Acceleration. At any time or from time
to time prior to the Final Settlement Date, the
Company may accelerate (a "Company
Acceleration") the outstanding Securities, in
whole or in part. On the effective date of any
such acceleration (a "Company Acceleration
Date"), the Company will have the obligation to
deliver an amount per Security initially equal
to $ , declining by $ on each day following
the date of issue (computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve-30 day months) to $
on , 1999, and equal to $ thereafter
(the "Company Acceleration Price"), payable in
shares of Common Stock having an aggregate
Current Market
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Price (defined herein) equal to such Company
Acceleration Price. In addition, holders will
also receive an amount in cash equal to accrued
and unpaid PERCS Payments payable with respect
to such Securities to and including the Company
Acceleration Date. The Company may only
accelerate the Securities at its option if the
Current Market Price of a share of Common Stock
on the Notice Date (defined herein) is equal to
or exceeds the Company Acceleration Price
applicable to such Notice Date. See
"Description of the Purchase Contracts--Company
Acceleration."
The opportunity for equity appreciation
afforded by an investment in the Securities is
limited because of the Company's right to
accelerate the Securities at any time prior to
the Final Settlement Date. Although not
obligated to do so, the Company may be expected
to accelerate the Securities prior to the Final
Settlement Date (or any earlier Mandatory
Acceleration Date) if the market price for the
Common Stock exceeds the Company Acceleration
Price for five consecutive Business Days
(defined herein). If the Company elects to
accelerate the Securities, in whole or in part,
the equity appreciation, exclusive of accrued
and unpaid PERCS Payments payable with respect
to the Securities, realized on an investment in
the Securities will, for any owner of
Securities accelerated by the Company, be
limited to the excess, if any, of (i) the value
of the Common Stock received in payment of such
Company Acceleration Price (such Company
Acceleration Price being initially $ and
declining thereafter to $ as indicated
above), over (ii) the price paid by such owner
for such Securities (the initial price being
the Price to Public for each Security shown on
the cover page of this Prospectus Supplement
and the price thereafter being subject to
market fluctuations). Because the number of
shares of Common Stock to be delivered to
holders of Securities in payment of such
Company Acceleration Price will be determined
on the basis of the market price of the Common
Stock prior to the Notice Date, the value of
the shares of Common Stock on the date of
delivery thereof to such holders may be more or
less than the Company Acceleration Price on a
Company Acceleration Date. A recent closing
sale price of the Common Stock on the NYSE is
set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus
Supplement.
Mandatory Acceleration. In addition,
immediately prior to the effectiveness of a
merger or consolidation of, or statutory share
exchange involving, the Company that results in
the conversion or exchange of the Common Stock
into, or the right to receive, other securities
or other property, each outstanding Security
will automatically be accelerated (a "Mandatory
Acceleration" and, together with a Company
Acceleration, an "Acceleration"). On the
Mandatory Acceleration Date, the Company will
have the obligation to deliver initially one
share of Common Stock subject
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to the adjustments described herein. In
addition, holders have the right to receive (i)
an amount in cash equal to the accrued and
unpaid PERCS Payments payable with respect to
such Security to but excluding the Mandatory
Acceleration Date and, together with a Company
Acceleration Date, an "Acceleration Date") plus
(ii) an amount in cash initially equal to $ ,
declining by $ on each day following the
date of issue of the Securities (computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve-30 day
months) to $ on , 1999, and equal to
zero thereafter, determined with reference to
such Mandatory Acceleration Date, unless sooner
accelerated by the Company as described above.
At the option of the Company, it may deliver on
such Mandatory Acceleration Date, in lieu of
some or all of the cash consideration described
in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence,
shares of Common Stock. The number of shares of
Common Stock to be delivered in lieu of any
cash consideration described in such clause
(ii) will be determined by dividing the amount
of such consideration that the Company has
elected to deliver in Common Stock by the
Current Market Price of the Common Stock
determined as of the second Business Day
immediately preceding the Notice Date. Because
the price of the Common Stock is subject to
market fluctuations, the value of the Common
Stock received by an owner of Securities upon
Mandatory Acceleration of the Securities may be
more or less than the amount paid for the
Securities offered hereby. See "Description of
Purchase Contracts--Mandatory Acceleration."
Sale of Treasury Notes. Unless a holder elects,
as described below, to pay the Stated Amount in
immediately available funds not later than 5:00
p.m., New York City time on the third Business
Day immediately preceding the Acceleration
Date, the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of
such holder pursuant to the Purchase Contract
Agreement (defined below) will sell on the
second Business Day immediately preceding the
Acceleration Date the Treasury Notes underlying
such holder's Securities and automatically
apply on the Acceleration Date, out of the
proceeds of such sale, an amount equal to the
Stated Amount to satisfy in full such holder's
obligation to purchase the Common Stock under
the Purchase Contract on the Acceleration Date.
Any excess proceeds (in respect of premium on
the sale of the Treasury Notes) will be paid to
such holder. In the event that the proceeds
from the sale of such Treasury Notes (exclusive
of accrued interest on the Treasury Notes) is
less than the Stated Amount, such proceeds
nevertheless will be considered to satisfy in
full the holder's obligation to purchase the
Common Stock under the Purchase Contract on the
Acceleration Date. Amounts in respect of
accrued interest on the Treasury Notes will be
paid to the holder as a component of the
accrued PERCS Payments paid on the Acceleration
Date. See "Description of the Purchase
Contracts--General Provisions Applicable to
Acceleration."
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Holders' Right to Receive Treasury Notes Upon
Acceleration. In the event of an Acceleration
of Securities, holders of Securities so
accelerated may elect to pay to the Company
through the Purchase Contract Agent by no later
than 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the third
Business Day immediately preceding the
Acceleration Date in immediately available
funds an amount in U.S. dollars equal to the
Stated Amount per Security so accelerated, in
which event each such electing holder will
receive the Treasury Notes securing such
holder's obligation to purchase the Common
Stock under the Purchase Contract within three
Business Days of the receipt of such amount.
Because any Treasury Notes received by such
holder will include accrued interest, the
Company will pay on the Acceleration Date only
accrued Contract Fees to holders of Securities
who elect to settle in cash after a notice of
Acceleration with respect to such Securities
has been given. HOLDERS MAY MAKE THE ELECTION
REFERRED TO IN THIS PARAGRAPH ONLY IN INTEGRAL
MULTIPLES OF SECURITIES. See "Description
of the Purchase Contracts--General Provisions
Applicable to Acceleration."
Termination............ The Purchase Contracts (including the right to
receive Contract Fees or Deferred Contract Fees
and the obligation to purchase Common Stock)
will automatically terminate upon certain
events of bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization with respect to the Company
(each, a "Bankruptcy Event") or upon a sale,
assignment, transfer, lease or conveyance of
all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of the Company to any person which
results in a voluntary liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Company (a "Sale of
Assets"). Upon such termination, the Collateral
Agent will release the Treasury Notes held by
it to the Purchase Contract Agent for
distribution to the holders, although there may
be a delay before such release and distribution
in the case of a Bankruptcy Event. In the case
of a Sale of Assets, holders will be entitled
to receive in cash unpaid Contract Fees and
Deferred Contract Fees, if any, through the
date of Board of Director approval of such Sale
of Assets, payable on the tenth Business Day
following the date of such approval.
Relationship to Common The aggregate of the Contract Fees and interest
Stock....................... payments on the Treasury Notes will be paid or
accrued at a rate per annum that is greater
than the current dividend yield on the Common
Stock. However, the opportunity for equity
appreciation afforded by an investment in the
Securities is less than that afforded by a
direct investment in the Common Stock.
Voting Rights............... The Securities will not entitle holders to any
rights with respect to the Common Stock,
including voting rights. See "Risk Factors--No
Shareholder Rights."
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Listing of the Securities...
Application will be made to list the Securities
on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
" ".
NYSE Symbol of Common SAI.
Stock.......................
Holder's Early Settlement...
A holder of Securities may settle (an "Early
Settlement") the underlying Purchase Contracts
prior to the Final Settlement Date or earlier
notice of Acceleration Date in the manner
described herein, but only in integral
multiples of Securities, upon the notice
described herein to the Purchase Contract
Agent. Upon such early settlement, (a) the
holder will pay to the Company through the
Purchase Contract Agent in immediately
available funds a U.S. dollar amount equal to
the Stated Amount per Security and deliver the
Securities to the Purchase Contract Agent, (b)
the Treasury Notes underlying such Securities
will, within three Business Days of the Early
Settlement Date (defined herein), be
transferred to the holder free and clear of the
Company's security interest therein, and (c)
the Company will, within three Business Days of
the Early Settlement Date, deliver newly issued
securities ("Prepaid Securities") to the holder
under the Prepaid Securities Indenture (defined
herein). After any notice of Acceleration is
given with respect to a holder's Securities,
the holder's right to elect Early Settlement
with respect to such Securities will terminate
but the holders will continue to have the right
to the return of the underlying Treasury Notes
as described above under "Acceleration of
Securities--Holders' Right to Receive Treasury
Notes Upon Acceleration." See "Description of
the Purchase Contracts--Acceleration" and "--
Holder's Early Settlement of Securities."
Prepaid Securities..........
The Prepaid Securities will be issued under the
Prepaid Securities Indenture to holders
electing Early Settlement. All outstanding
Prepaid Securities will entitle the holders
thereof to receive Common Stock on the Final
Settlement Date or an earlier Acceleration
Date, and amounts in respect of Contract Fees
and Deferred Contract Fees, in the same amounts
and at the same times as the outstanding
Securities. No Treasury Notes will underlie the
Prepaid Securities; accordingly, unlike the
Securities, the Prepaid Securities will not
entitle the holders thereof to receive any
amounts in respect of interest on the Treasury
Notes nor, in the event of any Acceleration,
any amounts in respect of premium (if any) on
the sale by the Purchase Contract Agent of the
Treasury Notes. The Prepaid Securities will be
accelerated upon the occurrence of a Bankruptcy
Event but, unlike holders of Securities, who
will receive their underlying Treasury Notes in
such events, holders of Prepaid Securities will
have only a claim against the Company for
delivery of Common Stock (which claim may have
the status of a general unsecured claim or an
equity claim) and a general unsecured claim for
amounts in respect of accrued Contract Fees,
including Deferred Contract Fees, if any. Upon
a
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Sale of Assets, each Prepaid Security will
automatically convert into the right to receive
in cash the Stated Amount plus accrued Contract
Fees and Deferred Contract Fees, if any,
through the date of Board of Director approval
of such Sale of Assets, payable on the tenth
Business Day following such date of approval.
Like the Securities, the Prepaid Securities
will not entitle the holders thereof to any
rights with respect to the Common Stock,
including voting rights. The Company does not
plan to list the Prepaid Securities on any
securities exchange, and there can be no
assurance as to whether a trading market will
develop for Prepaid Securities. See
"Description of Prepaid Securities."
United States Federal
Income Tax
Considerations.............
Holders of Securities will include interest on
the Treasury Notes in income when received or
accrued, in accordance with the holder's method
of accounting. The Company intends to report
the Contract Fees (and Initial Premium Payment
and Deferred Contract Fees, if any) as income
to holders, but holders should consult their
tax advisors concerning the possibility that
the Contract Fees (and Initial Premium Payment
and Deferred Contract Fees, if any) may be
treated as a reduction in the holders' basis in
the Securities rather than included in income
on a current basis. Holders will not recognize
gain or loss with respect to the receipt of
Common Stock upon settlement of the Purchase
Contract. Holders may recognize gain or loss
upon sale of the Treasury Notes in the event of
an Acceleration. See "Certain United States
Federal Income Tax Considerations."
Use of Proceeds.............
The net proceeds from the sale of the
Securities offered hereby will be used by the
Underwriters to purchase, at the direction of
the Company for the benefit of the holders, the
underlying Treasury Notes, which are being
transferred to holders pursuant to the terms of
the Securities, and the Company will receive no
proceeds from such sale. Amounts received by
the Company upon settlement of Purchase
Contracts, whether on the Final Settlement
Date, an earlier Acceleration Date or an Early
Settlement Date, are expected to be used for
general corporate purposes, including the
repayment or redemption of outstanding debt or
preferred stock, the possible acquisition of
financial services businesses or assets
thereof, investments in portfolio assets and
working capital needs. The Company routinely
reviews opportunities to acquire financial
services businesses or the assets thereof. See
"Use of Proceeds."
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RISK FACTORS
Prospective purchasers of Securities should consider, in addition to the
other information contained or incorporated by reference in this Prospectus
Supplement or the accompanying Prospectus, the following characteristics of
the Securities.
INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES WILL BECOME INVESTMENT IN COMMON STOCK
Although holders of the Securities will be the beneficial owners of the
underlying Treasury Notes, principal of the Treasury Notes, when paid at
maturity or sold upon Acceleration, will automatically be applied to the
purchase of a specified number of shares of Common Stock on behalf of such
holders, unless holders elect Early Settlement of the Purchase Contracts or
unless the Purchase Contracts are terminated (upon the occurrence of a
Bankruptcy Event or a Sale of Assets). Thus, following the Final Settlement
Date or Acceleration Date, holders generally will own shares of Common Stock
rather than a beneficial interest in Treasury Notes. See "Description of the
Securities--General."
LIMITATIONS ON OPPORTUNITY FOR EQUITY APPRECIATION
The opportunity for equity appreciation afforded by an investment in the
Securities is limited because of the Company's right to accelerate the
Securities at any time prior to the Final Settlement Date. Although not
obligated to do so, the Company may be expected to accelerate the Securities
prior to the Final Settlement Date (or any earlier Mandatory Acceleration
Date) if the market price for the Common Stock exceeds the Company
Acceleration Price for five consecutive Business Days. If the Company elects
to accelerate the Securities, in whole or in part, the equity appreciation,
exclusive of accrued and unpaid PERCS Payments payable with respect to the
Securities, realized on an investment in the Securities will, for any owner of
Securities accelerated by the Company, be limited to the excess, if any, of
(i) the value of the Common Stock received in payment of such Company
Acceleration Price (such Company Acceleration Price being initially $ and
declining thereafter to $ ), over (ii) the price paid by such owner for such
Securities (the initial price being the Price to Public for each Security
shown on the cover page of this Prospectus Supplement and the price thereafter
being subject to market fluctuations). Because the number of shares of Common
Stock to be delivered to holders of Securities in payment of such Company
Acceleration Price will be determined on the basis of the market price of the
Common Stock prior to the Notice Date, the value of the shares of Common Stock
on the date of delivery thereof to such holders may be more or less than the
Company Acceleration Price on a Company Acceleration Date. A recent closing
sale price of the Common Stock on the NYSE is set forth on the cover page of
this Prospectus Supplement.
FACTORS AFFECTING TRADING PRICES
The trading prices of the Securities in the secondary market will be
primarily affected by the trading prices of the Common Stock in the secondary
market. It is impossible to predict whether the price of Common Stock will
rise or fall. Trading prices of Common Stock will be influenced by the
Company's operating results and prospects and by economic, financial and other
factors and market conditions that can affect the capital markets generally,
including the level of, and fluctuations in, the trading prices of stocks
generally and sales of substantial amounts of Common Stock in the market
subsequent to the offering of the Securities or the perception that such sales
could occur.
NO SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS
The Securities will not entitle holders to any rights with respect to the
Common Stock (including, without limitation, voting rights and rights to
receive any dividends or other distributions in respect thereof) unless and
until such time as the Company shall have delivered shares of Common Stock for
such Securities, whether on the Final Settlement Date or any earlier
Acceleration Date and unless the applicable record date, if any, for the
exercise of such rights occurs after such date.
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DILUTION OF COMMON STOCK
The number of shares of Common Stock that holders of the Securities are
entitled to receive on the Final Settlement Date or an earlier Acceleration
Date is subject to adjustment for certain events arising from stock splits and
combinations, stock dividends and certain other actions of the Company that
modify its capital structure. See "Description of the Purchase Contracts--
General." Such number of shares of Common Stock to be received by such holders
on the Final Settlement Date or an earlier Acceleration Date will not be
adjusted for other events, such as offerings of Common Stock for cash or in
connection with acquisitions. The Company is not restricted from issuing
additional Common Stock during the term of the Securities. Additional
issuances may materially and adversely affect the price of the Common Stock
and, because of the relationship of the number of shares to be received on the
Final Settlement Date or any Acceleration Date to the price of the Common
Stock, such other events may adversely affect the trading price of the
Securities.
POSSIBLE ILLIQUIDITY OF THE SECONDARY MARKET
It is not possible to predict how the Securities will trade in the secondary
market or whether such market will be liquid or illiquid. The Securities are
novel securities and there is currently no secondary market for the
Securities. Application will be made to list the Securities on the NYSE.
However, no assurance can be given that such listing will be effected and
there can be no assurance that an active trading market for the Securities
will develop or that the listing of the Securities, if effected, will provide
the holders of the Securities with liquidity of investment.
TREASURY NOTES ENCUMBERED
Although holders of Securities will be the beneficial owners of the
underlying Treasury Notes, those Treasury Notes will be pledged with the
Collateral Agent to secure the obligations of the holders under the Purchase
Contracts. Thus, rights of the holders to their Treasury Notes will be subject
to the Company's security interest and no holder will be permitted to withdraw
Treasury Notes except in connection with an Early Settlement by such holder or
termination of the related Purchase Contracts or a holder's election to pay
the Stated Amount in cash upon an Acceleration. Additionally, upon the
automatic termination of the Purchase Contracts in the event that the Company
becomes the subject of a case under the United States Bankruptcy Code (the
"Bankruptcy Code"), the delivery of the Treasury Notes to holders of the
Securities may be delayed by the imposition of the automatic stay of Section
362 of the Bankruptcy Code. During the period of any such delay, the Treasury
Notes will continue to accrue interest, payable by the United States
Government, until their maturity.
RIGHT TO DEFER CONTRACT FEES
The Company may, at its option, defer in whole or in part the payment of
Contract Fees on the Purchase Contracts until no later than the Final
Settlement Date or an earlier Acceleration Date. However, deferred
installments of Contract Fees will bear additional Contract Fees at the rate
of % per annum (compounding on each succeeding Payment Date) until paid
(such deferred installments of Contract Fees together with the additional
Contract Fees are referred to herein as the "Deferred Contract Fees"). If the
Purchase Contracts are terminated upon the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event,
the right to receive Contract Fees and Deferred Contract Fees will terminate.
In the event that the Company elects to defer the payment of Contract Fees
on the Purchase Contracts until the Final Settlement Date, or a succeeding
Payment Date or any earlier Acceleration Date, each holder will receive on the
Final Settlement Date, succeeding Payment Date or such Acceleration Date, as
applicable, a cash payment equal to the aggregate amount of Deferred Contract
Fees payable on such holder's Securities. See "Description of the Purchase
Contracts--Contract Fees."
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PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT NOT QUALIFIED UNDER TRUST INDENTURE ACT; LIMITED
OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT
The Purchase Contract Agreement will not be qualified as an indenture under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), and
the Purchase Contract Agent will not be required to qualify as a trustee
thereunder. Accordingly, holders of the Securities will not have the benefits
of the protections of the Trust Indenture Act. Under the terms of the Purchase
Contract Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent will have only limited
obligations to the holders of the Securities. See "Certain Provisions of the
Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement--Information Concerning
the Purchase Contract Agent."
HOLDERS' EARLY SETTLEMENT; PREPAID SECURITIES
The Risk Factors summarized above also apply, except as modified by the
following, to the Prepaid Securities, which will be issued under an indenture
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. The Prepaid Securities will be issued
to any holder who elects Early Settlement and thereby removes the Treasury
Notes underlying his Securities by settling the underlying Purchase Contract
in cash prior to the Final Settlement Date or any Notice Date with respect to
an Acceleration Date. A holder of a Prepaid Security will have the same right
to receive Common Stock on the Final Settlement Date or earlier Acceleration
Date, and amounts in respect of Contract Fees and Deferred Contract Fees, in
the same amounts and at the same times as the outstanding Securities, and, if
such holder purchased the original Security in the offering at the Price to
Public set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus, such holder will have
made the same investment (equal to the Stated Amount) in the Securities and in
the Prepaid Securities. However, the cash yield on the Securities (equal to
the PERCS Payments, which include both the Contract Fee payments and the cash
yield on the underlying Treasury Securities) will be substantially higher than
the cash yield on the corresponding Prepaid Securities (equal to only amounts
in respect of the Contract Fee payments). Further, while the Purchase
Contracts underlying the Securities will terminate upon a Bankruptcy Event or
a Sale of Assets, resulting in distribution of the underlying Treasury Notes
to holders, if a Bankruptcy Event occurs, a holder of a Prepaid Security will
have only a claim against the Company for delivery of Common Stock (which
claim may have the status of a general unsecured claim or an equity claim) and
a general unsecured claim for amounts in respect of Contract Fee and Deferred
Contract Fee payments, if any. Upon a Sale of Assets, each Prepaid Security
will automatically convert into the right to receive in cash the Stated Amount
plus all accrued Contract Fees and Deferred Contract Fees, if any, through the
date of Board of Director approval of such Sale of Assets, payable on the
tenth Business Day following such date of approval. The Company does not plan
to list the Prepaid Securities on any securities exchange, and there can be no
assurance as to whether a trading market will develop for Prepaid Securities.
See "Description of Purchase Contracts--Termination."
USE OF PROCEEDS
The net proceeds from the sale of the Securities offered hereby will be used
by the Underwriters to purchase, at the direction of the Company for the
benefit of the holders, the underlying Treasury Notes, which are being
transferred to holders pursuant to the terms of the Securities, and the
Company will receive no proceeds from the sale of the Securities. The proceeds
to be received by the Company upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts,
whether on the Final Settlement Date, an earlier Acceleration Date or an Early
Settlement Date, are expected to be used for general corporate purposes,
including the repayment or redemption of outstanding debt or preferred stock,
the possible acquisition of financial services businesses or assets thereof,
investments in portfolio assets and working capital needs. The Company
routinely reviews opportunities to acquire financial services businesses or
the assets thereof. The Company currently has no commitments or understandings
to acquire any specific business or other material assets. The Company is
considering the acquisition of approximately $4.5 billion of fixed annuity
assets for a total consideration of between $200 million to $300 million. The
Company has been advised that other persons have submitted acquisition
proposals. Discussions with the seller are ongoing regarding the acquisition
and possible terms, but there can be no assurance that the Company will be
successful in pursuing this or any other acquisition opportunity.
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COMMON STOCK PRICE RANGES AND DIVIDENDS
The Common Stock sale prices (as quoted on the NYSE Composite Tape) and per
share dividend data for each full quarter during fiscal years ended September
30, 1995 and 1996 and for the first fiscal quarter of fiscal 1997 through
October 24, 1996 are set forth below. The payment of future dividends on the
Common Stock and the amounts thereof will depend on business conditions,
earnings and financial requirements of the Company and other relevant factors.
The sale prices and dividend amounts set forth below have been restated to
reflect a three-for-two stock split paid in the form of a stock dividend on
November 10, 1995 and a two-for-one stock split paid in the form of a stock
dividend on August 30, 1996.
The Company's Common Stock trades under the symbol SAI.
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COMMON STOCK
PRICES DIVIDENDS PAID
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COMMON NONTRANSFERABLE
FISCAL YEAR HIGH LOW STOCK CLASS B STOCK(1)
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1995
First Quarter................. $13 45/64 $ 11 1/2 $0.050 $0.045
Second Quarter................ 14 35/64 12 3/64 0.050 0.045
Third Quarter................. 17 7/8 14 1/4 0.050 0.045
Fourth Quarter................ 20 61/64 16 53/64 0.050 0.045
1996
First Quarter................. $ 24 5/8 $ 20 5/8 $0.075 $0.068
Second Quarter................ 28 3/16 22 9/16 0.075 0.068
Third Quarter................. 29 5/16 22 7/8 0.075 0.068
Fourth Quarter................ 36 1/4 26 7/8 0.075 0.068
1997
First Quarter (through October
24, 1996).................... $ 39 1/8 $ 36 1/4 -- --
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(1) Holders of Nontransferable Class B Stock are entitled to receive cash
dividends equal to 90% of any cash dividends paid to holders of the Common
Stock. For a description of the rights of holders of Nontransferable Class
B Stock, see "Description of Capital Stock--Common Stock and Class B
Stock" in the accompanying Prospectus.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth the unaudited consolidated capitalization of
the Company at June 30, 1996. The table should be read in conjunction with the
Company's consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the
documents incorporated by reference herein. See "Incorporation of Certain
Documents by Reference" in the accompanying Prospectus.
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<CAPTION>
JUNE 30,
1996
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(IN THOUSANDS)
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Indebtedness (interest rates are as of June 30, 1996):
Medium-term notes due 1998 through 2025 (5 3/8% to 7 3/8%).. $ 248,335
8% debentures due April 28, 2023............................ 100,000
9.95% debentures due February 1, 2012....................... 100,000
9% notes due January 15, 1999............................... 125,000
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Total indebtedness............................................ 573,335
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Company-obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred securities
of subsidiary grantor trusts................................. 237,631(1)
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Shareholders' equity:
Preferred Stock............................................. 384,549
Nontransferable Class B Stock............................... 10,848
Common Stock................................................ 108,493
Additional paid-in capital.................................. 298,621
Retained earnings........................................... 812,363
Net unrealized losses on debt and equity securities
available for sale......................................... (88,669)
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Total shareholders' equity.................................. 1,526,205
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Total capitalization.......................................... $2,337,171
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(1) Represents the Company-obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred
securities of (1) SunAmerica Capital Trust I, the sole asset of which is
$54.26 million principal amount of 9.95% Junior Subordinated Debentures
due 2044 of the Company and (2) SunAmerica Capital Trust II, the sole
asset of which is $191.22 million principal amount of 8.35% Junior
Subordinated Debentures due 2044 of the Company.
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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
Reference is made to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 1995 (the "Form 10-K"), which is incorporated by
reference herein and which contains the Company's audited consolidated
financial statements, including the consolidated income statement for the
Company's three fiscal years in the period ended September 30, 1995,
consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 1994 and 1995, and the related
notes. Selected unaudited financial information as of and for the nine months
ended June 30, 1995 and 1996 should be read in conjunction with the audited
consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in the Form 10-K
and the unaudited consolidated financial statements contained in the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1996, which
report is also incorporated by reference herein. Such unaudited information
reflects, in the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of only
normal accruals, necessary for a consistent presentation with the audited
financial information. Results of operations for the nine months ended June
30, 1996 may not necessarily be indicative of the results to be expected for
the full fiscal year. Per share amounts and dividends have been restated to
reflect a three-for-two stock split paid in the form of a stock dividend on
November 10, 1995 and a two-for-one stock split paid in the form of a stock
dividend on August 30, 1996.
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<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ENDED JUNE 30,
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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
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(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Net investment income... $ 162,412 $ 219,384 $ 263,791 $ 294,454 $ 365,555 $ 259,529 $342,953
Net realized investment
losses................. (46,060) (56,364) (21,287) (21,124) (33,012) (24,550) (14,814)
Fee income.............. 92,689 112,831 134,305 150,736 179,288 130,030 161,812
General and
administrative
expenses............... (120,475) (133,058) (135,790) (132,743) (166,540) (118,582) (148,632)
Provision for future
guaranty fund
assessments............ -- -- (22,000) -- -- -- --
Amortization of deferred
acquisition costs...... (40,088) (48,375) (51,860) (66,925) (80,829) (59,197) (67,597)
Other income, net....... 24,903 16,673 16,852 15,603 15,144 12,423 15,762
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Pretax income........... 73,381 111,091 184,011 240,001 279,606 199,653 289,484
Income tax expense...... (25,900) (34,300) (57,000) (74,700) (85,400) (58,900) (86,800)
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Income before cumulative
effect of change in
accounting for income
taxes.................. 47,481 76,791 127,011 165,301 194,206 140,753 202,684
Cumulative effect of
change in accounting
for income taxes....... -- -- -- (33,500) -- -- --
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Net income.............. $ 47,481 $ 76,791 $ 127,011 $ 131,801 $ 194,206 $ 140,753 $202,684
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EARNINGS PER SHARE:
INCOME BEFORE CUMULATIVE
EFFECT OF CHANGE IN
ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME
TAXES.................. $ 0.44 $ 0.60 $ 0.92 $ 1.19 $ 1.42 $ 1.02 $ 1.44
Cumulative effect of
change in accounting
for income taxes....... -- -- -- (0.27) -- -- --
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Net income.............. $ 0.44 $ 0.60 $ 0.92 $ 0.92 $ 1.42 $ 1.02 $ 1.44
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CASH DIVIDENDS PER SHARE
PAID TO COMMON
SHAREHOLDERS:
Nontransferable Class B
Stock(1)............... $ 0.060 $ 0.060 $ 0.084 $ 0.120 $ 0.180 $ 0.135 $ 0.203
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Common Stock............ $ 0.067 $ 0.067 $ 0.093 $ 0.134 $ 0.200 $ 0.150 $ 0.225
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(1) Holders of Nontransferable Class B Stock are entitled to receive cash
dividends equal to 90% of any cash dividends paid to holders of the Common
Stock. For a description of the rights of holders of Nontransferable Class
B Stock, see "Description of Capital Stock--Common Stock and Class B
Stock" in the accompanying Prospectus.
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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA (CONTINUED)
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<CAPTION>
AT SEPTEMBER 30, AT JUNE 30,
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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
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(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
FINANCIAL POSITION
Investments............. $ 7,596,275 $ 9,428,266 $10,364,952 $ 9,280,390 $10,808,959 $10,472,755 $16,152,767
Variable annuity
assets................. 2,746,685 3,293,343 4,194,970 4,513,093 5,263,006 4,893,894 6,083,369
Deferred acquisition
costs.................. 392,278 436,209 475,917 581,874 526,415 523,620 781,612
Other assets............ 279,007 245,833 231,582 280,868 245,787 305,279 382,359
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Total assets............ $11,014,245 $13,403,651 $15,267,421 $14,656,225 $16,844,167 $16,195,548 $23,400,107
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Reserves for fixed
annuity contracts...... $ 5,359,757 $ 5,143,339 $ 4,934,871 $ 4,519,623 $ 4,862,250 $ 4,887,635 $ 9,622,137
Reserves for guaranteed
investment contracts... 1,598,963 2,023,048 2,216,104 2,783,522 3,607,192 3,276,686 4,102,787
Trust deposits.......... -- 367,458 378,986 442,320 426,595 430,868 423,790
Variable annuity
liabilities............ 2,746,685 3,293,343 4,194,970 4,513,093 5,263,006 4,893,894 6,083,369
Other payables and
accrued liabilities.... 344,789 1,372,010 1,828,153 860,763 747,733 879,437 798,974
Long-term notes and
debentures............. -- 225,000 380,560 472,835 524,835 472,835 573,335
Collateralized mortgage
obligations and reverse
repurchase agreements.. 299,343 182,784 112,032 28,662 -- -- --
Other senior
indebtedness........... 38,035 25,919 15,119 -- -- -- --
Subordinated notes...... 117,985 -- -- -- -- -- --
Deferred income taxes... 58,779 40,682 96,599 74,319 146,847 136,585 31,879
Company-obligated
mandatorily redeemable
preferred securities of
subsidiary grantor
trusts(1).............. -- -- -- -- 52,631 52,631 237,631
Shareholders' equity.... 449,909 730,068 1,110,027 961,088 1,213,078 1,164,977 1,526,205
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Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity... $11,014,245 $13,403,651 $15,267,421 $14,656,225 $16,844,167 $16,195,548 $23,400,107
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Book value per share.... $ 4.08 $ 4.85 $ 7.55 $ 6.30 $ 8.89 $ 8.31 $ 10.58
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(1) Represents the Company-obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred
securities, at September 30, 1995, of SunAmerica Capital Trust I, the sole
asset of which is $54.26 million principal amount of 9.95% Junior
Subordinated Debentures due 2044 of the Company and, at June 30, 1996, of
(1) SunAmerica Capital Trust I and (2) SunAmerica Capital Trust II, the
sole asset of which is $191.22 million principal amount of 8.35% Junior
Subordinated Debentures due 2044 of the Company.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITIES
The following description of certain terms of the Securities offered hereby
supplements, and to the extent inconsistent therewith replaces, the
description of the general terms and provisions of the Securities set forth in
the accompanying Prospectus, to which reference is hereby made. The summaries
of certain provisions of documents described below do not purport to be
complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference
to, all of the provisions of such documents (including the definitions therein
of certain terms), forms of which are on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Wherever particular Sections of, or terms defined in, such
documents are referred to herein, such Sections or defined terms are
incorporated by reference herein. Capitalized terms not defined herein have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the accompanying Prospectus.
GENERAL
Each Security will have a Stated Amount of $ and will be issued under the
Purchase Contract Agreement between the Company and the Purchase Contract
Agent. Each Security will consist of (a) a Purchase Contract under which (i)
the holder will purchase from the Company on the Final Settlement Date or
earlier Acceleration Date for an amount in U.S. dollars equal to the Stated
Amount, initially one share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as
described herein, if such purchase occurs on the Final Settlement Date or
Mandatory Acceleration Date, or such lesser number of shares of Common Stock
if such purchase occurs on a Company Acceleration Date and (ii) the Company
will pay Contract Fees to the holder, and (b) Treasury Notes having a
principal amount equal to the Stated Amount and maturing on the Final
Settlement Date. The aggregate fair market value of the Treasury Notes at the
time of purchase may exceed their aggregate principal amount, in which case,
the Company shall, for the benefit of the Securityholders, provide the amount
of such excess as additional purchase price for the Treasury Notes (such
amount, the "Initial Premium Payment"). Holders will not directly receive any
cash as a result of any Initial Premium Payment. The Treasury Notes will be
pledged with the Collateral Agent to secure the holders' obligations to
purchase Common Stock under the Purchase Contracts. Unless (i) a holder of
Securities elects Early Settlement through the early delivery of cash in the
Stated Amount and the Securities to the Purchase Contract Agent in exchange
for the Treasury Notes and Prepaid Securities (see "Description of Prepaid
Securities"), (ii) an Acceleration occurs or (iii) the Purchase Contracts are
terminated (upon a Bankruptcy Event or a Sale of Assets), principal of the
Treasury Notes underlying such Securities, when paid at maturity, will
automatically be applied to satisfy in full the holder's obligation to
purchase Common Stock under the Purchase Contracts. In the event of an
Acceleration, if the holder of Securities elects not to pay the Stated Amount
in cash as provided herein, the Treasury Notes underlying the Securities will
be sold by the Purchase Contract Agent as described herein and the proceeds
from such sale (exclusive of accrued interest and premium, if any) in an
amount equal to the Stated Amount will automatically be applied to satisfy in
full the holder's obligation to purchase Common Stock under the Purchase
Contracts. For so long as a Purchase Contract remains in effect, such Purchase
Contract and the Treasury Notes securing it will not be separable and may be
transferred only as an integrated Security.
The semi-annual payments on the Securities set forth on the cover page of
this Prospectus Supplement will consist of interest on the Treasury Notes
payable by the United States Government at the rate of % of the Stated Amount
per annum and unsecured, unsubordinated Contract Fees payable semi-annually on
each Payment Date by the Company at the rate of % of the Stated Amount per
annum (the "PERCS Payments"). Semi-annual interest payments on the Treasury
Notes will be remitted by the Collateral Agent to the Purchase Contract Agent
for payment to holders of the Securities. The Contract Fees payable on the
first Payment Date will be adjusted so that the aggregate of the Contract Fees
and interest on Treasury Notes payable on such date will be the equivalent of
% of the Stated Amount per annum accruing from the date of issue of the
Securities.
The Company may, at its option, defer in whole or in part the payment of
Contract Fees on the Purchase Contracts until the Final Settlement Date or a
succeeding Payment Date or any earlier Acceleration Date.
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However, deferred installments of Contract Fees will bear additional Contract
Fees at the rate of % per annum (compounding on each succeeding Payment Date)
until paid. If the Purchase Contracts are terminated upon the occurrence of a
Bankruptcy Event, the right to receive Contract Fees and Deferred Contract
Fees will terminate. In the event of Early Settlement of the Purchase Contract
(see "Description of the Purchase Contracts--Holders' Early Settlement of
Securities"), accrued Contract Fees and Deferred Contract Fees will be carried
over to the Prepaid Securities. In the event that the Company elects to defer
the payment of Contract Fees on the Purchase Contracts until the Final
Settlement Date, or a succeeding Payment Date or any earlier Acceleration
Date, each holder will receive on the Final Settlement Date, succeeding
Payment Date or Acceleration Date, as applicable, a cash payment equal to the
aggregate amount of Deferred Contract Fees payable to a holder of Securities.
Except with respect to the Final Settlement Date or any earlier Acceleration
Date, the Company may pay Deferred Contract Fees in whole or in part on any
Payment Date. See "Description of the Purchase Contracts--Contract Fees."
DESCRIPTION OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACTS
GENERAL
On the Final Settlement Date, the Stated Amount will automatically be
applied pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract to purchase shares of
Common Stock of the Company at the Settlement Rate (as described below) in
effect on the Final Settlement Date.
Unless an event described below under "Termination" or "Acceleration of the
Securities" occurs or unless a holder exercises the rights described under
"Holder's Early Settlement of Securities," principal of the Treasury Notes
underlying such Securities, when paid at maturity, will automatically be
transferred to the Company to satisfy in full the holder's obligation to
purchase Common Stock under the Purchase Contracts on the Final Settlement
Date. Such Common Stock will then be issued and delivered to such holder or
such holder's designee, upon presentation and surrender of the certificate
evidencing such Securities (a "Security Certificate") and payment by the
holder of any transfer or similar taxes payable in connection with the
issuance of the stock to any person other than such holder.
Prior to the date on which shares of Common Stock are issued in settlement
of a Purchase Contract, the Common Stock underlying the related Security will
not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose and the holder thereof will
not have any voting rights, rights to dividends or other distributions or
other rights or privileges of a stockholder by virtue of holding such
Security.
Each holder of Securities, by acceptance thereof, will under the terms of
the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Securities be deemed to have (a)
irrevocably agreed to be bound by the terms of the related Purchase Contracts
for so long as such holder remains a holder of such Securities and (b) newly
appointed the Purchase Contract Agent as such holder's attorney-in-fact to
enter into and perform the related Purchase Contracts on behalf of and in the
name of such holder.
The Settlement Rate is initially one share of Common Stock. The Settlement
Rate is subject to adjustment if the Company shall (i) pay a dividend or make
a distribution with respect to Common Stock in shares of such stock, (ii)
subdivide or split its outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iii) combine its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, (iv) issue
by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock any shares of common stock
of the Company, (v) issue certain rights or warrants to all holders of its
Common Stock, (vi) pay a dividend or make a distribution to all holders of its
Common Stock of evidences of its indebtedness or other assets (including
capital stock of the Company but excluding any cash dividends or distributions
and dividends referred to in clause (i) above), (vii) makes a distribution
consisting of cash, excluding any quarterly cash dividend on the Common Stock
to the extent that the aggregate cash dividend per share of Common Stock in
any quarter does not exceed the greater of (x) the amount per share of Common
Stock of the next preceding quarterly cash dividend on the Common Stock to the
extent that such preceding quarterly dividend did not require
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an adjustment of the conversion price pursuant to this clause (as adjusted to
reflect subdivisions or combinations of the Common Stock), and (y) 3.75% of
the average of the last reported sales price of the Common Stock during the
ten consecutive trading days immediately prior to the date of declaration of
such dividend, and excluding any dividend or distribution in connection with
the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (if an adjustment is
required to be made as set forth in this clause (vii) as a result of a
distribution (A) that is a quarterly dividend, such adjustment would be based
upon the amount by which such distribution exceeds the amount of the quarterly
cash dividend permitted to be excluded pursuant to this clause and (B) that is
not a quarterly dividend, such adjustment would be based upon the full amount
of the distribution); or (viii) makes a payment in respect of a tender offer
or exchange offer by a person other than the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company in which, as of the closing date of the offer, the board of directors
of the Company is recommending acceptance of the offer (the adjustment
referred to in this clause (viii)(A) will only be made if the tender offer or
exchange offer is for an amount which increases the offeror's ownership of
Common Stock to more than 25% of the total shares of Common Stock outstanding
and if the cash and value of any other consideration included in such payment
per share of Common Stock exceeds the average of the daily closing prices of
the Common Stock on the NYSE on the trading day after the expiration of the
tender or exchange offer and the next two succeeding trading days and (B) will
generally not be made, however, if, as of the closing of the offer, the
offering documents with respect to such offer disclose a plan or an intention
to cause the Company to engage in a consolidation or merger of the Company or
a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company). In addition,
the Company will also be entitled to make upward adjustments in the Settlement
Rate, as it in its discretion shall determine to be advisable, in order that
any stock dividends, subdivision of shares, distribution of rights to purchase
stock or securities, or distribution of securities convertible into or
exchangeable for stock (or any transaction which could be treated as any of
the foregoing transactions pursuant to Section 305 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended) hereafter made by the Company to its shareholders
will not be taxable. All adjustments to the Settlement Rate will be calculated
to the nearest 1/100th of a share of Common Stock (with 5/1000 of a share
being rounded to the next lower 1/100 of a share).
CONTRACT FEES
Contract Fees will be payable semi-annually on each Payment Date to the
persons in whose names the related Securities are registered at the close of
business on the Business Day (defined below) immediately preceding such
Payment Date (the "Record Date"). Contract Fees will be computed on the basis
of actual days elapsed in a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be. If a
Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the Contract Fee may
be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as
if made on such Payment Date, and no additional amounts will accrue as a
result of such delayed payment. "Business Day" means any day that is not a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or banking
institutions or trust companies in The City of New York are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
The Company may, at its option and upon prior written notice to the holders
of Securities and the Purchase Contract Agent, defer in whole or in part the
payment of Contract Fees on the Purchase Contracts until the Final Settlement
Date or a succeeding Payment Date or any earlier Acceleration Date. However,
deferred installments of Contract Fees will bear additional Contract Fees at
the rate of % per annum (compounding on each succeeding Payment Date) until
paid. If the Purchase Contracts are terminated upon the occurrence of a
Bankruptcy Event, the right to receive Contract Fees and Deferred Contract
Fees will terminate.
In the event that the Company elects to defer the payment of Contract Fees
on the Purchase Contracts until the Final Settlement Date, or a succeeding
Payment Date, or any earlier Acceleration Date, each holder will receive on
the Final Settlement Date, succeeding Payment Date or Acceleration Date, as
applicable, a cash payment equal to the aggregate amount of Deferred Contract
Fees payable to a holder of Securities. Except with respect to the Final
Settlement Date or any earlier Acceleration Date, the Company may pay Deferred
Contract Fees in whole or in part on any Payment Date.
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In the event the Company exercises its option to defer the payment of
Contract Fees, then, until the Deferred Contract Fees have been paid in full,
the Company shall not declare or pay dividends on, make distributions with
respect to, or redeem, purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment with
respect to, any of its capital stock (other than (i) purchases or acquisitions
of shares of Common Stock in connection with the satisfaction by the Company
of its obligations under any employee benefit plans now or hereafter in effect
or the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations pursuant to any contract
or security now or hereafter outstanding requiring the Company to purchase
shares of Common Stock, (ii) 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, (iii) the purchase of fractional shares 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), (iv) the
payment of accrued dividends (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) upon the
conversion of any shares of preferred stock of the Company as may be
outstanding from time to time, in accordance with the terms of such stock or
(v) dividends on its capital stock paid in shares of capital stock) or make
any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing.
ACCELERATION OF THE SECURITIES
Company Acceleration
At any time or from time to time prior to the Final Settlement Date, the
Company may elect to accelerate (a "Company Acceleration") the outstanding
Securities, in whole or in part. On the effective date of any such
acceleration (a "Company Acceleration Date"), the Company will have the
obligation to deliver a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
applicable Company Acceleration Price divided by the Current Market Price on
the second Business Day prior to the Notice Date, plus an amount in cash equal
to accrued and unpaid PERCS Payments (except as provided in the second
paragraph under "General Provisions Applicable to Acceleration" below) payable
with respect to such Securities, to and including the Company Acceleration
Date. The Company Acceleration Price per Security is initially equal to $ ,
declining by $. on each day following the date of issue (computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30 day months) to $ on , 1999, and
equal to $ thereafter. Notice of a Company Acceleration shall be made not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Company Acceleration Date. See
"Notice to Holder of Securities." Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
may not exercise its right to accelerate the Securities unless the Current
Market Price determined as of the Notice Date is equal to or exceeds the
Company Acceleration Price applicable to such Notice Date.
Mandatory Acceleration
Immediately prior to the effectiveness of a merger or consolidation of, or
statutory share exchange involving, the Company that results in the conversion
or exchange of the Common Stock into, or the right to receive, other
securities or other property (any such merger, consolidation or exchange, a
"Merger or Consolidation"), each outstanding Security will automatically be
accelerated (a "Mandatory Acceleration") so that holders of the Security have
the right to receive from the Company shares of Common Stock at the Settlement
Rate for the Securities in effect on the Mandatory Acceleration Date, plus (i)
an amount in cash equal to the accrued and unpaid PERCS Payments (except as
provided in the second paragraph under "General Provisions Applicable to
Acceleration" below) on such Securities to but excluding the Mandatory
Acceleration Date plus (ii) an amount in cash initially equal to $ declining
by $ on each day following the date of issue of the securities computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months to $ on , 1999,
and equal to zero thereafter, determined with reference to the Mandatory
Acceleration Date, unless sooner accelerated by the Company. At the option of
the Company, it may deliver on the Mandatory Acceleration Date, in lieu of
some or all of the cash consideration described in clause (ii) of the
preceding sentence, shares of Common Stock. The number of shares of Common
Stock to be delivered in lieu of any consideration described in such clause
(ii) will be determined by dividing the amount of cash consideration that the
Company has elected to pay in Common Stock by the Current Market Price of the
Common Stock determined as of the second Business Day immediately preceding
the Notice Date. Because the Current Market Price is
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determined as a date different from the date of the delivery of the Common
Stock, the value of such Common Stock when delivered may be more or less than
its market value on the date of such determination. The automatic acceleration
of the Securities immediately prior to a Merger or Consolidation is intended
to ensure that the holders of the Securities will be entitled to the benefits
of ownership of Common Stock upon the occurrence of such Merger or
Consolidation and will participate in such Merger or Consolidation together
with the holders of Common Stock.
General Provisions Applicable to Acceleration
Unless a holder elects to pay the Stated Amount in immediately available
funds as described below with respect to the Securities of such holder to be
accelerated, the Purchase Contract Agent on behalf of such holder pursuant to
the Purchase Contract Agreement will sell on the second Business Day
immediately preceding the Acceleration Date the Treasury Notes underlying such
holder's Securities to be accelerated and automatically apply on the
Acceleration Date out of the proceeds of such sale an amount equal to the
Stated Amount to satisfy in full such holder's obligation to purchase the
Common Stock under the Purchase Contract on the Acceleration Date. Any excess
proceeds (in respect of premium on the sale of the Treasury Notes) will be
paid to such holder. In the event that the proceeds from the sale of such
Treasury Notes (exclusive of accrued interest on the Treasury which will be
paid to the holder as described below) is less than the Stated Amount, such
proceeds nevertheless will be considered to satisfy in full the holder's
obligation to purchase the Common Stock under the Purchase Contract on the
Acceleration Date. Amounts in respect of accrued interest on the Treasury
Notes will be paid to the holders as a component of the accrued PERCS Payment
payable on such Acceleration Date. If fewer than all outstanding Securities
are to be accelerated, the Securities to be accelerated shall be selected by
the Purchase Contract Agent by lot.
In the event of an Acceleration of Securities, holders of Securities so
accelerated may elect, to pay to the Company through the Purchase Contract
Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the third Business Day
immediately preceding the Acceleration Date in immediately available funds an
amount in U.S. dollars equal to the Stated Amount per Security so accelerated,
in which event each such electing holder will receive the Treasury Notes
securing such holder's obligation to purchase the Common Stock under the
Purchase Contract within three Business Days of the receipt of such amount.
Because any Treasury Notes received by such holder will include accrued
interest, the Company will pay on the Acceleration Date only accrued Contract
Fees to holders who elect to settle in cash after a notice of Acceleration
with respect to such holder's Securities has been given. HOLDERS MAY MAKE THE
ELECTION REFERRED TO IN THIS PARAGRAPH ONLY IN INTEGRAL MULTIPLES OF
SECURITIES. If an electing holder fails to deliver the Stated Amount by such
close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Acceleration Date,
then the Treasury Notes will be sold as provided in the preceding paragraph.
The opportunity for equity appreciation afforded by an investment in the
Securities is limited because of the Company's right to accelerate the
Securities at any time prior to the Final Settlement Date. Although not
obligated to do so, the Company may be expected to accelerate the Securities
prior to the Final Settlement Date (or any earlier Mandatory Acceleration
Date) if the aggregate market price of the Common Stock exceeds such Company
Acceleration Price for five consecutive Business Days. If the Company elects
to accelerate the Securities, in whole or in part, the equity appreciation,
exclusive of accrued and unpaid PERCS Payments payable with respect to the
Securities, realized on an investment in the Securities will, for any owner of
Securities accelerated by the Company, be limited to the excess, if any, of
(i) the value of the Common Stock received in payment of such Company
Acceleration Price (such Company Acceleration Price being initially $ and
declining thereafter to $ ), over (ii) the price paid by such owner for such
Securities (the initial price being the Price to Public for each Security
shown on the cover page of this Prospectus Supplement and the price thereafter
being subject to market fluctuations). Because the number of shares of Common
Stock to be delivered to holders of Securities in payment of such Company
Acceleration Price will be determined on the basis of the market price of the
Common Stock prior to the Notice Date, the value of the shares of Common Stock
on the date of delivery thereof to such holders may be more or less than the
Company Acceleration Price on the Company Acceleration Date. A recent closing
sale price of the Common Stock on the NYSE is set forth on the cover page of
this Prospectus Supplement.
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Because the price of the Common Stock is subject to market fluctuations, the
value of the Common Stock received by a holder of Securities upon the Final
Settlement Date or upon the effectiveness of a Merger or Consolidation of the
Company may be more or less than the amount paid for the Securities upon
issuance, exclusive of any Common Stock paid for accrued and unpaid Contract
Fees payable with respect to the Securities.
Holders of Securities have no right to Common Stock prior to the Final
Settlement Date or Acceleration Date.
Certain Definitions
"Mandatory Acceleration Date" means the effective time on the date of any
Merger or Consolidation.
The "Notice Date" with respect to any notice given by the Company in
connection with an Acceleration of the Securities means the earlier of the
commencement of the mailing of such notice to the holders of Securities or the
date such notice is first published in accordance with "Notices to Holders of
Securities" below.
The "Current Market Price" per share of Common Stock on any date of
determination means the average of the daily closing prices on the NYSE for
the five consecutive trading days ending on and including such date of
determination; provided, however, that if the closing price of the Common
Stock on the NYSE on the trading day next following such five-day period (the
"next-day closing price") is less than 95% of said average closing price, then
the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on such date of
determination will be the next-day closing price; and provided, further, that
if any adjustment of the Settlement Rate becomes effective as of any date
during the period beginning on the first day of such five-day period and
ending on the date on which Securities are to be accelerated, then the Current
Market Price as determined pursuant to the foregoing will be appropriately
adjusted to reflect such adjustment. Because the price of Common Stock is
subject to market fluctuations, it is possible that the next-day closing price
could be significantly less than such five-day average.
HOLDER'S EARLY SETTLEMENT OF SECURITIES
A holder of Securities may settle the underlying Purchase Contracts prior to
the Final Settlement Date ("Early Settlement") in the manner herein described.
So long as the Securities are evidenced by one or more global security
certificates deposited with the Depositary (as defined herein), procedures for
Early Settlement will also be governed by standing arrangements between the
Depositary and the Purchase Contract Agent. HOLDERS MAY SETTLE SECURITIES
EARLY ONLY IN INTEGRAL MULTIPLES OF SECURITIES.
Upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts underlying any Securities, (a)
the holder will pay to the Company (in the form of a certified or cashier's
check payable to the order of the Company in immediately available funds)
through the Purchase Contract Agent a U.S. dollar amount equal to the Stated
Amount per such Security and deliver such Securities to the Purchase Contract
Agent with the form of "Election to Settle Early" on the reverse side of the
certificate completed and executed as indicated, (b) the Treasury Notes
underlying such Securities will within three Business Days following the Early
Settlement Date (defined below) be transferred to the holder free and clear of
the Company's security interest therein and (c) the Company will deliver
Prepaid Securities with an equal aggregate Stated Amount to the holder under
the Prepaid Securities Indenture within such three Business Day period. After
any notice of Acceleration is given with respect to a holder's Securities, the
holder's right to elect Early Settlement with respect to such Securities will
terminate, but such holder will retain the right to receive the underlying
Treasury Notes in connection with an Acceleration of Securities as described
under "Acceleration of the Securities--General Provisions Applicable to
Acceleration."
Upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts in the manner described above,
presentation and surrender of the Security Certificate evidencing the related
Securities and cash equal to the Stated Amount per Security and
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payment of any transfer or similar taxes payable by the holder in connection
with the issuance of the Prepaid Securities to any person other than the
holder of such Securities, the Company will cause the Prepaid Securities to be
issued, and the Treasury Notes securing such Purchase Contracts to be released
from the pledge under the Pledge Agreement described below and transferred,
within three Business Days following the Early Settlement Date, to the
exchanging holder or such holder's designee. If the Purchase Contract Agent
receives the Security Certificate, accompanied by the completed Election to
Settle Early and requisite check, from a holder of Securities by 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on a Business Day, that day will be considered the Early
Settlement Date. If the Purchase Contract Agent receives the foregoing after
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day or at any time on a day that
is not a Business Day, the next Business Day will be considered the Early
Settlement Date.
PREPAID SECURITIES
The Prepaid Securities will be issued under the Prepaid Securities Indenture
to holders electing Early Settlement. All outstanding Prepaid Securities will
entitle the holders thereof to receive Common Stock on the Final Settlement
Date or earlier Acceleration Date, and amounts in respect of Contract Fees and
Deferred Contract Fees, in the same amounts and at the same times as the
outstanding Securities. No Treasury Notes will underlie the Prepaid
Securities; accordingly, unlike the Securities, the Prepaid Securities will
not entitle the holders thereof to receive any amounts in respect of interest
on the Treasury Notes nor, in the event of an Acceleration, any amounts in
respect of premium (if any) on the sale by the Purchase Contract Agent of the
Treasury Notes. The Prepaid Securities will be accelerated upon a Bankruptcy
Event but, unlike holders of Securities, who will receive their underlying
Treasury Notes in such events, holders of Prepaid Securities will have only a
claim against the Company for delivery of Common Stock (which claim may have
the status of a general unsecured claim or an equity claim) and a general
unsecured claim for amounts in respect of accrued Contract Fees, including
Deferred Contract Fees, if any. Upon a Sale of Assets, each Prepaid Security
will automatically convert into the right to receive in cash an amount equal
to the sum of (i) the Stated Amount and (ii) all unpaid Contract Fees and
Deferred Contract Fees to the date of the Board of Directors approval of such
Sale of Assets, payable on the tenth Business Day following such date of
approval. Like the Securities, the Prepaid Securities will not entitle the
holders thereof to any rights with respect to the Common Stock, including
voting rights. The Company does not plan to list the Prepaid Securities on any
securities exchange, and there can be no assurance as to whether a trading
market will develop for Prepaid Securities. See "Risk Factors--Holder's Early
Settlement; Prepaid Securities" and "Description of Prepaid Securities".
TERMINATION
The Purchase Contracts, and the rights and obligations of the Company and of
the holders of the Securities thereunder (including the right to receive any
Contract Fees or Deferred Contract Fees and the obligation to purchase Common
Stock), will automatically terminate upon (i) the occurrence of certain events
of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Company (each,
a "Bankruptcy Event") or (ii) a sale, assignment, transfer, lease or
conveyance of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company to any person which results in a voluntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company (a "Sale of Assets"). Upon any such termination, the
Collateral Agent will release the Treasury Notes held by it to the Purchase
Contract Agent for distribution to the holders. In the case of a Bankruptcy
Event, however, such release and distribution may be subject to a delay as a
result of the automatic stay under the Bankruptcy Code, which delay would
continue until such automatic stay has been lifted. During the period of any
such delay, the Treasury Notes will continue to accrue interest for the
benefit of the holders, payable by the United States Government, until their
maturity. In the case of a Sale of Assets, holders will be entitled to receive
in cash unpaid Contract Fees and Deferred Contract Fees, if any, through the
date of Board of Director approval of such Sale of Assets, payable on the
tenth Business Day following the date of such approval.
TREASURY NOTES AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT; INTEREST ON TREASURY NOTES
The Treasury Notes underlying the Securities will be pledged to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, pursuant to a pledge
agreement, to be dated as of , 1996 (the "Pledge Agreement"), to secure
the obligations of the holders to purchase Common Stock under the Purchase
Contracts. The rights of holders of Securities to the underlying Treasury
Notes will be subject to the Company's security interest therein
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created by the Pledge Agreement; no holder of Securities will be permitted to
withdraw the Treasury Notes underlying such Securities from the pledge
arrangement except upon the termination, Acceleration or Early Settlement of
the related Purchase Contracts. Subject to such security interest, however,
holders of Securities will have full beneficial ownership of the underlying
Treasury Notes. The Company will have no interest in the Treasury Notes other
than its security interest.
The Collateral Agent will, upon receipt of interest payments on the Treasury
Notes, except for the accrued interest on the Treasury Notes payable on ,
1996, distribute such payments to the Purchase Contract Agent, who will in
turn distribute those payments to the persons in whose names the related
Securities are registered at the close of business on the Record Date
immediately preceding the Payment Date. See "Description of the Purchase
Contracts--Contract Fees."
FRACTIONAL SHARES
No fractional share of Common Stock will be issued upon the Final Settlement
Date or any Acceleration of the Securities. In lieu of any fractional share
otherwise issuable in respect of all Securities of any holder, such holder
shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of
the Current Market Price of the Common Stock determined as of the second
Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Notice Date or Final
Settlement Date, as applicable.
NOTICES TO HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
The Company will provide notice of any Acceleration of the Securities
(including any potential acceleration upon the effectiveness of a Merger or
Consolidation) to holders of record of the Securities to be accelerated not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for Acceleration;
provided that if the effectiveness of a Merger or Consolidation makes it
impracticable to provide at least 30 days notice, the Company shall provide
the notice as soon as practicable prior to the effectiveness. Such notice
shall specify, among other things, the Current Market Price to be used (if
necessary) to calculate the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered,
and in the case of a Merger or Consolidation, whether the Company is
exercising any option to deliver shares of Common Stock in lieu of cash and,
in the case of a Company Acceleration, whether the Company is accelerating all
or less than all of the Securities, and if less than all, which Securities are
being accelerated. Such notice shall be provided by mailing notice thereof to
the holders of Securities to be accelerated and by publishing notice thereof
in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times or another authorized
newspaper. Each holder of Securities to be accelerated shall be entitled to
receive, following the Acceleration Date, upon surrender of the certificates
evidencing such Securities to the Company at the place designated in such
notice, certificates for the shares of Common Stock and cash, if any, payable
in respect of such Acceleration.
THE TREASURY NOTES WILL BE OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND
NOT OF THE COMPANY.
BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM
The Depositary Trust Company (the "Depositary") will act as securities
depositary for the Securities. The Securities will be issued only as fully-
registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (the Depositary's
nominee). One or more fully-registered global security certificates ("Global
Security Certificates"), representing the total aggregate number of
Securities, will be issued and will be deposited with the Depositary and will
bear a legend regarding the restrictions on exchanges and registration of
transfer thereof referred to below.
The laws of some jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of securities
take physical delivery of securities in definitive form. Such laws may impair
the ability to transfer beneficial interests in the Securities so long as such
Securities are represented by Global Security Certificates.
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The Depositary 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 Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The Depositary holds
securities that its participants ("Participants") deposit with the Depositary.
The Depositary 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, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations
("Direct Participants"). The Depositary is owned by a number of its Direct
Participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange,
Inc., and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the
Depositary system is also available to others, such as securities brokers and
dealers, banks and trust companies that clear transactions through or maintain
a direct or indirect custodial relationship with a Direct Participant either
directly or indirectly ("Indirect Participants"). The rules applicable to the
Depositary and its Participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
No Securities represented by Global Security Certificates may be exchanged
in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of Global
Security Certificates in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of
any person other than the Depositary or any nominee of the Depositary unless
the Depositary has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as depositary for such Global Security Certificates or has ceased to
be qualified to act as such as required by the Purchase Contract Agreement or
there shall have occurred and be continuing a default by the Company in
respect of its obligations under one or more Purchase Contracts. All
Securities represented by one or more Global Security Certificates or any
portion thereof will be registered in such names as the Depositary may direct.
As long as the Depositary, or its nominee, is the registered owner of the
Global Security Certificates, such Depositary or such nominee, as the case may
be, will be considered the sole owner and holder of the Global Security
Certificates and all Securities represented thereby for all purposes under the
Securities and the Purchase Contract Agreement. Except in the limited
circumstances referred to above, owners of beneficial interests in Global
Security Certificates will not be entitled to have such Global Security
Certificates or the Securities represented thereby registered in their names,
will not receive or be entitled to receive the physical delivery of Security
Certificates in exchange therefor and will not be considered to be owners or
holders of such Global Security Certificates or any Securities represented
thereby for any purpose under the Securities or the Purchase Contract
Agreement. All payments on the Securities represented by the Global Security
Certificates and all transfers and deliveries of Treasury Notes and Common
Stock with respect thereto will be made to the Depositary or its nominee, as
the case may be, as the holder thereof.
Ownership of beneficial interests in the Global Security Certificates will
be limited to Participants or persons that may hold beneficial interests
through institutions that have accounts with the Depositary or its nominee.
Ownership of beneficial interests in Global Security Certificates will be
shown only on, and the transfer of those ownership interests will be effected
only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee (with
respect to Participants' interests) or any such Participant (with respect to
interests of persons held by such Participants on their behalf). Procedures
for settlement of Purchase Contracts on the Final Settlement Date, any
applicable Acceleration Date or upon Early Settlement will be governed by
arrangements among the Depositary, Participants and persons that may hold
beneficial interests through Participants designed to permit such settlement
without the physical movement of certificates. Payments, transfers,
deliveries, exchanges and other matters relating to beneficial interests in
Global Security Certificates may be subject to various policies and procedures
adopted by the Depositary from time to time. None of the Company, the Purchase
Contract Agent or any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent will
have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the Depositary's or any
Participant's records relating to, or for payments made on account of,
beneficial interests in Global Security Certificates, or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any of the Depositary's records or any participants's
records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
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CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT
AGREEMENT AND THE PLEDGE AGREEMENTS
PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND CONTRACT FEES; TRANSFER OF SECURITIES; DELIVERY OF
COMMON STOCK OF TREASURY NOTES
Interest on the Treasury Notes and Contract Fees will be payable, Purchase
Contracts (and documents related thereto) will be settled and transfers of the
Securities will be registrable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. In addition, in the event that
the Securities do not remain in book-entry form, payment of interest on the
Treasury Notes and Contract Fees may be made, at the option of the Company, by
check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as shown on the
Security Register.
Payments in respect of principal of the Treasury Notes on the Final
Settlement Date, and proceeds received upon the sale of Treasury Notes in
connection with an Acceleration, will be applied in satisfaction of the
obligations of the holders of the Securities under the Purchase Contracts and
shares of Common Stock will be delivered, or, if the Purchase Contracts have
terminated or a holder elects Early Settlement, Treasury Notes will be
delivered potentially after a delay (see "Description of the Purchase
Contracts--Termination" and "--Holders' Early Settlement of Securities"), in
each case upon presentation and surrender of the Security Certificates
evidencing the related Securities at the office of the Purchase Contract
Agent.
If a holder of outstanding Securities fails to present and surrender the
Security Certificate evidencing such Securities to the Purchase Contract Agent
on the Final Settlement Date or earlier Acceleration Date, the shares of
Common Stock issuable in settlement of the applicable Purchase Contract will
be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent and, together with
any distributions thereon, shall be held by the Purchase Contract Agent as
agent for the benefit of such holder, until such Security Certificate is
presented and surrendered or the holder provides satisfactory evidence that
such certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any
indemnity that may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company.
If the Purchase Contracts have terminated prior to the Final Settlement
Date, the Treasury Notes have been transferred to the Purchase Contract Agent
for distribution to the holders entitled thereto and a holder fails to present
and surrender the Security Certificate evidencing such holder's Securities to
the Purchase Contract Agent, the Treasury Notes delivered to the Purchase
Contract Agent and payments thereon shall be held by the Purchase Contract
Agent as agent for the benefit of such holder, until such Security Certificate
is presented or the holder provides the evidence and indemnity described
above.
The Purchase Contract Agent will have no obligation to invest or to pay
interest on any amounts held by the Purchase Contract Agent pending
distribution as described above.
No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange
of the Securities, except for any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection therewith.
MODIFICATION
The Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement will provide that
the Company may without the consent of the holders of the Securities: (a)
evidence the assumption by a successor corporation of the obligations of the
Company, (b) add covenants for the protection of the holders of the
Securities, (c) cure any ambiguity or correct any inconsistency in the
Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, provided that such cure
or correction does not adversely affect the holders of such Securities, and
(d) evidence the acceptance of appointment by successor Purchase Contract
Agents and Collateral Agents.
The Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement will contain
provisions permitting the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent or
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, with the consent of the holders of not
less than 66 2/3% of the Securities at the time outstanding, to modify the
terms of the Purchase
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Contracts, the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, except
that no such modification may, without the consent of the holder of each
outstanding Security affected thereby, (a) change any Payment Date, (b) change
the amount or type of Treasury Notes underlying a Security, impair the right
of the holder of any Security to receive interest payments on the underlying
Treasury Notes or otherwise adversely affect the holder's rights in or to such
Treasury Notes, (c) change the place or currency of payment or reduce any
Contract Fees or any Deferred Contract Fees, (d) impair the right to institute
suit for the enforcement of any Purchase Contract, (e) reduce the amount of
Common Stock purchasable under any Purchase Contract, increase the price to
purchase Common Stock on settlement of any Purchase Contract or change the
Company Acceleration Price or change the Final Settlement or (f) reduce the
above-stated percentage of outstanding Securities, the consent of whose
holders is required for the modification or amendment of the provisions of the
Purchase Contracts, the Purchase Contract Agreement or the Pledge Agreement.
NO CONSENT TO ASSUMPTION
Each holder of Securities, by acceptance thereof, will under the terms of
the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Securities be deemed expressly to have
withheld any consent to the assumption (i.e., affirmance) of the Purchase
Contracts by the Company or its trustee in the event that the Company becomes
the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code.
TITLE
The Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent may treat
the registered owner of any Security as the absolute owner thereof for the
purpose of making payment and settling the Purchase Contracts and for all
other purposes.
REPLACEMENT OF SECURITY CERTIFICATES
Any mutilated Security Certificate will be replaced by the Company at the
expense of the holder upon surrender of such certificate to the Purchase
Contract Agent. Security Certificates that become destroyed, lost or stolen
will be replaced by the Company at the expense of the holder upon delivery to
the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent of evidence of the destruction,
loss or theft satisfactory to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent. In
the case of a destroyed, lost or stolen Security Certificate, an indemnity
satisfactory to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company may be required at
the expense of the holder of the Securities evidenced by such certificate
before replacement will be issued.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be obligated to issue
any Security on or after the Final Settlement Date, an earlier Acceleration
Date, or an Early Settlement Date or after the Purchase Contracts have
terminated. The Purchase Contract Agreement will provide that, in lieu of the
delivery of a replacement Security Certificate following the Final Settlement
Date or an earlier Acceleration Date, the Purchase Contract Agent, upon
delivery of the evidence and indemnity described above, will deliver the
Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Purchase Contracts included in the
Securities evidenced by such certificate, or, if the Purchase Contracts have
terminated prior to the Final Settlement Date or an Early Settlement Date has
occurred, upon delivery of the evidence and indemnity described above,
transfer the Treasury Notes included in the Securities evidenced by such
certificate.
GOVERNING LAW
The Purchase Contract Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the Purchase
Contracts will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the State of New York.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT
The Bank of New York will be the Purchase Contract Agent. The Purchase
Contract Agent will act as the agent for the holders of Securities from time
to time. The Purchase Contract Agreement will not obligate the Purchase
Contract Agent to exercise any discretionary actions in connection with a
default under the terms of
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the Securities or the Purchase Contract Agreement. The Bank of New York is one
of a number of banks with which the Company and its subsidiaries maintain
ordinary banking and trust relationships, is the registrar and transfer agent
for the Common Stock and is the trustee of certain Delaware grantor trust
subsidiaries of the Company.
The Purchase Contract will contain provisions limiting the liability of the
Purchase Contract Agent. The Purchase Contract Agreement will contain
provisions under which the Purchase Contract Agent may resign or be replaced.
Such resignations or replacement would be effective upon the appointment of a
successor.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COLLATERAL AGENT
The First National Bank of Chicago will be the Collateral Agent. The
Collateral Agent will act solely as the agent of the Company and will not
assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of
the holders of the Securities except for the obligations owed by a pledgee of
property to the owner thereof under the Pledge Agreement and applicable law.
The First National Bank of Chicago is one of a number of banks with which the
Company and its subsidiaries maintain ordinary banking and trust relationships
and is also the trustee under the Company's Senior Debt Indenture,
Subordinated Debt Indenture and Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture (each as
defined in the accompanying Prospectus).
The Pledge Agreement will contain provisions limiting the liability of the
Collateral Agent. The Pledge Agreement will contain provisions under which the
Collateral Agent may resign or be replaced. Such resignation or replacement
would be effective upon the appointment of a successor.
VOTING RIGHTS
The Securities will not entitle holders to any rights with respect to the
Common Stock, including voting rights.
LISTING OF THE SECURITIES
Application will be made to list the Securities on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol " ". However, no assurance can be given that such
listing will be effected.
NYSE SYMBOL OF COMMON STOCK
The Common Stock of the Company is listed on the NYSE under the symbol
"SAI."
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DESCRIPTION OF PREPAID SECURITIES
The Company's Prepaid Premium Equity Redemption Cumulative Securities (the
"Prepaid Securities") will be issued to a holder of Securities if such holder
elects to settle the underlying Purchase Contracts prior to the Final
Settlement Date (and prior to any Notice of Acceleration with respect to such
Securities) by paying an amount in U.S. dollars equal to the Stated Amount per
Security and delivering the Securities to the Purchase Contract Agent. See
"Description of the Purchase Contracts--Holders' Early Settlement of
Securities." The Prepaid Securities will be issued under an Indenture dated as
of November 1, 1996 (as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture
thereto relating to the Prepaid Securities described in this Prospectus
Supplement, the "Prepaid Securities Indenture") between the Company and First
National Bank of Chicago, as trustee (in its capacity as trustee under the
Prepaid Securities Indenture, the "Trustee"). The Prepaid Securities Indenture
is included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus Supplement is a part. The following description summarizes the
material terms of the Prepaid Securities Indenture and the Prepaid Securities
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of
the Prepaid Securities Indenture, which contains the full text of such
provisions, including the definition of certain terms used herein, and for
other information regarding the Prepaid Securities. Wherever particular
sections or defined terms of the Prepaid Securities Indenture are referred to,
such sections or defined terms are incorporated herein by reference as part of
the statement made, and the statement is qualified in its entirety by such
reference.
GENERAL
The Prepaid Securities Indenture does not limit the amount of indebtedness
the Company or any of its subsidiaries may incur. The Prepaid Securities will
be unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of the Company. Since the Company is
a holding company, the Company's rights and the rights of its creditors,
including the holders of Prepaid Securities, to participate in the assets of
any subsidiary upon the latter's liquidation or recapitalization will be
subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary's creditors, except to the
extent that the Company may itself be a creditor with recognized claims
against the subsidiary. Claims on the Company's subsidiaries by creditors
other than the Company 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 the Company's subsidiaries are insurance
companies subject to regulatory control by various state insurance
departments, the ability of such subsidiaries to pay dividends or make loans
or advances to the Company without prior regulatory approval is limited by
applicable laws and regulations.
Prepaid Securities will only be issued in registered form, in denominations
equal to the Stated Amount and integral multiples thereof, and may be
presented for exchange or transfer without any service charge at the corporate
trust office of the Trustee in the City of New York, or at any other office or
agency maintained by the Company for such purpose.
The Prepaid Securities will be limited to up to $ aggregate Stated Amount
and will constitute a separate series of securities of the Company under the
Prepaid Securities Indenture.
Each Prepaid Security will bear amounts in respect of Contract Fees at the
rate of % per annum (which is the same rate as the rate for Contract Fees
payable on the Securities) payable semi-annually in arrears on the Payment
Dates, beginning with the most recent Payment Date with respect to the
Security for which such Prepaid Security is exchanged (unless the Record Date
for a subsequent Payment Date has occurred, in which case interest on such
Prepaid Security will bear interest from such subsequent Payment Date). Each
Prepaid Security will also carry the right to receive any amounts in respect
of Contract Fees and Deferred Contract Fees that have accrued but have not
been paid on the Securities at the time such Prepaid Security is issued, as
well as the right to receive interest on such Deferred Contract Fees at the
same rate as the rate at which Deferred Contract Fees on the Securities bear
Contract Fees. The Company does not intend to treat the Prepaid Securities as
indebtedness for United States federal income tax purposes.
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The Prepaid Securities will mature on the Final Settlement Date. On such
date, each holder will receive initially one share of Common Stock of the
Company (subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments, which will be the same
as the anti-dilution adjustments applicable to the Securities described in
"Description of the Purchase Contracts--General") plus amounts in respect of
accrued and unpaid Contract Fees and Defined Contract Fees in cash.
The Company may, at its option, defer payments on the Prepaid Securities on
the same basis and on same terms that the Company may defer Contract Fees on
the Securities. The Company will covenant in the Prepaid Securities that it
will defer payments on the Prepaid Securities only if, and to the extent that,
it has also deferred Contract Fees on the Securities. See "Description of the
Purchase Contracts--Contract Fees".
RIGHT TO REDEEM THE PREPAID SECURITIES
At any time or from time to time prior to the Final Settlement Date, the
Company may redeem the outstanding Prepaid Securities, in whole or in part. On
the effective date of any such redemption, the Company will have the
obligation to deliver an amount of Common Stock per Prepaid Security
determined on the same basis as the calculation of the number of shares of
Common Stock deliverable in the event of a Company Acceleration of the
Securities as described under "Description of the Purchase Contracts--
Acceleration of the Securities", as well as the obligation to pay any accrued
amounts in respect of Contract Fees and Deferred Contract Fees in cash. [The
Company will be permitted to accelerate the Securities in part without
effecting a proportionate concurrent redemption of the Prepaid Securities, but
will be required to redeem the Prepaid Securities in whole if it effects a
Company Acceleration of the Securities in whole.]
MANDATORY CONVERSION
The Prepaid Securities are subject to mandatory conversion into Common Stock
on the same basis and on the same terms as the Securities are subject to
Mandatory Acceleration and the number of shares of Common Stock to be
delivered upon any such mandatory conversion will be determined on the same
basis as the Securities. See "Description of the Purchase Contracts--
Acceleration of the Securities."
REPAYMENT UPON SALE OF ASSETS
Upon a Sale of Assets, each Prepaid Security will automatically convert into
the right to receive in cash an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Stated
Amount and (ii) all unpaid Contract Fees and Deferred Contract Fees to the
date of the Board of Directors' approval of such Sale of Assets, payable on
the tenth Business Day following such date of approval.
BANKRUPTCY EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An Event of Default is defined under the Prepaid Securities Indenture as
being each of the events which would cause a termination of the Purchase
Contracts. See "Description of the Purchase Contracts--Termination." The
Prepaid Securities Indenture provides that if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Company's obligations on the Prepaid
Securities will be accelerated. However, unlike holders of Securities, who
will receive the underlying Treasury Notes in such events, holders of Prepaid
Securities will have only a claim against the Company for delivery of Common
Stock and a general unsecured claim for amounts in respect of accrued Contract
Fees, including Deferred Contract Fees (if any). The foregoing would be
subject as to enforcement to the broad equity powers of a federal bankruptcy
court and to the determination by that court of the nature of the rights of
the holders of the Prepaid Securities, including whether such rights would
have the status of general unsecured claims or equity claims. There can be no
assurance that holders of Prepaid Securities would receive any value in
respect of their Prepaid Securities upon an Event of Default.
The Prepaid Securities Indenture does not provide for any right of
acceleration of the Prepaid Securities upon a default in the payment of
amounts in respect of Contract Fees and Deferred Contract Fees or in the
performance of any covenant or agreement in the Prepaid Securities or Prepaid
Securities Indenture. In the event of a default in the delivery of any Common
Stock then required to be issued or delivered or in payment of amounts in
respect of accrued and unpaid Contract Fees and Deferred Contract Fees (if
any) or the performance of any covenant or agreement in the Prepaid Securities
or Prepaid Securities Indenture, the Trustee may, subject
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to certain limitations and conditions, seek to enforce the same or, in the
case of the failure of the Company to issue or deliver Common Stock, the
payment of moneys equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock which was
to be delivered.
The Prepaid Securities Indenture contains a provision entitling the Trustee,
subject to the duty of the Trustee during a default to act with the required
standard of care, to be indemnified by the holders of Prepaid Securities
issued under such Indenture requesting the Trustee to exercise any right or
power under such Indenture before proceeding to exercise any such right or
power at the request of such holders. Subject to such provisions in the
Prepaid Securities Indenture for the indemnification of the Trustee and
certain other limitations, the holders of a majority in face amount of the
outstanding Prepaid Securities may direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.
The Prepaid Securities Indenture provides that no holder of Prepaid
Securities issued under such Indenture may institute any action against the
Company under such Indenture (except actions for payment of overdue principal,
premium, if any, or interest) unless such holder previously shall have given
to the Trustee written notice of default and continuance thereof and unless
the holders of not less than 25% in face amount of the Prepaid Securities and
then outstanding shall have requested the Trustee to institute such action and
shall have offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, the Trustee shall not
have instituted such action within 60 days of such request and the Trustee
shall not have received direction inconsistent with such written request by
the holders of a majority in face amount of the Prepaid Securities then
outstanding.
The Prepaid Securities Indenture contains a covenant that the Company will
file annually with the Trustee a certificate of no default or a certificate
specifying any default that exists.
MODIFICATION OF THE PREPAID SECURITIES INDENTURE
The Prepaid Securities Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee
may enter into supplemental indentures without the consent of the holders of
Prepaid Securities to: (a) evidence the assumption by a successor corporation
of the obligations of the Company, (b) add covenants for the protection of the
holders of Prepaid Securities, (c) cure any ambiguity or correct any
inconsistency in the Prepaid Securities Indenture, provided that such cure or
correction does not adversely affect the holders of such Prepaid Securities,
and (d) evidence the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee.
The Prepaid Securities Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than 66
2/3% in face amount of Prepaid Securities then outstanding, to modify the
terms of the Prepaid Securities Indenture, except that no such modification
may, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Prepaid Security
affected thereby, (a) change any Payment Date, (b) change the place or
currency of payment or reduce amounts in respect of any Contract Fees or
Deferred Contract Fees, (c) impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any Prepaid Security, (d) reduce the amount of Common Stock
deliverable under the Prepaid Securities, change the Stated Amount or change
the Company Acceleration Price or change the Final Settlement Date or (e)
reduce the above-stated percentage of outstanding Prepaid Securities, the
consent of whose holders is required for the modification or amendment of the
provisions of the Prepaid Securities Indenture.
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
The Bank of New York is one of a number of banks with which the Company and
its subsidiaries maintain ordinary banking and trust relationships, is the
registrar and transfer agent for the Company's Common Stock and is the trustee
of several grantor trust subsidiaries of the Company.
VOTING RIGHTS
The Prepaid Securities will not entitle holders to any rights with respect
to the Common Stock, including voting rights.
NO LISTING OF THE PREPAID SECURITIES
The Company does not intend to list the Prepaid Securities on any stock
exchange. In addition, there can be no assurance that an active trading market
for the Prepaid Securities will develop.
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CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
In the opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell, tax counsel to the Company, the
following summary accurately describes the principal United States federal
income tax consequences of ownership and disposition of the Securities to
initial Holders purchasing Securities at the "Issue Price" (as defined below).
This summary is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), administrative pronouncements, judicial decisions and Treasury
Regulations to the date hereof, changes to any of which subsequent to the date
of this Prospectus Supplement may affect the tax consequences described
herein. This summary discusses only Securities held as capital assets within
the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code. It does not discuss all of the tax
consequences that may be relevant to a Holder in light of its particular
circumstances or to holders subject to special rules, such as foreign persons,
certain financial institutions, insurance companies, dealers in securities,
persons holding the Securities as part of a hedging transaction, "straddle,"
conversion transaction, or other integrated transaction, or persons whose
functional currency (as defined in Code Section 985) is not the U.S. dollar.
Persons considering the purchase of Securities should consult their tax
advisors with regard to the application of the United States federal income
tax laws to their particular situations as well as any tax consequences
arising under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.
As used herein, the term "Holder" means an owner of a Security that is, for
United States federal income tax purposes, (i) a citizen or resident of the
United States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any political
subdivision thereof, or (iii) an estate or trust the income of which is
subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. The
"Issue Price" means the price to the public per Security as indicated on the
cover hereof.
PERIODIC INCOME FROM TREASURY NOTES AND PURCHASE CONTRACT
A Holder will include interest (other than interest accrued prior to the
issuance date of the Securities) on the Treasury Notes in income when received
or accrued, in accordance with the Holder's method of accounting. For United
States federal income tax purposes, a Holder is deemed to receive interest
payments on the Treasury Notes when such payments are made to the Collateral
Agent, regardless of when such payments are distributed to the Holders. The
Treasury Notes, as purchased, may contain "market discount" or "bond premium"
(each as defined below), which will, under certain circumstances, affect the
Holders' income inclusions with respect to interest on the Treasury Notes (See
"--Gain or Loss upon Final Settlement").
Although the tax treatment of the Contract Fees, Initial Premium Payment,
and any Deferred Contract Fees is not entirely clear under current law, the
Company intends to file information returns on the basis, and the following
discussion assumes, that the Contract Fees and Deferred Contract Fees are
taxable income to a Holder when received or accrued, in accordance with the
Holder's method of accounting, and that the Initial Premium Payment is taxable
income to the Holder on the day the Treasury Notes are purchased although such
payment is used by the Underwriters to purchase the Treasury Notes on behalf
of the Holder and is not a direct cash payment to the Holder.
Holders should consult their respective tax advisors concerning the
treatment of the Contract Fees, Deferred Contract Fees and Initial Premium
Payment, including the possibility that such payments may be treated as
reductions in the Holders' basis in the Purchase Contract, rather than
inclusions in income, upon receipt (or, in the case of Initial Premium
Payment, upon the purchase of the Treasury Notes), by analogy to the treatment
of purchase price rebates or option premiums. The Company does not intend to
deduct the Contract Fees, Deferred Contract Fees and the Initial Premium
Payment for United States federal income tax purposes.
DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES AND TAX BASIS IN SECURITIES
A Holder who sells or exchanges a Security before the maturity of the
Treasury Notes (other than upon an Acceleration) will generally recognize
capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized and
its tax basis in the Security. A Holder's tax basis in the Security will equal
the sum of its tax basis in the
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Treasury Notes and its tax basis in the Purchase Contract. Any gain or loss
will be capital, except to the extent of any non-de minimis market discount
with respect to the Treasury Notes, which, if a Holder does not elect to
amortize such discount, would be treated as ordinary interest income (see "--
Gain or Loss upon Final Settlement"). Furthermore, if a Holder sells a
Security between Payment Dates, a portion of the proceeds of the sale will be
treated as a receipt of the interest accrued on the Treasury Notes since the
last Payment Date, rather than as an amount realized from the sale of the
Security.
A Holder's tax basis in the Treasury Notes will generally equal the Issue
Price, increased by the amount of any Initial Premium Payment, and decreased,
upon payment. The Holder's tax basis in the Purchase Contract will initially
be zero, increased by the amount of any constructive dividends previously
included in such Holder's income as a result of an adjustment of the
Settlement Rate (see "--Adjustment of Settlement Rate").
GAIN OR LOSS UPON FINAL SETTLEMENT
If the Holder's tax basis in the Treasury Notes equals the principal amount
payable at maturity of the Treasury Notes, the Holder will not realize gain or
loss upon repayment of the Treasury Notes at maturity. If the Holder's tax
basis in the Treasury Notes is less than the principal amount payable at
maturity of the Treasury Notes, the Holder will realize gain equal to the
difference upon such payment. This gain will be treated as ordinary interest
income (i.e., market discount) unless it is "de minimis," in which case it
will generally be treated as capital gain. The gain will be "de minimis" if it
is less than 1/4 of one percent of the principal amount payable at maturity of
the Treasury Notes multiplied by the number of complete years remaining to
maturity of the Treasury Notes at the time the Securities are issued. A Holder
may instead elect to accrue market discount in income on a current basis over
the remaining life of the Treasury Notes. An election to amortize market
discount may apply to other debt instruments acquired at a market discount by
the Holder and may be revoked only with the permission of the Internal Revenue
Service. A Holder should consult its tax advisor before making such an
election.
If the Holder's tax basis in the Treasury Notes is greater than the
principal amount payable at maturity of the Treasury Notes, the excess will be
"bond premium". A Holder may either recognize the bond premium as a capital
loss upon payment of the Treasury Notes at maturity or make an election to
amortize it over the term of the Treasury Notes. If the election is made, the
bond premium will generally reduce the Holder's interest income on the
Treasury Notes over the remaining term of the Treasury Notes and will reduce
the basis of the Treasury Notes by the amount of the amortization. An election
to amortize bond premium may apply to other debt instruments acquired at a
premium by the Holder and may be revoked only with the permission of the
Internal Revenue Service. A Holder should consult its tax advisor before
making such an election.
On the Final Settlement Date, the tax basis of the Common Stock acquired by
a Holder of a Security under the Purchase Contract will equal the sum of the
Stated Amount and the Holder's basis in the Purchase Contract.
COMPANY ACCELERATION AND MANDATORY ACCELERATION
If the Company exercises its option to accelerate the Purchase Contract or
upon a Mandatory Acceleration, a Holder may elect to pay the Stated Amount in
cash to the Purchase Contract Agent and receive back the Treasury Notes free
and clear of the Company's security interests in such Notes. In the
alternative, the Treasury Notes will be sold by the Purchase Contract Agent on
behalf of the Holder; the proceeds from the sale (net of accrued interest on
the Treasury Notes, which will be paid to the Holder) will first be used to
fund the Holder's obligations to purchase Common Stock under the accelerated
Purchase Contract, and any remaining proceeds will be returned to the Holder.
If the Holder elects to pay the Stated Amount in cash, the Holder will
recognize no gain or loss, either with respect to the Treasury Notes or with
respect to the Purchase Contract, and the Holder's tax basis in the Common
Stock received will generally equal the sum of its basis in the Purchase
Contract and the Stated Amount.
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If the Treasury Notes are sold by the Collateral Agent for an amount equal
to or in excess of the Stated Amount, the Holder will recognize capital gain
with respect to the Treasury Notes in an amount equal to the excess, in any,
of the amount realized (net of accrued interest on the Treasury Notes, which
will be paid to the Holder) on the sale (i.e., the sum of the Stated Amount
and the premium returned to the Holder) over the Holder's tax basis in such
Treasury Notes (see "--Disposition of Securities and Tax Basis in
Securities"). The Holder's tax basis in the Common Stock received will
generally equal the sum of its tax basis in the Purchase Contract and the
Stated Amount. If the amount realized is less than the Stated Amount, the
Holder's tax basis in the Common Stock may equal the sum of its tax basis in
the Purchase Contract and the amount realized on the sale of the Treasury
Notes. Prospective Holders are urged to consult their respective tax advisors
with regard to such circumstances.
HOLDER'S EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACTS
Gain or Loss
Upon Early Settlement, a Holder will not recognize gain or loss with respect
to the Purchase Contract, nor will the Holder recognize gain or loss with
respect to the Treasury Notes. The Holder's tax basis in the Prepaid
Securities immediately after Early Settlement will equal the sum of the Stated
Amount and its tax basis in the Purchase Contract.
Tax Treatment of the Prepaid Securities
The Holder will recognize ordinary income with respect to the fee payments
on the Prepaid Security, which equal the Contract Fees and Deferred Contract
Fees. The Company also intends to file information returns on the basis that
the fee payments on the Prepaid Securities are taxable as ordinary income to
Holder. The Company does not intend to treat the Prepaid Securities as
indebtedness for United States federal income tax purposes and, therefore,
does not intend to deduct the fee payments on the Prepaid Securities.
Holder will not recognize any gain or loss upon delivery of Common Stock and
will have the same tax basis in the Common Stock as the Holder has in the
Prepaid Securities prior to the conversion.
ADJUSTMENT OF SETTLEMENT RATE
Holders of Securities or Prepaid Securities might be treated as receiving a
constructive distribution from the Company if (i) the Settlement Rate
(initially one share of Common Stock per Security) is adjusted and as a result
of such adjustment, the proportionate interest of Holders of Securities or
Prepaid Securities in the assets or earnings and profits of the Company is
increased, and (ii) the adjustment is not made pursuant to a bona fide,
reasonable antidilution formula. An adjustment in the Settlement Rate would
not be considered made pursuant to such a formula if the adjustment were made
to compensate for certain taxable distributions with respect to Common Stock.
Thus, under certain circumstances, an increase in the Settlement Rate may be
taxable to Holders of Securities or Prepaid Securities as a dividend to the
extent of the current or accumulated earnings and profits of the Company. In
such cases, Holders of Securities or Prepaid Securities would be required to
include their allocable share of such constructive dividend in gross income
but would not receive any cash related thereto.
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UNITED STATES STATE AND LOCAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Under federal law, interest on Treasury obligations is generally exempt from
state and local income taxes imposed on individual investors. This exemption
generally should apply to an individual Holder's share of interest on the
Treasury Notes to the extent that an individual's state of residence (or other
applicable state or local taxing jurisdiction) characterizes the Security for
its income tax purposes consistently with the Security's federal income tax
characterization. There can be no assurance, however, that an individual's
state of residence (or other applicable state or local taxing jurisdiction)
would so characterize the Security, and, in any event, the exemption would not
extend to gain on sale or other disposition of a Security. PROSPECTIVE
PURCHASERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS CONCERNING STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN
AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCE OF THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF A SECURITY.
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UNDERWRITERS
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth on an Underwriting Agreement
dated the date hereof (the "Underwriting Agreement"), the Company has agreed
to sell to each of the Underwriters named below, and each of the Underwriters,
for whom Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Smith Barney Inc. are acting as
representatives (the "Representatives"), has severally agreed to purchase the
number of Securities set forth opposite its name below. In the Underwriting
Agreement, the several Underwriters have agreed, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth therein, to purchase all the Securities offered hereby if
any of the Securities are purchased. In the event of a default by an
Underwriter, the Underwriting Agreement provides that, in certain
circumstances, the purchase commitments of the non-defaulting Underwriters may
be increased or the Underwriting Agreement may be terminated.
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NUMBER OF
UNDERWRITER SECURITIES
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Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.................................
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated................
Goldman, Sachs & Co. .............................................
Smith Barney Inc. ................................................
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Total........................................................... 7,000,000
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The Underwriters propose to offer the Securities in part directly to the
public at the initial public offering price set forth on the cover page of
this Prospectus Supplement, and in part to certain securities dealers at such
price less a concession not in excess of $ per Security. The Underwriters
may allow, and such dealers may reallow, a discount not in excess of $ per
share to certain brokers and dealers. After the Securities are released for
sale to the public, the offering price and other selling terms may from time
to time be varied by the Representatives.
The Company has granted the Underwriters an option for 30 days after the
date of this Prospectus Supplement to purchase up to an additional
Securities to cover over-allotments, if any, at the initial public offering
price less the underwriting discount. If Purchase Contracts underlying any
such additional Securities are entered into, the Underwriters, at the
direction of the Company, would purchase and pledge under the Pledge Agreement
the Treasury Notes underlying such Securities and the Company or the
Underwriters, as appropriate, would pay a net amount equal to the proceeds
(deficit) to the Company in respect of such Securities as set forth on the
cover page of this Prospectus Supplement. If the Underwriters exercise their
over-allotment option, each of the Underwriters has severally agreed, subject
to certain conditions, to effect the foregoing transactions with respect to
approximately the same percentage of such Securities that the respective
number of Securities set forth opposite its name in the foregoing table bears
to the Securities offered hereby. The price of the Treasury Notes underlying
Securities with respect to which an over-allotment option is exercised may be
different from that set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus Supplement.
Any such difference will be for the account of the Underwriters and will not
affect the amount of the proceeds (deficit) to the Company in respect of such
Securities as shown on the cover page of this Prospectus Supplement. The
Underwriters may enter into certain hedge transactions for their own account
to reduce or eliminate their risk in this regard.
The Company has agreed that it will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not
to, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, directly or
indirectly, for a period of 60 days after the date of this Prospectus
Supplement, sell, offer to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or
otherwise dispose of, or enter into any
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agreement to sell, any Securities, Purchase Contracts or Common Stock or any
securities of the Company similar to the Securities, Purchase Contracts or
Common Stock or any securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable
or exercisable for the Securities, Purchase Contracts or Common Stock;
provided, however, that such restrictions shall not affect the ability of the
Company or its subsidiaries to take any such action (i) as a consequence of
obligations under securities outstanding prior to the date of this Prospectus
Supplement, (ii) in connection with any employee benefit or incentive plan of
the Company or its subsidiaries, or (iii) in connection with the offering of
the Securities made hereby.
Application will be made to list the Securities on The New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol " ". However, there can be no assurance that such
listing will be effected. In addition, there can be no assurance that an
active trading market will develop for the Securities or that the Securities
will trade in the public market subsequent to the offering at or above the
initial public offering price.
The Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against, or contribute
to payments that the Underwriters may be required to make in respect of,
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
Certain of the Underwriters and their respective affiliates engage in
transactions with, and, from time to time, have performed services for, the
Company and its subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Purchase Contracts offered hereby will be passed upon
for the Company by Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, New York. The validity of
the Common Stock issuable on settlement of the Purchase Contracts will be
passed upon for the Company by Piper & Marbury L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland.
Certain other legal matters in connection with the offering will be passed
upon for the Company by Susan L. Harris, Senior Vice President and General
Counsel--Corporate Affairs, and by Davis Polk & Wardwell. Davis Polk &
Wardwell will also pass upon certain matters relating to federal income tax
considerations for the Company. Certain legal matters in connection with the
offering will be passed upon for the Underwriters by Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom, Los Angeles, California. Ms. Harris, Davis Polk & Wardwell and
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom will rely on Piper & Marbury as to
matters of Maryland law. Ms. Harris holds stock, restricted stock and options
to purchase stock granted under the Company's employee stock plans, which in
the aggregate represent less than 1% of the Company's Common Stock. David W.
Ferguson, a partner of Davis Polk & Wardwell, is a director of First
SunAmerica Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of the Company. Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom from time to time provides services to the Company and
its subsidiaries.
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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 OCTOBER 25, 1996
PROSPECTUS
$1,750,000,000
[LOGO]SUNAMERICA
SUNAMERICA INC.
DEBT SECURITIES
PREFERRED STOCK
COMMON STOCK
WARRANTS
STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS
STOCK PURCHASE UNITS
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SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST III
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST IV
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST V
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST VI
PREFERRED SECURITIES
GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH HEREIN BY
SUNAMERICA INC.
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SunAmerica Inc. (the "Company") may offer and sell from time to time (i) its
unsecured senior debt securities ("Senior Debt Securities"), unsecured
subordinated debt securities ("Subordinated Debt Securities") or unsecured
junior subordinated debt securities ("Junior Subordinated Debt Securities"),
consisting of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, (ii) shares
of its preferred stock, without par value (the "Preferred Stock"), which may be
represented by depositary shares as described herein, (iii) shares of its
common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), (iv) warrants to
purchase any of the foregoing Debt Securities, Preferred Stock and Common Stock
(the "Warrants"), (v) stock purchase contracts ("Stock Purchase Contracts") to
purchase Common Stock or (vi) stock purchase units ("Stock Purchase Units"),
each representing ownership of a Stock Purchase Contract and any of (x) Senior
Debt Securities, Subordinated Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities, (y) debt obligations of third parties, including U.S. Treasury
Securities, or (z) Preferred Securities (as defined below) of a SunAmerica
Trust (as defined below), securing the holder's obligation to purchase Common
Stock under the Stock Purchase Contract. Such securities may be offered in one
or more separate classes or series, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be
determined by market conditions at the time of sale and to be set forth in a
supplement or supplements to this Prospectus (a "Prospectus Supplement"). Such
securities may be sold for U.S. dollars, foreign denominated currency or
currency units; amounts payable with respect to any such securities may
likewise be payable in U.S. dollars, foreign denominated currency or currency
units--in each case as the Company specifically designates.
SunAmerica Capital Trust III, SunAmerica Capital Trust IV, SunAmerica Capital
Trust V and SunAmerica Capital Trust VI (each, a "SunAmerica Trust"), each a
statutory business trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, may
offer and sell, from time to time, preferred securities representing undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the respective SunAmerica Trust
("Preferred Securities"). The payment of periodic cash distributions
("distributions") with respect to Preferred Securities of each of the
SunAmerica Trusts out of monies held by the Property Trustee (as defined
herein) of each of the SunAmerica Trusts and payments on liquidation of each
SunAmerica Trust and on redemption of Preferred Securities of such SunAmerica
Trust, will be guaranteed by the Company as and to the extent described herein
(each, a "Preferred Securities Guarantee"). See "Description of the Preferred
Securities Guarantees." The Company's obligation under each Preferred
Securities Guarantee is an unsecured obligation of the Company and will rank
(i) subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other liabilities of the
Company, including the Senior Debt Securities, the Subordinated Debt Securities
and the Senior Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, except those made pari
passu or subordinate by their terms, and (ii) senior to all capital stock now
or hereafter issued by the Company and to any guarantee now or hereafter
entered into by the Company in respect of any of its capital stock. Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities may be issued and sold from time to time in one or
more series by the Company to a SunAmerica Trust, or a trustee of such
SunAmerica Trust, in connection with the investment of the proceeds from the
offering of Preferred Securities and Common Securities (as defined herein) of
such SunAmerica Trust. The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by a
SunAmerica Trust may be subsequently distributed pro rata to holders of
Preferred Securities and Common Securities in connection with the dissolution
of such SunAmerica Trust upon the occurrence of certain events as may be
described 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.
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The date of this Prospectus is October , 1996.
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Specific terms of the particular Senior Debt Securities, Subordinated Debt
Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Common
Stock, Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts, Stock Purchase Units, Preferred
Securities and the related Preferred Securities Guarantee, in respect of which
this Prospectus is being delivered (the "Offered Securities") will be set
forth in an accompanying Prospectus Supplement or Supplements, together with
the terms of the offering of the Offered Securities, the initial price thereof
and the net proceeds from the sale thereof. The Prospectus Supplement will set
forth with regard to the particular Offered Securities, certain terms thereof,
including, where applicable, (i) in the case of Senior Debt Securities,
Subordinated Debt Securities and Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the
ranking as senior, subordinated or junior subordinated Debt Securities, the
specific designation, aggregate principal amount, purchase price, maturity,
interest rate (which may be fixed or variable), if any, the time and method of
calculating interest payments, if any, the right of the Company, if any, to
defer payments of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the
maximum length of such deferred period, time of payment of interest, if any,
listing, if any, on a securities exchange, authorized denomination, any
exchangeability, conversion, redemption, prepayment or sinking fund
provisions, the currency or currencies or currency unit or units in which
principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, is payable, public offering
price and any other specific terms of the Debt Securities; (ii) in the case of
Preferred Stock, the specific designation, number of shares, purchase price
and the rights, preferences and privileges thereof and any qualifications or
restrictions thereon (including dividends, liquidation value, voting rights,
terms for the redemption, conversion or exchange thereof and any other
specific terms of the Preferred Stock), listing, if any, on a securities
exchange and whether the Company has elected to offer the Preferred Stock in
the form of depositary shares; (iii) in the case of Common Stock, the number
of shares offered, the initial offering price, market price and dividend
information; (iv) in the case of Warrants, the specific designation, the
number, purchase price and terms thereof, any listing of the Warrants or the
underlying securities on a securities exchange or any other terms in
connection with the offering, sale and exercise of the Warrants, as well as
the terms on which and the securities for which such Warrants may be
exercised; (v) in the case of Stock Purchase Contracts, the designation and
number of shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder, the purchase price of
the Common Stock, the date or dates on which the Common Stock is required to
be purchased by the holders of the Stock Purchase Contracts, any periodic
payments required to be made by the Company to the holders of the Stock
Purchase Contracts or vice versa, and the terms of the offering and sale
thereof; (vi) in the case of Stock Purchase Units, the specific terms of the
Stock Purchase Contracts and any Debt Securities or debt obligations of third
parties or Preferred Securities of a SunAmerica Trust securing the holders'
obligation to purchase the Common Stock under the Stock Purchase Contracts,
the ability of a holder of such Stock Purchase Units to settle early the
underlying Stock Purchase Contract by delivering cash in exchange for the
underlying collateral and, if applicable, whether the Company will issue to
such holder a Prepaid Stock Purchase Contract as a result of such early
settlement and the specific terms of the Prepaid Stock Purchase Contract and
the terms of the offering and sale of such Stock Purchase Units; and (vii) in
the case of Preferred Securities of a SunAmerica Trust, the specific
designation, number of securities, liquidation amount per security, initial
public offering price, and any listing on a securities exchange, distribution
rate (or method of calculation thereof), dates on which distributions shall be
payable and dates from which distributions shall accrue, voting rights, if
any, terms for any conversion or exchange into other securities, any
redemption or sinking fund provisions, any other rights, preferences,
privileges, limitations or restrictions relating to the Preferred Securities
and the terms upon which the proceeds of the sale of the Preferred Securities
shall be used to purchase a specific series of Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities of the Company.
The Offered Securities may be offered in amounts, at prices and on terms to
be determined at the time of offering; provided, however, that the aggregate
offering price to the public of the Offered Securities will be limited to
$1,750,000,000. Any Prospectus Supplement relating to any Offered Securities
will contain information concerning certain United States federal income tax
considerations, if applicable, to the Offered Securities.
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The Company and/or each SunAmerica Trust may sell the Offered Securities
directly, through agents designated from time to time or through underwriters
or dealers. See "Plan of Distribution" below. If any agents of the Company
and/or any SunAmerica Trust or any underwriters or dealers are involved in the
sale of the Offered Securities, the names of such agents, underwriters or
dealers and any applicable commissions and discounts will be set forth in the
related Prospectus Supplement. The managing underwriter or underwriters with
respect to each series sold to or through underwriters will be named in the
accompanying Prospectus Supplement. See "Plan of Distribution" for possible
indemnification arrangements for dealers, underwriters and agents.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), and in accordance therewith
files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Such reports, proxy statements and
other information filed by the Company with the Commission can be inspected
and copied at the Commission's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, or at the public reference facilities of the
regional offices in Chicago and New York. The addresses of these regional
offices are as follows: 500 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661, and
7 World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10048. Copies of such
material also can be obtained by mail from the Public Reference Section of the
Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20549, upon payment of
the fees prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Commission. Reports,
proxy statements, and other information concerning the Company may also be
inspected at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. at 20 Broad
Street, New York, New York 10005 and at the offices of the Pacific Stock
Exchange at 301 Pine Street, San Francisco, California 94104. The Company's
Common Stock is listed on both exchanges. Such material may also be accessed
electronically by means of the Commission's home page on the Internet at
http://www.sec.gov.
The Company and the SunAmerica Trusts have filed with the Commission a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the securities offered by this
Prospectus. This Prospectus does not contain all the information set forth in
the Registration Statement and exhibits thereto. In addition, certain
documents filed by the Company with the Commission have been incorporated in
this Prospectus by reference. See "Incorporation of Certain Documents by
Reference." Statements contained herein concerning the provisions of any
document do not purport to be complete and, in each instance, are qualified in
all respects by reference to the copy of such document filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the Commission. Each such
statement is subject to and qualified in its entirety by such reference. For
further information with respect to the Company, the SunAmerica Trusts and the
securities offered hereby, reference is made to the Registration Statement,
including the exhibits thereto, and the documents incorporated herein by
reference.
No separate financial statements of any of the SunAmerica Trusts have been
included or incorporated by reference herein. The Company and the SunAmerica
Trusts do not consider that such financial statements would be material to
holders of the Preferred Securities because (i) all of the voting securities
of each SunAmerica Trust will be owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company, a reporting company under the 1934 Act, (ii) each of the SunAmerica
Trusts is a special purpose entity, has no operating history, has no
independent operations and is not engaged in, and does not propose to engage
in, any activity other than issuing Trust Securities (as defined herein)
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such SunAmerica
Trust and investing the proceeds thereof in Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities issued by the Company and (iii) SunAmerica's obligations described
herein and in any accompanying Prospectus Supplement under the Declaration (as
defined herein) of a SunAmerica Trust, the Preferred Securities Guarantee with
respect to the Preferred Securities issued by such SunAmerica Trust, the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by such SunAmerica Trust and the
related Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture (as defined herein), taken
together, constitute a full and unconditional guarantee of payments due on the
Preferred Securities of such SunAmerica Trust. See "The SunAmerica Trusts",
"Description of the Preferred Securities," "Description of the Preferred
Securities Guarantees" and "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities." The SunAmerica Trusts are statutory business trusts formed under
the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company, as of the date of this
Prospectus, owns all of the beneficial interests in each SunAmerica Trust.
Each holder of Preferred Securities of a SunAmerica Trust will be furnished
annually with unaudited financial statements of such SunAmerica Trust as soon
as available after the end of the SunAmerica Trust's fiscal year.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
There are hereby incorporated by reference in the Prospectus the following
documents previously filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the
1934 Act:
1. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30,
1995.
2. Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended December 31,
1995, March 31, 1996 and June 30, 1996.
3. Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on October 6, 1995, October 19,
1995, October 31, 1995, November 9, 1995, December 12, 1995 (as amended by
Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A filed December 14, 1995 and Amendment No. 2
on Form 8-K/A filed May 7, 1996), January 29, 1996, March 15, 1996 (as
amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A filed May 7, 1996), April 24,
1996, April 29, 1996 and July 25, 1996.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to
the termination of the offering of the securities offered hereby shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Prospectus.
The Company will provide without charge to each person, including any
beneficial owner to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon the written or
oral request of such person, a copy of any and all of the information that has
been incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (not including exhibits to
the information that is incorporated by reference unless such exhibits are
specifically incorporated by reference into the information that this
Prospectus incorporates). Requests for such documents shall be directed to
SunAmerica Inc., 1 SunAmerica Center, Los Angeles, California 90067-6022,
Attention: Vice President, Investor Relations (telephone (310) 772-6000).
FOR NORTH CAROLINA INVESTORS: THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THIS OFFERING NOR HAS SUCH
COMMISSIONER PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
NO DEALER, SALESMAN OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS IN
CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING COVERED BY THIS PROSPECTUS. IF GIVEN OR MADE,
SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN
AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY, ANY SUNAMERICA TRUST OR ANY UNDERWRITER, DEALER OR
AGENT. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL, OR A SOLICITATION
OF AN OFFER TO BUY, ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE REGISTERED SECURITIES TO
WHICH IT RELATES IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE, OR TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM, IT IS
UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE
ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN
THIS PROSPECTUS OR IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY OR ANY SUNAMERICA TRUST SINCE
THE DATE HEREOF.
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Unless otherwise indicated, currency amounts in this Prospectus and any
Prospectus Supplement are stated in United States dollars ("$," "dollars" or
"U.S.$").
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THE COMPANY
The Company is a diversified financial services company specializing in
retirement savings products and services. At June 30, 1996, the Company held
$36.17 billion of assets throughout its businesses, including $23.40 billion
of assets on its balance sheet, $2.12 billion of assets managed in mutual
funds and private accounts and $10.65 billion of assets under custody in
retirement trust accounts. Together, the Company's life insurance companies
rank among the largest U.S. issuers of annuities. Complementing these annuity
operations are the Company's asset management operations; its three broker-
dealers, which the Company believes, based on industry data, represent the
largest network of independent registered representatives in the nation; and
its trust company, which provides administrative and custodial services to
qualified retirement plans. Through these subsidiaries, the Company
specializes in the sale of tax-deferred long-term savings products and
investments to the expanding preretirement savings market. The Company markets
fixed annuities and fee-generating variable annuities, mutual funds and trust
services, as well as guaranteed investment contracts. The Company's products
are distributed through a broad spectrum of financial services distribution
channels, including independent registered representatives of the Company's
broker-dealer subsidiaries and unaffiliated broker-dealers, independent
general insurance agents and financial institutions.
The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 1 SunAmerica
Center, Los Angeles, California 90067-6022, telephone number (310) 772-6000.
THE SUNAMERICA TRUSTS
Each of SunAmerica Capital Trust III, SunAmerica Capital Trust IV,
SunAmerica Capital Trust V and SunAmerica Capital Trust VI is a statutory
business trust formed, in the case of SunAmerica Capital Trust III and IV, on
September 6, 1995 and, in the case of SunAmerica Capital Trust V and VI, on
October 23, 1996 under the Delaware Business Trust Act (the "Business Trust
Act") pursuant to a separate declaration of trust among the Trustees (as
defined below) of such SunAmerica Trust and the Company and the filing of a
certificate of trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
Such declaration will be amended and restated in its entirety (as so amended
and restated, the "Declaration") substantially in the form filed as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part, as of the
date the Preferred Securities of such SunAmerica Trust are initially issued.
Each Declaration is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"). Upon issuance of any Preferred Securities
by a SunAmerica Trust, the holders thereof will own all of the issued and
outstanding Preferred Securities of such SunAmerica Trust. The Company will
acquire securities representing common undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of each SunAmerica Trust (the "Common Securities" and, together with
the Preferred Securities, the "Trust Securities") in an amount equal to at
least 3% of the total capital of such SunAmerica Trust and will own, directly
or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding Common Securities of each
SunAmerica Trust. The Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of a
SunAmerica Trust will rank pari passu with each other and will have equivalent
terms; provided that (i) if a Declaration Event of Default (as defined below)
under the Declaration of a SunAmerica Trust occurs and is continuing, the
holders of Preferred Securities of such SunAmerica Trust will have a priority
over holders of the Common Securities of such SunAmerica Trust with respect to
payments in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption
and maturity and (ii) holders of Common Securities of such SunAmerica Trust
have the exclusive right (subject to the terms of the Declaration) to appoint,
remove or replace the Trustees and to increase or decrease the number of
Trustees, subject to the right of holders of Preferred Securities to appoint
one additional Regular Trustee (as defined below) of such SunAmerica Trust (a
"Special Regular Trustee") in certain limited circumstances set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement. Each SunAmerica Trust exists for the purpose of (a)
issuing its Preferred Securities, (b) issuing its Common Securities to the
Company, (c) investing the gross proceeds from the sale of the Trust
Securities in Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of the Company and (d)
engaging in such other activities as are necessary, convenient or incidental
thereto. The rights of the holders of the Trust Securities, including economic
rights, rights to information and voting rights, are set forth in the
applicable Declaration, the Business Trust Act and the Trust Indenture Act.
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The number of trustees (the "Trustees") of each SunAmerica Trust shall
initially be five. Three of such Trustees (the "Regular Trustees") are
individuals who are employees or officers of the Company. The fourth such
trustee is The Bank of New York, which is unaffiliated with the Company and
which will serve as the property trustee (the "Property Trustee") and act as
the indenture trustee for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act. The fifth such
trustee is an affiliate of The Bank of New York that has its principal place
of business in the State of Delaware (the "Delaware Trustee"). Pursuant to
each Declaration, legal title to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
purchased by a SunAmerica Trust will be held by the Property Trustee for the
benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities of such SunAmerica Trust and
the Property Trustee will have the power to exercise all rights, powers and
privileges under the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture (as defined herein)
with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. In addition, the
Property Trustee will maintain exclusive control of a segregated non-interest
bearing bank account (the "Property Account") to hold all payments in respect
of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by a SunAmerica Trust for
the benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities of such SunAmerica Trust.
The Property Trustee will promptly make distributions to the holders of the
Trust Securities out of funds from the Property Account. The Preferred
Securities Guarantees are separately qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
and will be held by The Bank of New York, acting in its capacity as indenture
trustee with respect thereto, for the benefit of the holders of the applicable
Preferred Securities. As used in this Prospectus and any accompanying
Prospectus Supplement, the term "Property Trustee" with respect to a
SunAmerica Trust refers to The Bank of New York acting either in its capacity
as a Trustee under the Declaration and the holder of legal title to the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by that Trust or in its capacity as
indenture trustee under, and the holder of, the applicable Preferred
Securities Guarantee, as the context may require. Subject to the right of
holders of Preferred Securities to appoint a Special Regular Trustee as
described above, the Company as the direct or indirect owner of all of the
Common Securities of each SunAmerica Trust, will have the exclusive right
(subject to the terms of the related Declaration) to appoint, remove or
replace Trustees and to increase or decrease the number of Trustees, provided
that the number of Trustees shall be at least three, a majority of which shall
be Regular Trustees. A Special Regular Trustee need not be an employee or
officer of, or otherwise affiliated with, the Company. The term of a
SunAmerica Trust will be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, but may
terminate earlier as provided in such Declaration.
The duties and obligations of the Trustees of a SunAmerica Trust shall be
governed by the Declaration of such SunAmerica Trust. Under its Declaration,
each SunAmerica Trust shall not, and the Trustees shall cause such SunAmerica
Trust not to, engage in any activity other than in connection with the
purposes of such SunAmerica Trust or other than as required or authorized by
the related Declaration. In particular, each SunAmerica Trust shall not and
the Trustees shall not (a) invest any proceeds received by such SunAmerica
Trust from holding the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by such
SunAmerica Trust but shall promptly distribute from the Property Account all
such proceeds to holders of Trust Securities pursuant to the terms of the
related Declaration and of the Trust Securities; (b) acquire any assets other
than as expressly provided in the related Declaration; (c) possess Trust
property for other than a Trust purpose; (d) make any loans, other than loans
represented by the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; (e) possess any power
or otherwise act in such a way as to vary the assets of such SunAmerica Trust
or the terms of its Trust Securities in any way whatsoever; (f) issue any
securities or other evidences of beneficial ownership of, or beneficial
interests in, such SunAmerica Trust other than its Trust Securities; (g) incur
any indebtedness for borrowed money or (h)(i) direct the time, method and
place of exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Junior Subordinated
Debt Indenture Trustee (as defined under "Description of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities") with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities deposited in that SunAmerica Trust as trust assets or upon the
Property Trustee of that SunAmerica Trust with respect to its Preferred
Securities, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under the Junior
Subordinated Debt Indenture or the Declaration, (iii) exercise any right to
rescind or annul any declaration that the principal of all of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities deposited in that SunAmerica Trust as trust
assets shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification
or termination of the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture or such Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities or the Declaration, in each case where such
consent shall be required, unless in the case of this clause (h) the Property
Trustee shall have received an unqualified opinion of nationally recognized
independent tax counsel recognized as expert in such matters to the effect
that such action will not cause such SunAmerica Trust to be classified for
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United States federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a
corporation or a partnership and that such SunAmerica Trust will continue to
be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes.
The books and records of each SunAmerica Trust will be maintained at the
principal office of such SunAmerica Trust and will be open for inspection by a
holder of Preferred Securities of such SunAmerica Trust or its representative
for any purpose reasonably related to its interest in such SunAmerica Trust
during normal business hours. Each holder of Preferred Securities will be
furnished annually with unaudited financial statements of the applicable
SunAmerica Trust as soon as available after the end of such SunAmerica Trust's
fiscal year.
Except as provided below or under the Business Trust Act and the Trust
Indenture Act, holders of Preferred Securities will have no voting rights. In
certain circumstances described in a Prospectus Supplement, holders of
Preferred Securities of a SunAmerica Trust shall have the right to vote, as a
single class, for the appointment of a Special Regular Trustee who need not be
an employee or officer of or otherwise affiliated with the Company. The
Special Regular Trustee shall have the same rights, powers and privileges
under the Declaration as the Regular Trustees.
The Property Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities
of a SunAmerica Trust, is authorized under each Declaration to exercise all
rights under the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture with respect to the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities deposited in such SunAmerica Trust as trust
assets, including its rights as the holder of such Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities to enforce the Company's obligations under such Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities upon the occurrence of a Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture
Event of Default (as defined under "Description of the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities"). The Property Trustee shall also be authorized to enforce
the rights of holders of Preferred Securities of a SunAmerica Trust under the
Preferred Securities Guarantee. If any SunAmerica Trust's failure to make
distributions on the Preferred Securities of a SunAmerica Trust is a
consequence of the Company's exercise of any right under the terms of the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities deposited in such SunAmerica Trust as
trust assets to extend the interest payment period for such Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities, the Property Trustee will have no right to
enforce the payment of distributions on such Preferred Securities until a
Declaration Event of Default shall have occurred. Holders of at least a
majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities held by a
SunAmerica Trust will have the right to direct the Property Trustee for that
SunAmerica Trust with respect to certain matters under the Declaration for
that SunAmerica Trust and the related Preferred Securities Guarantee. If the
Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Indenture or fails to
enforce the Preferred Securities Guarantee, any holder of Preferred Securities
may institute a legal proceeding against the Company to enforce such rights or
the Preferred Securities Guarantee, as the case may be.
Pursuant to each Declaration, distributions on the Preferred Securities of a
SunAmerica Trust must be paid on the dates payable to the extent that the
Property Trustee for that SunAmerica Trust has cash on hand in the applicable
Property Account to permit such payment. The funds available for distribution
to the holders of the Preferred Securities of a SunAmerica Trust will be
limited to payments received by the Property Trustee in respect of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities that are deposited in the SunAmerica Trust as
trust assets. If the Company does not make interest payments on the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities deposited in a SunAmerica Trust as trust assets,
the Property Trustee will not make distributions on the Preferred Securities
of such SunAmerica Trust. Under the Declaration, if and to the extent the
Company does make interest payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
deposited in a SunAmerica Trust as trust assets, the Property Trustee is
obligated to make distributions on the Trust Securities of such SunAmerica
Trust on a Pro Rata Basis (as defined below). The payment of distributions on
the Preferred Securities of a SunAmerica Trust is guaranteed by SunAmerica on
a subordinated basis as and to the extent set forth under "Description of the
Preferred Securities Guarantee." A Preferred Securities Guarantee is a full
and unconditional guarantee from the time of issuance of the applicable
Preferred Securities but the Preferred Securities Guarantee covers
distributions and other payments on the applicable Preferred Securities only
if and to the extent that the Company has made a payment to the Property
Trustee of interest or principal on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
deposited in the SunAmerica Trust as trust assets. As used in this Prospectus,
the term "Pro Rata Basis" shall mean pro rata to each holder of
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Trust Securities of a SunAmerica Trust according to the aggregate liquidation
amount of the Trust Securities of such SunAmerica Trust held by the relevant
holder in relation to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Trust Securities
of such SunAmerica Trust outstanding unless, in relation to a payment, a
Declaration 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 of such SunAmerica Trust
pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities held by the relevant holder in relation to the aggregate
liquidation amount of all the Preferred Securities of such SunAmerica Trust
outstanding, and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the holders of
such Preferred Securities, to each holder of Common Securities of such
SunAmerica Trust pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of
such Common Securities held by the relevant holder in relation to the
aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities of such SunAmerica Trust
outstanding.
If a Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Event of Default occurs and is
continuing with respect to Junior Subordinated Debt Securities deposited in a
SunAmerica Trust as trust assets, an Event of Default under the Declaration (a
"Declaration Event of Default") of such SunAmerica Trust will occur and be
continuing with respect to any outstanding Trust Securities of such SunAmerica
Trust. In such event, each Declaration provides that the holders of Common
Securities of such SunAmerica Trust will be deemed to have waived any such
Declaration Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities until all
Declaration Events of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities of such
SunAmerica Trust have been cured or waived. Until all such Declaration Events
of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities of such SunAmerica Trust
have been so cured or waived, the Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting
solely on behalf of the holders of the Preferred Securities of such SunAmerica
Trust and only the holders of such Preferred Securities will have the right to
direct the Property Trustee with respect to certain matters under such
Declaration and consequently under the Indenture. In the event that any
Declaration Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities of such
SunAmerica Trust is waived by the holders of the Preferred Securities of such
SunAmerica Trust as provided in the Declaration, the holders of Common
Securities pursuant to such Declaration have agreed that such waiver also
constitutes a waiver of such Declaration Event of Default with respect to the
Common Securities for all purposes under the Declaration without any further
act, vote or consent of the holders of the Common Securities.
Each Declaration provides that the Trustees of such SunAmerica Trust may
treat the person in whose name a certificate representing its Preferred
Securities is registered on the books and records of such SunAmerica Trust as
the sole holder thereof and of the Preferred Securities represented thereby
for purposes of receiving distributions and for all other purposes and,
accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to
or interest in such certificate or in the Preferred Securities represented
thereby on the part of any person, whether or not such SunAmerica Trust shall
have actual or other notice thereof. Preferred Securities will be issued in
fully registered form. Unless otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement,
Preferred Securities will be represented by a global certificate registered on
the books and records of such SunAmerica Trust in the name of a depositary
(the "Preferred Securities Depositary") named in an accompanying Prospectus
Supplement or its nominee. Under each Declaration:
(i) such SunAmerica Trust and the Trustees thereof shall be entitled to
deal with the Preferred Securities Depositary (or any successor depositary)
for all purposes, including the payment of distributions and receiving
approvals, votes or consents under the related Declaration, and except as
set forth in the related Declaration with respect to the Property Trustee,
shall have no obligation to persons owning a beneficial interest in
Preferred Securities ("Preferred Security Beneficial Owners") registered in
the name of and held by the Preferred Securities Depositary or its nominee;
and
(ii) the rights of Preferred Security Beneficial Owners shall be
exercised only through the Preferred Securities Depositary (or any
successor depositary) and shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Preferred Security Beneficial Owners and the
Preferred Securities Depositary and/or its participants. With respect to
Preferred Securities registered in the name of and held by the Preferred
Securities Depositary or its nominee, all notices and other communications
required under each Declaration shall be given to, and all distributions on
such Preferred Securities shall be given or made to, the Preferred
Securities Depositary (or its successor).
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The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to the Preferred
Securities will be disclosed in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
In each Declaration, the Company has agreed to pay for all debts and
obligations (other than with respect to the Trust Securities) and all costs
and expenses of the applicable SunAmerica Trust, including the fees and
expenses of its Trustees and any taxes and all costs and expenses with respect
thereto, to which such SunAmerica Trust may become subject, except for United
States withholding taxes. The foregoing obligations of the Company under each
Declaration are for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, any person to
whom any such debts, obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (a
"Creditor") whether or not such Creditor has received notice thereof. Any such
Creditor may enforce such obligations of the Company directly against the
Company and the Company has irrevocably waived any right or remedy to require
that any such Creditor take any action against any SunAmerica Trust or any
other person before proceeding against the Company. The Company has agreed in
each Declaration to execute such additional agreements as may be necessary or
desirable in order to give full effect to the foregoing.
The foregoing description summarizes the material terms of the Declaration
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Declaration which
has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus is a part.
The business address of each SunAmerica Trust is c/o SunAmerica Inc., 1
SunAmerica Center, Los Angeles, California 90067-6022, telephone number (310)
772-6000.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Each SunAmerica Trust will use all proceeds received from the sale of its
Trust Securities to purchase Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of the
Company. Unless otherwise set forth in a Prospectus Supplement with respect to
the proceeds from the sale of the particular Offered Securities to which such
Prospectus Supplement relates, the net proceeds from the sale of the Offered
Securities are expected to be used by the Company for general corporate
purposes, including repayment or redemption of outstanding debt or preferred
stock, the possible acquisition of financial services businesses or assets
thereof, investments in portfolio assets and working capital needs. The
Company routinely reviews opportunities to acquire financial services
businesses or assets thereof.
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CONSOLIDATED RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND
EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
The following table sets forth the consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed
charges and earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends
for the Company for the periods indicated:
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NINE MONTHS
ENDED
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30,
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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
(excluding interest incurred on
reserves and trust deposits)(1)... 2.7x 4.0x 6.1x 5.8x 5.8x 5.8x 5.2x
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
(including interest incurred on
reserves and trust deposits)(2)... 1.1x 1.2x 1.4x 1.5x 1.5x 1.5x 1.5x
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed
charges and preferred stock
dividends (excluding interest
incurred on reserves and trust
deposits)(3)...................... 2.3x 2.7x 2.8x 2.8x 3.4x 3.3x 3.6x
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed
charges and preferred stock
dividends (including interest
incurred on reserves and trust
deposits)(4)...................... 1.1x 1.2x 1.3x 1.4x 1.4x 1.4x 1.5x
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(1) In computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges (excluding interest
incurred on reserves and trust deposits), fixed charges consist of
interest expense on senior and subordinated indebtedness and dividends on
the preferred securities of subsidiary grantor trusts. Earnings are
computed by adding interest incurred on senior and subordinated
indebtedness and dividends paid on the preferred securities of subsidiary
grantor trusts to pretax income.
(2) In computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges (including interest
incurred on reserves and trust deposits), fixed charges consist of
interest expense on senior and subordinated indebtedness, fixed annuity
contracts, guaranteed investment contracts and trust deposits, and
dividends on the preferred securities of subsidiary grantor trusts.
Earnings are computed by adding interest incurred on senior and
subordinated indebtedness, fixed annuity contracts, guaranteed investment
contracts and trust deposits, and dividends paid on the preferred
securities of subsidiary grantor trusts to pretax income.
(3) In computing the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred
stock dividends (excluding interest incurred on reserves and trust
deposits), combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends consist of
interest expense on senior and subordinated indebtedness, dividends on the
preferred securities of subsidiary grantor trusts and dividends on
preferred stock of the Company on a tax equivalent basis. Earnings are
computed by adding interest incurred on senior and subordinated
indebtedness and dividends paid on the preferred securities of subsidiary
grantor trusts to pretax income.
(4) In computing the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred
stock dividends (including interest incurred on reserves and trust
deposits), combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends consist of
interest expense on senior and subordinated indebtedness, fixed annuity
contracts, guaranteed investment contracts and trust deposits, dividends
on the preferred securities of subsidiary grantor trusts, and dividends on
preferred stock of the Company on a tax equivalent basis. Earnings are
computed by adding interest incurred on senior and subordinated
indebtedness, fixed annuity contracts, guaranteed investment contracts and
trust deposits and dividends paid on the preferred securities of
subsidiary grantor trusts to pretax income.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
AND SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
The Company's unsecured Senior Debt Securities and Subordinated Debt
Securities (collectively, for purposes of this Section only, the "Debt
Securities"), consisting of notes, debentures or other evidences of
indebtedness, may be issued from time to time in one or more series, in the
case of Senior Debt Securities, under a Senior Indenture dated as of April 15,
1993, as amended by Supplemental Indentures dated as of June 28, 1993 and
October 28, 1996 (as so amended, the "Senior Debt Indenture") between the
Company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, and in the case of
Subordinated Debt Securities, under a Subordinated Indenture dated as of
October 28, 1996 (the "Subordinated Debt Indenture") between the Company and
The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee. The Senior Debt Indenture and
the Subordinated Debt Indenture are sometimes hereinafter referred to
individually as an "Indenture" and collectively as the "Indentures." The First
National Bank of Chicago, in its capacity as trustee under either or both of
the Indentures, is referred to hereinafter as the "Trustee." The Indentures
are included as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus is a part. The following description summarizes the material terms
of the Indentures and the Debt Securities and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the detailed provisions of the applicable Indenture, which
contains the full text of such provisions, including the definition of certain
terms used herein, and other information regarding the Debt Securities.
Numerical references in parentheses below are to sections in the applicable
Indenture. Wherever particular sections or defined terms of the applicable
Indenture are referred to, such sections or defined terms are incorporated
herein by reference as part of the statement made, and the statement is
qualified in its entirety by such reference. The Indentures are substantially
identical except for provisions relating to subordination and the Company's
negative pledge and restrictions on certain dispositions. Any Debt Securities
offered by this Prospectus and the accompanying Prospectus Supplement are
referred to herein as the "Offered Debt Securities."
The Company's Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Junior
Subordinated Debt Indenture are separately described in this Prospectus under
the caption "Description of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities."
GENERAL
Neither of the Indentures limits the amount of additional indebtedness the
Company or any of its subsidiaries may incur. The Debt Securities will be
unsecured senior or subordinated obligations of the Company. Since the Company
is a holding company, the Company's rights and the rights of its creditors,
including the holders of Debt Securities, to participate in the assets of any
subsidiary upon the latter's liquidation or recapitalization will be subject
to the prior claims of the subsidiary's creditors, except to the extent that
the Company may itself be a creditor with recognized claims against the
subsidiary. Claims on the Company's subsidiaries by creditors other than the
Company 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 the Company's subsidiaries are insurance companies
subject to regulatory control by various state insurance departments, the
ability of such subsidiaries to pay dividends or make loans or advances to the
Company without prior regulatory approval is limited by applicable laws and
regulations.
The Indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness
that may be issued and provide that Debt Securities may be issued from time to
time in one or more series and may be denominated and payable in foreign
currencies or units based on or related to foreign currencies, including
European Currency Units. Special United States federal income tax
considerations applicable to any Debt Securities so denominated are described
in the relevant Prospectus Supplement.
Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement which will
accompany this Prospectus for the following terms of and information relating
to the Offered Debt Securities offered thereby (to the extent such terms are
applicable to such Debt Securities): (i) classification as senior or
subordinated Debt Securities, the specific designation, aggregate principal
amount, purchase price and denomination; (ii) currency or units based
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on or relating to currencies in which the Offered Debt Securities are
denominated and/or in which principal, premium, if any, and/or any interest
will or may be payable; (iii) any date of maturity; (iv) interest rate or
rates (or the method by which such rate will be determined), if any; (v) the
dates on which any such interest will be payable; (vi) the place or places
where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Offered
Debt Securities will be payable; (vii) any redemption, repayment or sinking
fund provisions; (viii) whether such Offered Debt Securities are convertible
into Common Stock of the Company; (ix) whether the Offered Debt Securities
will be issuable in registered form ("Registered Debt Securities") or bearer
form ("Bearer Debt Securities") or both and, if Bearer Debt Securities are
issuable, any restrictions applicable to the place of payment of any principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on such Bearer Debt Securities, to the
exchange of one form for another and to the offer, sale and delivery of such
Bearer Debt Securities (except that under current United States federal income
tax law, Registered Debt Securities will not be exchangeable into Bearer Debt
Securities); (x) any applicable United States federal income tax consequences,
including whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay additional
amounts on Offered Debt Securities held by a person who is not a U.S. person
(as hereinafter defined) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental
charge withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have the
option to redeem such Debt Securities rather than pay such additional amounts;
(xi) the proposed listing, if any, of the Offered Debt Securities on any
securities exchange; and (xii) any other specific terms of the Offered Debt
Securities, including any modifications of or additions to the events of
default or covenants provided for with respect to such Debt Securities, and
any terms which may be required by or advisable under applicable laws or
regulations not inconsistent with the applicable Indenture.
Debt Securities may be presented for exchange and Registered Debt Securities
may be presented for transfer in the manner, at the places and subject to the
restrictions set forth in the Debt Securities and the Prospectus Supplement.
Such services will be provided without charge, other than any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith, but subject to the
limitations provided in the applicable Indenture. Debt Securities in bearer
form and the coupons, if any, appertaining thereto will be transferable by
delivery.
Debt Securities will bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. Debt
Securities bearing no interest or interest at a rate that at the time of
issuance is below the prevailing market rate will be sold at a discount below
their stated principal amount. Special United States federal income tax
considerations applicable to any such discounted Debt Securities or to certain
Debt Securities issued at par which are treated as having been issued at a
discount for United States federal income tax purposes are described in the
relevant Prospectus Supplement.
Debt Securities may be issued, from time to time, with the principal amount
payable on any principal payment date, or the amount of interest payable on
any interest payment date, to be determined by reference to one or more
currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity indices or other factors.
Holders of such Debt Securities may receive a principal amount on any
principal payment date, or a payment of interest on any interest payment date,
that is greater than or less than the amount of principal or interest
otherwise payable on such dates, depending upon the value on such dates of the
applicable currency, commodity, equity index or other factors. Information as
to the methods for determining the amount of principal or interest payable on
any date, the currencies, commodities, equity indices or other factors to
which the amount payable on such date is linked and certain additional tax
considerations will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
GLOBAL DEBT SECURITIES
The registered Debt Securities of a series may be issued in the form of one
or more fully registered global Securities (a "Registered Global Security")
that will be deposited with a depositary (a "Depositary") or with a nominee
for a Depositary identified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such
series and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof. In
such case, one or more Registered Global Securities will be issued in a
denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the portion of the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding registered Debt Securities of the series to be
represented by such Registered Global Security or Securities. Unless and until
it is exchanged in whole for Debt Securities in definitive registered form, a
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Registered Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such Registered Security to a nominee of such Depositary or by
a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such
Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of such
Depositary or a nominee of such successor.
The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any portion
of a series of Debt Securities to be represented by a Registered Global
Security will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such
series. The Company anticipates that the following provisions will apply to
all depositary arrangements.
Ownership of beneficial interests in a Registered Global Security will be
limited to persons that have accounts with the Depositary for such Registered
Global Security ("participants") or persons that may hold interests through
participants. Upon the issuance of a Registered Global Security, the
Depositary for such Registered Global Security will credit, on its book-entry
registration and transfer system, the participants' accounts with the
respective principal amounts of the Debt Securities represented by such
Registered Global Security beneficially owned by such participants. The
accounts to be credited shall be designated by any dealers, underwriters or
agents participating in the distribution of such Debt Securities. Ownership of
beneficial interests in such Registered Global Security will be shown on, and
the transfer of such ownership interests will be effected only through,
records maintained by the Depositary for such Registered Global Security (with
respect to interests of participants) and on the records of participants (with
respect to interests of persons holding through participants). The laws of
some states may 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 own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in
Registered Global Securities.
So long as the Depositary for a Registered Global Security, or its nominee,
is the registered owner of such Registered Global Security, such Depositary or
such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder
of the Debt Securities represented by such Registered Global Security for all
purposes under the applicable Indenture. Except as set forth below, owners of
beneficial interests in a Registered Global Security will not be entitled to
have the Debt Securities represented by such Registered Global 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. Accordingly,
each person owning a beneficial interest in a Registered Global Security must
rely on the procedures of the Depositary for such Registered Global Security
and, if such person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant
through which such person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a
holder under the applicable Indenture. The Company understands that under
existing industry practices, if the Company requests any action of holders or
if an owner of a beneficial interest in a Registered Global Security desires
to give or take any action which a holder is entitled to give or take under
the applicable Indenture, the Depositary for such Registered Global Security
would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to
give or take such action, and such participants would authorize beneficial
owners owning through such participants to give or take such action or would
otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners holding through them.
Payments of principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, of Debt
Securities represented by a Registered Global Security registered in the name
of a Depositary or its nominee will be made to such Depositary or its nominee,
as the case may be, as the registered owners of such Registered Global
Security. None of the Company, the Trustee or any other agent of the Company
or agent of the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests in such Registered Global Security or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
The Company expects that the Depositary for any Debt Securities represented
by a Registered Global Security, upon receipt of any payment of principal,
premium or interest in respect of such Registered Global Security, will
immediately credit participants' accounts with payments in amounts
proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in such Registered
Global Security as shown on the records of such Depositary.
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The Company also expects that payments by participants to owners of beneficial
interests in such Registered Global Security held through such participants
will be governed by standing customer instructions and customary practices, as
is now the case with the securities held for the accounts of customers in
bearer form or registered in "street name", and will be the responsibility of
such participants.
If the Depositary for any Debt Securities represented by a Registered Global
Security is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or
ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the 1934 Act, and a successor
Depositary registered as a clearing agency under the 1934 Act is not appointed
by the Company within 90 days, the Company will issue such Debt Securities in
definitive form in exchange for such Registered Global Security. In addition,
the Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine not to have
any of the Debt Securities of a series represented by one or more Registered
Global Securities and, in such event, will issue Debt Securities of such
series in a definitive form in exchange for all of the Registered Global
Security or Securities representing such Debt Securities. Any Debt Securities
issued in definitive form in exchange for a Registered Global Security will be
registered in such name or names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee.
It is expected that such instructions will be based upon directions received
by the Depositary from participants with respect to ownership of beneficial
interests in such Registered Global Security.
Bearer Debt Securities of a series may also be issued in the form of one or
more global Securities (a "Bearer Global Security") that will be deposited
with a common depositary for Euro-clear and CEDEL, or with a nominee for such
depositary identified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series.
The specific terms and procedures, including the specific terms of the
depositary arrangement and any specific procedures for the issuance of Debt
Securities in definitive form in exchange for a Bearer Global Security, with
respect to any portion of a series of Debt Securities to be represented by a
Bearer Global Security will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating
to such series.
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Debt
Securities issued under the Senior Debt Indenture will rank pari passu with
all other unsecured and unsubordinated debt of the Company.
SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Debt
Securities issued under the Subordinated Debt Indenture will be subordinate
and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner set forth in
the Subordinated Debt Indenture, to all "Senior Indebtedness" of the Company.
The Subordinated Debt Indenture defines "Senior Indebtedness" as the principal
of and premium, if any, and interest on (a) all indebtedness of the Company,
whether outstanding on the date of the Subordinated Debt Indenture or
thereafter created, (i) for money borrowed by the Company, (ii) for money
borrowed by, or obligations of, others and either assumed or guaranteed,
directly or indirectly, by the Company, (iii) in respect of letters of credit
and acceptances issued or made by banks, or (iv) constituting purchase money
indebtedness, or indebtedness secured by property included in the property,
plant and equipment accounts of the Company at the time of the acquisition of
such property by the Company, for the payment of which the Company is directly
liable, and (b) all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of, and
amendments, modifications and supplements to, any such indebtedness. As used
in the preceding sentence the term "purchase money indebtedness" means
indebtedness evidenced by a note, debenture, bond or other instrument (whether
or not secured by any lien or other security interest) issued or assumed as
all or a part of the consideration for the acquisition of property, whether by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, unless by its terms such
indebtedness is subordinate to other indebtedness of the Company.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Subordinated Debt Indenture or
the Subordinated Debt Securities, Senior Indebtedness shall not include, (i)
any indebtedness of the Company which, by its terms or the terms of the
instrument creating or evidencing it, is subordinate in right of payment to or
pari passu with the Subordinated Debt Securities or (ii) any indebtedness of
the Company to a subsidiary of the Company. (Subordinated Debt Indenture,
Section 1.1) The Subordinated Debt Indenture does not contain any limitation
on the amount of Senior Indebtedness that can be incurred by the Company.
Indebtedness issued or to
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be issued pursuant to the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture between the
Company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, providing for the
issuance of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of the Company, is subordinate
in right of payment to the Subordinated Debt Securities. As of the date of
this Prospectus, two series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities having an
aggregate principal amount of approximately $245.5 million are outstanding
under the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture.
In the event (a) of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, or any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in
respect of the Company or its property, or (b) that Subordinated Debt
Securities of any series are declared due and payable before their expressed
maturity because of the occurrence of an Event of Default pursuant to Section
5.1 of the Subordinated Debt Indenture (under circumstances other than as set
forth in clause (a) above), then the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall
first be entitled to receive payment of the full amount due thereon in money
or money's worth, before the holders of any of such Subordinated Debt
Securities or coupons appertaining thereto are entitled to receive a payment
on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
indebtedness evidenced by such Subordinated Debt Securities or of such coupons
appertaining thereto. In the event and during the continuation of any default
in payment of any Senior Indebtedness or if any Event of Default shall exist
under any Senior Indebtedness, as "Event of Default" is defined therein or in
the agreement under which the same is outstanding, no payment of the principal
or interest on the Subordinated Debt Securities or coupons shall be made.
(Subordinated Debt Indenture, Article 13) If this Prospectus is being
delivered in connection with a series of Subordinated Debt Securities, the
accompanying Prospectus Supplement will set forth the approximate amount of
Senior Indebtedness outstanding as of the end of the most recent fiscal
quarter.
CONVERSION RIGHTS
The terms and conditions, if any, on which Offered Debt Securities are
convertible into Common Stock of the Company will be set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Such terms will include the conversion
price, the conversion period, provisions as to whether conversion will be at
the option of the holder or the Company, the events requiring an adjustment of
the conversion price and provisions affecting conversion in the event of the
redemption of the convertible Offered Debt Securities; and such terms may
include provisions under which the number of shares of Common Stock to be
received by the holders of the Offered Debt Securities would be calculated
according to the market price of the Common Stock as of a time stated in the
Prospectus Supplement.
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Limitations on Liens. The Senior Debt Indenture provides that the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined below) may not issue, assume,
incur or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money secured by a mortgage,
pledge, lien or other encumbrance (except for certain liens specifically
permitted by the Senior Debt Indenture), directly or indirectly, upon any
shares of the Voting Stock (as defined in the Senior Debt Indenture) of a
Restricted Subsidiary which shares are owned by the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries without effectively providing that the Debt Securities issued
under the Senior Debt Indenture (and if the Company so elects, any other
indebtedness of the Company ranking on a parity with such Debt Securities)
shall be secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, any such secured
indebtedness so long as such indebtedness remains outstanding. The foregoing
restrictions, however, do not apply to liens upon any shares of Voting Stock
of any corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary and extensions, renewals or replacements thereof. (Senior Debt
Indenture, Section 3.9)
The term "Restricted Subsidiary" means (a) so long as they are Subsidiaries
of the Company, SunAmerica Life Insurance Company and Anchor National Life
Insurance Company; (b) any other present or future Insurance Subsidiary the
Consolidated Total Assets (as defined in the Senior Debt Indenture) of which
constitute 20% or more of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Company; and
(c) any Subsidiary which is a successor, by merger or otherwise, to
substantially all of the business or properties of any Insurance Subsidiary
referred to or described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b). The term
"Subsidiary" means any corporation or other entity more than 50%
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of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of which is at the time of
determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company. The
term "Insurance Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary registered in the state of its
domicile under the insurance laws of such state and qualified to sell
insurance products. (Senior Debt Indenture, Section 1.1)
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. Each Indenture provides that the
Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into, or transfer or lease its
assets substantially as an entirety to any person unless the Company shall be
the continuing corporation, or the successor corporation or person to which
such assets are transferred or leased shall be organized under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall
expressly assume the Company's obligations on the Debt Securities and under
such Indenture, and after giving effect to such transaction no Event of
Default (as defined in such Indenture) shall have occurred and be continuing,
and certain other conditions are met. (Senior and Subordinated Debt
Indentures, Section 9.1)
This covenant would not apply to any recapitalization transaction, a change
of control of the Company or a highly leveraged transaction unless such
transactions or change of control were structured to include a merger or
consolidation or transfer or lease of the Company's assets substantially as an
entirety. Except as may be described in a Prospectus Supplement applicable to
a particular series of Debt Securities, there are no covenants or other
provisions in the Indentures providing for a put or increased interest or that
would otherwise afford holders of Debt Securities additional protection in the
event of a recapitalization transaction, a change of control of the Company or
a highly leveraged transaction.
Restrictions on Certain Dispositions. The Senior Debt Indenture provides
that as long as any of the Senior Debt Securities remain outstanding, the
Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue,
sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of
the Voting Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, unless (a) the issuance, sale,
assignment, transfer or other disposition is required to comply with the order
of a court or regulatory authority of competent jurisdiction, other than an
order issued at the request of the Company or of one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; (b) the shares of Voting Stock issued, sold, assigned,
transferred or otherwise disposed of constitute directors' qualifying shares;
(c) all of the Voting Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary then owned by the
Company or by its Restricted Subsidiaries is disposed of, in a single
transaction or in a series of related transactions, for a consideration
consisting of cash or other property the fair market value of which (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) is at least equal to the
Fair Value (as defined below) of such Voting Stock; or (d) after giving effect
to the issuance, sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition, the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries would own directly or indirectly at least 80%
of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary and
such issuance, sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition is made for a
consideration consisting of cash or other property which is at least equal to
the Fair Value of such Voting Stock. (Senior Debt Indenture, Section 9.3) The
term "Fair Value" when used with respect to any Voting Stock means the fair
value as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
(Senior Debt Indenture, Section 1.1) The Senior Debt Indenture does not
restrict the transfer of assets from a Restricted Subsidiary to any other
person, including the Company or another subsidiary of the Company.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An Event of Default is defined under each Indenture with respect to Debt
Securities of any series issued under such Indenture as being: (a) default in
payment of all or any part of the principal of the Debt Securities of such
series when due, either at maturity (or upon any redemption), by declaration
or otherwise; (b) default for 30 days in payment of any interest on any Debt
Securities of such series; (c) default in payment of any sinking fund
installment when due; (d) default for 60 days after written notice as provided
in such Indenture in the observance or performance of any other covenant or
agreement in the Debt Securities of such series or such Indenture other than a
covenant included in such Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Debt
Securities other than such series; (e) certain events of bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization; or (f) an Event of Default with respect to any
other indebtedness for borrowed money (other than non-recourse obligations) of
the Company
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or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount
exceeding $10,000,000, if such Event of Default shall result in the
acceleration of such other indebtedness under the terms of the instrument
under which such indebtedness is issued or secured, so long as such
acceleration is not cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, or such indebtedness
is not discharged, within 10 days after written notice thereof as provided in
such Indenture; provided that if any such acceleration shall cease or be
cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, then the Event of Default by reason
thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon cured. (Senior and
Subordinated Debt Indentures, Section 5.1)
Each Indenture provides that (a) if an Event of Default due to the default
in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any series of
Debt Securities issued under such Indenture or due to the default in the
performance or breach of any other covenant or agreement of the Company
applicable to the Debt Securities of such series but not applicable to all
outstanding Debt Securities issued under such Indenture shall have occurred
and be continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Debt Securities of each affected series (treated as
one class) issued under such Indenture and then outstanding may then declare
the principal of all Debt Securities of each such affected series and interest
accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately; and (b) if any Event of
Default due to a default in the performance of any other of the covenant or
agreements in such Indenture applicable to all outstanding Debt Securities
issued thereunder and then outstanding or due to certain events of bankruptcy,
insolvency and reorganization of the Company shall have occurred and be
continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of all Debt Securities issued under such Indenture and then
outstanding (treated as one class) may declare the principal of all such Debt
Securities and interest accrued thereon to be due and payable immediately, but
upon certain conditions such declarations may be annulled and past defaults
may be waived (except a continuing default in payment of principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Securities) by the holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities of all such affected
series then outstanding. (Senior and Subordinated Debt Indentures, Sections
5.1 and 5.10)
Each Indenture contains a provision entitling the Trustee, subject to the
duty of the Trustee during a default to act with the required standard of
care, to be indemnified by the holders of Debt Securities issued under such
Indenture requesting the Trustee to exercise any right or power under such
Indenture before proceeding to exercise any such right or power at the request
of such holders. (Senior and Subordinated Debt Indentures, Section 6.2)
Subject to such provisions in each Indenture for the indemnification of the
Trustee and certain other limitations, the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of each affected series (treated as
one class) issued under such Indenture may direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. (Senior and
Subordinated Debt Indentures, Section 5.9)
Each Indenture provides that no holder of Debt Securities issued under such
Indenture may institute any action against the Company under such Indenture
(except actions for payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or
interest) unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee
written notice of default and continuance thereof and unless the holders of
not less than 25% in principal amount of the Debt Securities of each affected
series (treated as one class) issued under such Indenture and then outstanding
shall have requested the Trustee to institute such action and shall have
offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, the Trustee shall not have
instituted such action within 60 days of such request and the Trustee shall
not have received direction inconsistent with such written request by the
holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities of each
affected series (treated as one class) issued under such Indenture and then
outstanding. (Senior and Subordinated Debt Indentures, Sections 5.6 and 5.9)
Each Indenture contains a covenant that the Company will file annually with
the Trustee a certificate of no default or a certificate specifying any
default that exists. (Senior and Subordinated Debt Indentures, Section 3.5)
DISCHARGE, DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
The Company can discharge or defease its obligations under each Indenture as
set forth below. (Senior and Subordinated Debt Indentures, Section 10.1)
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Under terms satisfactory to the Trustee, the Company may discharge certain
obligations to holders of any series of Debt Securities issued under such
Indentures which have not already been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation and which have either become due and payable or are by their
terms due and payable within one year (or scheduled for redemption within one
year) by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee cash or, in the case of Debt
Securities payable only in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations (as
defined in such Indenture), as trust funds in an amount certified to be
sufficient to pay when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise,
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Debt Securities.
The Company may also discharge any and all of its obligations to holders of
any series of Debt Securities issued under an Indenture at any time
("defeasance"), but may not thereby avoid its duty to register the transfer or
exchange of such series of Debt Securities, to replace any temporary,
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen series of Debt Securities or to maintain
an office or agency in respect of such series of Debt Securities. Under terms
satisfactory to the Trustee, the Company may instead be released with respect
to any outstanding series of Debt Securities issued under the relevant
Indenture from the obligations imposed by certain provisions of such Indenture
including Sections 3.9, 9.1 and 9.3, in the case of the Senior Debt Indenture,
and Section 9.1, in the case of the Subordinated Debt Indenture (which contain
the covenants described above limiting liens, consolidations, mergers,
transfers and leases and certain dispositions) and omit to comply with such
Sections without creating an Event of Default ("covenant defeasance").
Defeasance or covenant defeasance may be effected only if, among other things:
(i) the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee cash or, in the case of
Debt Securities payable only in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, as
trust funds in an amount certified to be sufficient to pay at maturity (or
upon redemption) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all
outstanding Debt Securities of such series issued under such Indenture; (ii)
the Company delivers to the Trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that
the holders of such series of Debt Securities will not recognize income, gain
or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such
defeasance or covenant defeasance and that defeasance or covenant defeasance
will not otherwise alter such holders' United States federal income tax
treatment of principal, premium and interest payments on such series of Debt
Securities (in the case of a defeasance, such opinion must be based on a
ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or a change in United States federal
income tax law occurring after the date of such Indenture, since such a result
would not occur under current tax law); and (iii) in the case of the
Subordinated Debt Indenture no event or condition shall exist that, pursuant
to certain provisions described under "Subordinated Debt" above, would prevent
the Company from making payments of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Subordinated Debt Securities at the date of the irrevocable
deposit referred to above.
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURES
Each Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may enter into
supplemental indentures without the consent of the holders of Debt Securities
to: (a) secure any Debt Securities, (b) evidence the assumption by a successor
corporation of the obligations of the Company, (c) add covenants for the
protection of the holders of Debt Securities, (d) cure any ambiguity or
correct any inconsistency in such Indenture, provided that such cure or
correction does not adversely affect the holders of such Debt Securities, (e)
establish the forms or terms of Debt Securities of any series and (f) evidence
the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee. (Senior and Subordinated
Debt Indentures, Section 8.1)
Each Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of all series issued under such
Indenture then outstanding and affected (voting as one class), to add any
provisions to, or change in any manner or eliminate any of the provisions of,
such Indenture or modify in any manner the rights of the holders of the Debt
Securities of each series so affected; provided that the Company and the
Trustee may not, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debt
Security affected thereby, (a) extend the stated maturity of the principal of
any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or reduce the rate
or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount
payable on redemption thereof or change the currency in which the principal
thereof (including any amount in respect of original issue discount), premium,
if any, or
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interest thereon is payable or reduce the amount of any original issue Debt
Security that is payable upon acceleration or provable in bankruptcy or alter
certain provisions of such Indenture relating to the Debt Securities issued
thereunder not denominated in U.S. dollars or impair the right to institute
suit for the enforcement of any payment on any Debt Security when due or (b)
reduce the aforesaid percentage in principal amount of Debt Securities of any
series issued under such Indenture, the consent of the holders of which is
required for any such modification. (Senior and Subordinated Debt Indentures,
Section 8.2)
The Subordinated Debt Indenture may not be amended to alter the
subordination of any outstanding Subordinated Debt Securities without the
consent of each holder of Senior Indebtedness then outstanding that would be
adversely affected thereby. (Subordinated Debt Indenture, Section 8.6)
GOVERNING LAW
The Indentures and the Debt Securities will be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. (Senior and Subordinated
Debt Indentures, Section 11.8)
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
The First National Bank of Chicago is one of a number of banks with which
the Company and its subsidiaries maintain ordinary banking and trust
relationships and is also the Trustee under the Junior Subordinated Debt
Indenture.
DESCRIPTION OF THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
The Company's unsecured Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, consisting of
notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness, may be issued from time
to time in one or more series under an Indenture dated March 15, 1995, as
amended by a Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 28, 1996 (as so
amended, the "Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture") between the Company and The
First National Bank of Chicago, as trustee (the "Junior Subordinated Debt
Indenture Trustee"). The Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture has been filed as
an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a
part. The following description summarizes the material terms of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Indenture and the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of the
Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture, which contains the full text of such
provisions, including the definition of certain terms used herein, and other
information regarding the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. Numerical
references in parentheses below are to sections in the Junior Subordinated
Debt Indenture. Whenever particular sections or defined terms in the Junior
Subordinated Debt Indenture are referred to, such sections or defined terms
are incorporated herein by reference as part of the statement made, and the
statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference.
GENERAL
The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be unsecured, junior
subordinated obligations of the Company. The Junior Subordinated Debt
Indenture does not limit the amount of additional indebtedness the Company or
any of its subsidiaries may incur. Since the Company is a holding company, the
Company's rights and the rights of its creditors, including the holders of
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, to participate in the assets of any
subsidiary upon the latter's liquidation or recapitalization will be subject
to the prior claims of the subsidiary's creditors, except to the extent that
the Company may itself be a creditor with recognized claims against the
subsidiary. Claims on the Company's subsidiaries by creditors other than the
Company 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 the Company's subsidiaries are insurance companies
subject to regulatory control by various state insurance departments, the
ability of such subsidiaries to pay dividends or make loans or advances to the
Company without prior regulatory approval is limited by applicable laws and
regulations.
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The Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture does not limit the aggregate
principal amount of indebtedness which may be issued thereunder and provides
that Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be issued thereunder from time to
time in one or more series. The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are
issuable in one or more series pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the
Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture. As of the date of this Prospectus, two
series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities having an aggregate principal
amount of approximately $245.5 million are outstanding.
In the event Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued to a SunAmerica
Trust or a Trustee of such Trust in connection with the issuance of Trust
Securities by such SunAmerica Trust, such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
subsequently may be distributed pro rata to the holders of such Trust
Securities in connection with the dissolution of such SunAmerica Trust upon
the occurrence of certain events described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such Trust Securities. Only one series of Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities will be issued to a SunAmerica Trust or a Trustee of such Trust in
connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by such SunAmerica Trust.
Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement which will
accompany this Prospectus for the following terms of the series of Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities being offered thereby (to the extent such terms
are applicable to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities): (i) the specific
designation of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, aggregate principal
amount and purchase price; (ii) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of
such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; (iii) the date or dates on which the
principal of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities is payable and the
right, if any, to extend such date or dates; (iv) the rate or rates at which
such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will bear interest or the method of
calculating such rate or rates; (v) the date or dates from which such interest
shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest will be
payable or the manner of determination of such interest payment dates and the
record dates for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable on
any such interest payment dates; (vi) the right, if any, to extend the
interest payment periods and the duration of such extension; (vii) the period
or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company; (viii) the right
and/or obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase such Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the holder thereof and the period or periods
for which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon
which, such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or part, pursuant to such right and/or obligation; (ix)
any applicable United States federal income tax consequences, including
whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay additional amounts
on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held by a person who is not a U.S.
person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or
deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities rather than pay such additional amounts;
(x) the form of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; (xi) if other than
denominations of $25 or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in
which such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be issuable;
(xii) whether such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are convertible into
Common Stock of the Company; (xiii) any and all other terms with respect to
such series, including any modification of or additions to the events of
default or covenants provided for with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities, and any terms which may be required by or advisable under
applicable laws or regulations not inconsistent with the Junior Subordinated
Debt Indenture; and (xiv) whether such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are
issuable as a global security, and in such case, the identity of the
depositary.
Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto,
the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be issued in United States dollars in
fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $25 or integral
multiples thereof. Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be presented for
exchange and Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in registered form may be
presented for transfer in the manner, at the places and subject to the
restrictions set forth in the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the
Prospectus Supplement. Such services will be provided without charge, other
than any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith, but
subject to the limitations provided in the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture.
Junior
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Subordinated Debt Securities in bearer form and the coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto will be transferable by delivery.
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may bear interest at a fixed rate or a
floating rate. Junior Subordinated Debt Securities bearing no interest or
interest at a rate that at the time of issuance is below the prevailing market
rate will be sold at a discount below their stated principal amount. Special
United States federal income tax considerations applicable to any such
discounted Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or to certain Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities issued at par which are treated as having been
issued at a discount for United States federal income tax purposes are
described in the relevant Prospectus Supplement.
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY APPLICABLE TO THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT
SECURITIES
If Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued to a SunAmerica Trust in
connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by such SunAmerica Trust, the
Company will covenant in the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture that, so long
as the Preferred Securities issued by the applicable SunAmerica Trust remain
outstanding, the Company will not (a) declare or pay any dividends on, or
redeem, purchase, acquire or make a distribution or liquidation payment with
respect to, any of its common stock or preferred stock or make any guarantee
payment with respect thereto if at such time (i) the Company shall be in
default with respect to its Guarantee Payments (as defined under "Description
of the Preferred Securities Guarantees") or other payment obligations under
the related Preferred Securities Guarantee, (ii) there shall have occurred any
Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Event of Default with respect to the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities or (iii) the Company shall have given notice of
its election to defer payments of interest on such Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities by extending the interest payment period as provided in the terms
of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and such period, or any extension
thereof, is continuing; provided that (x) the Company will be permitted to pay
accrued dividends (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) upon the conversion
of any of its Series E Preferred Shares (as defined under "Description of
Capital Stock-Series E Preferred Shares") or upon the conversion of any other
Preferred Stock of the Company as may be outstanding from time to time, in
each case in accordance with the terms of such stock and (y) the foregoing
will not apply to any stock dividends paid by the Company. In addition, if
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued to a SunAmerica Trust in
connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by such SunAmerica Trust, for
so long as the Preferred Securities issued by the applicable SunAmerica Trust
remain outstanding, the Company has agreed (i) to remain the sole direct or
indirect owner of all of the outstanding Common Securities issued by the
applicable SunAmerica Trust and shall not cause or permit the Common
Securities to be transferred except to the extent permitted by the related
Declaration; provided that any permitted successor of the Company under the
Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture may succeed to the Company's ownership of
the Common Securities issued by the applicable SunAmerica Trust, (ii) to
comply fully with all of its obligations and agreements contained in the
related Declaration and (iii) not to take any action which would cause the
applicable SunAmerica Trust to cease to be treated as a grantor trust for
United States federal income tax purposes except in connection with a
distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.
SUBORDINATION
The Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture provides that the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities are subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior
Indebtedness (as defined in the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture) of the
Company. In the event (a) of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, or any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in
respect of the Company or its property or any proceeding for voluntary
liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company, or (b) that
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of any series are declared due and payable
before their expressed maturity because of the occurrence of a Junior
Subordinated Debt Indenture Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01 of the
Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture (under circumstances other than as set
forth in clause (a) above), then the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall
first be entitled to receive payment of the full amount due thereon in money,
before the holders of any of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are
entitled to receive payment on account
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of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the indebtedness
evidenced by such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. In the event and during
the continuation of any default in payment of any Senior Indebtedness or if
any event of default shall exist under any Senior Indebtedness, as "event of
default" is defined therein or in the agreement under which the same is
outstanding, no payment of the principal or, premium, if any, or interest on
the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be made. (Section 14.02 and
14.03). If this Prospectus is being delivered in connection with a series of
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the accompanying Prospectus Supplement
will set forth the approximate amount of Senior Indebtedness outstanding as of
the end of the most recent fiscal quarter.
The Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture defines "Senior Indebtedness" as the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on (a) all indebtedness of the
Company, whether outstanding on the date of the Junior Subordinated Debt
Indenture or thereafter created, (i) for money borrowed by the Company
(including, without limitation, indebtedness issued or to be issued pursuant
to the Subordinated Debt Indenture), (ii) for money borrowed by, or
obligations of, others and either assumed or guaranteed, directly or
indirectly, by the Company, (iii) in respect of letters of credit and
acceptances issued or made by banks, or (iv) constituting purchase money
indebtedness, or indebtedness secured by property included in the property,
plant and equipment accounts of the Company at the time of the acquisition of
such property by the Company for the payment of which the Company is directly
liable and (b) all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of, and
amendments, modifications and supplements to, any such indebtedness. As used
in the preceding sentence the term "purchase money indebtedness" means
indebtedness evidenced by a note, debenture, bond or other instrument (whether
or not secured by any lien or other security interest) issued or assumed as
all or a part of the consideration for the acquisition of property, whether by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, unless by its terms such
indebtedness is subordinate to other indebtedness of the Company.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Junior Subordinated Debt
Indenture or the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, Senior Indebtedness
shall not include (i) any indebtedness of the Company which, by its terms or
the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing it, is subordinate in right
of payment to or pari passu with the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, as
the case may be, and in particular, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
shall rank pari passu with respect to all other debt securities and guarantees
in respect thereof issued to any other trusts, partnerships or other entity
affiliated with the Company which is a financing vehicle of the Company in
connection with the issuance of preferred securities by such financing
vehicle, or (ii) any indebtedness of the Company to a subsidiary of the
Company. (Section 1.01). The Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture does not
contain any limitation on the amount of Senior Indebtedness that can be
incurred by the Company.
CONVERSION RIGHTS
The terms and conditions, if any, on which Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities are convertible into Common Stock of the Company will be set forth
in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Such terms will include the
conversion price, the conversion period, provisions as to whether conversion
will be at the option of the holder or the Company, the events requiring an
adjustment of the conversion price and provisions affecting conversion in the
event of the redemption of the convertible Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities; and such terms may include provisions under which the number of
shares of Common Stock to be received by the holders of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities would be calculated according to the market price
of the Common Stock as of a time stated in the Prospectus Supplement.
JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture provides that any one or more of the
following described events, which has occurred and is continuing, constitutes
a "Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Event of Default" with respect to each
series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities: (a) failure for 30 days to pay
interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series when due;
provided that a valid extension of the interest payment period by the Company
shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose; or
(b) failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, on the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities of such series when due whether
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at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise; or (c) failure to
observe or perform any other covenant contained in the Indenture with respect
to such series for 90 days after written notice to the Company from the
Indenture Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series; or (d) certain
events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company. (Section
6.01).
In each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities of that series shall have already become due and
payable, either the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Trustee or the holders
of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities of that series then outstanding, by notice in writing to the
Company (and to the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Trustee if given by
such holders), may declare the principal of all the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable.
(Section 6.01).
The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of that series have the right to direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Trustee. (Section 6.06).
The Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Trustee or the holders of not less than
25% in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities of that series may declare the principal due and payable
immediately upon a Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Event of Default with
respect to such series, but the holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding
principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series may
annul such declaration and waive the default if the default has been cured and
a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal
otherwise than by acceleration and any premium has been deposited with the
Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Trustee. (Sections 6.01 and 6.06).
The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of that series may, on behalf of the
holders of all the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of that series, waive
any past default, except a default in the payment of principal, premium, if
any, or interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of that series as
and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been
cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and
principal and any premium has been deposited with the Junior Subordinated Debt
Indenture Trustee) or a call for redemption of Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities. (Section 6.06). The Company is required to file annually with the
Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Trustee a certificate as to whether or not
the Company is in compliance with all the conditions and covenants under the
Indenture.
If the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued to a SunAmerica Trust
in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities of such SunAmerica Trust,
then under the applicable Declaration a Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture
Event of Default with respect to such series of Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities will constitute a Declaration Event of Default.
MODIFICATION OF THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE
The Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture contains provisions permitting the
Company and the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Trustee, with the consent
of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of each series affected, to
modify the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture or any supplemental indenture
affecting the rights of the holders of such Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities; provided that no such modification may, without the consent of the
holder of each outstanding Junior Subordinated Debt Security affected thereby,
(i) extend the fixed maturity of any Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of
any series, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or
extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any premium payable
upon the redemption thereof, without the consent of the holder of each Junior
Subordinated Debt Security so affected or (ii) reduce the percentage of Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to
any such modification,
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without the consent of the holders of each Junior Subordinated Debt Security
then outstanding and affected thereby. (Section 9.02).
BOOK-ENTRY AND SETTLEMENT
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, if the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of a series are issued in the form of one
or more fully registered global securities (each, a "Global Security"), the
descriptions contained under "Description of the Senior Debt Securities and
Subordinated Debt Securities-Global Debt Securities" will also be applicable
to such series of Junior Subordinated Securities. The Company anticipates that
the provisions described under such caption will also apply to all depositary
arrangements relating to Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. The specific
terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any portion of a series of
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be represented by a Global Security
will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to such
series.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE
The Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture provides that the Company may not
consolidate with or merge into any other person or transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any person and may not
permit any person to merge into or consolidate with the Company unless (i)
either the Company will be the resulting or surviving entity or any successor
or purchaser is a corporation organized under the laws of the United States of
America, any State or the District of Columbia, and any such successor or
purchaser expressly assumes the Company's obligations under the Junior
Subordinated Debt Indenture and (ii) immediately after giving effect to the
transaction no Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE
Under the terms of the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture, the Company will
be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities of a series (except in each case for certain
obligations to register the transfer or exchange of such Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities, replace stolen, lost or mutilated Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities of that series, maintain paying agencies and hold moneys for
payment in trust) if (i) the Company irrevocably deposits with the Junior
Subordinated Debt Indenture Trustee cash or U.S. Government Obligations, as
trust funds in an amount certified to be sufficient to pay at maturity (or
upon redemption) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all
outstanding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series; (ii) the
Company delivers to the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Trustee an opinion
of counsel to the effect that the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United
States federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and that
defeasance will not otherwise alter holders' United States federal income tax
treatment of principal, premium and interest payments on such Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities of such series (such opinion must be based on a
ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or a change in United States federal
income tax law occurring after the date of such Indenture, since such a result
would not occur under current tax law); and (iii) no event or condition shall
exist that, pursuant to the subordination provisions applicable to such
series, would prevent the Company from making payments of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of
such series at the date of the irrevocable deposit referred to above. (Section
11.01).
GOVERNING LAW
The Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture and the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the State of New York. (Section 13.05).
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE TRUSTEE
The Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Trustee, prior to default, undertakes
to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Junior
Subordinated Debt Indenture and, after default, shall exercise the same degree
of care as a prudent individual would exercise in the conduct of his or her
own affairs. (Section 7.01).
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Subject to such provision, the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture Trustee is
under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the Junior
Subordinated Debt Indenture at the request of any holder of Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities, unless offered reasonable indemnity by such
holder against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred
thereby. (Section 7.02). The Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture 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 Junior Subordinated Debt
Indenture Trustee reasonably believes that repayment or adequate indemnity is
not reasonably assured to it. (Section 7.01). The Junior Subordinated Debt
Indenture Trustee is one of a number of banks with which the Company and its
subsidiaries maintain ordinary banking and trust relationships and is also the
Trustee under the Senior Debt Indenture and the Subordinated Debt Indenture.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its rights or
obligations under the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture to a direct or
indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; provided that, in the event
of any such assignment, the Company will remain jointly and severally liable
for all such obligations. Subject to the foregoing, the Junior Subordinated
Debt Indenture will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
thereto and their respective successors and assigns. The Junior Subordinated
Debt Indenture provides that it may not otherwise be assigned by the parties
thereto other than by the Company to a successor or purchaser pursuant to a
consolidation, merger or sale permitted by the Junior Subordinated Debt
Indenture. (Section 13.11).
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
Under the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended and restated
and including any Articles Supplementary (the "Articles of Incorporation"),
the Company has authority to issue 175,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par
value $1.00 per share ("Common Stock"), 25,000,000 shares of Nontransferable
Class B Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Nontransferable Class B
Stock"), 15,000,000 shares of Transferable Class B Stock, par value $1.00 per
share (the "Transferable Class B Stock," and, together with the
Nontransferable Class B Stock, the "Class B Stock") and 20,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, without par value ("Preferred Stock"). Preferred Stock may be
issued from time to time in one or more classes with such full, specific,
limited or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications and
limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the
Articles of Incorporation or any amendment thereof or in Articles
Supplementary approved by the Board of Directors of the Company for the
purpose of establishing any class of Preferred Stock. The dividend, voting,
conversion, exchange, repurchase and redemption rights, if applicable, the
liquidation preference, and other specific terms of each series of the
Preferred Stock will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. At
September 30, 1996, there were outstanding (i) 108,604,194 shares of Common
Stock (and 31,149,786 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon
conversion of the outstanding Series E Preferred Shares (as defined below) and
the outstanding Nontransferable Class B Stock and in connection with
outstanding employee stock options and 450,000 shares of Common Stock deferred
under the Long- Term Performance-Based Incentive Plan for the Chief Executive
Officer); (ii) 10,848,468 shares of Nontransferable Class B Stock (excluding
shares of such stock held by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company which
are not considered outstanding and are not entitled to vote at any general or
special meeting of stockholders); (iii) 3,514,765 shares of a series of
Preferred Stock designated the 9 1/4% Preferred Stock, Series B ("Series B
Preferred Shares"); (iv) 486,800 shares of a series of Preferred Stock
designated the Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C which were
redeemed in full on October 4, 1996; and (v) 80,000 shares of a series of
Preferred Stock designated the Series E Mandatory Conversion Premium Dividend
Preferred Stock ("Series E Preferred Shares"), represented by 4,000,000
Depositary Shares ("Series E Depositary Shares") (each representing one-
fiftieth of a Series E Preferred Share). There are no shares of Transferable
Class B Stock outstanding. The Series B Preferred Shares and the Series E
Preferred Shares rank pari passu with each other and senior to the Common
Stock and Class B Stock. For further information regarding the Common Stock
and Class B Stock, see "Common Stock and
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Class B Stock" below. For a description of the series of Preferred Stock of
the Company currently outstanding, see "Series B Preferred Shares" and "Series
E Preferred Shares" below.
The Prospectus Supplement relating to an offering of Common Stock will
describe terms relevant thereto, including the number of shares offered, the
initial offering price, market price and dividend information.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the following terms of
any Preferred Stock in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered (to
the extent applicable to such Preferred Stock): (i) the specific designation,
number of shares, seniority and purchase price; (ii) any liquidation
preference per share; (iii) any date of maturity; (iv) any redemption,
repayment or sinking fund provisions; (v) any dividend rate or rates and the
dates on which any such dividends will be payable (or the method by which such
rates or dates will be determined); (vi) any voting rights; (vii) if other
than the currency of the United States of America, the currency or currencies
including composite currencies in which such Preferred Stock is denominated
and/or in which payments will or may be payable; (viii) the method by which
amounts in respect of such Preferred Stock may be calculated and any
commodities, currencies or indices, or value, rate or price, relevant to such
calculation; (ix) whether the Preferred Stock is convertible or exchangeable
and, if so, the securities or rights into which such Preferred Stock is
convertible or exchangeable (which may include other Preferred Stock, Senior
Debt Securities, Subordinated Debt Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities, Common Stock or other securities or rights of the Company
(including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value,
rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies or indices) or
securities of other issuers or a combination of the foregoing), and the terms
and conditions upon which such conversions or exchanges will be effected
including the initial conversion or exchange prices or rates, the conversion
or exchange period and any other related provisions; (x) the place or places
where dividends and other payments on the Preferred Stock will be payable; and
(xi) any additional voting, dividend, liquidation, redemption and other
rights, preferences, privileges, limitations and restrictions.
As described under "Description of Depositary Shares", the Company may, at
its option, elect to offer depositary shares ("Depositary Shares") evidenced
by depositary receipts ("Depositary Receipts"), each representing an interest
(to be specified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular
series of the Preferred Stock) in a share of the particular series of the
Preferred Stock issued and deposited with a Preferred Stock Depositary (as
defined herein).
All shares of Preferred Stock offered hereby, or issuable upon conversion,
exchange or exercise of Offered Securities, will, when issued, be fully paid
and non-assessable.
The following are summaries of the material terms of the Common Stock, Class
B Stock, the Series B Preferred Shares and the Series E Preferred Shares. Each
summary is qualified by reference to the provisions of the Company's Articles
of Incorporation, the Articles Supplementary for the Series B Preferred Shares
and the Articles Supplementary for the Series E Preferred Shares, copies of
which have been filed as exhibits to Registrations Statement of which this
Prospectus is a part.
COMMON STOCK AND CLASS B STOCK
Dividends. Except as provided below, holders of Common Stock and Class B
Stock are entitled to receive dividends and other distributions in cash, stock
or property of the Company, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors
out of assets or funds of the Company legally available therefor and shall
share equally on a per share basis in all such dividends and other
distributions (subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock). If a cash
dividend is paid on any of the Common Stock, the Nontransferable Class B Stock
or the Transferable Class B Stock, a cash dividend also will be paid on the
Common Stock, the Nontransferable Class B Stock and the Transferable Class B
Stock, as the case may be. The amount of the cash dividend paid on each share
of Class B Stock will be equal to 90% of the amount of the cash dividend paid
on each share of Common Stock. In addition if holders of Common Stock receive
shares of Common Stock in connection with stock dividends or
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stock splits, holders of Transferable Class B Stock will receive a
proportionate number of shares of Transferable Class B Stock and holders of
Nontransferable Class B Stock will receive a proportionate number of shares of
Nontransferable Class B Stock.
Voting Rights. At every meeting of shareholders, every holder of Common
Stock is entitled to one vote per share and every holder of Class B Stock is
entitled to 10 votes per share. All actions submitted to a vote of
shareholders are voted upon by holders of Common Stock and Class B Stock
voting together as a single class (subject to any voting rights which may be
granted to holders of Preferred Stock) and a majority of the votes cast by
such holders is required to approve any such action, except where other
provision is made by law.
In addition to any vote required by law, the holders of Common Stock and
Class B Stock each vote separately as a class (i) on any merger or
consolidation of the Company with or into any other corporation, or any sale,
lease, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
Company's assets to or with any other person or any dissolution of the Company
(unless the other party to such merger or other transaction is a majority-
owned subsidiary of the Company) and (ii) on any additional issuances of Class
B Stock other than in connection with stock splits and stock dividends and
exchanges of Nontransferable Class B Stock for Transferable Class B Stock. A
majority of votes cast by the Common Stock and Class B Stock, each voting
separately as a class, is required to approve any matters described above as
to which holders of such shares have a separate class vote, unless, in the
case of the events described in clause (i) above, a greater vote is required
by law. In addition to any vote required by law, the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares of the Common Stock and the
Nontransferable Class B Stock, each voting separately as a class, is required
to approve any amendments to the Articles of Incorporation.
Liquidation Rights. In the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding
up of the affairs of the company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the
holders of Common Stock and Class B Stock are entitled to share equally in the
assets available for distribution after payment of all liabilities and
provision for the liquidation preference of any shares of Preferred Stock then
outstanding.
Class B Stock Conversion Rights. Each share of Class B Stock is convertible
into one share of Common Stock at any time at the option of the holder. In
addition, any transfer of shares of Nontransferable Class B Stock not
permitted under the Articles of Incorporation will result in the conversion of
such shares into shares of Common Stock.
The Articles of Incorporation provide that if at any time the number of
outstanding shares of Nontransferable Class B Stock represents less than 5% of
the aggregate number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and
Nontransferable Class B Stock, all of the outstanding shares of
Nontransferable Class B Stock will immediately convert into shares of Common
Stock.
Exchange of Nontransferable Class B Stock. The Nontransferable Class B Stock
is exchangeable in whole at the option of the Company at any time for
Transferable Class B Stock. Holders of Nontransferable Class B Stock will
receive one share of Transferable Class B Stock for each share of
Nontransferable Class B Stock held by them at the time of the exchange.
Miscellaneous. The holders of Common Stock and Class B Stock have no
preemptive rights, cumulative voting rights or subscriptions rights. Except as
described above, the Common Stock and Class B Stock have no conversion rights
and are not subject to redemption.
The transfer agent and registrar with respect to the Common Stock is The
Bank of New York.
All shares of Common Stock offered hereby, or issuable upon conversion,
exchange or exercise of Offered Securities, will, when issued, be fully paid
and non-assessable.
Mr. Eli Broad is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the
Company. At September 30, 1996, Mr. Broad beneficially owned an aggregate of
19,568,610 shares of Common Stock and Nontransferable
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Class B Stock and controlled 60.4% of the total number of votes entitled to be
cast by holders of Common Stock and Class B Stock, voting together as a single
class, at a general meeting of shareholders. Of the shares beneficially owned
by Mr. Broad, 2,865,468 represent shares of Common Stock that Mr. Broad has
the right to purchase at prices ranging from $2.16 per share to $22.46 per
share pursuant to vested stock options. In addition, 1,012,500 represent
shares of Common Stock and 1,687,500 represent shares of Nontransferable Class
B Stock, in each case held by a trust formed by Mr. Broad of which his estate
is a beneficiary.
SERIES B PREFERRED SHARES
Dividends. Subject to the rights of holders of other classes of stock
ranking on a parity with or senior to the Series B Preferred Shares which may
from time to time be issued by the Company, the holders of Series B Preferred
Shares are entitled to receive, when, as and if the Board of Directors
declares a dividend on the Series B Preferred Shares, out of assets legally
available for dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends from the issue
date of the Series B Preferred Shares (June 29, 1992), accruing at the rate
per Series B Preferred Share of $2.3125 per annum or $.5781 per quarter,
payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of each March, June, September
and December or, if any such date is not a business day, on the next
succeeding business day.
Dividends on the Series B Preferred Shares accrue whether or not the Company
has earnings, whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment
of such dividends and whether nor not such dividends are declared and will
accumulate to the extent they are not paid on the dividend payment date for
the quarter for which they accrue. Accumulated unpaid dividends do not bear
interest.
Liquidation Rights. Subject to the rights of holders of other classes of
stock ranking on a parity with or senior to Series B Preferred Shares, in the
event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the business of the
Company, whether voluntary or involuntary (any such event, a "Liquidation"),
the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares, after payment or provision for
payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Company, will be entitled to
receive for each Series B Preferred Share, an amount equal to the sum of
$25.00 and all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, and no more. If, upon any
Liquidation, there are insufficient assets to permit full payment of holders
of Series B Preferred Shares and shares of any other class of outstanding
Preferred Stock, the holders of Series B Preferred Shares and such other
shares shall be paid ratably in proportion to the full distributable amounts
to which holders of Series B Preferred Shares and such other shares are
respectively entitled upon Liquidation.
Redemption. The Series B Preferred Shares are not redeemable prior to June
15, 1997. On and after such date, the Series B Preferred Shares are redeemable
in cash at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, from time to time,
at a redemption price of $25.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends to
the date fixed for redemption.
The Series B Preferred Shares are not entitled to the benefits of any
sinking fund.
Voting Rights. The Series B Preferred Shares do not entitle holders thereof
to voting rights, except (i) the Company may not alter any of the provisions
of the Articles of Incorporation or the Articles Supplementary relating to the
Series B Preferred Shares which would materially and adversely affect any
right, preference or privilege of the Series B Preferred Shares without the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the Series B
Preferred Shares outstanding at the time (voting separately as a class);
provided, however, that any such alteration that would authorize, create or
issue additional shares of Preferred Stock or any other shares of stock
(whether or not already authorized) ranking senior to, on a parity with or
junior to the Series B Preferred Shares as to dividends or on the distribution
of assets upon Liquidation shall be deemed not to materially and adversely
affect such rights, preferences or privileges, (ii) in the event dividends
payable on the Series B Preferred Shares shall be in arrears in an aggregate
amount equivalent to six full quarterly dividends (a "Series B Preferred Share
Dividend Default") or (iii) as required by law. In the event of a Series B
Preferred Share Dividend Default, the holders of the outstanding Series B
Preferred Shares will be entitled to elect together with holders of all other
outstanding classes of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Series B
Preferred Shares and entitled to
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participate in such election, voting as a single class, two directors at a
special meeting called by the Board of Directors for such purpose. Such two
directors shall serve until the full dividends accumulated on all outstanding
Series B Preferred Shares and all other outstanding classes of Preferred Stock
ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Shares are paid.
SERIES E PREFERRED SHARES
Dividends. Subject to the rights of holders of other classes of stock
ranking on a parity with or senior to the Series E Preferred Shares which may
from time to time be issued by the Company, the holders of Series E Preferred
Shares are entitled to receive, when, as and if the Board of Directors
declares a dividend on the Series E Preferred Shares, out of assets legally
available for dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends from the date
of issue of the Series E Preferred Shares (November 1, 1995), accruing at the
rate per Series E Preferred Share of $155 per annum or $38.75 per quarter
(equivalent to $3.10 per annum or $.775 per quarter for each Series E
Depositary Share), payable quarterly in arrears.
Dividends on the Series E Preferred Shares accrue whether or not the Company
has earnings, whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment
of such dividends and whether or not such dividends are declared and will
accumulate to the extent they are not paid on the dividend payment date for
the quarter for which they accrue. Accumulated unpaid dividends do not bear
interest.
Mandatory Conversion of Series E Preferred Shares. On November 1, 1998 (the
"Series E Mandatory Conversion Date"), each outstanding Series E Preferred
Share will convert automatically into shares of Common Stock at the Series E
Common Stock Equivalent Rate (as described below) in effect on the Series E
Mandatory Conversion Date and the right to receive an amount in cash (subject
to the Company's option to deliver Common Stock as described below) equal to
all accrued and unpaid dividends on such Series E Preferred Share to and
including the Series E Mandatory Conversion Date (the "Series E Mandatory
Conversion"), subject to the rights of the Company to call Series E Preferred
Shares prior to the Series E Mandatory Conversion Date (as described below).
At the option of the Company, it may deliver Common Stock in respect of all or
a portion of the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends in lieu of cash, the
number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered in respect of such accrued
and unpaid dividends to be determined by dividing the amount of accrued and
unpaid dividends that the Company has elected to pay in Common Stock by the
current market price (as defined) of the Common Stock determined on the second
trading day immediately preceding the Series E Mandatory Conversion Date. The
Series E Common Equivalent Rate is currently 150 shares of Common Stock for
each Series E Preferred Share (equivalent to 3 shares of Common Stock for each
Series E Depositary Share), subject to adjustment in the event of stock
dividends, distribution of assets or certain other events.
Immediately prior to the effectiveness of a merger or consolidation of, or
statutory share exchange involving, the Company that results in the conversion
or exchange of the Common Stock into, or the right to receive, other
securities or other property (any such merger, consolidation or exchange, a
"Merger or Consolidation"), each outstanding Series E Preferred Share will
convert automatically into (i) shares of Common Stock at the Series E Common
Equivalent Rate in effect on the effective date of the Merger or
Consolidation, plus (ii) the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the
accrued and unpaid dividends on such Series E Preferred Share to and including
such effective date, plus (iii) the right to receive an amount in cash
initially equal to $330 (equivalent to $6.60 for each Series E Depositary
Share), declining by $.305550 (equivalent to $.006111 for each Series E
Depositary Share) on each day following the date of issue of the Series E
Preferred Shares (November 1, 1995) to $18.35 (equivalent to $.367 for each
Series E Depositary Share) on September 1, 1998, and equal to zero thereafter,
determined with reference to such effective date, unless sooner redeemed. At
the option of the Company, it may deliver on such effective date, in lieu of
some or all of the cash consideration described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of
the preceding sentence, shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common
Stock to be delivered in lieu of any consideration described in such clauses
(ii) and (iii) to be determined by dividing the amount of cash consideration
that the Company had elected to pay in Common Stock by the current market
price (as defined) of the Common Stock on the second trading day preceding the
earlier of
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the commencement of the mailing of such election to the holders of Series E
Preferred Shares or the date such notice is first published in accordance with
the terms of the Series E Preferred Shares.
Series E Preferred Shares are not convertible into Common Stock at the
option of the holders thereof.
Right to Call Series E Preferred Shares. Except as provided below, at any
time or from time to time prior to the Series E Mandatory Conversation Date,
the Company has the right to call the outstanding Series E Preferred Shares
for redemption, in whole or in part, and to deliver to the holders thereof in
exchange for each such Series E Preferred Share a number of shares of Common
Stock equal to the Series E Call Price (as described below) on the redemption
date divided by the current market price (as defined) of the Common Stock on
the second trading day preceding the earlier of the commencement of the
mailing of notice of such redemption to holders of the Series E Preferred
Shares or the date such notice is published in accordance with the terms of
the Series E Preferred Shares (the "Series E Notice Date") plus an amount in
cash (subject to the Company's option to deliver Common Stock as described
below) equal to accrued and unpaid dividends to but excluding the date of
redemption. At the option of the Company, it may deliver Common Stock in
respect of all or a portion of the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends in
lieu of cash, the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered in respect
of such accrued and unpaid dividends to be determined by dividing the amount
of accrued and unpaid dividends that the Company has elected to pay in Common
Stock by the current market price (as defined) of the Common Stock determined
on the second trading day immediately preceding the redemption date. The
Series E Call Price of each Series E Preferred Share is equal to fifty times
the sum of (i) an amount initially equal to $81.00, declining by $.006111 on
each day following the date of issue of the Series E Preferred Shares
(November 1, 1995) to $74.767 on September 1, 1998, and equal to $74.40
thereafter, and (ii) 50% of the excess, if any, of (a) the current market
price (as defined) of the Common Stock on the second trading day preceding the
Series E Notice Date relating to such redemption multiplied by one-fiftieth of
the Series E Common Equivalent Rate then in effect for the Common Stock, over
(b) $74.40.
Liquidation Rights. Subject to the rights of holders of other classes of
stock ranking on a parity with or senior to the Series E Preferred Shares, in
the event of any Liquidation, the holders of Series E Preferred Shares, after
payment or provisions for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the
Company, will be entitled to receive, for each Series E Preferred Share, an
amount equal to the sum of (i) $3,100 (equivalent to $62.00 for each Series E
Depositary Share) and (ii) all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, and no
more. If, upon any such liquidation, there are insufficient assets to permit
full payment to holders of Series E Preferred Shares and shares of any class
of outstanding Preferred Stock, the holders of Series E Preferred Shares and
such other shares shall be paid ratably in proportion to the full
distributable amounts to which holders of Series E Preferred Shares and such
other shares are respectively entitled.
The Series E Preferred Shares are not entitled to the benefits of any
sinking fund.
Voting Rights. The Series E Preferred Shares do not entitle holders thereof
to voting rights, except (i) the Company may not alter any of the provisions
of the Articles of Incorporation or the Articles Supplementary relating to the
Series E Preferred Shares which would materially and adversely affect any
right, preference or privilege of the Series E Preferred Shares without the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of Series
E Preferred Shares outstanding at the time (voting separately as a class);
provided, however, that any such alteration that would authorize, create or
issue any additional shares of Preferred Stock or any other shares of stock
(whether or not already authorized) ranking senior to, on a parity with or
junior to the Series E Preferred Shares as to dividends or on the distribution
of assets upon Liquidation shall be deemed not to materially and adversely
affect such rights, preferences or privileges, (ii) in the event dividends
payable on the Series E Preferred Shares shall be in arrears in an aggregate
amount equivalent to six full quarterly dividends (a "Series E Preferred Share
Dividend Default") or (iii) as required by law. In the event of a Series E
Preferred Share Dividend Default, the holders of the outstanding Series E
Preferred Shares will be entitled to elect together with holders of all other
outstanding classes of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with Series E
Preferred Shares and entitled to participate in such election, voting as a
single class, two directors at a special meeting called by
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the Board of Directors for such purpose. Such two directors shall serve until
the full dividends accumulated on all outstanding Series E Preferred Shares
and all other outstanding classes of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with
the Series E Preferred Shares are paid.
DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
The description set forth below and in any Prospectus Supplement of certain
provisions of the Deposit Agreement (as defined below) and of the Depositary
Shares and Depositary Receipts summarizes the material terms of the Deposit
Agreement and of the Depositary Shares and Depositary Receipts, and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to, the form of Deposit Agreement and
form of Depositary Receipts relating to each series of the Preferred Stock.
GENERAL
The Company may, at its option, elect to have shares of Preferred Stock be
represented by Depositary Shares. The shares of any series of the Preferred
Stock underlying the Depositary Shares will be deposited under a separate
deposit agreement (the "Deposit Agreement") between the Company and a bank or
trust company selected by the Company (the "Preferred Stock Depositary"). The
Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of Depositary Shares will set forth
the name and address of the Preferred Stock Depositary. Subject to the terms
of the Deposit Agreement, each owner of a Depositary Share will be entitled,
proportionately, to all the rights, preferences and privileges of the
Preferred Stock represented thereby (including dividend, voting, redemption,
conversion, exchange and liquidation rights).
The Depositary Shares will be evidenced by Depositary Receipts issued
pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, each of which will represent the applicable
interest in a number of shares of a particular series of the Preferred Stock
described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
A holder of Depositary Shares will be entitled to receive the shares of
Preferred Stock (but only in whole shares of Preferred Stock) underlying such
Depositary Shares. If the Depositary Receipts delivered by the holder evidence
a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the whole number of shares of
Preferred Stock to be withdrawn, the Depositary will deliver to such holder at
the same time a new Depositary Receipt evidencing such excess number of
Depositary Shares.
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS
The Preferred Stock Depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other
cash distributions in respect to the Preferred Stock to the record holders of
Depositary Receipts in proportion, insofar as possible, to the number of
Depositary Shares owned by such holders.
In the event of a distribution other than in cash in respect to the
Preferred Stock, the Preferred Stock Depositary will distribute property
received by it to the record holders of Depositary Receipts in proportion,
insofar as possible, to the number of Depositary Shares owned by such holders,
unless the Preferred Stock Depositary determines that it is not feasible to
make such distribution, in which case the Preferred Stock Depositary may, with
the approval of the Company, adopt such method as it deems equitable and
practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including sale (at
public or private sale) of such property and distribution of the net proceeds
from such sale to such holders.
The amount so distributed in any of the foregoing cases will be reduced by
any amount required to be withheld by the Company or the Preferred Stock
Depositary on account of taxes.
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CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE
If any Preferred Stock underlying the Depositary Shares is subject to
provisions relating to its conversion or exchange as set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement relating thereto, each record holder of Depositary
Shares will have the right or obligation to convert or exchange such
Depositary Shares pursuant to the terms thereof.
REDEMPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
If Preferred Stock underlying the Depositary Shares is subject to
redemption, the Depositary Shares will be redeemed from the proceeds received
by the Preferred Stock Depositary resulting from the redemption, in whole or
in part, of the Preferred Stock held by the Preferred Stock Depositary. The
redemption price per Depositary Share will be equal to the aggregate
redemption price payable with respect to the number of shares of Preferred
Stock underlying the Depositary Shares. Whenever the Company redeems Preferred
Stock from the Preferred Stock Depositary, the Preferred Stock Depositary will
redeem as of the same redemption date a proportionate number of Depositary
Shares representing the shares of Preferred Stock that were redeemed. If less
than all the Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be
redeemed will be selected by lot or pro rata as may be determined by the
Company.
After the date fixed for redemption, the Depositary Shares so called for
redemption will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of the
holders of the Depositary Shares will cease, except the right to receive the
redemption price upon such redemption. Any funds deposited by the Company with
the Preferred Stock Depositary for any Depositary Shares which the holders
thereof fail to redeem shall be returned to the Company after a period of two
years from the date such funds are so deposited.
VOTING
Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of any shares of
Preferred Stock underlying the Depositary Shares are entitled to vote, the
Preferred Stock Depositary will mail the information contained in such notice
to the record holders of the Depositary Receipts. Each record holder of such
Depositary Receipts on the record date (which will be the same date as the
record date for the Preferred Stock) will be entitled to instruct the
Preferred Stock Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining
to the number of shares of Preferred Stock underlying such holder's Depositary
Shares. The Preferred Stock Depositary will endeavor, insofar as practicable,
to vote the number of shares of Preferred Stock underlying such Depositary
Shares in accordance with such instructions, and the Company will agree to
take all reasonable action which may be deemed necessary by the Preferred
Stock Depositary in order to enable the Preferred Stock Depositary to do so.
The Preferred Stock Depositary will abstain from voting the Preferred Stock to
the extent it does not receive specific written instructions from holders of
Depositary Receipts representing such Preferred Stock.
RECORD DATE
Whenever (i) any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become
payable, any distribution other than cash shall be made, or any rights,
preferences or privileges shall be offered with respect to the Preferred
Stock, or (ii) the Preferred Stock Depositary shall receive notice of any
meeting at which holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote or of which
holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to notice, or of the mandatory
conversion of or any election on the part of the Company to call for the
redemption of any Preferred Stock, the Preferred Stock Depositary shall in
each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the same as the record
date for the Preferred Stock) for the determination of the holders of
Depositary Receipts (x) who shall be entitled to receive such dividend,
distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the
sale thereof or (y) who shall be entitled to give instructions for the
exercise of voting rights at any such meeting or to receive notice of such
meeting or of such redemption or conversion, subject to the provisions of the
Deposit Agreement.
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AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
The form of Depositary Receipt and any provision of the Deposit Agreement
may at any time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Preferred
Stock Depositary. However, any amendment which imposes or increases any fees,
taxes or other charges payable by the holders of Depositary Receipts (other
than taxes and other governmental charges, fees and other expenses payable by
such holders as stated under "Charges of Preferred Stock Depositary"), or
which otherwise prejudices any substantial existing right of holders of
Depositary Receipts, will not take effect as to outstanding Depositary
Receipts until the expiration of 90 days after notice of such amendment has
been mailed to the record holders of outstanding Depositary Receipts.
Whenever so directed by the Company, the Preferred Stock Depositary will
terminate the Deposit Agreement by mailing notice of such termination to the
record holders of all Depositary Receipts then outstanding at least 30 days
prior to the date fixed in such notice for such termination. The Preferred
Stock Depositary may likewise terminate the Deposit Agreement if at any time
45 days shall have expired after the Preferred Stock Depositary shall have
delivered to the Company a written notice of its election to resign and a
successor depositary shall not have been appointed and accepted its
appointment. If any Depositary Receipts remain outstanding after the date of
termination, the Preferred Stock Depositary thereafter will discontinue the
transfer of Depositary Receipts, will suspend the distribution of dividends to
the holders thereof, and will not give any further notices (other than notice
of such termination) or perform any further acts under the Deposit Agreement
except as provided below and except that the Preferred Stock Depositary will
continue (i) to collect dividends on the Preferred Stock and any other
distributions with respect thereto and (ii) to deliver the Preferred Stock
together with such dividends and distributions and the net proceeds of any
sales of rights, preferences, privileges or other property, without liability
for interest thereon, in exchange for Depositary Receipts surrendered. At any
time after the expiration of two years from the date of termination, the
Preferred Stock Depositary may sell the Preferred Stock then held by it at
public or private sales, at such place or places and upon such terms as it
deems proper and may thereafter hold the net proceeds of any such sale,
together with any money and other property then held by it, without liability
for interest thereon, for the pro rata benefit of the holders of Depositary
Receipts which have not been surrendered.
CHARGES OF PREFERRED STOCK DEPOSITARY
The Company will pay all charges of the Preferred Stock Depositary including
charges in connection with the initial deposit of the Preferred Stock, the
initial issuance of the Depositary Receipts, the distribution of information
to the holders of Depositary Receipts with respect to matters on which
Preferred Stock is entitled to vote, withdrawals of the Preferred Stock by the
holders of Depositary Receipts or redemption or conversion of the Preferred
Stock, except for taxes (including transfer taxes, if any) and other
governmental charges and such other charges as are expressly provided in the
Deposit Agreement to be at the expense of holders of Depositary Receipts or
persons depositing Preferred Stock.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Preferred Stock Depositary will make available for inspection by holders
of Depositary Receipts at its corporate office and its New York office, all
reports and communications from the Company which are delivered to the
Preferred Stock Depositary as the holder of Preferred Stock.
Neither the Preferred Stock Depositary nor the Company will be liable if it
is prevented or delayed by law or any circumstance beyond its control in
performing its obligations under the Deposit Agreement. The obligations of the
Preferred Stock Depositary under the Deposit Agreement are limited to
performing its duties thereunder without negligence or bad faith. The
obligations of the Company under the Deposit Agreement are limited to
performing its duties thereunder in good faith. Neither the Company nor the
Preferred Stock Depositary is obligated to prosecute or defend any legal
proceeding in respect of any Depositary Shares or Preferred Stock unless
satisfactory indemnity is furnished. The Company and the Preferred Stock
Depositary are entitled to rely upon advice of or information from counsel,
accountants or other persons believed to be competent and on documents
believed to be genuine.
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The Preferred Stock Depositary may resign at any time or be removed by the
Company, effective upon the acceptance by its successor of its appointment;
provided, that if a successor Preferred Stock Depositary has not been
appointed or accepted such appointment within 45 days after the Preferred
Stock Depositary has delivered a notice of election to resign to the Company,
the Preferred Stock Depositary may terminate the Deposit Agreement. See
"Amendment and Termination of Deposit Agreement" above.
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
GENERAL
The Company may issue Warrants to purchase Senior Debt Securities,
Subordinated Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, Preferred
Stock (or Depositary Shares representing Preferred Stock) or Common Stock
(collectively, the "Underlying Warrant Securities"), and such Warrants may be
issued independently or together with any such Underlying Warrant Securities
and may be attached to or separate from such Underlying Warrant Securities.
Each series of Warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement
(each a "Warrant Agreement") to be entered into between the Company and a
warrant agent ("Warrant Agent"). The Warrant Agent will act solely as an agent
of the Company in connection with the Warrants of such series and will not
assume any obligation or relationship of agency for or with holders or
beneficial owners of Warrants. The following sets forth certain general terms
and provisions of the Warrants offered hereby. Further terms of the Warrants
and the applicable Warrant Agreement are set forth in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the terms of any Warrants
in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered, including the
following: (i) the title of such Warrants; (ii) the aggregate number of such
Warrants; (iii) the price or prices at which such Warrants will be issued;
(iv) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which the
price of such Warrants may be payable; (v) the designation and terms of the
Underlying Warrant Securities purchasable upon exercise of such Warrants; (vi)
the price at which and the currency or currencies, including composite
currencies, in which the Underlying Warrant Securities purchasable upon
exercise of such Warrants may be purchased; (vii) the date on which the right
to exercise such Warrants shall commence and the date on which such right
shall expire; (viii) whether such Warrants will be issued in registered form
or bearer form; (ix) if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of such
Warrants which may be exercised at any one time; (x) if applicable, the
designation and terms of the Underlying Warrant Securities with which such
Warrants are issued and the number of such Warrants issued with each such
Underlying Warrant Security; (xi) if applicable, the date on and after which
such Warrants and the related Underlying Warrant Securities will be separately
transferable; (xii) information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any;
(xiii) if applicable, a discussion of certain United States federal income tax
considerations; and (xiv) any other terms of such Warrants, including terms,
procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of such
Warrants.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES
Each SunAmerica Trust may issue, from time to time, only one series of
Preferred Securities having terms described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating thereto. The Declaration of each SunAmerica Trust authorizes the
Regular Trustees of such SunAmerica Trust to issue on behalf of such
SunAmerica Trust one series of Preferred Securities. Each Declaration will be
qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. The Preferred
Securities will have such terms, including distributions, redemption, voting,
liquidation rights and such other preferred, deferred or other special rights
or such restrictions as shall be set forth in the related Declaration or made
part of such Declaration by the Trust Indenture Act or the Business Trust Act.
Reference is made to any Prospectus Supplement relating to the Preferred
Securities of a SunAmerica Trust for specific terms, including (i) the
specific designation of such Preferred Securities, (ii) the number of
Preferred Securities issued by such SunAmerica Trust, (iii) the annual
distribution rate (or method of calculation thereof) for Preferred Securities
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issued by such SunAmerica Trust, the date or dates upon which such
distributions shall be payable and the record date or dates for the payment of
such distributions, (iv) whether distributions on Preferred Securities issued
by such SunAmerica Trust shall be cumulative, and, in the case of Preferred
Securities having such cumulative distribution rights, the date or dates or
method of determining the date or dates from which distributions on Preferred
Securities issued by such SunAmerica Trust shall be cumulative, (v) the amount
or amounts which shall be paid out of the assets of such SunAmerica Trust to
the holders of Preferred Securities of such SunAmerica Trust upon voluntary or
involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of such SunAmerica Trust,
(vi) the obligation or right, if any, of such SunAmerica Trust to purchase or
redeem Preferred Securities issued by such SunAmerica Trust and the price or
prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which Preferred Securities issued by such SunAmerica Trust
shall or may be purchased or redeemed, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation or right, (vii) the voting rights, if any, of Preferred Securities
issued by such SunAmerica Trust in addition to those required by law,
including the number of votes per Preferred Security and any requirement for
the approval by the holders of Preferred Securities, or of Preferred
Securities issued by one or more SunAmerica Trusts, or of both, as a condition
to specified actions or amendments to the Declaration of such SunAmerica
Trust, (viii) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which Preferred
Securities issued by such SunAmerica Trust may be converted into Common Stock
of the Company, including the conversion price per share and the
circumstances, if any, under which such conversion right will expire, (ix) the
terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities may be distributed to holders of Trust Preferred Securities, (x) if
applicable, any securities exchange upon which the Preferred Securities shall
be listed, and (xi) any other relevant rights, preferences, privileges,
limitations or restrictions of Preferred Securities issued by such SunAmerica
Trust consistent with the Declaration of such SunAmerica Trust or with
applicable law. All Preferred Securities offered hereby will be guaranteed by
the Company as and to the extent set forth below under "Description of the
Preferred Securities Guarantees." Certain United States federal income tax
considerations applicable to any offering of Preferred Securities will be
described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
In connection with the issuance of Preferred Securities, each SunAmerica
Trust will issue one series of Common Securities. The Declaration of each
SunAmerica Trust authorizes the Regular Trustees of such trust to issue on
behalf of such SunAmerica Trust one series of Common Securities having such
terms including distributions, redemption, voting, liquidation rights or such
restrictions as shall be set forth therein. The terms of the Common Securities
issued by a SunAmerica Trust will be substantially identical to the terms of
the Preferred Securities issued by such SunAmerica Trust and the Common
Securities will rank pari passu, and payments will be made thereon on a Pro
Rata Basis with the Preferred Securities except that if a Declaration Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the rights of the holders of such Common
Securities to payments in respect of distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and maturity will be subordinated to the rights of the
holders of such Preferred Securities. Except in certain limited circumstances,
the Common Securities issued by a SunAmerica Trust will also carry the right
to vote and to appoint, remove or replace any of the Trustees of that
SunAmerica Trust. All of the Common Securities of a SunAmerica Trust will be
directly or indirectly owned by the Company.
PROPOSED TAX LEGISLATION
On March 19, 1996, as a part of President Clinton's Fiscal 1997 Budget
Proposal, the Treasury Department proposed legislation (the "Proposed
Legislation") that, among other things, would (i) treat as equity for United
States federal income tax purposes certain debt instruments with a maximum
term of more than 20 years and (ii) disallow interest deductions on certain
convertible debt instruments or defer interest deductions on certain debt
instruments issued with original issue discount. The Proposed Legislation is
proposed to be effective for debt instruments issued on or after December 7,
1995.
On March 29, 1996, Senate Finance Committee Chairman William V. Roth, Jr.
and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Archer issued a joint
statement (the "Joint Statement") indicating their intent that the Proposed
Legislation, if adopted by either of the tax-writing committees of Congress,
would have an effective
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date that is no earlier than the date of "appropriate Congressional action."
However, there can be no assurances that the effective date guidance contained
in the Joint Statement will be incorporated in the Proposed Legislation, if
enacted, or that other legislation enacted after the date hereof will not
otherwise adversely affect the tax treatment of the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities. In addition, there can be no assurances as to whether or in what
form the Proposed Legislation may be enacted into law or whether other
legislation will be enacted that otherwise adversely affects the tax treatment
of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Preferred Securities.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEES
Set forth below is a summary of information concerning the Preferred
Securities Guarantees that will be executed and delivered by the Company for
the benefit of the holders from time to time of Preferred Securities. Each
Preferred Security Guarantee will be separately qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act and will be held by the Bank of New York, acting in its capacity
as indenture trustee with respect thereto, for the benefit of holders of the
Preferred Securities of the applicable SunAmerica Trust. The terms of each
Preferred Securities Guarantee will be those set forth in such Preferred
Securities Guarantee and those made part of such Guarantee by the Trust
Indenture Act. This description summarizes the material terms of the Preferred
Securities Guarantees and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the
form of Preferred Securities Guarantee, which is filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part, and the Trust
Indenture Act.
GENERAL
Pursuant to each Preferred Securities Guarantee, the Company will
irrevocably and unconditionally agree, to the extent set forth therein, to pay
in full, to the holders of the Preferred Securities issued by a SunAmerica
Trust, the Guarantee Payments (as defined below) (without duplication of
amounts theretofore paid by such SunAmerica Trust), to the extent not paid by
such SunAmerica Trust, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or
counterclaim that such SunAmerica Trust may have or assert. The following
payments or distributions with respect to Preferred Securities issued by a
SunAmerica Trust to the extent not paid or made by such SunAmerica Trust (the
"Guarantee Payments"), will be subject to the Preferred Securities Guarantee
(without duplication): (i) any accrued and unpaid distributions on such
Preferred Securities, and the redemption price, including all accrued and
unpaid distributions to the date of redemption, with respect to any Preferred
Securities called for redemption by such SunAmerica Trust but only if and to
the extent that in each case the Company has made a payment to the related
Property Trustee of interest or principal on the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities deposited in such SunAmerica Trust as trust assets and (ii) upon a
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of such
SunAmerica Trust (other than in connection with the distribution of such
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to the holders of Preferred Securities or
the redemption of all of the Preferred Securities upon the maturity or
redemption of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities) the lesser of (a) the
aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accrued and unpaid distributions
on such Preferred Securities to the date of payment, to the extent such
SunAmerica Trust has funds available therefor or (b) the amount of assets of
such SunAmerica Trust remaining available for distribution to holders of such
Preferred Securities in liquidation of such SunAmerica Trust. 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 Preferred Securities or
by causing the applicable SunAmerica Trust to pay such amount to such holders.
The Preferred Securities Guarantee is a full and unconditional guarantee
from the time of issuance of the applicable Preferred Securities but the
Preferred Securities Guarantee covers distributions and other payments on such
Preferred Securities only if and to the extent that the Company has made a
payment to the Property Trustee of interest or principal on the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities deposited in the applicable SunAmerica Trust as
trust assets. If the Company does not make interest or principal payments on
the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities deposited in the applicable SunAmerica
Trust as trust assets, the Property Trust will not make
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distributions of the Preferred Securities of such SunAmerica Trust and the
SunAmerica Trust will not have funds available therefor.
The Company's obligations under the Declaration for each Trust, the
Preferred Securities Guarantee issued with respect to Preferred Securities
issued by that Trust, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by
that Trust and the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture in the aggregate will
provide a full and unconditional guarantee on a subordinated basis by the
Company of payments due on the Preferred Securities issued by that Trust.
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
In each Preferred Securities Guarantee, the Company will covenant that, so
long as any Preferred Securities issued by the applicable SunAmerica Trust
remain outstanding, the Company will not (A) declare or pay any dividends on,
or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a distribution or liquidation payment
with respect to, any of its common stock or preferred stock or make any
guarantee payment with respect thereto, or (B) make any payment of interest,
premium (if any) or principal on any debt securities issued by the Company
which rank pari passu with or junior to the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities, if at such time (i) the Company shall be in default with respect
to its Guarantee Payments or other payment obligations under the Preferred
Securities Guarantee, (ii) there shall have occurred any Declaration Event of
Default under the related Declaration or (iii) the Company shall have given
notice of its election to defer payments of interest on the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities held by such SunAmerica Trust as trust assets by
extending the interest payment period as provided in the terms of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities and such period, or any extension thereof, is
continuing; provided that (a) the Company will be permitted to pay accrued
dividends (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) upon the conversion of any
of its Series E Preferred Shares or upon the conversion of any other Preferred
Stock of the Company as may be outstanding from time to time, in each case in
accordance with the terms of such stock and (b) the foregoing will not apply
to any stock dividends paid by the Company. In addition, so long as any
Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Company has agreed (i) to remain
the sole direct or indirect owner of all of the outstanding Common Securities
issued by the applicable SunAmerica Trust and shall not cause or permit the
Common Securities to be transferred except to the extent permitted by the
related Declaration; provided that any permitted successor of the Company
under the Indenture may succeed to the Company's ownership of the Common
Securities issued by the applicable SunAmerica Trust and (ii) to use
reasonable efforts to cause such SunAmerica Trust to continue to be treated as
a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes except in
connection with a distribution of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.
AMENDMENTS AND ASSIGNMENT
Except with respect to any changes that do not adversely affect the rights
of holders of Preferred Securities (in which case no consent will be
required), each Preferred Securities Guarantee may be amended only with the
prior approval of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in liquidation amount
of the outstanding Preferred Securities issued by the applicable SunAmerica
Trust. The manner of obtaining any such approval of holders of such Preferred
Securities will be set forth in an accompanying Prospectus Supplement. All
guarantees and agreements contained in a Preferred Securities Guarantee shall
bind the successors, assignees, receivers, trustees and representatives of the
Company and shall inure to the benefit of the holders of the Preferred
Securities of the applicable SunAmerica Trust then outstanding. Except in
connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the Company that is
permitted under the Indenture, the Company may not assign its obligations
under any Preferred Securities Guarantee.
TERMINATION OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEES
Each Preferred Securities Guarantee will terminate and be of no further
force and effect as to the Preferred Securities issued by the applicable
SunAmerica Trust upon full payment of the redemption price of all Preferred
Securities of such SunAmerica Trust, or upon distribution of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities to the holders of the Preferred Securities of
such SunAmerica Trust in exchange for all of the Preferred Securities
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issued by such SunAmerica Trust, or upon full payment of the amounts payable
upon liquidation of such SunAmerica Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each
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 issued by the applicable SunAmerica Trust must restore payment of
any sums paid under such Preferred Securities or such Guarantee.
STATUS OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEES
The Company's obligations under each Preferred Securities Guarantee to make
the Guarantee Payments will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Company
and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other
liabilities of the Company, including the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities,
except those made pari passu or subordinate by their terms, and (ii) senior to
all capital stock now or hereafter issued by the Company and to any guarantee
now or hereafter entered into by the Company in respect of any of its capital
stock. The Company's obligations under each Preferred Securities Guarantee
will rank pari passu with each other Preferred Securities Guarantee. Because
the Company is a holding company, the Company's obligations under each
Preferred Securities Guarantee are also effectively subordinated to all
existing and future liabilities, including trade payables, of the Company's
subsidiaries, except to the extent that the Company is a creditor of the
subsidiaries recognized as such. Each Declaration provides that each holder of
Preferred Securities issued by the applicable SunAmerica Trust by acceptance
thereof agrees to the subordination provisions and other terms of the related
Preferred Securities Guarantee.
Each Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute a guarantee of payment
and not of collection (that is, the guaranteed party may institute a legal
proceeding directly against the guarantor to enforce its rights under the
guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against any other
person or entity). Each Preferred Securities Guarantee will be deposited with
The Bank of New York, as indenture trustee, to be held for the benefit of the
holders of the Preferred Securities issued by the applicable SunAmerica Trust.
The Bank of New York shall enforce the Preferred Securities Guarantee on
behalf of the holders of the Preferred Securities issued by the applicable
SunAmerica Trust. The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities issued by the applicable
SunAmerica Trust have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available in respect of the related
Preferred Securities Guarantee, including the giving of directions to The Bank
of New York. If The Bank of New York fails to enforce such Preferred
Securities Guarantee as above provided, any holder of Preferred Securities
issued by the applicable SunAmerica Trust may institute a legal proceeding
directly against the Company to enforce its rights under such Preferred
Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the
applicable SunAmerica Trust or any other person or entity.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Company will be required to provide annually to The Bank of New York a
statement as to the performance by the Company of certain of its obligations
under the Preferred Securities Guarantees and as to any default in such
performance. The Company is required to file annually with The Bank of New
York an officer's certificate as to the Company's compliance with all
conditions under Preferred Securities Guarantees.
The Bank of New York, prior to the occurrence of a default, undertakes to
perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the applicable
Preferred Securities Guarantee and, after default with respect to a Preferred
Securities Guarantee, shall 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 Bank of New York is under no obligation to exercise any of
the powers vested in it by a Preferred Securities Guarantee at the request of
any holder of Preferred Securities unless it is offered reasonable indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred thereby.
GOVERNING LAW
The Preferred Securities Guarantees will be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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DESCRIPTION OF STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS
AND STOCK PURCHASE UNITS
The Company may issue Stock Purchase Contracts, representing contracts
obligating holders to purchase from the Company, and the Company to sell to
the holders, a specified number of shares of Common Stock at a future date or
dates. The price per share of Common Stock may be fixed at the time the Stock
Purchase Contracts are issued or may be determined by reference to a specific
formula set forth in the Stock Purchase Contracts. The Stock Purchase
Contracts may be issued separately or as a part of units ("Stock Purchase
Units") consisting of a Stock Purchase Contract and either (x) Senior Debt
Securities, Subordinated Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities, (y) debt obligations of third parties, including U.S. Treasury
securities, or (z) Preferred Securities of a SunAmerica Trust, securing the
holder's obligations to purchase the Common Stock under the Stock Purchase
Contracts. The Stock Purchase Contracts may require the Company to make
periodic payments to the holders of the Stock Purchase Units or vice versa,
and such payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis. The Stock
Purchase Contracts may require holders to secure their obligations thereunder
in a specified manner and in certain circumstances the Company may deliver
newly issued prepaid stock purchase contracts ("Prepaid Securities") upon
release to a holder of any collateral securing such holder's obligations under
the original Stock Purchase Contract.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the terms of any Stock
Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units and, if applicable, Prepaid
Securities. The description in the Prospectus Supplement will not purport to
be complete and will be qualified in its entirety by reference to the Stock
Purchase Contracts, the collateral arrangements and depositary arrangements,
if applicable, relating to such Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase
Units and, if applicable, the Prepaid Securities and the document pursuant to
which such Prepaid Securities will be issued.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company and/or a SunAmerica Trust may sell the Securities directly or
through agents, underwriters or dealers.
Offers to purchase Offered Securities may be solicited by agents designated
by the Company and/or a SunAmerica Trust from time to time. Any such agent,
who may be deemed to be an underwriter as that term is defined in the
Securities Act, involved in the offer or sale of the Offered Securities in
respect of which this Prospectus is delivered will be named, and any
commissions payable by the Company and/or a SunAmerica Trust to such agent set
forth, in the Prospectus Supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in the
Prospectus Supplement, any such agent will be acting on a best efforts basis
for the period of its appointment. The Company and/or a SunAmerica Trust may
also sell Offered Securities to an agent as principal. Agents may be entitled
to, under agreements which may be entered into with the Company and/or a
SunAmerica Trust, indemnification by the Company against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act, and may be customers of,
engage in transactions with or perform services for the Company in the
ordinary course of business.
If any underwriters are utilized in the sale of Offered Securities in
respect of which this Prospectus is delivered, the Company and/or a SunAmerica
Trust will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriters and the
names of the underwriters and the terms of the transaction will be set forth
in the 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. Underwriters may offer and sell the Offered
Securities at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or from time to
time at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to
such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. The underwriters may be
entitled, under the relevant underwriting agreement, to indemnification by the
Company against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act, and may be customers of, engage in transactions with or
perform services for the Company in the ordinary course of business.
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If a dealer is utilized in the sale of the Offered Securities in respect of
which this Prospectus is delivered, the Company and/or a SunAmerica Trust 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. Dealers may be entitled to
indemnification by the Company against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act, and may be customers of, engage in
transactions with or perform services for the Company in the ordinary course
of business.
Offered Securities may also be offered and sold, if so indicated in the
Prospectus Supplement, in connection with a remarketing upon their purchase,
in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to their terms, or
otherwise, by one or more firms ("marketing firms"), acting as principals for
their own accounts or as agents for the Company and/or a SunAmerica Trust. Any
remarketing firm will be identified and the terms of its agreement, if any,
with the Company and/or a SunAmerica Trust and its compensation will be
described in the Prospectus Supplement. Remarketing firms may be deemed to be
underwriters in connection with the Offered Securities remarketing thereby.
Remarketing firms may be entitled under agreements which may be entered into
with the Company and/or a SunAmerica Trust to indemnification by the Company
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act,
and may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for
the Company in the ordinary course of business.
If so indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company and/or a
SunAmerica Trust will authorize agents and underwriters or dealers to solicit
offers by certain purchasers to purchase Offered Securities from the Company
at the public offering price set forth in the Prospectus Supplement pursuant
to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a
specified date in the future. Such contracts will be subject to only those
conditions set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, and the Prospectus
Supplement will set forth the commission payable for solicitation of such
offers.
LEGAL MATTERS
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
validity of the Offered Securities of SunAmerica will be passed upon for the
Company by Susan L. Harris, Senior Vice President and General Counsel--
Corporate Affairs of the Company, and by Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, New
York, special counsel to the Company and the SunAmerica Trusts. Ms. Harris and
Davis Polk & Wardwell will rely as to matters of Maryland law on Piper &
Marbury LLP, Baltimore, Maryland. Unless otherwise indicated in a Prospectus
Supplement certain matters of Delaware law relating to the validity of the
Preferred Securities of a SunAmerica Trust will be passed upon for the
SunAmerica Trusts by Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Delaware, special
Delaware counsel to the SunAmerica Trusts. Ms. Harris holds stock, restricted
stock and options to purchase stock granted under the Company's employee stock
plans, which in the aggregate represent less than 1% of the Company's Common
Stock. David W. Ferguson, a partner of Davis Polk & Wardwell, is a director of
First SunAmerica Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of the Company.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements incorporated in this Prospectus by
reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
1995, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of Price Waterhouse
LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts
in auditing and accounting.
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ERISA MATTERS
The Company and certain affiliates of the Company, including SunAmerica Life
Insurance Company and Anchor National Life Insurance Company, may each be
considered a "party in interest" within the meaning of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or a "disqualified person"
within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code") with respect to many employee benefit plans. Prohibited transactions
within the meaning of ERISA or the Code may arise, for example, if the Offered
Securities are acquired by a pension or other employee benefit plan with
respect to which the Company or any of its affiliates is a service provider
(or otherwise is a "party in interest" or a "disqualified person"), unless
such Offered Securities are acquired pursuant to an exemption for transactions
effected on behalf of such plan by a "qualified professional asset manager" or
pursuant to any other available exemption. Any such pension or employee
benefit plan proposing to invest in the Offered Securities should consult with
its legal counsel.
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PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
The following table sets forth the expenses in connection with the issuance
and distribution of the securities being registered, other than underwriting
discounts and commissions. All of the amounts shown are estimates, except the
SEC registration fee.
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SEC registration fee............................................... $373,182
Printing and engraving............................................. 100,000
Legal fees and expenses............................................ 150,000
Fees of accountants................................................ 80,000
Fees of trustee.................................................... 50,000
Blue sky fees and expenses......................................... 60,000
Rating agency fees................................................. 10,000
Miscellaneous...................................................... 26,818
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Total............................................................ $850,000
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation law permits the
indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents of Maryland
corporations. Article Eighth of the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation, as amended and restated (the "Articles") authorizes the
indemnification of directors and officers to the full extent required or
permitted by the General Laws of the State of Maryland, now or hereafter in
force, whether such persons are serving the Company, or, at its request, any
other entity, which indemnification shall include the advance of expenses
under the procedures and to the full extent permitted by law. Article Eighth
of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended and restated, further provides
that the foregoing rights of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any
other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled and that
no amendment or repeal of Article Eighth shall apply to or have any effect on
any right to indemnification provided thereunder with respect to acts or
omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. In addition, the
Company's officers and directors are covered by certain directors' and
officers' liability insurance policies maintained by the Company. Reference is
made to section 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation Law and Article
Eighth of the Articles, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Each Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (a "Declaration") of a
SunAmerica Trust provides that no Trustee, affiliate of any Trustee or any
officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees,
representatives or agents of any Trustee or any employee or agent of such
SunAmerica Trust or its affiliates (each, an "Indemnified Person") shall be
liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to any employee or
agent of such SunAmerica Trust or its affiliates, or any officers, directors,
shareholders, employees, representatives or agents of the Company or its
affiliates or to any holders of Trust Securities of such SunAmerica Trust 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 such
SunAmerica Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed
to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person
by the Declaration of such SunAmerica Trust 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 of such SunAmerica Trust, negligence) or willful
misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions. Each Declaration also
provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company
shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any
loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of any act
or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on
behalf of such SunAmerica Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person
reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such
Indemnified Person by such Declaration, except that no Indemnified Person
shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim
incurred by such
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Indemnified Person by reason of gross negligence (or, in the case of the
Property Trustee of such SunAmerica Trust, negligence) or willful misconduct
with respect to such acts or omissions. Each Declaration further provides that
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including legal
fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending any claim, demand,
action, suit or the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or
proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the
final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified
Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnified
Person is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to such Declaration.
ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
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1.1+ Form of Underwriting Agreement (Debt)
1.2+ Form of Underwriting Agreement (Equity)
1.3+ Form of Underwriting Agreement (Preferred Securities)
1.4+ Form of Underwriting Agreement (Stock Purchase Contracts)
1.5+ Form of Underwriting Agreement (Stock Purchase Units)
3.1 Restated Charter of the Company, dated October 2, 1991 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Company's Form 8, dated
and filed October 4, 1991, amending the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1990).
3.2 Articles Supplementary, dated June 24, 1992 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3(c) to the Company's 1992 Annual Report on
Form 10-K, filed November 30, 1992)
3.3 Amendment to the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation, dated
February 1, 1993 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to
the Company's Form 8-K, filed February 3, 1993)
3.4 Articles of Merger, dated July 30, 1993, between the Company and
SunAmerica Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
3(g) to the Company's 1993 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed
December 16, 1993)
3.5 Articles Supplementary, dated October 30, 1995 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(h) to the Company's 1995 Annual Report on
Form 10-K, filed November 29, 1995)
3.6 Articles of Amendment dated October 30, 1995 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's 1995 Annual Report on
Form 10-K, filed November 29, 1995)
3.7 Bylaws of the Company as revised on October 23, 1987 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the Company's 1987 Annual
Report on Form 10-K, filed February 26, 1988)
4.1 Senior Indenture dated as of April 15, 1993 between the Company and
The First National Bank of Chicago (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4(h) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed
December 16, 1993)
4.2** Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 28, 1993 supplementing the
Senior Indenture
4.3* Form of Subordinated Indenture between the Company and The First
National Bank of Chicago
4.4 Junior Subordinated Indenture dated as of March 15, 1995 between the
Company and The First National Bank of Chicago (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Company's Registration Statement No.
33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.5 Declaration of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust III (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.6 of the Company's Registration Statement No.
33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.6 Certificate of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust III (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Company's Registration Statement No.
33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.7 Declaration of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust IV (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.8 of the Company's Registration Statement No.
33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective September 29, 1995)
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4.8 Certificate of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust IV (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.9 of the Company's Registration Statement No.
33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.9* Declaration of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust V
4.10* Certificate of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust V
4.11* Declaration of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust VI
4.12* Certificate of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust VI
4.13*** Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust for a SunAmerica
Trust to be used in connection with Non-convertible Preferred
Securities
4.14*** Form of Non-convertible Preferred Security (included in Exhibit 4.13)
4.15+ Form of convertible Preferred Security
4.16 Form of Supplemental Indenture to be used in connection with issuance
of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and Preferred Securities
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 of the Company's
Registration Statement No. 33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective
September 29, 1995)
4.17 Form of Non-convertible Junior Subordinated Debt Security (included
in Exhibit 4.16) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 of the
Company's Registration Statement No. 33-62405 on Form S-3, declared
effective September 29, 1995)
4.18+ Form of convertible Junior Subordinated Debt Security
4.19 Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee with respect to Preferred
Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 of the
Company's Registration Statement No. 33-62405 on Form S-3, declared
effective September 29, 1995)
4.20 Form of Deposit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.15
of the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-62405 on Form S-3,
declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.21 Form of SunAmerica Common Stock Share Certificate (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.16 of the Company's Registration Statement
No. 33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.22*** Form of Purchase Contract Agreement between SunAmerica Inc. and The
Bank of New York, as Purchase Contract Agent (including as Exhibit A
the Form of Security Certificate)
4.23*** Form of Pledge Agreement among SunAmerica Inc., The First National
Bank of Chicago, as Collateral Agent, and The Bank of New York, as
Purchase Contract Agent
4.24* Form of Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Indenture providing for
the issuance for convertible debt securities thereunder
4.25* Form of Supplemental Indenture to the Junior Subordinated Indenture
providing for the issuance of convertible debt securities thereunder
4.26* Form of Prepaid Securities Indenture between the Company and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee
5.1*** Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell
5.2*** Opinion of Piper & Marbury LLP
5.3*** Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger
12.1** Statement re: Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges
12.2** Statement re: Computation of ratio of earnings to combined fixed
charges and preferred stock dividends
23.1* Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP
23.2*** Consent of Susan L. Harris
23.3*** Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.4*** Consent of Piper & Marbury LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)
23.5*** Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger (included in Exhibit 5.3)
24.1** Powers of Attorney for the Company (included in signature pages)
24.2 Powers of Attorney for SunAmerica, as sponsor, to sign the
Registration Statement on behalf of SunAmerica Capital Trust III,
SunAmerica Capital Trust IV, SunAmerica Capital Trust V and
SunAmerica Capital Trust VI (included in Exhibits 4.5, 4.7, 4.9 and
4.11, respectively)
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25.1* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, under the
Senior Indenture
25.2* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, under the
Subordinated Indenture
25.3* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, under the
Junior Subordinated Indenture
25.4* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, with respect to the
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust
III
25.5* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, with respect to the
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust
IV
25.6* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, with respect to the
Amended and Restated Declaration of SunAmerica Capital Trust V
25.7* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, with respect to the
Amended and Restated Declaration of SunAmerica Capital Trust VI
25.8* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, under the Preferred
Securities Guarantee of the Company with respect to the Preferred
Securities of SunAmerica Capital Trust III
25.9* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, under the Preferred
Securities Guarantee of the Company with respect to the Preferred
Securities of SunAmerica Capital Trust IV
25.10* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, under the Preferred
Securities Guarantee of the Company with respect to the Preferred
Securities of SunAmerica Capital Trust V
25.11* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, under the Preferred
Securities Guarantee of the Company with respect to the Preferred
Securities of SunAmerica Capital Trust VI
25.12* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee under the Prepaid
Securities Indenture
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+ To be filed under subsequent Form 8-K
* Filed herewith
** Previously filed
*** To be filed by amendment
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
(a) (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
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prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
Statement;
(iii) 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 (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Company
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, 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.
(b) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered thereby,
and for the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the provisions referred
to in Item 15 of this registration statement, or otherwise, the registrants
have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(d) (1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as
part of this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430(A) and
contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrants pursuant to Rule
424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be
part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared
effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus
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.
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SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE REGISTRANT
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 AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED,
THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ON
OCTOBER 24, 1996.
SunAmerica Inc.
/s/ James R. Belardi
By: _________________________________
NAME: JAMES R. BELARDI
TITLE: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE
CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATE INDICATED.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
Chairman, President
* and Chief Executive October 24,
- ------------------------------------- Officer (Principal 1996
ELI BROAD Executive Officer)
* Executive Vice
- ------------------------------------- President October 24,
JAMES R. BELARDI (Principal 1996
Financial Officer)
* Senior Vice
- ------------------------------------- President and October 24,
SCOTT L. ROBINSON Controller 1996
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
* Director
- ------------------------------------- October 24,
RONALD J. ARNAULT 1996
* Director
- ------------------------------------- October 24,
KAREN HASTIE-WILLIAMS 1996
* Director
- ------------------------------------- October 24,
DAVID O. MAXWELL 1996
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
* Director
- ------------------------------------- October 24,
BARRY MUNITZ 1996
* Director
- ------------------------------------- October 24,
LESTER POLLACK 1996
* Director
- ------------------------------------- October 24,
CARL E. REICHARDT 1996
Director
* October 24,
- ------------------------------------- 1996
RICHARD D. ROHR
Director
October ,
- ------------------------------------- 1996
SANFORD C. SIGOLOFF
* Director
- ------------------------------------- October 24,
HAROLD M. WILLIAMS 1996
/s/ Susan L. Harris
* By: __________________________
Attorney-in-Fact
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SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, SUNAMERICA
CAPITAL TRUST III, SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST IV, SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST V AND
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST VI, EACH 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 AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON
ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF LOS
ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ON OCTOBER 24, 1996.
SunAmerica Capital Trust III
By: SunAmerica Inc., as Sponsor
/s/ James R. Belardi
By: _________________________________
NAME: JAMES R. BELARDI
TITLE: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
SunAmerica Capital Trust IV
By: SunAmerica Inc., as Sponsor
/s/ James R. Belardi
By: _________________________________
NAME: JAMES R. BELARDI
TITLE: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
SunAmerica Capital Trust V
By: SunAmerica Inc., as Sponsor
/s/ James R. Belardi
By: ____________________________
NAME: JAMES R. BELARDI
TITLE: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
SunAmerica Capital Trust VI
By: SunAmerica Inc., as Sponsor
/s/ James R. Belardi
By: ____________________________
NAME: JAMES R. BELARDI
TITLE: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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1.1+ Form of Underwriting Agreement (Debt)
1.2+ Form of Underwriting Agreement (Equity)
1.3+ Form of Underwriting Agreement (Preferred Securities)
1.4+ Form of Underwriting Agreement (Stock Purchase Contracts)
1.5+ Form of Underwriting Agreement (Stock Purchase Units)
3.1 Restated Charter of the Company, dated October 2, 1991 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Company's Form 8, dated
and filed October 4, 1991, amending the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1990)
3.2 Articles Supplementary, dated June 24, 1992 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3(c) to the Company's 1992 Annual Report on
Form 10-K, filed November 30, 1992)
3.3 Amendment to the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation, dated
February 1, 1993 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to
the Company's Form 8-K, filed February 3, 1993)
3.4 Articles of Merger, dated July 30, 1993, between the Company and
SunAmerica Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
3(g) to the Company's 1993 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed
December 16, 1993)
3.5 Articles Supplementary, dated October 30, 1995 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(h) to the Company's 1995 Annual Report on
Form 10-K, filed November 29, 1995)
3.6 Articles of Amendment dated October 30, 1995 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's 1995 Annual Report on
Form 10-K, filed November 29, 1995)
3.7 Bylaws of the Company as revised on October 23, 1987 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the Company's 1987 Annual
Report on Form 10-K, filed February 26, 1988)
4.1 Senior Indenture dated as of April 15, 1993 between the Company and
The First National Bank of Chicago (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4(h) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed
December 16, 1993)
4.2** Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 28, 1993 supplementing the
Senior Indenture
4.3* Form of Subordinated Indenture between the Company and The First
National Bank of Chicago
4.4 Junior Subordinated Indenture dated as of March 15, 1995 between the
Company and The First National Bank of Chicago (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Company's Registration Statement No.
33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.5 Declaration of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust III (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.6 of the Company's Registration Statement No.
33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.6 Certificate of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust III (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Company's Registration Statement No.
33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.7 Declaration of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust IV (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.8 of the Company's Registration Statement No.
33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.8 Certificate of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust IV (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.9 of the Company's Registration Statement No.
33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.9* Declaration of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust V
4.10* Certificate of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust V
4.11* Declaration of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust VI
4.12* Certificate of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust VI
4.13*** Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust for a SunAmerica
Trust
4.14*** Form of Non-convertible Preferred Security (included in Exhibit 4.13)
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4.15+ Form of convertible Preferred Security
4.16 Form of Supplemental Indenture to be used in connection with issuance
of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and Preferred Securities
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.12 of the Company's
Registration Statement No. 33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective
September 29, 1995)
4.17 Form of Non-convertible Junior Subordinated Debt Security (included
in Exhibit 4.16) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 of the
Company's Registration Statement No. 33-62405 on Form S-3, declared
effective September 29, 1995)
4.18+ Form of convertible Junior Subordinated Debt Security
4.19 Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee with respect to Preferred
Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 of the
Company's Registration Statement No. 33-62405 on Form S-3, declared
effective September 29, 1995)
4.20 Form of Deposit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.15
of the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-62405 on Form S-3,
declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.21 Form of SunAmerica Common Stock Share Certificate (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.16 of the Company's Registration Statement
No. 33-62405 on Form S-3, declared effective September 29, 1995)
4.22*** Form of Purchase Contract Agreement between SunAmerica Inc. and The
Bank of New York, as Purchase Contract Agent (including as Exhibit A
the Form of Security Certificate)
4.23*** Form of Pledge Agreement among SunAmerica Inc., The First National
Bank of Chicago, as Collateral Agent, and The Bank of New York, as
Purchase Contract Agent
4.24* Form of Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Indenture providing for
the issuance for convertible debt securities thereunder
4.25* Form of Supplemental Indenture to the Junior Subordinated Indenture
providing for the issuance of convertible debt securities thereunder
4.26* Form of Prepaid Securities Indenture between the Company and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee
5.1*** Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell
5.2*** Opinion of Piper & Marbury LLP
5.3*** Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger
12.1** Statement re: Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges
12.2** Statement re: Computation of ratio of earnings to combined fixed
charges and preferred stock dividends
23.1* Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP
23.2*** Consent of Susan L. Harris
23.3*** Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.4*** Consent of Piper & Marbury LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)
23.5*** Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger (included in Exhibit 5.3)
24.1** Powers of Attorney for the Company (included in signature pages)
24.2 Powers of Attorney for SunAmerica, as sponsor, to sign the
Registration Statement on behalf of SunAmerica Capital Trust III,
SunAmerica Capital Trust IV, SunAmerica Capital Trust V and
SunAmerica Capital Trust VI (included in Exhibits 4.5, 4.7, 4.9 and
4.11, respectively)
25.1* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, under
the Senior Indenture
25.2* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, under
the Subordinated Indenture
25.3* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, under
the Junior Subordinated Indenture
25.4* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, with respect to the
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of SunAmerica Capital
Trust III
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25.5* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, with respect to the
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust
IV
25.6* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, with respect to the
Amended and Restated Declaration of SunAmerica Capital Trust V
25.7* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, with respect to the
Amended and Restated Declaration of SunAmerica Capital Trust VI
25.8* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, under the Preferred
Securities Guarantee of the Company with respect to the Preferred
Securities of SunAmerica Capital Trust III
25.9* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, under the Preferred
Securities Guarantee of the Company with respect to the Preferred
Securities of SunAmerica Capital Trust IV
25.10* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, under the Preferred
Securities Guarantee of the Company with respect to the Preferred
Securities of SunAmerica Capital Trust V
25.11* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, under the Preferred
Securities Guarantee of the Company with respect to the Preferred
Securities of SunAmerica Capital Trust VI
25.12* Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act, as amended, of
The Bank of New York, as Trustee under the Prepaid Securities
Indenture
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+ To be filed under subsequent Form 8-K
* Filed herewith
** Previously filed
*** To be filed by amendment
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EXHIBIT 4.3
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SUNAMERICA INC.
AND
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, Trustee
Subordinated Indenture
Dated as of October __, 1996
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CROSS REFERENCE SHEET(*)
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Between
Provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture to be
dated as of October __, 1996 between SUNAMERICA INC. and THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF CHICAGO, Trustee:
Section of the Act Section of Indenture
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310(a)(1) and (2)......................... 6.9
310(a)(3) and (4)......................... Inapplicable
310(b).................................... 6.8 and 6.10(a), (b) and (d)
310(c).................................... Inapplicable
311(a).................................... 6.13
311(b).................................... 6.13
311(c).................................... Inapplicable
312(a).................................... 4.1 and 4.2
312(b).................................... 4.2
312(c).................................... 4.2
313(a).................................... 4.4
313(b)(1)................................. Inapplicable
313(b)(2)................................. 4.4
313(c).................................... 4.4, 5.11, 6.10, 6.11, 8.2
and 122
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313(d).................................... 4.4
314(a).................................... 3.5 and 4.3
314(b).................................... Inapplicable
314(c)(1) and (2)......................... 11.5
314(c)(3)................................. Inapplicable
314(d).................................... Inapplicable
314(e).................................... 11.5
314(f).................................... Inapplicable
315(a), (c) and (d)....................... 6.1
315(b).................................... 5.11
315(e).................................... 5.12
316(a)(1)................................. 5.9 and 5.10
316(a)(2)................................. Not required
316(a) (last sentence).................... 7.4
316(b).................................... 5.7
317(a).................................... 5.2
317(b).................................... 3.4(a) and (b)
318(a).................................... 11.7
(*) This Cross Reference Sheet is not part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
PARTIES..............................................................
RECITALS.............................................................
Authorization of Indenture..................................
Compliance with Legal Requirements..........................
Purpose of and Consideration for Indenture..................
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Certain Terms Defined............................. 1
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1 Forms Generally................................... 8
SECTION 2.2 Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication................................. 9
SECTION 2.3 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.............. 9
SECTION 2.4 Authentication and Delivery of
Securities..................................... 12
SECTION 2.5 Execution of Securities........................... 16
SECTION 2.6 Certificate of Authentication..................... 17
SECTION 2.7 Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of
Interest....................................... 17
SECTION 2.8 Registration, Transfer and Exchange............... 18
SECTION 2.9 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities......................................22
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SECTION 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Destruction
Thereof.........................................24
SECTION 2.11 Temporary Securities............................. 24
ARTICLE THREE
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest................. 25
SECTION 3.2 Offices for Payments, etc......................... 26
SECTION 3.3 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of
Trustee........................................ 27
SECTION 3.4 Paying Agents..................................... 27
SECTION 3.5 Written Statement to Trustee...................... 28
SECTION 3.6 Corporate Existence............................... 28
SECTION 3.7 Maintenance of Properties......................... 29
SECTION 3.8 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims................. 29
SECTION 3.9 Luxembourg Publications........................... 30
SECTION 3.10 SEC Reports...................................... 30
ARTICLE FOUR
SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE
ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names
and Addresses of Securityholders............... 30
SECTION 4.2 Preservation and Disclosure of Securityholders
Lists.......................................... 30
SECTION 4.3 Reports by the Issuer............................. 30
SECTION 4.4 Reports by the Trustee............................ 31
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.1 Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity;
Waiver of
Default....................................... 31
SECTION 5.2 Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee
May Prove Debt................................. 35
SECTION 5.3 Application of Proceeds........................... 38
SECTION 5.4 Suits for Enforcement............................. 39
SECTION 5.5 Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of
Proceedings.................................... 39
SECTION 5.6 Limitations on Suits by
Securityholders................................ 39
SECTION 5.7 Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Institute
Certain Suits.................................. 40
SECTION 5.8 Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission
Not Waiver of Default.......................... 40
SECTION 5.9 Control by Holders of Securities.................. 41
SECTION 5.10 Waiver of Past Defaults.......................... 41
SECTION 5.11 Trustee to Give Notice of Default, But May
Withhold in Certain Circumstances.............. 42
SECTION 5.12 Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking
to Pay Costs................................... 42
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ARTICLE SIX
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During
Default; Prior to Default...................... 43
SECTION 6.2 Certain Rights of the Trustee..................... 45
SECTION 6.3 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition
of Securities or Application of Proceeds
Thereof........................................ 46
SECTION 6.4 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities or Coupons;
Collections, etc............................... 46
SECTION 6.5 Moneys Held by Trustee............................ 47
SECTION 6.6 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and
Its Prior Claim................................ 47
SECTION 6.7 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officer's Certificate,
etc............................................ 47
SECTION 6.8 Indentures Not Creating Potential Conflicting
Interests for the Trustee...................... 48
SECTION 6.9 Persons Eligible for Appointment as
Trustee........................................ 48
SECTION 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
Trustee........................................ 48
SECTION 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
Trustee........................................ 50
SECTION 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business of Trustee......................... 52
SECTION 6.13 This Section intentionally left blank............ 52
SECTION 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent.............. 53
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 7.1 Evidence of Action Taken by
Securityholders................................ 54
SECTION 7.2 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding
of Securities.................................. 54
SECTION 7.3 Holders to be Treated as Owners................... 56
SECTION 7.4 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not
Outstanding.................................... 56
SECTION 7.5 Right of Revocation of Action Taken............... 57
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Securityholders................................ 57
SECTION 8.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Securityholders................................ 59
SECTION 8.3 Effect of Supplemental Indenture.................. 61
SECTION 8.4 Documents to Be Given to Trustee.................. 61
SECTION 8.5 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental
Indentures..................................... 62
SECTION 8.6 Subordination Unimpaired.......................... 62
ARTICLE NINE
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 9.1 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain
Terms.......................................... 62
SECTION 9.2 Successor Corporation Substituted................. 63
ARTICLE TEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 10.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture...................................... 63
SECTION 10.2 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment
of Securities.................................. 68
SECTION 10.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying
Agent.......................................... 68
SECTION 10.4 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent
Unclaimed for Two Years........................ 68
SECTION 10.5 Indemnity for U.S. Government
Obligations.................................... 69
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and
Directors of Issuer Exempt from Individual
Liability...................................... 69
SECTION 11.2 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of
Parties and Holders of Securities and Coupons.. 70
SECTION 11.3 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by
Indenture...................................... 70
SECTION 11.4 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and
Holders of Securities and Coupons.............. 70
SECTION 11.5 Officer's Certificates and Opinions of Counsel;
Statements to Be Contained Therein............. 71
SECTION 11.6 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and
Holidays....................................... 72
SECTION 11.7 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust
Indenture Act of 1939.......................... 72
SECTION 11.8 New York Law to Govern........................... 73
SECTION 11.9 Counterparts..................................... 73
SECTION 11.10 Effect of Headings.............................. 73
SECTION 11.11 Securities in a Foreign Currency or in
ECU............................................ 73
SECTION 11.12 Judgment Currency............................... 74
ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1 Applicability of Article......................... 75
SECTION 12.2 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions........ 75
SECTION 12.3 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption...... 77
SECTION 12.4 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility
for Selection for Redemption................... 78
SECTION 12.5 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds............. 78
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 13.1 Agreement to Subordinate......................... 82
SECTION 13.2 Rights of Senior Indebtedness in the Event of
Insolvency, etc., of the Issuer................ 82
SECTION 13.3 Payment Over of Proceeds Received on
Securities..................................... 83
SECTION 13.4 Payments to Holders.............................. 85
SECTION 13.5 Holders of Securities Authorize Trustee to
Effectuate Subordination of Securities......... 85
SECTION 13.6 Notice to Trustee................................ 86
SECTION 13.7 Trustee May Hold Senior Indebtedness............. 86
SECTION 13.8 Applicability of Article 13 to Paying Agents..... 86
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 14.1. Applicability of Article......................... 87
SECTION 14.2. Conversion....................................... 87
SECTION 14.3 Exercise of Conversion........................... 87
SECTION 14.4 Fractional Interests............................. 88
SECTION 14.5 Conversion Price................................. 88
SECTION 14.6 Continuation of Conversion in Case of
Reclassification, Change, Merger, Consolidation
or Sale of Assets.............................. 89
SECTION 14.7 Notice of Certain Events......................... 90
SECTION 14.8 Taxes on Conversion.............................. 91
SECTION 14.9 Issuer to Provide Stock.......................... 91
SECTION 14.10 Disclaimer of Responsibility for Certain
Matters........................................ 92
SECTION 14.11 Return of Funds Deposited for Redemption of
Converted Securities............................ 93
TESTIMONIUM................................................................
SIGNATURES.................................................................
THIS INDENTURE, dated as of October __, 1996 between SUNAMERICA
INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Issuer"), and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, a national banking association, as trustee (the "Trustee"),
W I T N E S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issue from time to
time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to
be issued in one or more series (the "Securities") up to such principal amount
or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture to provide, among other things, for the
authentication, delivery and administration of the Securities; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid
indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done;
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NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the
Securities by the holders thereof, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually
covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective
holders from time to time of the Securities and of the coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Certain Terms Defined. The following terms
(except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
clearly requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture
supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this
Section. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 or the definitions of which in the Securities Act of
1933 are referred to in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, including terms
defined therein by reference to the Securities Act of 1933 (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in
said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture. All accounting
terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
the term "generally accepted accounting principles" means such accounting
principles as are generally accepted at the time of any computation. 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. The terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular.
"Authenticating Agent" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.14.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper (which, in the case of
The City of New York, will, if practicable, be The Wall Street Journal
(Eastern Edition), in the case of the United Kingdom, will, if practicable, be
the Financial Times (London Edition) and, in the case of Luxembourg, will, if
practicable, be the Luxemburger Wort) published in an official language of the
country of publication customarily published at least once a day for at least
five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in The City of New
York, the United Kingdom or in Luxembourg, as applicable. If it shall be
impractical in the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication of any
notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other
notice in lieu thereof which is made or given with the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice.
"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the
Issuer or any committee of such Board duly authorized to act on its behalf.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions,
certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer to have
been duly adopted or consented to by the Board of Directors and to be in full
force and effect, and delivered to the Trustee.
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"Business Day" means, with respect to any Security, a day that
in the city (or in any of the cities, if more than one) in which amounts are
payable, as specified in the form of such Security, is not a day on which
banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or if at any time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture
such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it
under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such
date.
"Consolidated Total Assets" means, in respect of the Issuer as
of any date of determination, the amount of total assets shown on the
consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries
contained in the most recent annual or quarterly report filed with the
Commission, or if the Issuer is not then subject to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the most recent annual or quarterly report to stockholders and,
in respect of any Subsidiary as of any date of determination, the amount of
total assets of such Subsidiary and its consolidated subsidiaries from which
such consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer and its consolidated
Subsidiaries was derived.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at
which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular
time, be principally administered, which office is, at the date as of which
this Indenture is dated, located in the County of Los Angeles, the City of Los
Angeles.
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to an
Unregistered Security.
"covenant defeasance" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 10.1(C).
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any
series issuable or issued in the form of one or more Registered Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to
Section 2.3 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall
mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any
time there is more than one such Person, "Depositary" as used with respect to
the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to
the Registered Global Securities of that series.
"Dollar" means the coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public
and private debts.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised
from time to time by the Council of European Communities.
"Event of Default" means any event or condition specified as
such in Section 5.1.
"Foreign Currency" means a currency issued by the government of
a country other than the United States.
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"Holder", "Holder of Securities", "Securityholder" or other
similar terms mean (a) in the case of any Registered Security, the person in
whose name such Security is registered in the security register kept by the
Issuer for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) in the
case of any Unregistered Security, the bearer of such Security, or any Coupon
appertaining thereto, as the case may be.
"Indebtedness" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and
delivered or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or
supplemented or both, and shall include the forms and terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
"Insurance Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary registered in the
state of its domicile under the insurance laws of such state and qualified to
sell insurance products.
"Issuer" means (except as otherwise provided in Article Six)
SunAmerica Inc., a Maryland corporation and, subject to Article Nine, its
successors and assigns.
"Issuer Order" means a written statement, request or order of
the Issuer signed in its name by the chairman or vice chairman of the Board of
Directors, the president, any executive, senior or other vice president or the
treasurer of the Issuer.
"Judgment Currency" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11.12.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
chairman or vice chairman of the Board of Directors, the president or any
executive, senior or other vice president or the treasurer of the Issuer and
delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall comply with Section 314
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and include the statements provided for in
Section 11.5.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by the
General Counsel of the Issuer or by such other legal counsel who may be an
employee of or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee. Each such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 and include the statements provided for in Section 11.5.
"original issue date" of any Security (or portion thereof)
means the earlier of (a) the date of such Security or (b) the date of any
Security (or portion thereof) for which such Security was issued (directly or
indirectly) on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security that
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 5.1.
"Outstanding" when used with reference to Securities, shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 7.4, mean, as of any particular time, all
Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture,
except
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(a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or
redemption of which moneys or U.S. Government Obligations (as
provided for in Section 10.1(A) and (B)) in the necessary amount
shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any
paying agent (other than the Issuer) or shall have been set aside,
segregated and held in trust by the Issuer for the Holders of such
Securities (if the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent),
provided that if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be
redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption
shall have been given as herein provided, or provision satisfactory
to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and
(c) Securities which shall have been paid or in substitution
for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.9 (except with respect
to any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is
presented that such Security is held by a person in whose hands such
Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer) or
Securities converted pursuant hereto or Securities not deemed
outstanding pursuant to Section 12.2.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of any or all series have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed
to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination
upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section
5.1.
"Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a series
from time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without
limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the stated maturity
or maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect
thereto, are to be determined by the Company or its agents upon the issuance
of such Securities.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"principal" whenever used with reference to the Securities or
any Security or any portion thereof, shall be deemed to include "and premium,
if any".
"record date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
"Registered Global Security", means a Security evidencing all
or a part of a series of Registered Securities, issued to the Depositary for
such series in accordance with Section 2.4, and bearing the legend prescribed
in Section 2.4.
"Registered Security" means any Security registered on the
Security register of the Issuer.
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"Required Currency" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11.12.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee
means the chairman of the board of directors, any vice chairman of the board
of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the chairman of the
executive committee, any vice chairman of the executive committee, the
president, any vice president, (whether or not designated by numbers or words
added before or after the title "vice president") the cashier, the secretary,
the treasurer, any trust officer, any assistant trust officer, any assistant
vice president, any assistant cashier, any assistant secretary, any assistant
treasurer, or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the persons who
at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate
trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means (a) so long as they are
Subsidiaries of the Issuer, SunAmerica Corporation, Sun Life Insurance Company
of America and Anchor National Life Insurance Company; (b) any other future or
present Insurance Subsidiary the Consolidated Total Assets of which constitute
20 percent or more of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Issuer; and (c) any
Subsidiary which is a successor, by merger or otherwise, to substantially all
of the business or properties of any Insurance Subsidiary referred to or
described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).
"Security" or "Securities" (except as otherwise provided in
Section 7.4) has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture,
or, as the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on (a) all indebtedness of the Issuer, whether outstanding
on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, (i) for money borrowed by
the Issuer, (ii) for money borrowed by, or obligations of, others and either
assumed or guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer, (iii) in respect
of letters of credit and acceptances issued or made by banks, or (iv)
constituting purchase money indebtedness, or indebtedness secured by property
included in the property, plant and equipment accounts of the Issuer at the
time of the acquisition of such property by the Issuer, for the payment of
which the Issuer is directly liable, and (b) all deferrals, renewals,
extensions and refundings of, and amendments, modifications and supplements
to, any such indebtedness. As used in the preceding sentence the term
"purchase money indebtedness" means indebtedness evidenced by a note,
debenture, bond or other instrument (whether or not secured by any lien or
other security interest) issued or assumed as all or a part of the
consideration for the acquisition of property, whether by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise, unless by its terms such indebtedness is
subordinate to other indebtedness of the Issuer. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Indenture or the Securities, Senior Indebtedness shall
not include (i) any indebtedness of the Issuer which, by its terms or the
terms of the instrument creating or evidencing it, is subordinate in right of
payment to or pari passu with the Securities or (ii) any indebtedness of the
Issuer to a Subsidiary.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation, partnership or other entity
of which at the time of determination the Issuer owns or controls directly or
indirectly more than 50% of the shares of voting stock.
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"Trust Indenture Act of 1939" (except as otherwise provided in
Sections 8.1 and 8.2) means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the
date as of which this Indenture was originally executed.
"Trustee" means the Person identified as "Trustee" in the first
paragraph hereof and, subject to the provisions of Article Six, shall also
include any successor trustee. "Trustee" shall also 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 such series.
"Unregistered Security" means any Security other than a
Registered Security.
"U.S. Government Obligations" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 10.1(A).
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity on a series of
securities, calculated at the time of issuance of such series, or, if
applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series, and
calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series
and the Coupons, if any, to be attached thereto shall be substantially in such
form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions (as set forth in a Board Resolution
or, to the extent established pursuant to rather than set forth in a Board
Resolution, an Officer's Certificate detailing such establishment) or in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced
thereon such legend or legends or endorsements, not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any
securities exchange or to conform to general usage, all as may be determined
by the officers executing such Securities and Coupons, if any, as evidenced by
their execution of such Securities and Coupons.
The definitive Securities and Coupons, if any, shall be
printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced
in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such
Securities and Coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities and Coupons, if any.
SECTION 2.2 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in
substantially the following form:
"This is one of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Subordinated Indenture.
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______________________,
as Trustee
By_____________________
Authorized Signatory"
If at any time there shall be an Authenticating Agent appointed
with respect to any series of Securities, then the Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication to be borne by the Securities of each such series shall be
substantially as follows:
"This is one of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Subordinated Indenture.
_________________________,
as Authenticating Agent
By_____________________
Authorized Signatory"
SECTION 2.3 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The
aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series and each
such series shall rank equally and pari passu with the Securities of each
other series, but all Securities issued hereunder and any Coupons and the
payment of principal of and interest on any Securities and of any Coupons
shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the
manner set forth in Article Thirteen, to all Senior Indebtedness. There shall
be established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions (and to the
extent established pursuant to rather than set forth in a Board Resolution, in
an Officer's Certificate detailing such establishment) or established in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the initial issuance of
Securities of any series,
(1) the designation of the Securities of the series, which
shall distinguish the Securities of the Series from the Securities of
all other series;
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series that 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 2.8, 2.9,
2.11, 8.5, 12.3 or 14.3);
(3) if other than Dollars, the coin or currency in which the
Securities of that series are denominated (including, but not limited
to, any Foreign Currency or ECU);
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities
of the series is payable;
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(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue, on which such interest shall be payable and
(in the case of Registered Securities) on which a record shall be
taken for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable
and/or the method by which such rate or rates or date or dates shall
be determined;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any
interest on Securities of the series shall be payable (if other than
as provided in Section 3.2);
(7) the right, if any, of the Issuer to redeem Securities, in
whole or in part, at its option and the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which and any terms and conditions upon
which Securities of the series may be so redeemed, pursuant to any
sinking fund or otherwise;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase
or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption,
sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder there
of and the price or prices at which and the period or periods within
which and any terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series
shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant
to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof in the case of Registered Securities, or $1,000 and
$5,000 in the case of Unregistered Securities, the denominations in
which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(11) if other than the coin or currency in which the Securities
of that series are denominated, the coin or currency in which payment
of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series
shall be payable;
(12) if the principal of or interest on the Securities of such
series are to be payable, at the election of the Issuer or a Holder
thereof, in a coin or currency other than that in which the
Securities are denominated, the period or periods within which, and
the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(13) if the amount of payments of principal of and interest on
the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index based on a coin or currency other than that in which the
Securities of the series are denominated, the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined;
(14) whether the Securities of the series will be issuable as
Registered Securities (and if so, whether such Securities will be
issuable as Registered Global Securities) or Unregistered Securities
(with or without Coupons), or any combination of the foregoing, any
restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of
Unregistered Securities or the payment of interest thereon and, if
other than as provided in Section 2.8, the terms upon which
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Unregistered Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered
Securities of such series and vice versa;
(15) whether and under what circumstances the Issuer will pay
additional amounts on the Securities of the series held by a person
who is not a U.S. person in respect of any tax, assessment or
governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the
Issuer will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay
such additional amounts;
(16) if the 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,
the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(17) any trustees, depositaries, authenticating or paying
agents, transfer agents or registrars or any other agents with
respect to the Securities of such series;
(18) any other events of default or covenants with respect to
the Securities of such series;
(19) if the Securities of such series are to be convertible into
any cash, securities or property, at the option of the Holder or the
Issuer or upon the happening of some event or otherwise, all terms
relating to such convertibility, including without limitation any
term inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture relating to
conversion; and
(20) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto, shall be substantially identical, except in the case of
Registered Securities as to denomination and except as may otherwise be
provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate
referred to above or as set forth in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and may
be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so
provided by or pursuant to such Board Resolution, such Officer's Certificate
or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
SECTION 2.4 Authentication and Delivery of Securities. The
Issuer may deliver Securities of any series having attached thereto
appropriate Coupons, if any, executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for
authentication together with the applicable documents referred to below in
this Section, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver such
Securities to or upon the order of the Issuer (contained in the Issuer Order
referred to below in this Section) or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to
the Trustee and to such recipients as may be specified from time to time by an
Issuer Order. The maturity date, original issue date, interest rate and any
other terms of the Securities of such series and Coupons, if any, appertaining
thereto shall be determined by or pursuant to such Issuer Order and
procedures. If provided for in such procedures, such Issuer Order may
authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral instructions from the
Issuer or its duly authorized agent, which instructions shall be promptly
confirmed in writing. In authenticating such Securities and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
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Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in the case of
subparagraphs 2, 3 and 4 below only at or before the time of the first request
of the Issuer to the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series) and
(subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, unless and
until such documents have been superseded or revoked:
(1) an Issuer Order requesting such authentication and setting
forth delivery instructions if the Securities and Coupons, if any,
are not to be delivered to the Issuer, provided that, with respect to
Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, (a) such
Issuer Order may be delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee prior to
the delivery to the Trustee of such Securities for authentication and
delivery, (b) the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities
of such series for original issue from time to time, in an aggregate
principal amount not exceeding the aggregate principal amount
established for such series, pursuant to an Issuer Order or pursuant
to procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time
to time by an Issuer Order, (c) the maturity date or dates, original
issue date or dates, interest rate or rates and any other terms of
Securities of such series shall be determined by an Issuer Order or
pursuant to such procedures and (d) if provided for in such
procedures, such Issuer Order may authorize authentication and
delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Issuer
or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall
be promptly confirmed in writing;
(2) any Board Resolution, Officer's Certificate and/or
executed supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.1 and 2.3
by or pursuant to which the forms and terms of the Securities and
Coupons, if any, were established;
(3) an Officer's Certificate setting forth the form or forms
and terms of the Securities and Coupons, if any, stating that the
form or forms and terms of the Securities and Coupons, if any, have
been established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3 and comply with this
Indenture, and covering such other matters as the Trustee may
reasonably request; and
(4) At the option of the Issuer, either one or more Opinions
of Counsel, or a letter addressed to the Trustee permitting it to
rely on one or more Opinions of Counsel, substantially to the effect
that:
(a) the forms of the Securities and Coupons, if any,
have been duly authorized and established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) in the case of an underwritten offering, the terms
of the Securities have been duly authorized and established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, and, in the
case of an offering that is not underwritten, certain terms of
the Securities have been established pursuant to a Board
Resolution, an Officer's Certificate or a supplemental
indenture in accordance with this Indenture, and when such
other terms as are to be established pursuant to procedures set
forth in an Issuer Order shall have been established, all such
terms will have been duly authorized by the Issuer and will
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
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(c) when the Securities and Coupons, if any, have been
executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and delivered
to and duly paid for by the purchasers thereof, they will have
been duly issued under this Indenture, will be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture, and will be valid and binding
obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms except as (i) the enforceability thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and (ii) rights of acceleration, if
any, and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited
by equitable principles of general applicability; and
(d) the execution and delivery by the Issuer of, and the
performance by the Issuer of its obligations under, the
Securities and Coupons, if any, will not contravene any
provision of any material applicable law or the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Issuer or any agreement or
other instrument binding upon the Issuer or any of its
"significant subsidiaries" (as defined in Article 1 of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933) that is
material to the Issuer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, any judgment,
order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court
having jurisdiction over the Issuer or any "significant
subsidiary" (as defined above), and no consent, approval,
authorization or order of or qualification with any governmental
body or agency is required for the performance by the Issuer of
its obligations under the Securities and Coupons, if any,
except such as are specified and have been obtained and such as
may be required by the securities or blue sky laws of the
various states in connection with the offer and sale of the
Securities and Coupons, if any.
In rendering such opinions, any counsel may qualify any
opinions as to enforceability by stating that such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium and
other similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and is
subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). Such
counsel may rely upon opinions of other counsel (copies of which shall be
delivered to the Trustee), who shall be counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, in which case the opinion shall state that such counsel believes he
and the Trustee are entitled so to rely. Such counsel may also state that,
insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, he has relied, to the extent
he deems proper, upon certificates of officers of the Issuer and its
subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and
deliver any Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by the Issuer
or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of
trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees
or Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the
Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders or would affect the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities, this
Indenture or otherwise.
If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 2.3 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in the form of one or more Registered
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Global Securities, then the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
accordance with this Section and the Issuer Order with respect to such series,
authenticate and deliver one or more Registered Global Securities that (i)
shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of all of the Securities of such series issued and not yet
cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such
Registered Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary,
(iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such
Depositary's instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect: "Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the Depositary or by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the
Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary
or a nominee of such successor Depositary."
Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 2.3 must, at the
time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a
clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
other applicable statute or regulation.
SECTION 2.5 Execution of Securities. The Securities and, if
applicable, each Coupon appertaining thereto shall be signed on behalf of the
Issuer by the chairman or vice chairman of its Board of Directors or its
president or any executive, senior or other vice president or its treasurer,
under its corporate seal (except in the case of Coupons) which may, but need
not, be attested. Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures
of the present or any future such officers. The seal of the Issuer may be in
the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Securities. Typographical and other minor errors
or defects in any such reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
In case any officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of
the Securities or Coupons, if any, shall cease to be such officer before the
Security or Coupon so signed (or the Security to which the Coupon so signed
appertains) shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of
by the Issuer, such Security or Coupon nevertheless may be authenticated and
delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such Security or
Coupon had not ceased to be such officer of the Issuer; and any Security or
Coupon may be signed on behalf of the Issuer by such persons as, at the actual
date of the execution of such Security or Coupon, shall be the proper officers
of the Issuer, although at the date of the execution and delivery of this
Indenture any such person was not such an officer.
SECTION 2.6 Certificate of Authentication. Only such
Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized officers, shall be entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. No Coupon shall
be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or shall be valid and obligatory
for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Security to
which such Coupon appertains shall have been duly executed by the Trustee.
The execution of such certificate by the Trustee upon any Security executed by
the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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SECTION 2.7 Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of
Interest. The Securities of each series shall be issuable as Registered
Securities or Unregistered Securities in denominations established as
contemplated by Section 2.3 or, with respect to the Registered Securities of
any series, if not so established, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof. If denominations of Unregistered Securities of any series
are not so established, such Securities shall be issuable in denominations of
$1,000 and $5,000. The Securities of each series shall be numbered, lettered
or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plan as
the officers of the Issuer executing the same may determine with the approval
of the Trustee, as evidenced by the execution and authentication thereof.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication. Each Unregistered Security shall be dated as provided in the
resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Issuer referred to
in Section 2.3. The Securities of each series shall bear interest, if any,
from the date, and such interest shall be payable on the dates, established as
contemplated by Section 2.3.
The person in whose name any Registered Security of any series
is registered at the close of business on any record date applicable to a
particular series with respect to any interest payment date for such series
shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest
payment date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Registered
Security subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date
(but subject to Section 14.3 in the case of any conversion during such
period), except if and to the extent the Issuer shall default in the payment
of the interest due on such interest payment date for such series, in which
case such defaulted interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names
Outstanding Registered Securities for such series are registered at the close
of business on a subsequent record date (which shall be not less than five
Business Days prior to the date of payment of such defaulted interest)
established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the
Holders of Registered Securities not less than 15 days preceding such
subsequent record date. The term "record date" as used with respect to any
interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) for
the Securities of any series shall mean the date specified as such in the
terms of the Registered Securities of such series established as contemplated
by Section 2.3, or, if no such date is so established, if such interest
payment date is the first day of a calendar month, the fifteenth day of the
next preceding calendar month or, if such interest payment date is the
fifteenth day of a calendar month, the first day of such calendar month,
whether or not such record date is a Business Day.
SECTION 2.8 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Issuer
will keep at each office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as
provided in Section 3.2 for each series of Securities a register or registers
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it will
provide for the registration of Registered Securities of such series and the
registration of transfer of Registered Securities of such series. Such
register shall be in written form in the English language or in any other form
capable of being converted into such form within a reasonable time. At all
reasonable times such register or registers shall be open for inspection by
the Trustee.
Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any
Registered Security of any series at any such office or agency to be
maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.2, the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the
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transferee or transferees a new Registered Security or Registered Securities
of the same series, maturity date, interest rate and original issue date in
authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount.
Unregistered Securities (except for any temporary global
Unregistered Securities) and Coupons (except for Coupons attached to any
temporary global Unregistered Securities) shall be transferable by delivery.
At the option of the Holder thereof, Registered Securities of
any series (other than a Registered Global Security, except as set forth
below) may be exchanged for a Registered Security or Registered Securities of
such series having authorized denominations and an equal aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of such Registered Securities to be exchanged at the
agency of the Issuer that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance
with Section 3.2 and upon payment, if the Issuer shall so require, of the
charges hereinafter provided. If the Securities of any series are issued in
both registered and unregistered form, except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 2.3, at the option of the Holder thereof, Unregistered Securities
of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series having
authorized denominations and an equal aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of such Unregistered Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the
Issuer that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section
3.2, with, in the case of Unregistered Securities that have Coupons attached,
all unmatured Coupons and all matured Coupons in default thereto appertaining,
and upon payment, if the Issuer shall so require, of the charges hereinafter
provided. At the option of the Holder thereof, if Unregistered Securities of
any series, maturity date, interest rate and original issue date are issued in
more than one authorized denomination, except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 2.3, such Unregistered Securities may be exchanged for Unregistered
Securities of such series having authorized denominations and an equal
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Unregistered Securities to
be exchanged at the agency of the Issuer that shall be maintained for such
purpose in accordance with Section 3.2 or as specified pursuant to Section
2.3, with, in the case of Unregistered Securities that have Coupons attached,
all unmatured Coupons and all matured Coupons in default thereto appertaining,
and upon payment, if the Issuer shall so require, of the charges hereinafter
provided. Registered Securities of any series may not be exchanged for
Unregistered Securities of such series unless (1) otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 2.3 and (2) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel that (x) the Issuer has received from the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling or (y) since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable
Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that the inclusion of
terms permitting Registered Securities to be exchanged for Unregistered
Securities would result in no adverse Federal income tax effect to the Issuer
or to any Holder. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange,
the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All
Securities and Coupons surrendered upon any exchange or transfer provided for
in this Indenture shall be promptly cancelled and disposed of by the Trustee
and the Trustee will deliver a certificate of disposition thereof to the
Issuer.
All Registered Securities presented for registration of
transfer, exchange, redemption or payment shall (if so required by the Issuer
or the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument
or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee
duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
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The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
exchange or registration of transfer of Securities. No service charge shall
be made for any such transaction.
The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a
transfer of (a) any Securities of any series for a period of 15 days next
preceding the first mailing of notice of redemption of Securities of such
series to be redeemed or (b) any Securities selected, called or being called
for redemption, in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be
redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.8, unless
and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
registered form, a Registered Global Security representing all or a portion of
the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of
such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by
such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series
or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for any Registered Securities of
a series represented by one or more Registered Global Securities notifies the
Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Registered Securities or if at any time the Depositary for such Registered
Securities shall no longer be eligible under Section 2.4, the Issuer shall
appoint a successor Depositary eligible under Section 2.4 with respect to such
Registered Securities. If a successor Depositary eligible under Section 2.4
for such Registered Securities is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days
after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility,
the Issuer's election pursuant to Section 2.3 that such Registered Securities
be represented by one or more Registered Global Securities shall no longer be
effective and the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Officer's Certificate for the authentication and delivery of definitive
Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such
series in definitive registered form without coupons, in any authorized
denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of the Registered Global Security or Securities representing such Registered
Securities in exchange for such Registered Global Security or Securities.
The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that the Registered Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more
Registered Global Securities shall no longer be represented by a Registered
Global Security or Securities. In such event the Issuer will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate for the authentication and
delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and
deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered form without
coupons, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the Registered Global Security or Securities
representing such Registered Securities, in exchange for such Registered
Global Security or Securities.
If specified by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 with respect
to Securities represented by a Registered Global Security, the Depositary for
such Registered Global Security may surrender such Registered Global Security
in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of the same series in
definitive registered form on such terms as are acceptable to the Issuer and
such Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
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(i) to the Person specified by such Depositary a new
Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations as requested by such Person, in an aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest
in the Registered Global Security; and
(ii) to such Depositary a new Registered Global Security in a
denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal
amount of the surrendered Registered Global Security and the
aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities authenticated and
delivered pursuant to clause (i) above.
Upon the exchange of a Registered Global Security for
Securities in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, such Registered Global Security shall be cancelled by the
Trustee or an agent of the Issuer or the Trustee. Securities in definitive
registered form without coupons issued in exchange for a Registered Global
Security pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall be registered in such names and in
such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Registered Global
Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or
otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee. The Trustee or such agent shall deliver such Securities to or as
directed by the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
Notwithstanding anything herein or in the terms of any series
of Securities to the contrary, none of the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of
the Issuer or the Trustee (any of which, other than the Issuer, shall rely on
an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel) shall be required to
exchange any Unregistered Security for a Registered Security if such exchange
would result in adverse Federal income tax consequences to the Issuer (such
as, for example, the inability of the Issuer to deduct from its income, as
computed for Federal income tax purposes, the interest payable on the
Unregistered Securities) under then applicable United States Federal income
tax laws.
SECTION 2.9 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities. In case any temporary or definitive Security or any Coupon
appertaining to any Security shall become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed,
lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon the written
request of any officer of the Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver a new Security of the same series, maturity date, interest rate and
original issue date, bearing a number or other distinguishing symbol not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated
or defaced Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so
destroyed, lost or stolen with Coupons corresponding to the Coupons
appertaining to the Securities so mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or
stolen, or in exchange or substitution for the Security to which such
mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertained, with Coupons
appertaining thereto corresponding to the Coupons so mutilated, defaced,
destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substitute
Security or Coupon shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to indemnify and defend and to save each of them harmless
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and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security or Coupon and
of the ownership thereof and in the case of mutilation or defacement shall
surrender the Security and related Coupons to the Trustee or such agent.
Upon the issuance of any substitute Security or Coupon, the
Issuer 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) or its agent
connected therewith. In case any Security or Coupon which has matured or is
about to mature, has been called for redemption in full or is being converted
in full shall become mutilated or defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the
Issuer may instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the
payment or conversion of the same or the payment of the relevant Coupon
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated or defaced
Security or Coupon), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the
Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such
security or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of them
harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant
shall also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer
or the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of such Security or Coupon and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Security or Coupon of any series issued
pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any such
Security or Coupon is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional
contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security or Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall
be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the
limitations of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities or Coupons of such series duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder. All Securities and Coupons shall be held and owned
upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted by law, the foregoing
provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, defaced or destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and Coupons and
shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or
statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the
replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without
their surrender.
SECTION 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof.
All Securities and Coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, registration
of transfer or exchange, conversion or for credit against any payment in
respect of a sinking or analogous fund, if surrendered to the Issuer or any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee or any agent of the Trustee, shall be
delivered to the Trustee or its agent for cancellation or, if surrendered to
the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no Securities or Coupons shall be
issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions
of this Indenture. The Trustee or its agent shall dispose of cancelled
Securities and Coupons held by it and deliver a certificate of disposition to
the Issuer. If the Issuer or its agent shall acquire any of the Securities or
Coupons, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of
the indebtedness represented by such Securities or Coupons unless and until
the same are delivered to the Trustee or its agent for cancellation.
SECTION 2.11 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities for any series, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities for such series (printed,
lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form
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satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any series shall be
issuable as Registered Securities without coupons, or as Unregistered
Securities with or without coupons attached thereto, of any authorized
denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Securities of
such series but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be
appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Issuer
with the concurrence of the Trustee as evidenced by the execution and
authentication thereof. Temporary Securities may contain such references to
any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary
Security shall be executed by the Issuer and be authenticated by the Trustee
upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like
effect, as the definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay the Issuer
shall execute and shall furnish definitive Securities of such series and
thereupon temporary Registered Securities of such series may be surrendered in
exchange therefor without charge at each office or agency to be maintained by
the Issuer for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.2 and, in the case of
Unregistered Securities, at any agency maintained by the Issuer for such
purpose as specified pursuant to Section 2.3, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities of such
series an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the
same series having authorized denominations and, in the case of Unregistered
Securities, having attached thereto any appropriate Coupons. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series,
unless otherwise established pursuant to Section 2.3. The provisions of this
Section are subject to any restrictions or limitations on the issue and
delivery of temporary Unregistered Securities of any series that may be
established pursuant to Section 2.3 (including any provision that Unregistered
Securities of such series initially be issued in the form of a single global
Unregistered Security to be delivered to a depositary or agency located
outside the United States and the procedures pursuant to which definitive or
global Unregistered Securities of such series would be issued in exchange for
such temporary global Unregistered Security).
ARTICLE THREE
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer
covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and interest on,
each of the Securities of such series (together with any additional amounts
payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) at the place or places, at
the respective times and in the manner provided in such Securities and in the
Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto and in this Indenture. The interest on
Securities with Coupons attached (together with any additional amounts payable
pursuant to the terms of such Securities) shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such interest
installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. If any
temporary Unregistered Security provides that interest thereon may be paid
while such Security is in temporary form, the interest on any such temporary
Unregistered Security (together with any additional amounts payable pursuant
to the terms of such Security) shall be paid, as to the installments of
interest evidenced by Coupons attached thereto, if any, only upon presentation
and surrender thereof, and, as to the other installments of interest, if any,
only upon presentation of such Securities for notation thereon of the payment
of such interest, in each case subject to any restrictions that may be
established pursuant to Section 2.3. The interest on Registered Securities
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(together with any additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such
Securities) shall be payable only to or upon the written order of the Holders
thereof and, at the option of the Issuer, may be paid by wire transfer or by
mailing checks for such interest payable to or upon the written order of such
Holders at their last addresses as they appear on the registry books of the
Issuer.
SECTION 3.2 Offices for Payments, etc. So long as any
Registered Securities are authorized for issuance pursuant to this Indenture
or are outstanding hereunder, the Issuer will maintain in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where the Registered
Securities of each series may be presented for payment, where the Securities
of each series may be presented for exchange or conversion as is provided in
this Indenture and, if applicable, pursuant to Section 2.3 and where the
Registered Securities of each series may be presented for registration of
transfer as in this Indenture provided.
The Issuer will maintain one or more offices or agencies in a
city or cities located outside the United States (including any city in which
such an agency is required to be maintained under the rules of any stock
exchange on which the Securities of such series are listed) where the
Unregistered Securities, if any, of each series and Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto may be presented for payment. No payment on any
Unregistered Security or Coupon will be made upon presentation of such
Unregistered Security or Coupon at an agency of the Issuer within the United
States nor will any payment be made by transfer to an account in, or by mail
to an address in, the United States unless pursuant to applicable United
States laws and regulations then in effect such payment can be made without
adverse tax consequences to the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
payments in Dollars of Unregistered Securities of any series and Coupons
appertaining thereto which are payable in Dollars may be made at an agency of
the Issuer maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York if
such payment in Dollars at each agency maintained by the Issuer outside the
United States for payment on such Unregistered Securities is illegal or
effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Issuer will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the
Issuer in respect of the Securities of any series, the Coupons appertaining
thereto or this Indenture may be served.
The Issuer will give to the Trustee written notice of the
location of each such office or agency and of any change of location thereof.
In case the Issuer shall fail to maintain any agency required by this Section
to be located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or shall fail
to give such notice of the location or of any change in the location of any of
the above agencies, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Issuer may from time to time designate one or more
additional offices or agencies where the Securities of a series and any
Coupons appertaining thereto may be presented for payment, where the
Securities of that series may be presented for exchange or conversion as
provided in this Indenture and pursuant to Section 2.3 and where the
Registered Securities of that series may be presented for registration of
transfer as in this Indenture provided, and the Issuer may from time to time
rescind any such designation, as the Issuer may deem desirable or expedient;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain the agencies provided for in
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this Section. The Issuer will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any
such designation or rescission thereof.
SECTION 3.3 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of
Trustee. The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the
office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.10, a
Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each
series of Securities hereunder.
SECTION 3.4 Paying Agents. Whenever the Issuer shall appoint
a paying agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee
an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section,
(a) that it will hold all sums received by it as such agent
for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of
such series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Issuer or
by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) in trust for
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, or
Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, or of the Trustee,
(b) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the
Issuer (or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) to
make any payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of
such series when the same shall be due and payable, and
(c) that it will pay any such sums so held in trust by it to
the Trustee upon the Trustee's written request at any time during the
continuance of the failure referred to in clause (b) above.
The Issuer will, on or prior to each due date of the principal
of or interest on the Securities of such series, deposit with the paying agent
a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due, and (unless
such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee
of any failure to take such action.
If the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent with respect to
the Securities of any series, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or interest on the Securities of such series, set aside,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of
such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto a sum sufficient to pay such
principal or interest so becoming due. The Issuer will promptly notify the
Trustee of any failure to take such action.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, but
subject to Section 10.1, the Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of
obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to one or more or all
series of Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be
paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust for any such series by the Issuer
or any paying agent hereunder, as required by this Section, such sums to be
held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the
provisions of Sections 10.3 and 10.4.
SECTION 3.5 Written Statement to Trustee. The Issuer will
furnish to the Trustee on or before January 31 in each year (beginning with
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January 31, 1997) a brief certificate (which need not comply with Section
11.5) from the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the
Issuer stating that in the course of the performance by the signer of his
duties as an officer of the Issuer he would normally have knowledge of any
default or non-compliance by the Issuer in the performance of any covenants or
conditions contained in this Indenture, stating whether or not he has
knowledge of any such default or non-compliance and, if so, describing each
such default or non-compliance of which the signer has knowledge and the
nature thereof.
SECTION 3.6 Corporate Existence. Subject to Article Nine, the
Issuer will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force and effect its corporate existence and the rights (charter and
statutory), licenses and franchises of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;
provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to preserve any such
right, license or franchise, if, in the judgment of the Issuer, the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and the loss thereof is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Securityholders.
SECTION 3.7 Maintenance of Properties. The Issuer will cause
all properties used in or useful in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition,
repair, and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will
cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments
and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Issuer may be
necessary, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all time except to the extent that
the Issuer may be prevented from so doing by circumstances beyond its control;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Issuer from
discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties, or
disposing of any of them, if such discontinuance or disposal is, in the
judgment of the Issuer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer
or any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Securityholders.
SECTION 3.8 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Issuer
will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall
become delinquent: (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied
or imposed upon the Issuer or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or
property of the Issuer or any Subsidiary; and (b) all lawful claims for labor,
materials, and supplies, which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the
property of the Issuer or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Issuer
shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged
any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or
validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; and
provided further that the Issuer shall not be required to cause to be paid or
discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim if the Issuer shall
determine that such payment is not advantageous to the conduct of the business
of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the failure so to
pay or discharge is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Securityholders.
SECTION 3.9 Luxembourg Publications. In the event of the
publication of any notice pursuant to Section 5.11, 6.10(a), 6.11, 8.2, 10.4
or 12.2, the party making such publication in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York and London shall also, to the extent that notice is required
to be given to Holders of Securities of any series by applicable Luxembourg
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law or stock exchange regulation, as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate
delivered to such party, make a similar publication in Luxembourg.
SECTION 3.10 SEC Reports. The Issuer shall file with the
Trustee, within 15 days after it files such annual and quarterly reports,
information, documents and other reports with the Commission, copies of its
annual report and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies
of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules and
regulations prescribe) which the Issuer is required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
ARTICLE FOUR
SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE
ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names
and Addresses of Securityholders. If and so long as the Trustee shall not be
the Security registrar for the Securities of any series, the Issuer and any
other obligor on the Securities will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names
and addresses of the Holders of the Registered Securities of such series
pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (a) semi-annually
not more than 5 days after each record date for the payment of interest on
such Registered Securities, as hereinabove specified, as of such record date
and on dates to be determined pursuant to Section 2.3 for non-interest bearing
Registered Securities in each year, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee
may request in writing, within thirty days after receipt by the Issuer of any
such request as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such
information is furnished.
SECTION 4.2 Preservation and Disclosure of Securityholders
Lists.
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SECTION 4.3 Reports by the Issuer. The Issuer covenants to
file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to file the
same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents, and other reports that the Issuer may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or pursuant to Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
SECTION 4.4 Reports by the Trustee. Any Trustee's report
required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall be
transmitted on or before July 15 in each year beginning July 15, 1997, as
provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, so long as any
Securities are Outstanding hereunder, and shall be dated as of a date
convenient to the Trustee no more than 60 days prior thereto.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
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SECTION 5.1 Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of
Maturity; Waiver of Default. "Event of Default" with respect to Securities of
any series wherever used herein, means each one of the following events which
shall have occurred and be 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 installment of interest upon
any of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall
become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period
of 30 days; or
(b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal
on any of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall
become due and payable either at maturity, upon any redemption, by
declaration or otherwise; or
(c) default in the payment of any sinking fund installment as
and when the same shall become due and payable by the terms of the
Securities of such series or default in the conversion of any
Security specified to be convertible as contemplated by Section 2.3
and the continuance of such default for a period of 45 days; or
(d) failure on the part of the Issuer duly to observe or
perform any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
Issuer in the Securities of such series (other than a covenant or
agreement in respect of the Securities of such series a default in
the performance or breach of which is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with) or contained in this Indenture (other than a
covenant or agreement included in this Indenture solely for the
benefit of a series of Securities other than such series) for a
period of 60 days after the date on which written notice specifying
such failure, stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder and demanding that the Issuer remedy the same, shall have
been given by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
to the Issuer by the Trustee, or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the
holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby; or
(e) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator (or similar official) of the Issuer or of any Restricted
Subsidiary for any substantial part of its or their property or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its or their affairs, and
such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period
of 60 consecutive days; or
(f) the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary shall commence a
voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or
consent to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar
official) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or for any
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substantial part of its or their property, or make any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(g) an event of default, as defined in any one or more
mortgages, indentures, instruments, bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments under which there may be issued, or by which
there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness (other than the
Securities of such series or non-recourse obligations)
("Indebtedness") in excess of $10,000,000 for money borrowed by the
Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary shall occur, if such event of
default shall result in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior
to its expressed maturity unless such Indebtedness is discharged or
such acceleration is cured, waived, rescinded or annulled within 10
days after written notice thereof shall have been given by registered
or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the Issuer by the
Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
(treated as one class) which notice shall state that it is a "Notice
of Default" hereunder; or
(h) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental
indenture under which such series of Securities is issued or in the
form of Security for such series;
provided that if any such default or acceleration referred to in clause (g)
above shall cease or be cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, then the Event
of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been
thereupon cured.
If an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b), (c), (d)
or (h) (if the Event of Default under clause (d) or (h), as the case may be,
is with respect to less than all series of Securities then Outstanding) occurs
and is continuing, then, and in each and every such case, except for any
series of Securities the principal of which shall have already become due and
payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of each such affected series then
Outstanding hereunder (voting as a single class) by notice in writing to the
Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the
entire principal (or, if the Securities of any such affected series are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as
may be specified in the terms of such series) of all Securities of all such
affected series, and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and
payable immediately, and upon any such declaration, the same shall become
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (d)
or (h) (if the Event of Default under clause (d) or (h), as the case may be,
is with respect to all series of Securities then Outstanding), (e), (f) or (g)
occurs and is continuing, then and in each and every such case, unless the
principal of all the Securities shall have already become due and payable,
either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of all the Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as one
class), by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by
Securityholders), may declare the entire principal (or, if any Securities are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as may be
specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities then Outstanding, and
interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon
any such declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable.
The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition
that if, at any time after the principal (or, if the Securities are Original
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Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified
in the terms thereof) of the Securities of any series (or of all the
Securities, as the case may be) 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, the Issuer shall pay or
shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest upon all the Securities of such series (or of all the
Securities, as the case may be) and the principal of any and all Securities of
each such series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be) which shall
have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such
principal 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 or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of each such series (or at
the respective rates of interest or Yields to Maturity of all the Securities,
as the case may be) to the date of such payment or deposit) and such amount as
shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee, its 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 if any
and all Events of Default under the Indenture, other than the non-payment of
the principal of Securities which shall have become due by acceleration, shall
have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein -- then and
in every such case the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
all the Securities of each such series, or of all the Securities, in each case
voting as a single class, then Outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer
and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults with respect to each such series
(or with respect to all the Securities, as the case may be) and 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.
For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the
principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been
accelerated and declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof,
then, from and after such declaration, unless such declaration has been
rescinded and annulled, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount
Securities shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of
the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such
acceleration, and payment of such portion of the principal thereof as shall be
due and payable as a result of such acceleration, together with interest, if
any, thereon and all other amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment
in full of such Original Issue Discount Securities.
SECTION 5.2 Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee May
Prove Debt. The Issuer covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in
the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of any
series when such interest shall have become due and payable, and such default
shall have continued for a period of 30 days or (b) in case default shall be
made in the payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the
Securities of any series when the same shall have become due and payable,
whether upon maturity of the Securities of such series or upon any redemption
or by declaration or otherwise -- then upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer
will pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of
such series the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on
all Securities of such series, and such Coupons, for principal or interest, as
the case may be (with interest to the date of such payment upon the overdue
principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable
under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest at the same rate as
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the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series); and in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the
costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and any expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by
the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of its negligence
or bad faith.
Until such demand is made by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay
the principal of and interest on the Securities of any series to the
registered holders, whether or not the Securities of such Series be overdue.
In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts
upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings
at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may
enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Issuer or other obligor
upon the Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities, wherever situated
the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings relative to the
Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities under Title 11 of the United
States Code or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other
obligor, or in case of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to
the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities, or to the creditors or
property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of
whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether
the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this
Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings
or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount
of principal and interest (or, if the Securities of any series are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) owing and
unpaid in respect of the Securities of any series, 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 reasonable
compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of
all 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 of the Securityholders allowed in any
judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the
Securities, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such
other obligor,
(b) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to
vote on behalf of the holders of the Securities of any series in any
election of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement,
reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency
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proceedings or person performing similar functions in comparable
proceedings, and
(c) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts
received with respect to the claims of the Securityholders and of the
Trustee on their behalf; and any trustee, receiver, or liquidator,
custodian or other similar official is hereby authorized by each of
the Securityholders to make payments to the Trustee, and, in the
event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments
directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts
as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the
Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and 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.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Securityholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the
election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar person.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
Indenture, or under any of the Securities of any series or Coupons
appertaining to such Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities of such series or Coupons appertaining to
such Securities or the production thereof in any trial or other proceedings
relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements
and compensation of the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective
agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities in respect of which such
action was taken.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any
proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to
which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all
the Holders of the Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities in
respect to which such action was taken, and it shall not be necessary to make
any Holders of such Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities
parties to any such proceedings.
SECTION 5.3 Application of Proceeds. Any moneys collected by
the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of any series shall, subject
to the subordination provisions hereof, be applied in the following order at
the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of
such moneys on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the
several Securities and Coupons appertaining to such Securities in respect of
which monies have been collected and stamping (or otherwise noting) thereon
the payment, or issuing Securities of such series in reduced principal amounts
in exchange for the presented Securities of like series if only partially
paid, or upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses applicable to such
series in respect of which monies have been collected, including
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reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee
and their respective agents and attorneys and of all expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith;
SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities of such series
in respect of which moneys have been collected shall not have become
and be then due and payable, to the payment of interest on the
Securities of such series in default in the order of the maturity of
the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that
such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue
installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities)
specified in such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the
persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference;
THIRD: In case the principal of the Securities of such series
in respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become and
shall be then due and payable, to the payment of the whole amount
then owing and unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for
principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and
(to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee)
upon overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate
of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series; and
in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole
amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to
the payment of such principal and interest or Yield to Maturity,
without preference or priority of principal over interest or Yield to
Maturity, or of interest or Yield to Maturity over principal, or of
any installment of interest over any other installment of interest,
or of any Security of such series over any other Security of such
series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and accrued and
unpaid interest or Yield to Maturity; and
FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer
or any other person lawfully entitled thereto.
SECTION 5.4 Suits for Enforcement. In case an Event of
Default has occurred, has not been waived and is continuing, the Trustee may
in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by
this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law
or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid
of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture or to enforce any other
legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
SECTION 5.5 Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of
Proceedings. In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right
under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the
Trustee, then and in every such case the Issuer and the Trustee shall be
restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all
rights, remedies and powers of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Securityholders
shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
SECTION 5.6 Limitations on Suits by Securityholders. No
Holder of any Security of any series or of any Coupon appertaining thereto
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shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this
Indenture to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in
bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or
for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other
similar official or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such Holder
previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of default and of
the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the Holders
of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each
affected series then Outstanding (treated as a single class) shall have made
written request upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceedings in
its own name as trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such
reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby and the Trustee for 60 days
after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have
failed to institute any such action or proceeding and no direction
inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 5.9; it being understood and intended, and being expressly
covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Security or Coupon with every other
taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Securities of
any series or Coupons appertaining to such Securities shall have any right in
any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holder
of Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities, or to obtain or seek
to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce
any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for
the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities of the
applicable series and Coupons appertaining to such Securities. For the
protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every
Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 5.7 Unconditional Right of Securityholders to
Institute Certain Suits. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture and any provision of any Security, the right of any Holder of any
Security or Coupon to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such
Security or Coupon on or after the respective due dates expressed in such
Security or Coupon, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates, or the right to convert such
Security, if any, or to institute suit therefor shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 5.8 Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission
Not Waiver of Default. Except as provided in Section 5.6, 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.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of
Securities or Coupons to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event
of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right
or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an acquiescence therein; and, subject to Section 5.6, every power and remedy
given by this Indenture 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
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shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or
Coupons.
SECTION 5.9 Control by Holders of Securities. The Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series
affected (with all such series voting as a single class) at the time
Outstanding 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 by this Indenture; provided that such direction
shall not be otherwise than in accordance with law and the provisions of this
Indenture and provided further that (subject to the provisions of Section 6.1)
the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if
the Trustee, being advised by counsel, shall determine that the action or
proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good
faith by its board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee
of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee shall determine that the
action or proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal
liability or if the Trustee in good faith shall so determine that the actions
or forbearances specified in or pursuant to such direction would be unduly
prejudicial to the interests of Holders of the Securities of all series so
affected not joining in the giving of said direction, it being understood that
(subject to Section 6.1) the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether
or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders.
Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee
in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is
not inconsistent with such direction or directions by Securityholders.
SECTION 5.10 Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the
acceleration of the maturity of any Securities as provided in Section 5.1, the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all
series at the time Outstanding with respect to which an event of default shall
have occurred and be continuing (voting as a single class) may on behalf of
the Holders of all such Securities waive any past default or Event of Default
described in Section 5.1 and its consequences, except a default in respect of
a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder of each Security affected. In the case of any such
waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all such Securities shall
be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but
no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and be
deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, and not to have occurred
for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
SECTION 5.11 Trustee to Give Notice of Default, But May
Withhold in Certain Circumstances. The Trustee shall, within ninety days
after the occurrence of a default with respect to the Securities of any
series, give notice of all defaults with respect to that series known to the
Trustee (i) if any Unregistered Securities of that series are then
Outstanding, to the Holders thereof, by publication at least once in an
Authorized Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and at
least once in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required by Section
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3.9, at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg) and (ii) to all
Holders of Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided
in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, unless in each case such
defaults shall have been cured before the mailing or publication of such
notice (the term "defaults" for the purpose of this Section being hereby
defined to mean any event or condition which is, or with notice or lapse of
time or both would become, an Event of Default); provided that, except in the
case of default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any of the
Securities of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment on
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 or trustees and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee
in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Securityholders of such series.
SECTION 5.12 Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking
to Pay 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 in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit,
and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having
due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such
party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder or
group of Securityholders of any series holding in the aggregate more than 10%
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series, or, in the
case of any suit relating to or arising under clause (d) or (h) of Section 5.1
(if the suit relates to Securities of more than one but less than all series),
l0% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then Outstanding and affected
thereby, or in the case of any suit relating to or arising under clause (d) or
(h) (if the suit under clause (d) or (h) relates to all the Securities then
Outstanding), (e), (f) or (g) of Section 5.1, 10% in aggregate principal
amount of all Securities then Outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any
Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or
interest on any Security on or after the due date expressed in such Security
or any date fixed for redemption.
ARTICLE SIX
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During
Default; Prior to Default. With respect to the Holders of any series of
Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event
of Default with respect to the Securities of a particular series and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred with
respect to such series, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (which has not been
cured or waived) the Trustee shall exercise with respect to such series of
Securities 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.
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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
(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of any series and after the curing or
waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to such series
which may have occurred:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the
Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such
duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of
the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any statements, certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture; but in the case of any such statements,
certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers
of the Trustee, 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 the Holders pursuant to Section 5.9 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.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall
require the 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 there shall be reasonable ground
for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such liability is not reasonably assured to it.
The provisions of this Section 6.1 are in furtherance of and
subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
SECTION 6.2 Certain Rights of the Trustee. In furtherance of
and subject to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and subject to Section 6.1:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer's Certificate or
any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
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notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon,
security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer's
Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein
specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of
Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified
by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer;
(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any written
advice or any Opinion of Counsel 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 reliance
thereon in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against
the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred therein
or thereby;
(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture;
(f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder
and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default, 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, consent, order, approval,
appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security, or other paper or
document unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of all series affected then Outstanding; provided that, if the
payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs,
expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of
such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably
assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of
this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against
such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the
reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the
Issuer or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee, shall
be repaid by the Issuer upon demand; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys not regularly in its employ and the
Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on
the part of any such agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder.
SECTION 6.3 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition
of Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof. The recitals contained
herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of
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authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the
Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The
Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities or Coupons. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Securities
or of the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.4 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities or Coupons;
Collections, etc. The Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities or Coupons with the same rights it would have if it were not the
Trustee or such agent and may otherwise deal with the Issuer and receive,
collect, hold and retain collections from the Issuer with the same rights it
would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent.
SECTION 6.5 Moneys Held by Trustee. Subject to the provisions
of Section 10.4 hereof, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used
or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they
were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by mandatory provisions of law. Neither the Trustee nor any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be under any liability for interest
on any moneys received by it hereunder.
SECTION 6.6 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and
Its Prior Claim. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from
time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation
(which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust) and the Issuer covenants and
agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or
made by or on behalf of it in accordance with any of the provisions of this
Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and other persons not regularly
in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise
from its negligence or bad faith. The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
this Indenture or the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including the
costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim of
liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section
to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to
pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder
and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. Such
additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities upon
all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds
held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities or
Coupons, and the Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior claim.
SECTION 6.7 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officer's Certificate,
etc. Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, whenever in the administration of the
trusts of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith
on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such
certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the
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Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith
thereof.
SECTION 6.8 Indentures Not Creating Potential Conflicting
Interests for the Trustee. The following indentures are hereby specifically
described for the purposes of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939; this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any other series.
SECTION 6.9 Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee. The
Trustee for each series of Securities hereunder shall at all times be a
corporation or banking association organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States of America or of any State or the District of Columbia
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000, and which is
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and is subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia
authority. Such corporation or banking association shall have a place of
business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York if there be such a
corporation in such location willing to act upon reasonable and customary terms
and conditions. 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. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.10.
The provisions of this Section 6.9 are in furtherance of and
subject to Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
SECTION 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
Trustee. (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed,
may at any time resign with respect to one or more or all series of Securities
by giving written notice of resignation to the Issuer and (i) if any
Unregistered Securities of a series affected are then Outstanding, by giving
notice of such resignation to the Holders thereof, by publication at least
once in an Authorized Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, and at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required
by Section 3.9, at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg), (ii)
if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected are then Outstanding, by
mailing notice of such resignation to the Holders thereof who have filed their
names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee
and (iii) by mailing notice of such resignation to the Holders of then
Outstanding Registered Securities of each series affected at their addresses as
they shall appear on the registry books. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees
with respect to the applicable series by written instrument in duplicate,
executed by authority of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor
trustee or trustees. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed
with respect to any series and have accepted appointment within 30 days after
the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning trustee may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
or Securities of the applicable series for at least six months may, subject to
the provisions of Section 5.12, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee.
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Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with respect to any
series of Securities after written request therefor by the Issuer or
by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
or Securities of such series for at least six months; or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of Section 6.9 and Section 310(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect
to any series of Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver or liquidator 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, the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to the
applicable series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee for such
series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of
Directors of the Issuer, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to
the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to
the provisions of Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities 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
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee with respect
to such series. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it
may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of each series at the time outstanding may at any time remove
the Trustee with respect to Securities of such series and appoint a successor
trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by delivering to the
Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the Issuer
the evidence provided for in Section 7.1 of the action in that regard taken by
the Securityholders.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to
any series and any appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such
series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.10 shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided
in Section 6.11.
SECTION 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.10 shall execute and
deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee with respect to all or any applicable series shall become
effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and
obligations with respect to such series of its predecessor hereunder, with
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like effect as if originally named as trustee for such series hereunder; but,
nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer or of the successor
trustee, upon payment of its charges then unpaid, the trustee ceasing to act
shall, subject to Section 10.4, pay over to the successor trustee all moneys
at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall
execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting
in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any
trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a prior claim upon all
property or funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then
due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.6.
If a successor trustee is appointed with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the predecessor
Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of any
applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable
to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series as to which the
predecessor Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
predecessor Trustee, and 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 under separate indentures.
No successor trustee with respect to any series of Securities
shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and eligible under the provisions of
Section 6.9.
Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as
provided in this Section 6.11, the Issuer shall give notice thereof (a) if any
Unregistered Securities of a series affected are then Outstanding, to the
Holders thereof, by publication of such notice at least once in an Authorized
Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and at least once
in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required by Section 3.9, at
least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg), (b) if any Unregistered
Securities of a series affected are then Outstanding, to the Holders thereof
who have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section
313(c)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, by mailing such notice to such
Holders at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee (and the Trustee
shall make such information available to the Issuer for such purpose) and (c)
to the Holders of Registered Securities of each series affected, by mailing
such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the
registry books. If the acceptance of appointment is substantially
contemporaneous with the resignation, then the notice called for by the
preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by Section 6.10.
If the Issuer fails to give such notice within ten days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such
notice to be given at the expense of the Issuer.
SECTION 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business of Trustee. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged
or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
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shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such corporation shall be qualified under Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and eligible under the provisions of Section 6.9,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed
to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities of any series
shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the
Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee
and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of
the Securities of any series shall not have been authenticated, any successor
to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any
predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such
cases such certificate shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the
Securities of such series or in this Indenture provided that the certificate
of the Trustee shall have; provided, that the right to adopt the certificate
of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities of
any series in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its
successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
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SECTION 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. As long as
any Securities of a series remain Outstanding, the Trustee may, by an
instrument in writing, appoint with the approval of the Issuer an
authenticating agent (the "Authenticating Agent") which shall be authorized to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities, including Securities
issued upon exchange, registration of transfer, partial redemption or pursuant
to Section 2.9. Securities of each such series authenticated by such
Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and
shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee. Whenever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication
and delivery of Securities of any series by the Trustee or to 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 for such series and a Certificate of Authentication executed on behalf
of the Trustee by such Authenticating Agent. Such Authenticating Agent shall
at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $5,000,000 (determined as provided in Section 6.9 with respect to the
Trustee) and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State
authority.
Any corporation into which any 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 any
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
corporate agency business of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be
the Authenticating Agent with respect to all series of Securities for which it
served as Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or
any further act on the part of the Trustee or such Authenticating Agent. Any
Authenticating Agent may at any time, and if it shall cease to be eligible
shall, resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to
the Issuer.
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Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a
termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 with respect
to one or more series of Securities, the Trustee shall upon receipt of an
Issuer Order appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and the Issuer shall
provide notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of such series
in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 11.4. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become
vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent.
The Issuer agrees to pay to the Authenticating Agent for such series from time
to time reasonable compensation. The Authenticating Agent for the Securities
of any series shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken
by it as such at the direction of the Trustee.
Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6 and 7.3 shall be applicable to any
Authenticating Agent.
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 7.1 Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders. Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by a specified
percentage in principal amount of the Securityholders of any or all series may
be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially
similar tenor signed by such specified percentage of Securityholders in person
or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Trustee. Proof of execution of any
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for
any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2) conclusive
in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this
Article.
SECTION 7.2 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding
of Securities. Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the execution of any
instrument by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy may be proved in the
following manner:
(a) The fact and date of the execution by any Holder of any
instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or
other officer of any jurisdiction authorized to take acknowledgments
of deeds or administer oaths that the person executing such
instruments acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an
affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such
notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by or on
behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate
or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of the authority
of the person executing the same. The fact of the holding by any
Holder of an Unregistered Security of any series, and the identifying
number of such Security and the date of his holding the same, may be
proved by the production of such Security or by a certificate
executed by any trust company, bank, banker or recognized securities
dealer wherever situated satisfactory to the Trustee, if such
certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. Each
such certificate shall be dated and shall state that on the date
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thereof a Security of such series bearing a specified identifying
number was deposited with or exhibited to such trust company, bank,
banker or recognized securities dealer by the person named in such
certificate. Any such certificate may be issued in respect of one or
more Unregistered Securities of one or more series specified therein.
The holding by the person named in any such certificate of any
Unregistered Securities of any series specified therein shall be
presumed to continue for a period of one year from the date of such
certificate unless at the time of any determination of such holding
(1) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the
same Securities shall be produced, or (2) the Security of such series
specified in such certificate shall be produced by some other person,
or (3) the Security of such series specified in such certificate
shall have ceased to be Outstanding. Subject to Sections 6.1 and
6.2, the fact and date of the execution of any such instrument and
the amount and numbers of Securities of any series held by the person
so executing such instrument and the amount and numbers of any
Security or Securities for such series may also be proven in
accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be
prescribed by the Trustee for such series or in any other manner
which the Trustee for such series may deem sufficient.
(b) In the case of Registered Securities, the ownership of
such Securities shall be proved by the Security register or by a
certificate of the Security registrar.
The Issuer may set a record date for purposes of determining
the identity of Holders of Registered Securities of any series entitled to
vote or consent to any action referred to in Section 7.1, which record date
may be set at any time or from time to time by notice to the Trustee, for any
date or dates (in the case of any adjournment or reconsideration) not more
than 60 days nor less than five days prior to the proposed date of such vote
or consent, and thereafter, notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, with
respect to Registered Securities of any series, only Holders of Registered
Securities of such series of record on such record date shall be entitled to
so vote or give such consent or revoke such vote or consent.
SECTION 7.3 Holders to be Treated as Owners. The Issuer, the
Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the
person in whose name any Security shall be registered upon the Security
register for such series as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or
not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or
on account of the principal of and, subject to the provisions of this
Indenture, interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither
the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary. The Issuer, the Trustee and any agent
of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the Holder of any Unregistered Security
and the Holder of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Unregistered
Security or Coupon (whether or not such Unregistered Security or Coupon shall
be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof
and for all other purposes and neither the Issuer, the Trustee, nor any agent
of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
All such payments so made to any such person, or upon his order, shall be
valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and
discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Unregistered Security
or Coupon.
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SECTION 7.4 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount
of Outstanding Securities of any or all series have concurred in any
direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities which are owned
by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such
determination is being made or by any person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such
determination is being made shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the
purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
any such direction, consent or waiver only Securities which the Trustee knows
are 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 Issuer or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities. In case of a dispute as to
such right, the advice of counsel shall be full protection in respect of any
decision made by the Trustee in accordance with such advice. Upon request of
the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officer's
Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the
Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above-described
persons; and, subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the Trustee shall be entitled to
accept such Officer's 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.
SECTION 7.5 Right of Revocation of Action Taken. At any time
prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section
7.1, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be,
specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a
Security the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included
among the serial numbers of the Securities the Holders of which have consented
to such action may, by filing written notice at the Corporate Trust Office and
upon proof of holding as provided in this Article, revoke such action so far as
concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the
Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and of any Securities
issued in exchange or substitution therefor or on registration of transfer
thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made
upon any such Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case
may be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be
conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all the
Securities affected by such action.
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Securityholders. The Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of
Directors (which resolution may provide general terms or parameters for such
action and may provide that the specific terms of such action may be
determined in accordance with or pursuant to an Issuer Order), and the Trustee
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may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto, which comply with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
then in effect, for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the
Trustee as security for the Securities of one or more series any
property or assets;
(b) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the
Issuer, or successive successions, and the assumption by the
successor corporation of the covenants, agreements and obligations of
the Issuer pursuant to Article Nine and to provide for the adjustment
of conversion rights pursuant to Section 14.6;
(c) to add to the covenants of the Issuer such further
covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions as the Issuer and
the Trustee shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of
Securities or Coupons, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence
and continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants,
restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of Default permitting
the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in
this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, that in respect of any
such additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision such
supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace
after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that
allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate
enforcement upon such an Event of Default or may limit the remedies
available to the Trustee upon such an Event of Default or may limit
the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities of such series to waive such an Event of Default;
(d) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may
be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein
or in any supplemental indenture, or to make any other provisions as
the Issuer may deem necessary or desirable, provided that no such
action shall adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the
Securities or Coupons;
(e) to establish the forms or terms of Securities of any
series or of the Coupons appertaining to such Securities as permitted
by Sections 2.1 and 2.3; and
(f) 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; and
(g) to add any provision hereto or remove or change any
provision hereof relating to the conversion of any Securities,
whether at the option of the Holders or the Issuer or upon the
happening of some event or otherwise, provided that no such action
shall adversely affect the interest of the Holders of outstanding
Securities.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate
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agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the
conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property
thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section may be executed without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of
Section 8.2.
SECTION 8.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Securityholders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article Seven) of
the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding of all series affected by such supplemental
indenture (voting as one class), the Issuer, when authorized by a resolution
of its Board of Directors (which resolution may provide general terms or
parameters for such action and may provide that the specific terms of such
action may be determined in accordance with or pursuant to an Issuer Order),
and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto, which comply with the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as then in effect, for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series or of
the Coupons appertaining to such Securities; provided, that no such
supplemental indenture shall (a) extend the final maturity of any Security, or
reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of
payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption
thereof, or make the principal thereof (including any amount in respect of
original issue discount), or interest thereon payable in any coin or currency
other than that provided in the Securities and Coupons or in accordance with
the terms thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue
Discount Security that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the
maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.1 or the amount thereof provable in
bankruptcy pursuant to Section 5.2, or alter the provisions of Section 11.11
or 11.12 or impair or affect the right of any Securityholder to institute suit
for the payment or conversion (if applicable) thereof or, if the Securities
provide therefor, any right of repayment at the option of the Securityholder
and any right to convert, in each case without the consent of the Holder of
each Security so affected, or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for
any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of each
Security so affected.
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 Holders of Securities of such
series, or of Coupons appertaining to such Securities, with respect to such
covenant or provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series or of the Coupons
appertaining to such Securities.
Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a
resolution of the Board of Directors (which resolution may provide general
terms or parameters for such action and may provide that the specific terms of
such action may be determined in accordance with or pursuant to an Issuer
Order) certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer
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authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the
filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of the Holders of the
Securities as aforesaid and other documents, if any, required by Section 7.1,
the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such supplemental
indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the
Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such
supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the
Securityholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the
Trustee shall give notice thereof (i) to the Holders of then Outstanding
Registered Securities of each series affected thereby, by mailing a notice
thereof by first-class mail to such Holders at their addresses as they shall
appear on the Security register, (ii) if any Unregistered Securities of a
series affected thereby are then Outstanding, to the Holders thereof who have
filed their names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2)
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, by mailing a notice thereof by first-class
mail to such Holders at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee and
(iii) if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected thereby are then
Outstanding, to all Holders thereof, by publication of a notice thereof at
least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York and at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if
required by Section 3.7, at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in
Luxembourg), and in each case such notice shall set forth in general terms the
substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Issuer to give
such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or
affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 8.3 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof,
this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance
therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations,
duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the
Holders of Securities of each series affected thereby shall thereafter be
determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such
supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and
conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 8.4 Documents to Be Given to Trustee. The Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, may receive an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article 8 complies with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 8.5 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental
Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee for such series as
to any matter provided for by such supplemental indenture or as to any action
taken by Securityholders. If the Issuer or the Trustee 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 modification of this Indenture
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contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Issuer,
authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of
such series then Outstanding.
SECTION 8.6 Subordination Unimpaired. This Indenture may not
be amended to alter the subordination of any of the Outstanding Securities
without the written consent of each holder of Senior Indebtedness then
outstanding that would be adversely affected thereby.
ARTICLE NINE
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 9.1 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain
Terms. The Issuer shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any Person, and the Issuer shall not permit any other Person to consolidate
with or merge into the Issuer, unless:
(a) either the Issuer shall be the continuing corporation, or
the corporation (if other than the Issuer formed by such
consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or to which the
properties and assets of the Issuer substantially as an entity are
transferred or leased shall be a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof
or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee,
in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the
Issuer under the Securities and this Indenture, subject to Section
14.6;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and
treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Issuer
or a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been
incurred by the Issuer or such Subsidiary at the time of such
transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or
lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have
happened and be continuing; and
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, transfer or lease and any such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent
provided for herein relating to such transaction have been complied
with.
SECTION 9.2 Successor Corporation Substituted. The successor
corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or
to which such transfer or lease is made shall succeed to and be substituted
for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named
as the Issuer herein, subject to Section 14.6, and thereafter (except in the
case of a lease to another Person) the predecessor corporation shall be
relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the
Securities and, in the event of such conveyance or transfer, any such
predecessor corporation may be dissolved and liquidated.
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ARTICLE TEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 10.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. (A) If
at any time (a) the Issuer shall have paid or caused to be paid the principal
of and interest on all the Securities of any series Outstanding hereunder and
all unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto (other than Securities of such
series and Coupons appertaining thereto which have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) as and
when the same shall have become due and payable, or (b) the Issuer shall have
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of any series
theretofore authenticated and all unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto
(other than any Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto
which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) or (c) in the case of any series
of Securities where the exact amount (including the currency of payment) of
principal of and interest due on which can be determined at the time of making
the deposit referred to in clause (ii) below, (i) all the Securities of such
series and all unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable,
or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and (ii) the Issuer shall have
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds the entire amount in cash (other than moneys repaid by the Trustee or any
paying agent to the Issuer in accordance with Section 10.4) or, in the case of
any series of Securities the payments on which may only be made in Dollars,
direct obligations of the United States of America, backed by its full faith
and credit ("U.S. Government Obligations"), maturing as to principal and
interest at such times and in such amounts as will insure the availability of
cash, or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay (A) the principal and
interest on all Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto on
each date that such principal or interest is due and payable and (B) any
mandatory sinking fund payments on the dates on which such payments are due
and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities
of such series; and if, in any such case, the Issuer shall also pay or cause
to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer, then this Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) rights of registration
of transfer and exchange of Securities of such Series and of Coupons
appertaining thereto and the Issuer's right of optional redemption, if any,
(ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities
or Coupons, (iii) rights of holders of Securities and Coupons appertaining
thereto to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, upon
the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), and
remaining rights of the Holders to receive mandatory sinking fund payments,
if any, (iv) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder, (v) the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and
Coupons appertaining thereto as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the
property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them, and (vi)
the obligations of the Issuer under Section 3.2) and the Trustee, on demand of
the Issuer accompanied by an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging such satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture; provided,
that the rights of Holders of the Securities and Coupons to receive amounts in
respect of principal of and interest on the Securities and Coupons held by
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them shall not be delayed longer than required by then-applicable mandatory
rules or policies of any securities exchange upon which the Securities are
listed. The Issuer agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses
thereafter reasonably and properly incurred and to compensate the Trustee for
any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in
connection with this Indenture or the Securities of such series.
(B) The following provisions shall apply to the Securities of
each series unless specifically otherwise provided in a Board Resolution,
Officer's Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto provided pursuant to
Section 2.3. In addition to discharge of the Indenture pursuant to the next
preceding paragraph, in the case of any series of Securities the exact amounts
(including the currency of payment) of principal of and interest due on which
can be determined at the time of making the deposit referred to in clause (a)
below, the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness on all the Securities of such a series and the Coupons
appertaining thereto on the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph
(a) below, and the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the Securities
of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto shall no longer be in effect
(except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of
Securities of such series and of Coupons appertaining thereto and the Issuer's
right of optional redemption, if any, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or Coupons, (iii) rights of Holders of
Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto to receive payments of principal
thereof and interest thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor (but
not upon acceleration), and remaining rights of the Holders to receive
mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (iv) the rights, obligations, duties
and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, (v) the rights of the Holders of
Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto as beneficiaries
hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to
all or any of them and (vi) the obligations of the Issuer under Section 3.2)
and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall at the Issuer's request,
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same, if
(a) with reference to this provision the Issuer has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto (i) cash
in an amount, or (ii) in the case of any series of Securities the
payments on which may only be made in Dollars, U.S. Government
Obligations, maturing as to principal and interest at such times and
in such amounts as will insure the availability of cash or (iii) a
combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay (A) the
principal and interest on all Securities of such series and Coupons
appertaining thereto on each date that such principal or interest is
due and payable and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments on the
dates on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture and the Securities of such series;
(b) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which
the Issuer is a party or by which it is bound;
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel based on the fact that (x) the Issuer has received from, or
there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or
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(y) since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable
Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such
series and Coupons appertaining thereto 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;
(d) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance
contemplated by this provision have been complied with; and
(e) no event or condition shall exist that, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 13.2, would prevent the Issuer from making
payments of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such
series and Coupons appertaining thereto on the date of such deposit.
(C) The Issuer shall be released from its obligations under
Sections 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 9.1 with respect to the Securities of any series,
and any Coupons appertaining thereto, Outstanding on and after the date the
conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance").
For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the Issuer may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in such Section, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any
reference elsewhere herein to such Section or by reason of any reference in
such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document and such
omission to comply shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 5.1,
but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and Coupons shall be
unaffected thereby. The following shall be the conditions to application of
this subsection (C) of this Section 10.1:
(a) The Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of
making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for,
and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the holders of the Securities
of such series and coupons appertaining thereto, (i) cash in an
amount, or (ii) in the case of any series of Securities the payments
on which may only be made in Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations
maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such
amounts as will insure the availability of cash or (iii) a
combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay (A) the
principal and interest on all Securities of such series and Coupons
appertaining thereto and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments on
the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture and the Securities of such series;
(b) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit;
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(c) Such covenant defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to
have a conflicting interest as defined in Section 6.8 and for
purposes of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with respect to any
securities of the Issuer;
(d) Such covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any
other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by
which it is bound;
(e) Such covenant defeasance shall not cause any Securities
then listed on any registered national securities exchange under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be delisted;
(f) No event or condition shall exist that, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 13.2, would prevent the Issuer from making
payments of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such
series and Coupons appertaining thereto on the date of such deposit
or at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the
date of such deposit;
(g) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of the Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining
thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject
to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance
had not occurred; and
(h) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
all conditions precedent provided for relating to the covenant
defeasance contemplated by this provision have been complied with.
SECTION 10.2 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for
Payment of Securities. Subject to Section 10.4, all moneys deposited with the
Trustee (or other trustee) pursuant to Section 10.1 shall be held in trust and
applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent
(including the Issuer acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the
particular Securities of such series and of Coupons appertaining thereto for
the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the
Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest;
but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law.
SECTION 10.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect
to Securities of any series, all moneys then held by any paying agent under
the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities
shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and
thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such moneys.
SECTION 10.4 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent
Unclaimed for Two Years. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or
any paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any
Security of any series or Coupons attached thereto and not applied but
remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such principal or
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interest shall have become due and payable, shall, upon the written request of
the Issuer and unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable
escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Issuer by the
Trustee for such series or such paying agent, and the Holder of the Securities
of such series and of any Coupons appertaining thereto shall, unless otherwise
required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or
unclaimed property laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment
which such Holder may be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee
or any paying agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such paying agent, before being
required to make any such repayment with respect to moneys deposited with it
for any payment (a) in respect of Registered Securities of any series, shall
at the expense of the Issuer, mail by first-class mail to Holders of such
Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register,
and (b) in respect of Unregistered Securities of any series, shall at the
expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and once in an Authorized
Newspaper in London (and if required by Section 3.9, once in an Authorized
Newspaper in Luxembourg), notice, that such moneys remain and that, after a
date specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty days from the date
of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then
remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.
SECTION 10.5 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The
Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other
charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 10.1 or the principal or interest received in
respect of such obligations.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and
Directors of Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability. No recourse under or
upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in
any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had
against any incorporator, as such or against any past, present or future
stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor,
either directly or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law,
statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or
by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being
expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities and the
Coupons appertaining thereto by the Holders thereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities and the Coupons appertaining
thereto.
SECTION 11.2 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of
Parties and Holders of Securities and Coupons. Nothing in this Indenture, in
the Securities or in the Coupons appertaining thereto, expressed or implied,
shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other
than the parties hereto and their successors and the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities or Coupons, if any, any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture or under any covenant or
provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the
sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors, the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities or Coupons, if any.
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SECTION 11.3 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by
Indenture. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this
Indenture contained by or in behalf of the Issuer shall bind its successors
and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 11.4 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and
Holders of Securities and Coupons. Any notice or demand which by any
provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by
the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or Coupons to or on the Issuer may
be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid, first-class mail
(except as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed (until another
address of the Issuer is filed by the Issuer with the Trustee) to SunAmerica
Inc., 11601 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90025-1748, Attention:
Secretary. Any notice, direction, request or demand by the Issuer or any
Holder of Securities or Coupons to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been sufficiently given or served by being deposited postage prepaid,
first-class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed
(until another address of the Trustee is filed by the Trustee with the Issuer)
to The First National Bank of Chicago, One First National Plaza, Chicago,
Illinois 60670-0126, Attention: Corporate Trust Services Division.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of
Registered Securities, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled thereto, at his last address as it
appears in the Security register. In any case where notice to such 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.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in
regular mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer
when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this
Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such
notice.
SECTION 11.5 Officer's Certificates and Opinions of Counsel;
Statements to Be Contained Therein. Upon any application or demand by the
Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent 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 have
been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand
as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand,
no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the
person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition,
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
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investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based, (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such
person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not,
in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the
Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of or representations by counsel, unless such officer
knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as
aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know
that the same are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel
may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, information with
respect to which is in the possession of the Issuer, upon the certificate,
statement or opinion of or representations by an officer or officers of the
Issuer, unless such counsel knows that the certificate, statement or opinion
or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate,
statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the
Issuer or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant
or firm of accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless such officer or
counsel, as the case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his
certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or
in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public
accountants filed with and directed to the Trustee shall contain a statement
that such firm is independent.
SECTION 11.6 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.
If the date of maturity of interest on or principal of the Securities of any
series or any Coupons appertaining thereto or the date fixed for redemption or
repayment of any such Security or Coupon shall not be a Business Day, then
payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest
shall accrue for the period after such date.
SECTION 11.7 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust
Indenture Act of 1939. If and to the extent that any provision of this
Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with
another provision (an "incorporated provision") included in this Indenture by
operation of, Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.
SECTION 11.8 New York Law to Govern. This Indenture and each
Security and Coupon shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the
State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of such State, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory
provisions of law.
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SECTION 11.9 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.10 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall
not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 11.11 Securities in a Foreign Currency or in ECU.
Unless otherwise specified in an Officer's Certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 2.3 of this Indenture with respect to a particular series of
Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by
the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of
Securities of all series or all series affected by a particular action at the
time Outstanding and, at such time, there are Outstanding Securities of any
series which are denominated in a coin or currency other than Dollars
(including ECUs), then the principal amount of Securities of such series which
shall be deemed to be Outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall
be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the Market
Exchange Rate. For purposes of this Section 11.11, Market Exchange Rate shall
mean the noon Dollar buying rate in New York City for cable transfers of that
currency as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided,
however, in the case of ECUs, Market Exchange Rate shall mean the rate of
exchange determined by the Commission of the European Communities (or any
successor thereto) as published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities (such publication or any successor publication, the "Journal").
If such Market Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect to
such currency, the Trustee shall use, in its sole discretion and without
liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
or, in the case of ECUs, the rate of exchange as published in the Journal, as
of the most recent available date, or quotations or, in the case of ECUs,
rates of exchange from one or more major banks in The City of New York or in
the country of issue of the currency in question, which for purposes of the
ECU shall be Brussels, Belgium, or such other quotations or, in the case of
ECU, rates of exchange as the Trustee shall deem appropriate. The provisions
of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount
in respect of Securities of a series denominated in a currency other than
Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant
to the terms of this Indenture including without limitation any determination
contemplated in Section 5.1(g).
All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the
Market Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in the
preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence
of manifest error, be conclusive to the extent permitted by law for all
purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Issuer and all Holders.
SECTION 11.12 Judgment Currency. The Issuer 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 in respect of the principal of or interest on the Securities of
any series (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 day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless
such day is not a New York Banking Day, then, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The
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City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New
York Banking Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is
entered 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 TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this
Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which are
redeemable before their maturity or to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.3 for Securities of such series.
SECTION 12.2 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions.
Notice of redemption to the Holders of Registered Securities of any series to
be redeemed as a whole or in part at the option of the Issuer shall be given
by mailing notice of such redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, at
least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption
to such Holders of Securities of such series at their last addresses as they
shall appear upon the registry books. Notice of redemption to the Holders of
Unregistered Securities to be redeemed as a whole or in part, who have filed
their names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall be given by mailing notice of such
redemption, by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not
more than 60 prior to the date fixed for redemption, to such Holders at such
addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee (and, in the case of any such
notice given by the Issuer, the Trustee shall make such information available
to the Issuer for such purpose). Notice of redemption to all other Holders of
Unregistered Securities shall be published in an Authorized Newspaper in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and in an Authorized Newspaper in
London (and, if required by Section 3.9, in an Authorized Newspaper in
Luxembourg), in each case, once in each of three successive calendar weeks, the
first publication to be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
date fixed for redemption. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or
not the Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any
defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for
redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such series.
The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify, the
principal amount of each Security of such series held by such Holder to be
redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price, the place or
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places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender
of such Securities and, in the case of Securities with Coupons attached
thereto, of all Coupons appertaining thereto maturing after the date fixed for
redemption, that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional
sinking fund, or both, if such be the case, that interest accrued to the date
fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in such notice and that on and
after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed
will cease to accrue and will specify any conversion price then in effect and
when any right to convert such Security on part thereof to be redeemed will
expire. In case any Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only the
notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for
redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of
such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will
be issued.
The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be
redeemed at the option of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the
Issuer's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.
On or before the redemption date specified in the notice of
redemption given as provided in this Section, the Issuer will deposit with the
Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Issuer is acting as its
own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 3.4) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date
all the Securities of such series so called for redemption (other than those,
if any, theretofore surrendered for conversion) at the appropriate redemption
price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If
any Security called for redemption is converted pursuant hereto, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent or so segregated and held in
trust for the redemption of such Security shall be paid to the Issuer upon the
Issuer's request, or, if then held by the Issuer, shall be discharged from
such trust. The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee at least 70 days prior to
the date fixed for redemption an Officer's Certificate stating the aggregate
principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. In case of a redemption at the
election of the Issuer prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the giving of
any notice of redemption to Holders pursuant to this Section, an Officer's
Certificate stating that such restriction has been complied with.
If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed,
the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and
fair, Securities of such Series to be redeemed in whole or in part.
Securities may be redeemed in part in multiples equal to the minimum
authorized denomination for Securities of such series or any multiple thereof.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Securities of
such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities of such
series 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 of any
series 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 any Security selected for partial
redemption is surrendered for conversion after such selection, the converted
portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion
selected for redemption. Upon any redemption of less than all the Securities
of any series, the Issuer and the Trustee may treat as outstanding any
Securities of such series surrendered for conversion during the period of 15
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days next preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption, and need not treat
as outstanding any Security authenticated and delivered during such period in
exchange for the unconverted portion of any Security of such series converted
in part during such period.
SECTION 12.3 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If
notice of redemption has been given as above provided, the Securities or
portions of Securities specified in such notice shall become due and payable
on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Issuer shall default in the
payment of such Securities at the redemption price, together with interest
accrued to said date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities so
called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and the unmatured Coupons, if
any, appertaining thereto shall be void, and, except as provided in Sections
6.5 and 10.4, such Securities shall cease from and after the date fixed for
redemption to be convertible or entitled to any other benefit or security
under this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect
of such Securities except the right to receive the redemption price thereof and
unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and
surrender of such Securities at a place of payment specified in said notice,
together with all Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the
date fixed for redemption, said Securities or the specified portions thereof
shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the applicable redemption price,
together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption;
provided that payment of interest becoming due on or prior to the date fixed
for redemption shall be payable in the case of Securities with Coupons
attached thereto, to the Holders of the Coupons for such interest upon
surrender thereof, and in the case of Registered Securities, to the Holders of
such Registered Securities registered as such on the relevant record date
subject to the terms and provisions of Sections 2.3 and 2.7 hereof.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly
provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of
interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security) borne by such Security and such Security shall remain convertible in
accordance with its terms until paid or duly provided for.
If any Security with Coupons attached thereto is surrendered
for redemption and is not accompanied by all appurtenant Coupons maturing
after the date fixed for redemption, the surrender of such missing Coupon or
Coupons may be waived by the Issuer and the Trustee, if there be furnished to
each of them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of
them harmless.
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the
Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on
the order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new Security
or Securities of such series, of authorized denominations, in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
SECTION 12.4 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility
for Selection for Redemption. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility
for selection for redemption if they are identified by registration and
certificate number in an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee at
least 40 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be
given as being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or
hypothecated by either (a) the Issuer or (b) an entity specifically identified
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in such written statement as directly or indirectly controlling or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer.
SECTION 12.5 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the
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 the Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment". The date on which a sinking fund payment is to be made
is herein referred to as the "sinking fund payment date".
In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund
payment with respect to any series of Securities in cash, the Issuer may at
its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of such series theretofore
purchased or otherwise acquired (except upon redemption pursuant to the
mandatory sinking fund) by the Issuer or receive credit for Securities of such
series (not previously so credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired
(except as aforesaid) by the Issuer or converted and delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10, (b) receive credit for optional
sinking fund payments (not previously so credited) made pursuant to this
Section, or (c) receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously
so credited) redeemed by the Issuer through any optional redemption provision
contained in the terms of such series. Securities so delivered or credited
shall be received or credited by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption
price specified in such Securities.
On or before the 60th day next preceding each sinking fund
payment date for any series, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate (which need not contain the statements required by
Section 11.5) (a) specifying the portion of the mandatory sinking fund payment
to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion to be satisfied by credit
of Securities of such series and the basis for such credit, (b) stating that
none of the Securities of such series has theretofore been so credited, (c)
stating that no defaults in the payment of interest or Events of Default with
respect to such series have occurred (which have not been waived or cured) and
are continuing and (d) stating whether or not the Issuer intends to exercise
its right to make an optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series
and, if so, specifying the amount of such optional sinking fund payment which
the Issuer intends to pay on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment
date. Any Securities of such series to be credited and required to be
delivered to the Trustee in order for the Issuer to be entitled to credit
therefor as aforesaid which have not theretofore been delivered to the Trustee
shall be delivered for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10 to the Trustee
with such Officer's Certificate (or reasonably promptly thereafter if
acceptable to the Trustee). Such Officer's Certificate shall be irrevocable
and upon its receipt by the Trustee the Issuer shall become unconditionally
obligated to make all the cash payments or payments therein referred to, if
any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Failure of
the Issuer, on or before any such 60th day, to deliver such Officer's
Certificate and Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not
constitute a default but shall constitute, on and as of such date, the
irrevocable election of the Issuer (i) that the mandatory sinking fund payment
for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be
paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or credit Securities of
such series in respect thereof and (ii) that the Issuer will make no optional
sinking fund payment with respect to such series as provided in this Section.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional
or both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date
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plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash
shall exceed $50,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any Foreign Currency or
ECU) or a lesser sum in Dollars (or the equivalent thereof in any Foreign
Currency or ECU) if the Issuer shall so request with respect to the Securities
of any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such series at
the sinking fund redemption price together with accrued interest to the date
fixed for redemption. If such amount shall be $50,000 (or the equivalent
thereof in any Foreign Currency or ECU) or less and the Issuer makes no such
request then it shall be carried over until a sum in excess of $50,000 (or the
equivalent thereof in any Foreign Currency or ECU) is available. The Trustee
shall select, in the manner provided in Section 12.2, for redemption on such
sinking fund payment date a sufficient principal amount of Securities of such
series to absorb said cash, as nearly as may be, and shall (if requested in
writing by the Issuer) inform the Issuer of the serial numbers of the
Securities of such series (or portions thereof) so selected. Securities shall
be excluded from eligibility for redemption under this Section if they are
identified by registration and certificate number in an Officer's Certificate
delivered to the Trustee at least 60 days prior to the sinking fund payment
date as being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or
hypothecated by either (a) the Issuer or (b) an entity specifically identified
in such Officer's Certificate as directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer. The
Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer (or the Issuer, if it
shall so request the Trustee in writing) shall cause notice of redemption of
the Securities of such series to be given in substantially the manner provided
in Section 12.2 (and with the effect provided in Section 12.3) for the
redemption of Securities of such series in part at the option of the Issuer.
The amount of any sinking fund payments not so applied or allocated to the
redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to the next cash
sinking fund payment for such series and, together with such payment, shall be
applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all
sinking fund moneys held on the stated maturity date of the Securities of any
particular series (or earlier, if such maturity is accelerated), which are not
held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such series
shall be applied, together with other moneys, if necessary, sufficient for the
purpose, to the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the Securities
of such series at maturity. The Issuer's obligation to make a mandatory or
optional sinking fund payment shall automatically be reduced by an amount
equal to the sinking fund redemption price allocable to any Securities or
portions thereof called for redemption pursuant to the preceding paragraph on
any sinking fund payment date and converted; provided, that if the Trustee is
not the conversion agent for the Securities, the Issuer or such conversion
agent shall give the Trustee written notice prior to the date fixed for
redemption of the principal amount of Securities or portions thereof so
converted.
On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Issuer shall
pay to the Trustee in cash or shall otherwise provide for the payment of all
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed
on the next following sinking fund payment date.
The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any
Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or give any notice of
redemption of Securities for such series by operation of the sinking fund
during the continuance of a default in payment of interest on such Securities
or of any Event of Default except that, where the giving of notice of
redemption of any Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee
shall redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it shall
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have received from the Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption. 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 the sinking fund, shall, during the continuance of such default or Event
of Default, be deemed to have been collected under Article Five and held for
the payment of all such Securities. In case such Event of Default shall have
been waived as provided in Section 5.10 or the default cured on or before the
sixtieth day preceding the sinking fund payment date in any year, such moneys
shall thereafter be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date in
accordance with this Section to the redemption of such Securities.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 13.1 Agreement to Subordinate. The Issuer, for
itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a
Security or Coupon, by its acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees,
that the payment of the principal of and interest on, each and all of the
Securities and any Coupons is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and
in the manner hereinafter in this Article 13 set forth, in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 13.2 Rights of Senior Indebtedness in the Event of
Insolvency, etc., of the Issuer.
(a) In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings,
and any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar
proceedings in connection therewith, relative to the Issuer or to its
creditors, as such, or to its property, and in the event of any
proceedings for voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding
up of the Issuer, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy,
and in the event of any execution sale, then the holders of Senior
Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full of
principal thereof and interest due thereon (including without
limitation, except to the extent, if any, prohibited by mandatory
provisions of law, post-petition interest in any such proceedings) in
money or money's worth of all Senior Indebtedness before the Holders
are entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of or
interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities or of the
Coupons, and to that end the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be
entitled to receive for application in payment thereof any payment or
distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash or property or
securities, which may be payable or deliverable in connection with
any such proceedings or sale in respect of the principal of or
interest on the Securities or Coupons other than securities of the
Issuer as reorganized or readjusted or securities of the Issuer or
any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or
readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the
extent provided in this Article 13 with respect to the Securities or
Coupons, to the payment of all indebtedness of the nature of Senior
Indebtedness, provided that the rights of the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness are not altered by such reorganization or readjustment;
(b) In the event and during the continuation of any default in
payment of any Senior Indebtedness or if any event of default, as
therein defined, shall exist under any Senior Indebtedness or any
agreement pursuant to which any Senior Indebtedness is issued, no
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payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities or Coupons
shall be made and the Issuer covenants that it will, upon
ascertaining any such default or event of default, provide written
notice to the Trustee of such default or event of default;
(c) In the event that the Securities of any series are declared
due and payable before their expressed maturity because of the
occurrence of an Event of Default (under circumstances when the
provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 13.2 shall not be
applicable), the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled
to receive payment in full in money or money's worth of such Senior
Indebtedness before such Holders are entitled to receive any payment
on account of the principal of or interest on the Securities or
Coupons; and
(d) No holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be prejudiced in his
right to enforce subordination of the Securities or Coupons by any
act or failure to act on the part of the Issuer.
SECTION 13.3 Payment Over of Proceeds Received on Securities.
In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.2, any payment
or distribution of assets of the Issuer of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities (other than securities of the Issuer as
reorganized or readjusted or securities of the Issuer or any other corporation
provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which
is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in this Article 13 with
respect to the Securities or Coupons, to the payment of all indebtedness of
the nature of Senior Indebtedness, provided that the rights of the holders of
the Senior Indebtedness are not altered by such reorganization or
readjustment) shall be received by the Holders or by the Trustee for their
benefit in connection with any proceedings or sale referred to in subsection
(a) of Section 13.2 before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in money or
money's worth, such payment or distribution shall be paid over to the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or to
the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments
evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably
according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the Senior
Indebtedness held or represented by each, for application to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness shall
have been paid in full in money or money's worth, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
From and after the payment in full in money or money's worth of
all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders (together with the holders of any other
indebtedness of the Issuer which is subordinate in right of payment to the
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, which is not subordinate in right
of payment to the Securities or Coupons and which by its terms grants such
right of subrogation to the holder thereof) shall be subrogated to the rights
of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of
assets or securities of the Issuer applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until
the Securities and any Coupons shall be paid in full, and, for the purposes
of such subrogation, no such payments or distributions to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness of assets or securities, which otherwise would have been
payable or distributable to Holders, shall, as between the Issuer, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders, be
deemed to be a payment by the Issuer to or on account of the Senior
Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Article 13 are
and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the
Holders, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the
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other hand, and nothing contained in this Article 13 or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in the Securities or Coupons is intended to or shall impair as
between the Issuer, its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, and the Holders, the obligation of the Issuer, which is
unconditional and absolute, to pay to the Holders the principal of and
interest on the Securities or Coupons as and when the same shall become due
and payable in accordance with their terms, or to affect the relative rights
of the Holders and creditors of the Issuer other than the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee
or the holder of any Security or Coupon from exercising all remedies otherwise
permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture subject to the
rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, under Section 13.2, to receive
cash, property or securities of the Issuer otherwise payable or deliverable to
the holders of the Securities or Coupons.
Upon any distribution or payment in connection with any
proceedings or sale referred to in subsection (a) of Section 13.2, the
Trustee, subject as between the Trustee and the Holders to the provisions of
Sections 6.1 and 6.2 hereof, shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of
the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making any distribution or
payment to the Trustee for the purpose of ascertaining the holders of Senior
Indebtedness entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the
amount of such Senior Indebtedness or the amount payable thereon, the amount
or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto
or to this Article 13. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good
faith, that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any
person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Section 13.3, 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, as to the extent to
which such person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution,
and as to other facts pertinent to the rights of such person under this
Section 13.3, 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.
The Trustee, however, 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 pay over or distribute to Holders or
the Issuer or any other person moneys or assets to which any holders of Senior
Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of Article 13 of this Indenture or
otherwise.
SECTION 13.4 Payments to Holders. Nothing contained in this
Article 13 or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in any of the Securities or in
any Coupon, shall prevent at any time, (a) the Issuer from making payments at
any time of principal of or interest on the Securities or Coupons, except
under the conditions described in Section 13.2 or during the pendency of any
proceedings or sale therein referred to, provided, however, that payments of
principal of or interest on the Securities or Coupons shall only be made by
the Issuer within three business days of the due dates for such payments or
(b) the application by the Trustee of any moneys deposited with it hereunder
to the payment of or on account of the principal of or interest on the
Securities or Coupons, if at the time of such deposit the Trustee did not have
written notice in accordance with Section 13.6 of any event prohibiting the
making of such deposit by the Issuer or if in the event of redemption, the
Trustee did not have such written notice prior to the time that the notice of
redemption pursuant to Section 12.2 was given (which notice of redemption
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shall in no event be given more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption).
SECTION 13.5 Holders of Securities Authorize Trustee to
Effectuate Subordination of Securities. Each Holder by his acceptance of a
Security or Coupon authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate
the subordination as provided in this Article 13 and appoints the Trustee as
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes, including, in the event of any
dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Issuer (whether
in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment
for the benefit of creditors or otherwise) tending towards liquidation of the
business and assets of the Issuer, the immediate filing of a claim for the
unpaid balance of such Holder's Securities or Coupons in the form required in
said proceedings and cause said claim to be approved.
SECTION 13.6 Notice to Trustee. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Article 13 or any other provisions of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall not be charged with the knowledge of the existence of any facts
which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to the Trustee, unless
and until the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the
Issuer or from the holder or the representative of any class of Senior
Indebtedness; provided, however, that if at least two Business Days prior to
the date upon which by the terms hereof any such monies may become payable for
any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of either the cash
amount payable at maturity or interest on any Security or Coupon) the Trustee
shall not have received with respect to such monies the notice provided for in
this Section 13.6, then, anything herein contained to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive
such monies and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received,
and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, which may be received
by it on or after such two Business Days prior to such date.
SECTION 13.7 Trustee May Hold Senior Indebtedness. Subject to
the provisions of Section 6.13, the Trustee shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article 13 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.
SECTION 13.8 Applicability of Article 13 to Paying Agents. In
case at any time any paying agent other than the Trustee shall be appointed by
the Issuer and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" as used in this
Article 13 shall in such case (unless the context shall otherwise require) be
construed as extending to and including such paying agent within its meaning
as fully for all intents and purposes as if such paying agent were named in
this Article 13 in place of the Trustee.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 14.1. Applicability of Article. The provisions of
this Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which are
convertible before their maturity except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.3 for Securities of such series.
SECTION 14.2. Conversion. Subject to and upon compliance with
the provisions of this Article, any Security which by its terms specified as
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contemplated by Section 2.3 is convertible into any cash, securities or
property ("Conversion Proceeds") may, at any time until and including but not
after the close of business on the date of maturity of such Security, or in
case such Security or some portion thereof shall be called for redemption
prior to such date, then, with respect to such Security or such portion thereof
as is so called, until and including but (if no default is made in making due
provision for the payment of the redemption price) not after the close of
business on the date fixed for redemption, be converted, in whole, or in part
in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, at 100% of the principal amount of
such Security (or portion thereof), into the Conversion Proceeds issuable upon
conversion of such Security, at the conversion price in effect at the Date of
Conversion (as hereinafter defined).
SECTION 14.3 Exercise of Conversion. In order to convert, the
Holder of any Security to be converted shall surrender such Security to the
Issuer at any time during usual business hours at its office or agency
maintained for the purpose as provided in this Indenture, accompanied by a
fully executed written notice, in substantially the form set forth on the
reverse of the Security, that the Holder elects to convert such Security or a
stated portion thereof constituting a multiple of $1,000 principal amount,
and, if such Security is surrendered for conversion during the period between
the close of business on any record date and the opening of business on the
following interest payment date and has not been called for redemption on a
redemption date within such period (or on such interest payment date),
accompanied also by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on such
interest payment date on the principal amount of the Security being
surrendered for conversion. Such notice shall also state the name or names
(with address) in which any certificate or certificates for Conversion
Proceeds constituting securities shall be issued. Securities surrendered for
conversion shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer duly executed by, the Holder or
his attorney duly authorized in writing. As promptly as practicable after the
receipt of such notice and the surrender of such Security as aforesaid, the
Issuer shall, subject to the provisions of this Article Fourteen, deliver the
Conversion Proceeds thereof at such office or agency to such Holder, or on his
written order. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been effected
immediately prior to the close of business on the date (herein called the
"Date of Conversion") on which such notice shall have been received by the
Issuer and such Security shall have been surrendered as aforesaid, and the
person or persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for
Conversion Proceeds constituting securities shall be issuable upon such
conversion shall be deemed to have become on the Date of Conversion the holder
or holders of record of the securities represented thereby; provided, however,
that any such surrender on any date when the stock transfer books for such
securities shall be closed shall constitute the person or persons in whose
name or names the certificate or certificates are to be issued as the
recordholder or holders thereof for all purposes at the opening of business on
the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open but such
conversion shall nevertheless be at the conversion price in effect at the
close of business on the date when such Security shall have been so
surrendered with the conversion notice. In the case of conversion of a
portion, but less than all, of a Security, the Issuer shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense
of the Issuer, a Security or Securities in the aggregate principal amount of
the unconverted portion of the Security surrendered. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Indenture, no payment or adjustment shall be made
for interest accrued on any Security (or portion thereof) converted or for
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dividends or distributions on any security issued upon conversion of any
Security.
SECTION 14.4 Fractional Interests. No fractions of any
security or scrip representing fractions thereof shall be issued upon
conversion of Securities. If more than one Security shall be surrendered for
conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full securities which
shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of
the aggregate principal amount of the Securities so surrendered. If any
fraction of any security would, except for the provisions of this Section, be
issuable on the conversion of any Security or Securities, the Issuer shall
make payment in lieu thereof in an amount of United States dollars equal to
the value of such fraction computed on the basis of the current market price
of such security on the last business day prior to the Date of Conversion.
SECTION 14.5 Conversion Price. The conversion price
("Conversion Price") per unit of Conversion Proceeds issuable upon conversion
of the Securities, if any, shall initially be the amount specified as
contemplated in Section 2.3 for the Securities of any series and shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time as specified as contemplated in
Section 2.3 for the Securities of such series. Whenever the Conversion Price
is adjusted as herein provided, the Issuer shall promptly (i) file with the
Trustee and each conversion agent an Officers' Certificate setting forth the
Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of
the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive
evidence of the correctness of such adjustment, and (ii) mail or cause to be
mailed a notice of such adjustment to each Holder of Securities at his address
as the same appears on the registry books of the Issuer. The Issuer shall be
entitled to make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to those
required by this Section, as it in its discretion shall determine to be
advisable in order that any stock dividend, subdivision of shares,
distribution of rights or warrants to purchase stock or securities, or
distribution of other assets (other than cash dividends) hereafter made by the
Issuer to its stockholders shall not be taxable.
SECTION 14.6 Continuation of Conversion in Case of
Reclassification, Change, Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. If any of
the following shall occur, namely: (a) any reclassification or change of
outstanding securities issuable upon conversion of the Securities (other than a
change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value
to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination), (b) any
consolidation or merger to which the Issuer is a party as a result of which the
holders of such securities shall be entitled to receive stock, other
securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for such securities
or (c) sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or
business of the Issuer as an entirety (if the Issuer is the issuer of such
securities), then the Issuer, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as
the case may be, shall, as a condition precedent to such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, execute and deliver to the
Trustee a supplemental indenture providing that the Holder of each Security
then outstanding shall have the right to convert such Security into the kind
and amount of securities and property receivable upon such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the amount of
such securities issuable upon conversion of such Security immediately prior
to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance.
Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as
nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments specified as
contemplated by Section 2.3 for Securities of the series. If, in the case of
any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the securities and
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property receivable thereupon by a holder of outstanding securities issuable
upon conversion includes shares of stock or other securities and property of a
corporation other than the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case
may be, in such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, then such
supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other corporation and
shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the
holders of the Securities as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider
necessary by reason of the foregoing. The provisions of this Section shall
similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.
Notice of the execution of each such supplemental indenture
shall be mailed to each Holder of Securities at his address as the same
appears on the registry books of the Issuer.
Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be under any
responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any
such supplemental indenture relating either to the kind or amount of shares of
stock or securities or property receivable by Holders of Securities upon the
conversion of their Securities after any such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance or to any adjustment to be made with
respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, may
accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and
shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers' Certificate (which the
Issuer shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of
any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.
SECTION 14.7 Notice of Certain Events. So long as any
convertible Securities are outstanding, in case:
(a) the Issuer shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) payable to the holders of any securities constituting
Conversion Proceeds otherwise than in cash; or
(b) the Issuer shall authorize the granting to the holders of
such securities of rights to subscribe for or purchase any shares of
stock of any class or of any other rights; or
(c) the Issuer shall authorize any reclassification or change
of such securities (other than a subdivision or combination of such
securities), or any consolidation or merger to which the Issuer is a
party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Issuer is
required, or the sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the
property or business of the Issuer; or
(d) there shall be proposed any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Issuer;
then, the Issuer shall cause to be filed at the office or agency maintained
for the purpose of conversion of the Securities as provided in Section 3.2,
and shall cause to be mailed to each Holder of Securities, at his address as it
shall appear on the registry books of the Issuer, at least 20 days before the
date hereinafter specified (or the earlier of the dates hereinafter specified,
in the event that more than one date is specified), a notice stating the date
on which (1) a record is expected to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution or rights, or if a record is not to be taken, the date
as of which the holders of such securities of record to be entitled to such
dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined, or (2) such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective and the
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date, if any is to be fixed, as of which it is expected that holders of such
securities of record shall be entitled to exchange their such securities for
securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up.
SECTION 14.8 Taxes on Conversion. The Issuer will pay any and
all documentary, stamp or similar taxes payable to the United States of
America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in
respect of the issue or delivery of Conversion Proceeds on conversion of
Securities pursuant thereto; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be
required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issue or delivery of Conversion Proceeds in a name other than
that of the holder of the Securities to be converted and no such issue or
delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue or
delivery has paid to the Issuer the amount of any such tax or has established,
to the satisfaction of the Issuer, that such tax has been paid. The Issuer
extends no protection with respect to any other taxes imposed in connection
with conversion of Securities.
SECTION 14.9 Issuer to Provide Stock. To the extent that any
Securities are convertible into securities of the Issuer, the Issuer shall
reserve, free from pre-emptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued
securities, sufficient securities to provide for the conversion of the
Securities from time to time as such Securities are presented for conversion,
provided, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the
Issuer from satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of
Securities by delivery of repurchased Securities which are held in the
treasury of the Issuer.
If any securities to be reserved for the purpose of conversion
of securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any
governmental authority under any Federal or State law before such securities
may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, then the Issuer covenants
that it will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to secure
such registration or approval, as the case may be, provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall be deemed to affect in any way any obligation
of the Issuer to convert Securities.
Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment
reducing the Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, of such
securities, the Issuer will take all corporate action which may, in the
Opinion of Counsel, be necessary in order that the Issuer may validly and
legally issue fully paid and non-assessable such securities at such adjusted
Conversion Price.
The Issuer covenants that all securities of the Issuer which
may be issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be fully paid and
non-assessable by the Issuer and free of pre-emptive rights.
SECTION 14.10 Disclaimer of Responsibility for Certain
Matters. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall at any time
be under any duty or responsibility to any holder of Securities to determine
whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion
Price, or with respect to the Officers' Certificate referred to in Section
14.5, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when
made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental
indenture as specified as contemplated in Section 2.3 provided to be employed,
in making the same. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be
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accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of
any securities or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon
the conversion of any Security; and neither the Trustee nor any conversion
agent makes any representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor
any agent of the Trustee shall be responsible for any failure of the Issuer to
issue, register the transfer of or deliver any securities or property upon the
surrender of any Security for the purpose of conversion or, subject to
Sections 6.1 and 6.2, to comply with any of the covenants of the Issuer
contained in this Article or specified as contemplated in Section 2.3.
SECTION 14.11 Return of Funds Deposited for Redemption of
Converted Securities. Any funds which at any time shall have been deposited
by the Issuer or on its behalf with the Trustee or any paying agent for the
purpose of paying the principal of and interest on any of the Securities and
which shall not be required for such purposes because of the conversion of
such Securities, shall after such conversion be repaid to the Issuer by the
Trustee or such other paying agent.
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 October , 1996.
SUNAMERICA INC.
By _______________________
Title:
Name:
[CORPORATE SEAL]
Attest:
By _________________________
Name:
Title:
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF CHICAGO, as Trustee
By _______________________
Name:
Title
[CORPORATE SEAL]
Attest:
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By _________________________
Name:
Title:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES)
On this ____ of October, 1996 before me personally came
, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and
say that he resides at that he is the of
SunAmerica Inc., one of the corporations described in and which executed the
above instrument; that he knows the corporate 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
_______________________
Notary Public
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this ____ of October 1996 before me personally came ,
to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that
he resides at
that he is a [ ] of THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument;
that he knows the corporate 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
_____________________
Notary Public
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EXHIBIT 4.9
DECLARATION OF TRUST, dated as of October 17, 1996, between
SunAmerica Inc., a Maryland corporation, as Sponsor, and James R. Belardi,
Scott Richland, Scott L. Robinson, The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, and The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware
banking corporation, not in their individual capacities but solely as
Trustees. The Sponsor and the Trustees hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as "SunAmerica Capital
Trust V", in which name the Trustees, or the Sponsor to the extent provided
herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts,
and sue and be sued.
2. The Sponsor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the
Trustees the sum of $10. The Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of such
amount in trust from the Sponsor, 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. Section 3801 et seq. (the
"Business Trust Act"), and that this document constitute the governing
instrument of the Trust. The Trustees are hereby authorized and directed
to execute and file a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of
State in the form attached hereto.
3. The Sponsor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and restated
Declaration of Trust, satisfactory to each such party and substantially in
the form included as an exhibit to the 1933 Act Registration Statement
referred to below, to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust
created hereby and the issuance of the Preferred Securities and Common
Securities referred to therein. 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 of 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 and the Trustees hereby authorize and direct the Sponsor,
as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to 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, relating to the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Preferred Securities of the
Trust and (b) a Registration Statement on Form 8-A (the "1934 Act
Registration Statement") (including all pre-effective and post-effective
amendments thereto) relating to the registration of the Preferred
Securities of the Trust under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended; (ii) to file with the New York Stock Exchange and
execute 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
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listed on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) to file and execute 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 execute on behalf of the Trust an underwriting agreement among the
Trust, the Sponsor and any underwriter, dealer or agent relating to the
Preferred Securities. In the event that any filing referred to in clauses
(i)-(iii) above is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission,
the New York Stock Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws, to be
executed on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, James R. Belardi, Scott
Richland and Scott L. Robinson, in their capacities as Trustees of the
Trust, are 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 The Bank of New York and The Bank of New York (Delaware),
in their capacities as Trustees of the Trust, shall not be required to join
in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document
unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the New
York Stock Exchange 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 Eli
Broad, Jay S. Wintrob, Susan L. Harris and James M. Lurie, and each of
them, as his, her or its, as the case may be, true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for the Sponsor or such Trustee or in the Sponsor's or such
Trustee's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the 1933 Act
Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents 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 agents or any of them, or their or his or her
substitute or substitutes, 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 number of Trustees initially shall be five (5) and thereafter
the number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed from time to
time by a written instrument signed by the Sponsor which may increase or
decrease the number of Trustees; provided, however, that the number of
Trustees shall in no event be less than five (5); and provided, further
that to the extent required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee shall
either be a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or,
if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of
business in the State of Delaware. 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 notice to the Sponsor.
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.
SunAmerica Inc.,
as Sponsor
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By: /s/ James Belardi
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Title: Executive Vice President
The Bank of New York,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By: /s/ Walter N. Gitlin
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Title: Vice President
The Bank of New York (Delaware),
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By: /s/ Joseph G. Ernst
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Title: Assistant Vice President
/s/ James R. Belardi
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not in his individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
/s/ Scott Richland
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not in his individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
/s/ Scott L. Robinson
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not in his individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
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EXHIBIT 4.10
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST V
THIS Certificate of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust V (the "Trust"),
dated as of October 17, 1996, is being duly executed and filed by the
undersigned, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware
Business Trust Act (12 Del. Code Section 3801 et. seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust being formed hereby is
SunAmerica Capital Trust V.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
Trust with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware is The
Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, White Clay
Center, Route 273, Newark, Delaware 19711.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective as of
its filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the sole trustees of the
Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above
written.
The Bank of New York (Delaware),
as Trustee
By: /s/ Joseph G. Ernst
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Title: Assistant Vice President
The Bank of New York, as Trustee
By: /s/ Walter N. Gitlin
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Title: Vice President
/s/ James R. Belardi
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as Trustee
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/s/ Scott H. Richland
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as Trustee
/s/ Scott L. Robinson
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as Trustee
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EXHIBIT 4.11
DECLARATION OF TRUST, dated as of October 17, 1996, between SunAmerica
Inc., a Maryland corporation, as Sponsor, and James R. Belardi, Scott
Richland, Scott L. Robinson, The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation, and The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking
corporation, not in their individual capacities but solely as Trustees.
The Sponsor and the Trustees hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as "SunAmerica Capital
Trust VI", in which name the Trustees, or the Sponsor to the extent
provided herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute
contracts, and sue and be sued.
2. The Sponsor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to
the Trustees the sum of $10. The Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of
such amount in trust from the Sponsor, 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. Section 3801 et
seq. (the "Business Trust Act"), and that this document constitute the
governing instrument of the Trust. The Trustees are hereby authorized and
directed to execute and file a certificate of trust with the Delaware
Secretary of State in the form attached hereto.
3. The Sponsor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and
restated Declaration of Trust, satisfactory to each such party and
substantially in the form included as an exhibit to the 1933 Act
Registration Statement referred to below, to provide for the contemplated
operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the Preferred
Securities and Common Securities referred to therein. 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 of 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 and the Trustees hereby authorize and direct the
Sponsor, as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to 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, relating to the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Preferred Securities
of the Trust and (b) a Registration Statement on Form 8-A (the "1934 Act
Registration Statement") (including all pre-effective and post-effective
amendments thereto) relating to the registration of the Preferred
Securities of the Trust under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended; (ii) to file with the New York Stock Exchange and
execute 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 the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) to file and execute on behalf
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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 execute on behalf of the Trust an underwriting agreement among the
Trust, the Sponsor and any underwriter, dealer or agent relating to the
Preferred Securities. In the event that any filing referred to in clauses
(i)-(iii) above is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission,
the New York Stock Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws, to be
executed on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, James R. Belardi, Scott
Richland and Scott L. Robinson, in their capacities as Trustees of the
Trust, are 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 The Bank of New York and The Bank of New York (Delaware),
in their capacities as Trustees of the Trust, shall not be required to join
in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document
unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the New
York Stock Exchange 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 Eli
Broad, Jay S. Wintrob, Susan L. Harris and James M. Lurie, and each of
them, as his, her or its, as the case may be, true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for the Sponsor or such Trustee or in the Sponsor's or such
Trustee's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the 1933 Act
Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents 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 agents or any of them, or their or his or her
substitute or substitutes, 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 number of Trustees initially shall be five (5) and thereafter
the number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed from time to
time by a written instrument signed by the Sponsor which may increase or
decrease the number of Trustees; provided, however, that the number of
Trustees shall in no event be less than five (5); and provided, further
that to the extent required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee shall
either be a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or,
if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of
business in the State of Delaware. 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 notice to the Sponsor.
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.
SunAmerica Inc.,
as Sponsor
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By: /s/ James R. Belardi
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Title: Executive Vice President
The Bank of New York,
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By: /s/ Walter N. Gitlin
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Title: Vice President
The Bank of New York (Delaware),
not in its individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
By: /s/ Joseph G. Ernst
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Title: Assistant Vice President
/s/ James R. Belardi
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not in his individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
/s/ Scott H. Richland
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not in his individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
/s/ Scott L. Robinson
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not in his individual capacity
but solely as Trustee
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EXHIBIT 4.12
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST VI
THIS Certificate of Trust of SunAmerica Capital Trust VI (the
"Trust"), dated as of October 17, 1996, is being duly executed and filed by
the undersigned, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware
Business Trust Act (12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust being formed hereby is
SunAmerica Capital Trust VI.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of
the Trust with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware is
The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, White Clay
Center, Route 273, Newark, Delaware 19711.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective as of
its filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the sole trustees of the
Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above
written.
The Bank of New York (Delaware),
as Trustee
By: /s/ Joseph G. Ernst
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Title: Assistant Vice President
The Bank of New York, as Trustee
By: /s/ Walter N. Gitlin
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Title: Vice President
/s/ James R. Belardi
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as Trustee
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/s/ Scott H. Richland
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as Trustee
/s/ Scott L. Robinson
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as Trustee
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EXHIBIT 4.24
Supplemental Indenture dated as of October __, 1996 between
SunAmerica Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Issuer"), and The First National
Bank of Chicago, a national banking association, as Trustee under the
Indenture dated as of April 15, 1993, as supplemented (the "Indenture";
terms defined in the Indenture have such defined meanings herein and
references herein to Sections and Articles refer to Sections and Articles
in the Indenture as amended hereby), between the Issuer and the Trustee.
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to amend the Indenture to authorize
the issuance of Securities of any series convertible into any cash, securities
or property, at the option of the Issuer or Holders of Securities of such
series or upon the happening of some event or otherwise, as specified for the
Securities of such series pursuant to Section 2.3.
WHEREAS, Section 8.1 authorizes supplemental indentures which
add to the covenants of the Issuer or make other provisions not inconsistent
with the Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of the Securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
The Issuer covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:
Article One
Amendment to Indenture
Section 1.01. The definition of "Outstanding" in Section 1.1
is hereby amended to add to the end thereof before the period: or Securities
converted pursuant hereto or Securities not deemed outstanding pursuant to
Section 13.2.
Section 1.02. Section 2.3(2) is hereby amended to substitute a
comma for "or" on the last line thereof and insert after "12.3": or 13.3.
Section 1.03: Section 2.3 is hereby further amended by
deleting "and" at the end of Section 2.3(18), changing the designation of
Section 2.3(19) to "2.3(20)" and inserting after Section 2.3(18):
(19) if the Securities of such series are to be convertible
into any cash, securities or property, at the option of the Holders
or the Issuer or upon the happening of some event or otherwise, all
terms relating to such convertibility, including without limitation
any term inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture relating
to conversion; and
Section 1.04. Section 2.7 is hereby amended to insert after
"payment date" on the 8th line of the 3rd paragraph: (but subject to Section
13.2 in the case of any conversion during such period).
Section 1.05. Section 2.10 is hereby amended to insert
"conversion," after "payment," at the beginning of the 3rd line.
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Section 1.06. Section 3.2 is hereby amended to insert "or
conversion" after "exchange" on the 7th line of the 1st paragraph and on the
5th line of the 5th paragraph.
Section 1.07. Section 5.1(c) is hereby amended to insert after
"series" at the end thereof: or default in the conversion of any Security
specified to be convertible as contemplated by Section 2.3 and the continuance
of such default for 45 days.
Section 1.08. Section 5.7 is hereby amended to insert before
the last word, "shall", on the 8th line: or the right to convert such
Security, if any, or to institute suit therefor,.
Section 1.09. Section 8.1 is hereby amended to delete "and" at
the end of Section 8.1(e), substitute "; and" for the period at the end of
Section 8.1(f) and insert new Section 8.1(g) thereafter:
(g) to add any provision hereto or remove or change any
provision hereof relating to the conversion of any Securities,
whether at the option of the Holders or the Issuer or upon the
happening of some event or otherwise, provided that no such action
shall adversely affect the interest of Holders of outstanding
Securities.
Section 1.10. Section 8.2 is hereby amended to insert "or
conversion (if applicable)" after "institute suit for the payment" at the end
of the 8th to last line in 1st paragraph and to insert "and any right to
convert" after "any right of repayment at the option of the Security-holder",
on the line two lines below such 8th to last line in the 1st paragraph.
Section 1.11. Section 12.2 is hereby amended:
(a) to insert at the end of the 1st sentence of the 2nd
paragraph: and will specify any conversion price then in effect and
when the right to convert such Security or part thereof to be
redeemed will expire.
(b) to insert in the 4th paragraph on the 8th line after "for
redemption": (other than those, if any, theretofore surrendered for
conversion).
(c) to insert after the 1st sentence in the 4th paragraph: If
any Security called for redemption is converted pursuant hereto, and
money deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent or so segregated
and held in trust for the redemption of such Security shall be paid
to the Issuer upon the Issuer's request, or, if then held by the
Issuer, shall be discharged from such trust.
(d) Insert at the end of the last paragraph: If any Security
selected for partial redemption is surrendered for conversion after
such selection, the converted portion of such Security shall be
deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption.
Upon any redemption of less than all the Securities of any series,
the Issuer and the Trustee may treat as outstanding any Securities of
such series surrendered for conversion during the period of 15 days
next preceding the mailing of such series of a notice of redemption,
and need not treat as outstanding any Security authenticated and
delivered during such period in exchange for the unconverted portion
of any Security of such series converted in part during such period."
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Section 1.12. Section 12.5 is hereby amended to insert after
"by the Issuer" beginning line 9 of the 2nd paragraph: or converted.
Section 1.13. Section 12.5 is hereby amended to insert at the
end of the 4th paragraph: The Issuer's obligation to make a mandatory or
optional sinking fund payment shall automatically be reduced by an amount
equal to the sinking fund redemption price allocable to any Securities or
portions thereof called for redemption pursuant to the preceding paragraph on
any sinking fund payment date and converted; provided, that if the Trustee is
not the conversion agent for the Securities, the Issuer or such conversion
agent shall give the Trustee written notice prior to the date fixed for
redemption of the principal amount of Securities or portions thereof so
converted.
Section 1.14. Article Thirteen is hereby inserted after
Article Twelve:
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 13.1. Applicability of Article. The provisions of
this Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which are
convertible before their maturity except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.3 for Securities of such series.
SECTION 13.2. Conversion. Subject to and upon compliance with
the provisions of this Article, any Security which by its terms specified as
contemplated by Section 2.3 is convertible into any cash, securities or
property ("Conversion Proceeds") may, at any time until and including but not
after the close of business on the date of maturity of such Security, or in
case such Security or some portion thereof shall be called for redemption
prior to such date, then, with respect to such Security or such portion
thereof as is so called, until and including but (if no default is made in
making due provision for the payment of the redemption price) not after the
close of business on the date fixed for redemption, be converted, in whole,
or in part in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, at 100% of the
principal amount of such Security (or portion thereof), into the Conversion
Proceeds issuable upon conversion of such Security, at the conversion price
in effect at the Date of Conversion (as hereinafter defined).
SECTION 13.3 Exercise of Conversion. In order to convert, the
Holder of any Security to be converted shall surrender such Security to the
Issuer at any time during usual business hours at its office or agency
maintained for the purpose as provided in this Indenture, accompanied by a
fully executed written notice, in substantially the form set forth on the
reverse of the Security, that the Holder elects to convert such Security or a
stated portion thereof constituting a multiple of $1,000 principal amount,
and, if such Security is surrendered for conversion during the period between
the close of business on any record date and the opening of business on the
following interest payment date and has not been called for redemption on a
redemption date within such period (or on such interest payment date),
accompanied also by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on such
interest payment date on the principal amount of the Security being
surrendered for conversion. Such notice shall also state the name or names
(with address) in which any certificate or certificates for Conversion
Proceeds constituting securities shall be issued. Securities surrendered for
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conversion shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer duly executed by, the Holder or
his attorney duly authorized in writing. As promptly as practicable after the
receipt of such notice and the surrender of such Security as aforesaid, the
Issuer shall, subject to the provisions of this Article Thirteen, deliver the
Conversion Proceeds thereof at such office or agency to such Holder, or on his
written order. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been effected
immediately prior to the close of business on the date (herein called the
"Date of Conversion") on which such notice shall have been received by the
Issuer and such Security shall have been surrendered as aforesaid, and the
person or persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for
Conversion Proceeds constituting securities shall be issuable upon such
conversion shall be deemed to have become on the Date of Conversion the holder
or holders of record of the securities represented thereby; provided, however,
that any such surrender on any date when the stock transfer books for such
securities shall be closed shall constitute the person or persons in whose
name or names the certificate or certificates are to be issued as the
recordholder or holders thereof for all purposes at the opening of business on
the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open but such
conversion shall nevertheless be at the conversion price in effect at the
close of business on the date when such Security shall have been so
surrendered with the conversion notice. In the case of conversion of a
portion, but less than all, of a Security, the Issuer shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense
of the Issuer, a Security or Securities in the aggregate principal amount of
the unconverted portion of the Security surrendered. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Indenture, no payment or adjustment shall be made
for interest accrued on any Security (or portion thereof) converted or for
dividends or distributions on any security issued upon conversion of any
Security.
SECTION 13.4 Fractional Interests. No fractions of any
security or scrip representing fractions thereof shall be issued upon
conversion of Securities. If more than one Security shall be surrendered for
conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full securities which
shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of
the aggregate principal amount of the Securities so surrendered. If any
fraction of any security would, except for the provisions of this Section, be
issuable on the conversion of any Security or Securities, the Issuer shall
make payment in lieu thereof in an amount of United States dollars equal to
the value of such fraction computed on the basis of the current market price
of such security on the last business day prior to the Date of Conversion.
SECTION 13.5 Conversion Price. The conversion price
("Conversion Price") per unit of Conversion Proceeds issuable upon conversion
of the Securities, if any, shall initially be the amount specified as
contemplated in Section 2.3 for the Securities of any series and shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time as specified as contemplated in
Section 2.3 for the Securities of such series. Whenever the Conversion Price
is adjusted as herein provided, the Issuer shall promptly (i) file with the
Trustee and each conversion agent an Officers' Certificate setting forth the
Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of
the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive
evidence of the correctness of such adjustment, and (ii) mail or cause to be
mailed a notice of such adjustment to each Holder of Securities at his address
as the same appears on the registry books of the Issuer. The Issuer shall be
entitled to make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to those
required by this Section, as it in its discretion shall determine to be
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advisable in order that any stock dividend, subdivision of shares,
distribution of rights or warrants to purchase stock or securities, or
distribution of other assets (other than cash dividends) hereafter made by the
Issuer to its stockholders shall not be taxable.
SECTION 13.6 Continuation of Conversion in Case of
Reclassification, Change, Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. If any of
the following shall occur, namely: (a) any reclassification or change of
outstanding securities issuable upon conversion of the Securities (other than a
change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value
to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination), (b) any
consolidation or merger to which the Issuer is a party as a result of which
the holders of such securities shall be entitled to receive stock, other
securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for such securities
or (c) sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or
business of the Issuer as an entirety (if the Issuer is the issuer of such
securities), then the Issuer, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as
the case may be, shall, as a condition precedent to such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, execute and deliver to the
Trustee a supplemental indenture providing that the Holder of each Security
then outstanding shall have the right to convert such Security into the kind
and amount of securities and property receivable upon such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the amount of
such securities issuable upon conversion of such Security immediately prior
to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance.
Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as
nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments specified as
contemplated by Section 2.3 for Securities of the series. If, in the case of
any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the securities and
property receivable thereupon by a holder of outstanding securities issuable
upon conversion includes shares of stock or other securities and property of a
corporation other than the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case
may be, in such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, then such
supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other corporation and
shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the
holders of the Securities as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider
necessary by reason of the foregoing. The provisions of this Section shall
similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.
Notice of the execution of each such supplemental indenture
shall be mailed to each Holder of Securities at his address as the same
appears on the registry books of the Issuer.
Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be under any
responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any
such supplemental indenture relating either to the kind or amount of shares of
stock or securities or property receivable by Holders of Securities upon the
conversion of their Securities after any such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance or to any adjustment to be made with
respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, may
accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and
shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers' Certificate (which the
Issuer shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of
any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.
SECTION 13.7 Notice of Certain Events. So long as any
convertible Securities are outstanding, in case:
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(a) the Issuer shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) payable to the holders of any securities constituting
Conversion Proceeds otherwise than in cash; or
(b) the Issuer shall authorize the granting to the holders of
such securities of rights to subscribe for or purchase any shares of
stock of any class or of any other rights; or
(c) the Issuer shall authorize any reclassification or change
of such securities (other than a subdivision or combination of such
securities), or any consolidation or merger to which the Issuer is a
party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Issuer is
required, or the sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the
property or business of the Issuer; or
(d) there shall be proposed any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Issuer;
then, the Issuer shall cause to be filed at the office or agency maintained
for the purpose of conversion of the Securities as provided in Section 3.2,
and shall cause to be mailed to each Holder of Securities, at his address
as it shall appear on the registry books of the Issuer, at least 20 days
before the date hereinafter specified (or the earlier of the dates
hereinafter specified, in the event that more than one date is specified),
a notice stating the date on which (1) a record is expected to be taken for
the purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights, or if a record is not
to be taken, the date as of which the holders of such securities of record
to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be
determined, or (2) such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to
become effective and the date, if any is to be fixed, as of which it is
expected that holders of such securities of record shall be entitled to
exchange their such securities for securities or other property deliverable
upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
SECTION 13.8 Taxes on Conversion. The Issuer will pay any and
all documentary, stamp or similar taxes payable to the United States of
America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in
respect of the issue or delivery of Conversion Proceeds on conversion of
Securities pursuant thereto; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be
required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issue or delivery of Conversion Proceeds in a name other than
that of the holder of the Securities to be converted and no such issue or
delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue or
delivery has paid to the Issuer the amount of any such tax or has established,
to the satisfaction of the Issuer, that such tax has been paid. The Issuer
extends no protection with respect to any other taxes imposed in connection
with conversion of Securities.
SECTION 13.9 Issuer to Provide Stock. To the extent that any
Securities are convertible into securities of the Issuer, the Issuer shall
reserve, free from pre-emptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued
securities, sufficient securities to provide for the conversion of the
Securities from time to time as such Securities are presented for conversion,
provided, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the
Issuer from satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of
Securities by delivery of repurchased Securities which are held in the
treasury of the Issuer.
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If any securities to be reserved for the purpose of conversion
of securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any
governmental authority under any Federal or State law before such securities
may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, then the Issuer covenants
that it will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to secure
such registration or approval, as the case may be, provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall be deemed to affect in any way any obligation
of the Issuer to convert Securities.
Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment
reducing the Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, of such
securities, the Issuer will take all corporate action which may, in the
Opinion of Counsel, be necessary in order that the Issuer may validly and
legally issue fully paid and non-assessable such securities at such adjusted
Conversion Price.
The Issuer covenants that all securities of the Issuer which
may be issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be fully paid and
non-assessable by the Issuer and free of pre-emptive rights.
SECTION 13.10 Disclaimer of Responsibility for Certain
Matters. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall at any time
be under any duty or responsibility to any holder of Securities to determine
whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion
Price, or with respect to the Officers' Certificate referred to in Section
13.5, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when
made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental
indenture as specified as contemplated in Section 2.3 provided to be employed,
in making the same. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be
accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of
any securities or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon
the conversion of any Security; and neither the Trustee nor any conversion
agent makes any representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor
any agent of the Trustee shall be responsible for any failure of the Issuer to
issue, register the transfer of or deliver any securities or property upon the
surrender of any Security for the purpose of conversion or, subject to
Sections 6.1 and 6.2, to comply with any of the covenants of the Issuer
contained in this Article or specified as contemplated in Section 2.3.
SECTION 13.11 Return of Funds Deposited for Redemption of
Converted Securities. Any funds which at any time shall have been deposited
by the Issuer or on its behalf with the Trustee or any paying agent for the
purpose of paying the principal of and interest on any of the Securities and
which shall not be required for such purposes because of the conversion of
such Securities, shall after such conversion be repaid to the Issuer by the
Trustee or such other paying agent.
Article Two
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 2.01. The Indenture, as supplemented by this
Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this
Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and
to the extent herein and therein provided.
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SECTION 2.02. The recitals herein contained are made by the
Issuer and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for
the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2.03. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in
any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate
seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, on the date or dates indicated in
the acknowledgments and as of the day and year first above written.
SUNAMERICA INC.
By ________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, as Trustee
By ________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF Los Angeles )
On the ______ day of October, in the year one thousand nine
hundred ninety-six, before me personally came James R. Belardi to me known,
who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at
; that he is
of SUNAMERICA INC., one of the corporations described in and
which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to the said instrument is such corporation
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.
________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF COOK )
On the ______ day of October, in the year one thousand nine
hundred ninety-six, 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 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above
instrument; that he knows the corporate 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.
________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires
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EXHIBIT 4.25
Supplemental Indenture dated as of October __, 1996 between
SunAmerica Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), and The First
National Bank of Chicago, a national banking association, as Trustee under the
Indenture dated as of March 15, 1995, as supplemented (the "Indenture"; terms
defined in the Indenture have such defined meanings herein and references
herein to Sections and Articles refer to Sections and Articles in the
Indenture amended hereby), between the Company and the Trustee.
WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Indenture to
authorize the issuance of Debentures of any series convertible into any cash,
securities or property, at the option of the Company or holders of Debentures
of such series or upon the happening of some event or otherwise, as specified
for the Debentures of such series pursuant to Section 2.01.
WHEREAS, Section 9.01 authorizes supplemental indentures which
add to the covenants of the Company or make other provisions not inconsistent
with the Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of the
holders of the Debentures.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
The Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:
Article One
Amendment to Indenture
Section 1.01. The definition of "Outstanding" in Section 1.01
is hereby amended to add at the end thereof before the period: or Debentures
converted pursuant hereto.
Section 1.02. Section 2.01 is hereby amended by adding after
(13): (14) If the Debentures of the series are to be convertible into any
cash, security or property, at the option of the holders of such Debentures or
the Company or upon the happening of some event or otherwise, all terms
relating to such convertibility, including without limitation any term
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture relating to conversion.
Section 1.03. Section 2.08 is hereby amended by inserting
"conversion," after "redemption," on line 1.
Section 1.04. Section 3.02(a) is hereby amended by inserting
after the first sentence of the second paragraph: Each such notice shall also
specify any conversion price then applicable to such Debentures and when any
right to convert such Debentures or any portion thereof called for redemption
will expire.
Section 1.05. Section 3.05 is hereby amended to insert "or
converted" after "Debentures" in the fifth line.
Section 1.06. Section 4.02 is hereby amended to insert "or
conversion, if applicable," at the end of clause (i).
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Section 1.07. Section 6.01(a)(2) is hereby amended to insert
at the end thereof: or default in the conversion of any Debenture of that
series made convertible pursuant to Section 2.01 and the continuance of such
default for a period of 45 days.
Section 1.08. Section 6.04 is hereby amended to insert, in the
5th line of the second paragraph thereof after "date": or the right to convert
such Debenture, if any, or to institute suit therefor.
Section 1.09. Section 9.01 is hereby amended to substitute ";
or" for the period at the end of clause (d) and to insert a new clause (e)
after clause (d):
(e) to add any provision hereto or change or delete any
provision hereof relating to the conversion of any Debentures, whether at the
option of the Holders or the Company or upon the happening of some event or
otherwise, provided that no such action shall adversely affect the interest of
Debentureholders.
Section 1.10. Article Fifteen is hereby added after Article
Fourteen:
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
CONVERSION OF Debentures
SECTION 15.01. Applicability of Article. The provisions of
this Article shall be applicable to the Debentures of any series which are
convertible before their maturity except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.01 for Debentures of such series.
SECTION 15.02. Conversion. Subject to and upon compliance
with the provisions of this Article, any Debenture which by its terms
specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 is convertible into any cash,
securities or property ("Conversion Proceeds") may, at any time until and
including but not after the close of business on the date of maturity of such
Debenture, or in case such Debenture or some portion thereof shall be called
for redemption prior to such date, then, with respect to such Debenture or
such portion thereof as is so called, until and including but (if no
default is made in making due provision for the payment of the redemption
price) not after the close of business on the date fixed for redemption, be
converted, in whole, or in part in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, at
100% of the principal amount of such Debenture (or portion thereof), into
the Conversion Proceeds issuable upon conversion of such Debenture, at the
conversion price in effect at the Date of Conversion (as hereinafter
defined).
SECTION 15.03 Exercise of Conversion. In order to convert,
the holder of any Debenture to be converted shall surrender such Debenture to
the Company at any time during usual business hours at its office or agency
maintained for the purpose as provided in this Indenture, accompanied by a
fully executed written notice, in substantially the form set forth on the
reverse of the Debenture, that the holder elects to convert such Debenture or
a stated portion thereof constituting a multiple of $1,000 principal amount,
and, if such Debenture is surrendered for conversion during the period between
the close of business on any record date and the opening of business on the
following interest payment date and has not been called for redemption on a
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redemption date within such period (or on such interest payment date),
accompanied also by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on such
interest payment date on the principal amount of the Debenture being
surrendered for conversion. Such notice shall also state the name or names
(with address) in which any certificate or certificates for Conversion
Proceeds constituting securities shall be issued. Debentures surrendered for
conversion shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the holder or
his attorney duly authorized in writing. As promptly as practicable after the
receipt of such notice and the surrender of such Debenture as aforesaid, the
Company shall, subject to the provisions of this Article Fifteen, deliver the
Conversion Proceeds thereof at such office or agency to such holder, or on his
written order. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been effected
immediately prior to the close of business on the date (herein called the
"Date of Conversion") on which such notice shall have been received by the
Company and such Debenture shall have been surrendered as aforesaid, and the
person or persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for
Conversion Proceeds constituting securities shall be issuable upon such
conversion shall be deemed to have become on the Date of Conversion the holder
or holders of record of the securities represented thereby; provided, however,
that any such surrender on any date when the stock transfer books for such
securities shall be closed shall constitute the person or persons in whose
name or names the certificate or certificates are to be issued as the
recordholder or holders thereof for all purposes at the opening of business on
the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open but such
conversion shall nevertheless be at the conversion price in effect at the
close of business on the date when such Debenture shall have been so
surrendered with the conversion notice. In the case of conversion of a
portion, but less than all, of a Debenture, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense
of the Company, a Debenture or Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of
the unconverted portion of the Debenture surrendered. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Indenture, no payment or adjustment shall be made
for interest accrued on any Debenture (or portion thereof) converted or for
dividends or distributions on any security issued upon conversion of any
Debenture.
SECTION 15.04 Fractional Interests. No fractions of any
security or scrip representing fractions thereof shall be issued upon
conversion of Debentures. If more than one Debenture shall be surrendered for
conversion at one time by the same holder, the number of full securities which
shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of
the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so surrendered. If any
fraction of any security would, except for the provisions of this Section, be
issuable on the conversion of any Debenture or Debentures, the Company shall
make payment in lieu thereof in an amount of United States dollars equal to
the value of such fraction computed on the basis of the current market price
of such security on the last business day prior to the Date of Conversion.
SECTION 15.05 Conversion Price. The conversion price
("Conversion Price") per unit of Conversion Proceeds issuable upon conversion
of the Debentures, if any, shall initially be the amount specified as
contemplated in Section 2.01 for the Debentures of any series and shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time as specified as contemplated in
Section 2.01 for the Debentures of such series. Whenever the Conversion Price
is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly (i) file with the
Trustee and each conversion agent an Officers' Certificate setting forth the
Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of
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the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive
evidence of the correctness of such adjustment, and (ii) mail or cause to be
mailed a notice of such adjustment to each holder of Debentures at his address
as the same appears on the registry books of the Company. The Company shall
be entitled to make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to
those required by this Section, as it in its discretion shall determine to be
advisable in order that any stock dividend, subdivision of shares,
distribution of rights or warrants to purchase stock or securities, or
distribution of other assets (other than cash dividends) hereafter made by the
Company to its stockholders shall not be taxable.
SECTION 15.06 Continuation of Conversion in Case of
Reclassification, Change, Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. If any of
the following shall occur, namely: (a) any reclassification or change of
outstanding securities issuable upon conversion of the Debentures (other than
a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value
to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination), (b) any
consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party as a result of which
the holders of such securities shall be entitled to receive stock, other
securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for such securities
or (c) sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or
business of the Company as an entirety (if the Company is the issuer of such
securities), then the Company, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as
the case may be, shall, as a condition precedent to such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, execute and deliver to the
Trustee a supplemental indenture providing that the holder of each Debenture
then outstanding shall have the right to convert such Debenture into the kind
and amount of securities and property receivable upon such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the amount of
such securities issuable upon conversion of such Debenture immediately prior
to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance.
Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as
nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments specified as
contemplated by Section 2.3 for Debentures of the series. If, in the case of
any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the securities and
property receivable thereupon by a holder of outstanding securities issuable
upon conversion includes shares of stock or other securities and property of a
corporation other than the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case
may be, in such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, then such
supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other corporation and
shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the
holders of the Debentures as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider
necessary by reason of the foregoing. The provisions of this Section shall
similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.
Notice of the execution of each such supplemental indenture
shall be mailed to each holder of Debentures at his address as the same
appears on the registry books of the Company.
Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be under any
responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any
such supplemental indenture relating either to the kind or amount of shares of
stock or securities or property receivable by holders of Debentures upon the
conversion of their Debentures after any such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance or to any adjustment to be made with
respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, may
accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and
shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers' Certificate (which the
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Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of
any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.
SECTION 15.07 Notice of Certain Events. So long as any
convertible Securities are outstanding, in case:
(a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) payable to the holders of any securities constituting
Conversion Proceeds otherwise than in cash; or
(b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of
such securities of rights to subscribe for or purchase any shares of
stock of any class or of any other rights; or
(c) the Company shall authorize any reclassification or change
of such securities (other than a subdivision or combination of such
securities), or any consolidation or merger to which the Company is
a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is
required, or the sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the
property or business of the Company; or
(d) there shall be proposed any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company;
then, the Company shall cause to be filed at an office or agency maintained
for the purpose of conversion of the Debentures, and shall cause to be mailed
to each holder of Debentures, at his address as it shall appear on the
registry books of the Company, at least 20 days before the date hereinafter
specified (or the earlier of the dates hereinafter specified, in the event
that more than one date is specified), a notice stating the date on which (1)
a record is expected to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution or rights, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of
which the holders of such securities of record to be entitled to such
dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined, or (2) such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective and
the date, if any is to be fixed, as of which it is expected that holders of
such securities of record shall be entitled to exchange their such
securities for securities or other property deliverable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
SECTION 15.08 Taxes on Conversion. The Company will pay any
and all documentary, stamp or similar taxes payable to the United States of
America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein in
respect of the issue or delivery of Conversion Proceeds on conversion of
Debentures pursuant thereto; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issue or delivery of Conversion Proceeds in a name other than
that of the holder of the Debentures to be converted and no such issue or
delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue or
delivery has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax or has
established, to the satisfaction of the Company, that such tax has been paid.
The Company extends no protection with respect to any other taxes imposed in
connection with conversion of Debentures.
SECTION 15.09 Company to Provide Stock. To the extent that
any Debentures are convertible into securities of the Company, the Company
shall reserve, free from pre-emptive rights, out of its authorized but
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unissued securities, sufficient securities to provide for the conversion of
the Debentures from time to time as such Debentures are presented for
conversion, provided, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to
preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations in respect of the
conversion of Debentures by delivery of repurchased Debentures which are
held in the treasury of the Company.
If any securities to be reserved for the purpose of conversion
of securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any
governmental authority under any Federal or State law before such securities
may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, then the Company covenants
that it will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to secure
such registration or approval, as the case may be, provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall be deemed to affect in any way any obligation
of the Company to convert Debentures.
Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment
reducing the Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, of such
securities, the Company will take all corporate action which may, in the
Opinion of Counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and
legally issue fully paid and non-assessable such securities at such adjusted
Conversion Price.
The Company covenants that all securities of the Company which
may be issued upon conversion of Debentures will upon issue be fully paid and
non-assessable by the Company and free of pre-emptive rights.
SECTION 15.10 Disclaimer of Responsibility for Certain
Matters. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall at any time
be under any duty or responsibility to any holder of Debentures to determine
whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion
Price, or with respect to the Officers' Certificate referred to in Section
15.05, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when
made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental
indenture as specified as contemplated in Section 2.01 provided to be
employed, in making the same. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the
Trustee shall be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the
kind or amount) of any securities or property, which may at any time be issued
or delivered upon the conversion of any Debenture; and neither the Trustee nor
any conversion agent makes any representation with respect thereto. Neither
the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall be responsible for any failure
of the Company to issue, register the transfer of or deliver any securities or
property upon the surrender of any Debenture for the purpose of conversion or,
subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02, to comply with any of the covenants of the
Company contained in this Article or specified as contemplated in
Section 2.01.
SECTION 15.11 Return of Funds Deposited for Redemption of
Converted Debentures. Any funds which at any time shall have been deposited
by the Company or on its behalf with the Trustee or any paying agent for the
purpose of paying the principal of and interest on any of the Debentures and
which shall not be required for such purposes because of the conversion of
such Debentures, shall after such conversion be repaid to the Company by the
Trustee or such other paying agent.
ARTICLE TWO
Miscellaneous Provisions
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SECTION 2.01. The Indenture, as supplemented by this
Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this
Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and
to the extent herein and therein provided.
SECTION 2.02. The recitals herein contained are made by the
Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for
the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2.03. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in
any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate
seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, on the date or dates indicated in
the acknowledgments and as of the day and year first above written.
SUNAMERICA INC.
By ________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, as Trustee
By ________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF Los Angeles )
On the ______ day of October, in the year one thousand nine
hundred ninety-six, before me personally came ________________ to me known,
who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at
; that he is
of SUNAMERICA INC., one of the corporations described in and
which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to the said instrument is such corporation
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.
________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF COOK )
On the ______ day of October, in the year one thousand nine
hundred ninety-six, 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 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above
instrument; that he knows the corporate 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.
________________________________
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires
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EXHIBIT 4.26
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SUNAMERICA INC.
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, Trustee
Prepaid Security Indenture
Dated as of October __, 1996
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PARTIES.................................................................. 1
RECITALS................................................................. 1
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Authorization of Indenture...................................... 1
Compliance with Legal Requirements.............................. 1
Purpose of and Consideration for Indenture...................... 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Certain Terms Defined............................... 1
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1 Forms Generally...................................... 7
SECTION 2.2 Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication...................................... 8
SECTION 2.3 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series................. 8
SECTION 2.4 Authentication and Delivery of
Securities......................................... 12
SECTION 2.5 Execution of Securities............................. 15
SECTION 2.6 Certificate of Authentication....................... 16
SECTION 2.7 Denomination and Date of Securities;
Payments of Interest............................... 16
SECTION 2.8 Registration, Transfer and Exchange................. 17
SECTION 2.9 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost
and Stolen Securities............................. 22
SECTION 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Destruction
Thereof............................................ 23
SECTION 2.11 Temporary Securities................................ 23
ARTICLE THREE
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest................... 25
SECTION 3.2 Offices for Payments, etc........................... 25
SECTION 3.3 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office
of Trustee......................................... 27
SECTION 3.4 Paying Agents....................................... 27
SECTION 3.5 Written Statement to Trustee.........................28
SECTION 3.6 Luxembourg Publications............................. 28
SECTION 3.7 SEC Reports......................................... 28
SECTION 3.8 Applicability of Article............................ 28
ARTICLE FOUR
SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS
BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information
as to Names and Addresses of
Securityholders.................................... 29
SECTION 4.2 Preservation and Disclosure of Securityholders
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Lists.............................................. 29
SECTION 4.3 Reports by the Issuer............................... 29
SECTION 4.4 Reports by the Trustee.............................. 29
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND
SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.1 Event of Default Defined; Acceleration
of Maturity; Waiver of Default..................... 30
SECTION 5.2 Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee;
Trustee May Prove Debt............................. 32
SECTION 5.3 Application of Proceeds............................. 35
SECTION 5.4 Suits for Enforcement............................... 36
SECTION 5.5 Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of
Proceedings........................................ 36
SECTION 5.6 Limitations on Suits by
Securityholders.................................... 36
SECTION 5.7 Unconditional Right of Securityholders
to Institute Certain Suits......................... 37
SECTION 5.8 Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay
or Omission Not Waiver of Default.................. 38
SECTION 5.9 Control by Holders of Securities.................... 38
SECTION 5.10 Waiver of Past Defaults............................. 39
SECTION 5.11 Trustee to Give Notice of Default,
But May Withhold in Certain
Circumstances...................................... 39
SECTION 5.12 Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to
Pay Costs.......................................... 40
SECTION 5.13 Applicability of Article............................ 28
ARTICLE SIX
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1 Duties and Responsibilities of the
Trustee; During Default; Prior
to Default......................................... 41
SECTION 6.2 Certain Rights of the Trustee....................... 42
SECTION 6.3 Trustee Not Responsible for
Recitals, Disposition of Securities
or Application of Proceeds Thereof................. 44
SECTION 6.4 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities or Coupons;
Collections, etc................................... 44
SECTION 6.5 Moneys Held by Trustee.............................. 44
SECTION 6.6 Compensation and Indemnification of
Trustee and Its Prior Claim........................ 44
SECTION 6.7 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officer's Certificate,
etc................................................ 45
SECTION 6.8 Indentures Not Creating Potential
Conflicting Interests for the
Trustee............................................ 45
SECTION 6.9 Persons Eligible for Appointment
as Trustee......................................... 45
SECTION 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment
of Successor Trustee............................... 46
SECTION 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
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Trustee............................................ 48
SECTION 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation
or Succession to Business of Trustee............... 50
SECTION 6.13 This Section intentionally left blank............... 50
SECTION 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent................. 50
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 7.1 Evidence of Action Taken by
Securityholders.................................... 52
SECTION 7.2 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of
Securities......................................... 52
SECTION 7.3 Holders to be Treated as Owners..................... 53
SECTION 7.4 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not
Outstanding........................................ 54
SECTION 7.5 Right of Revocation of Action Taken................. 55
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent
of Securityholders................................. 55
SECTION 8.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Securityholders.................................... 56
SECTION 8.3 Effect of Supplemental Indenture.................... 58
SECTION 8.4 Documents to Be Given to Trustee.................... 59
SECTION 8.5 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental
Indentures......................................... 59
ARTICLE NINE
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 9.1 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., Only on
Certain Terms...................................... 59
SECTION 9.2 Successor Corporation Substituted................... 60
ARTICLE TEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 10.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture.......................................... 60
SECTION 10.2 Application by Trustee of Funds
Deposited for Payment of Securities................ 65
SECTION 10.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by
Paying Agent....................................... 66
SECTION 10.4 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and
Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years............... 66
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SECTION 10.5 Indemnity for U.S. Government
Obligations........................................ 66
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers
and Directors of Issuer Exempt from
Individual Liability............................... 67
SECTION 11.2 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole
Benefit of Parties and Holders of
Securities and Coupons............................. 67
SECTION 11.3 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound
by Indenture....................................... 67
SECTION 11.4 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee
and Holders of Securities and Coupons.............. 67
SECTION 11.5 Officer's Certificates and Opinions of Counsel;
Statements to Be Contained Therein................. 68
SECTION 11.6 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and
Holidays........................................... 70
SECTION 11.7 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture
with Trust Indenture Act of 1939................... 70
SECTION 11.8 New York Law to Govern.............................. 70
SECTION 11.9 Counterparts........................................ 70
SECTION 11.10 Effect of Headings.................................. 70
SECTION 11.11 Securities in a Foreign Currency
or in ECU.......................................... 70
SECTION 11.12 Judgment Currency................................... 71
ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1 Applicability of Article............................ 75
SECTION 12.2 Notice of Redemption; Partial
Redemptions........................................ 75
SECTION 12.3 Payment of Securities Called for
Redemption......................................... 77
SECTION 12.4 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for
Selection for
Redemption......................................... 78
SECTION 12.5 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds................ 78
TESTIMONIUM
SIGNATURES
THIS INDENTURE, dated as of October __, 1996 between SUNAMERICA
INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Issuer") THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York
banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee"),
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W I T N E S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issue from time to
time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to
be issued in one or more series (the "Securities") up to such principal amount
or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture to provide, among other things, for the
authentication, delivery and administration of the Securities; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid
indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the
Securities by the holders thereof, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually
covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective
holders from time to time of the Securities and of the coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Certain Terms Defined. The following terms
(except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any supplemental
indenture or form of Security for a particular series or unless the context
otherwise clearly requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any
indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in
this Section. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or the definitions of which in the Securities Act
of 1933 are referred to in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, including terms
defined therein by reference to the Securities Act of 1933 (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in
said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture. All accounting
terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
the term "generally accepted accounting principles" means such accounting
principles as are generally accepted at the time of any computation. 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. The terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular.
"Authenticating Agent" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.14.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper (which, in the case of
The City of New York, will, if practicable, be The Wall Street Journal
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(Eastern Edition), in the case of the United Kingdom, will, if practicable, be
the Financial Times (London Edition) and, in the case of Luxembourg, will, if
practicable, be the Luxembourger Wort) published in an official language of
the country of publication customarily published at least once a day for at
least five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in The City
of New York, the United Kingdom or in Luxembourg, as applicable. If it shall
be impractical in the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication of any
notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other
notice in lieu thereof that is made or given with the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice.
"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the
Issuer or any committee of such Board duly authorized to act on its behalf.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions,
certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer to have
been duly adopted or consented to by the Board of Directors and to be in full
force and effect, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means, with respect to any Security, a day that
in the city (or in any of the cities, if more than one) in which amounts are
payable, as specified in the form of such Security, is not a day on which
banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or if at any time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture
such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it
under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such
date.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at
which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular
time, be principally administered, which office is, at the date as of which
this Indenture is dated, located in the County of Los Angeles, the City of Los
Angeles.
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to an
Unregistered Security.
"covenant defeasance" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 10.1(C).
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any
series issuable or issued in the form of one or more Registered Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to
Section 2.3 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall
mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any
time there is more than one such Person, "Depositary" as used with respect to
the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to
the Registered Global Securities of that series.
"Dollar" means the coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public
and private debts.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised
from time to time by the Council of European Communities.
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"Event of Default" means any event or condition specified as
such in Section 5.1.
"Foreign Currency" means a currency issued by the government of
a country other than the United States.
"Holder", "Holder of Securities", "Securityholder" or other
similar terms mean (a) in the case of any Registered Security, the person in
whose name such Security is registered in the security register kept by the
Issuer for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) in the
case of any Unregistered Security, the bearer of such Security, or any Coupon
appertaining thereto, as the case may be.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and
delivered or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or
supplemented or both, and shall include the forms and terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
"Issuer" means (except as otherwise provided in Article Six)
SunAmerica Inc., a Maryland corporation and, subject to Article Nine, its
successors and assigns.
"Issuer Order" means a written statement, request or order of
the Issuer signed in its name by the chairman or vice chairman of the Board of
Directors, the president, any executive, senior or other vice president or the
treasurer of the Issuer.
"Judgment Currency" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11.12.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
chairman or vice chairman of the Board of Directors, the president or any
executive, senior or other vice president or the treasurer of the Issuer and
delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall comply with Section 314
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and include the statements provided for in
Section 11.5.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by the
General Counsel of the Issuer or by such other legal counsel who may be an
employee of or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee. Each such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 and include the statements provided for in Section 11.5.
"original issue date" of any Security (or portion thereof)
means the earlier of (a) the date of such Security or (b) the date of any
Security (or portion thereof) for which such Security was issued (directly or
indirectly) on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security that
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 5.1.
"Outstanding" when used with reference to Securities, shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 7.4, mean, as of any particular time, all
Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture,
except
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(a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or
redemption of which moneys or U.S. Government Obligations (as
provided for in Section 10.1(A) and (B)) in the necessary amount
shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any
paying agent (other than the Issuer) or shall have been set aside,
segregated and held in trust by the Issuer for the Holders of such
Securities (if the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent),
provided that if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be
redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption
shall have been given as herein provided, or provision satisfactory
to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and
(c) Securities that shall have been paid or in substitution
for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.9 (except with respect
to any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is
presented that such Security is held by a person in whose hands such
Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer) or
Securities converted pursuant hereto or Securities not deemed
outstanding pursuant to Section 12.2.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of any or all series have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed
to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination
upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section
5.1.
"Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a series
from time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without
limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the stated
maturity or maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with
respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company or its agents upon the
issuance of such Securities.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"principal" whenever used with reference to the Securities or
any Security or any portion thereof, shall be deemed to include "and premium,
if any".
"record date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
"Registered Global Security", means a Security evidencing all
or a part of a series of Registered Securities, issued to the Depositary for
such series in accordance with Section 2.4, and bearing the legend prescribed
in Section 2.4.
"Registered Security" means any Security registered on the
Security register of the Issuer.
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"Required Currency" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11.12.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee
means the chairman of the board of directors, any vice chairman of the board
of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the chairman of the
executive committee, any vice chairman of the executive committee, the
president, any vice president, (whether or not designated by numbers or words
added before or after the title "vice president") the cashier, the secretary,
the treasurer, any trust officer, any assistant trust officer, any assistant
vice president, any assistant cashier, any assistant secretary, any assistant
treasurer, or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the persons who
at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate
trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Security" or "Securities" (except as otherwise provided in
Section 7.4) has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture,
or, as the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Trust Indenture Act of 1939" (except as otherwise provided in
Sections 8.1 and 8.2) means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the
date as of which this Indenture was originally executed.
"Trustee" means the Person identified as "Trustee" in the first
paragraph hereof and, subject to the provisions of Article Six, shall also
include any successor trustee. "Trustee" shall also 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 such series.
"Unregistered Security" means any Security other than a
Registered Security.
"U.S. Government Obligations" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 10.1(A).
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity on a series of
securities, calculated at the time of issuance of such series, or, if
applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series, and
calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series
and the Coupons, if any, to be attached thereto shall be substantially in such
form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions (as set forth in a Board Resolution
or, to the extent established pursuant to rather than set forth in a Board
Resolution, an Officer's Certificate detailing such establishment) or in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced
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thereon such legend or legends or endorsements, not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any
securities exchange or to conform to general usage, all as may be determined
by the officers executing such Securities and Coupons, if any, as evidenced by
their execution of such Securities and Coupons.
The definitive Securities and Coupons, if any, shall be
printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced
in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such
Securities and Coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities and Coupons, if any.
SECTION 2.2 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in
substantially the following form:
"This is one of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Subordinated Indenture.
______________________,
as Trustee
By_____________________
Authorized Signatory"
If at any time there shall be an Authenticating Agent appointed
with respect to any series of Securities, then the Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication to be borne by the Securities of each such series shall be
substantially as follows:
"This is one of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Subordinated Indenture.
_________________________,
as Authenticating Agent
By_____________________
Authorized Signatory"
SECTION 2.3 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The
aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series and each
such series shall rank equally and pari passu with the Securities of each
other series and all other senior and unsubordinated debt of the Issuer.
There shall be established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions
(and to the extent established pursuant to rather than set forth in a Board
Resolution, in an Officer's Certificate detailing such establishment) or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the
initial issuance of Securities of any series,
(1) the designation of the Securities of the series, which
shall distinguish the Securities of the Series from the Securities of
all other series;
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(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series that 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 2.8, 2.9,
2.11, 8.5 or 12.3);
(3) if other than Dollars, the coin or currency in which the
Securities of that series are denominated (including, but not limited
to, any Foreign Currency or ECU);
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities
of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue, on which such interest shall be payable and
(in the case of Registered Securities) on which a record shall be
taken for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable
and/or the method by which such rate or rates or date or dates shall
be determined, and any provisions for the deferral of interest
payments;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any
interest on Securities of the series shall be payable (if other than
as provided in Section 3.2);
(7) the right, if any, of the Issuer to redeem Securities, in
whole or in part, at its option and the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which and any terms and conditions upon
which Securities of the series may be so redeemed, pursuant to any
sinking fund or otherwise;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase
or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory
redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of
a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which and the period or
periods within which and any terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof in the case of Registered Securities, or $1,000 and
$5,000 in the case of Unregistered Securities, the denominations in
which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(11) if other than the coin or currency in which the Securities
of that series are denominated, the coin or currency in which payment
of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series
shall be payable;
(12) if the principal of or interest on the Securities of such
series are to be payable, at the election of the Issuer or a Holder
thereof, in a coin or currency other than that in which the
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Securities are denominated, the period or periods within which, and
the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(13) if the amount of payments of principal of and interest on
the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index based on a coin or currency other than that in which the
Securities of the series are denominated, the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined;
(14) whether the Securities of the series will be issuable as
Registered Securities (and if so, whether such Securities will be
issuable as Registered Global Securities) or Unregistered Securities
(with or without Coupons), or any combination of the foregoing, any
restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of
Unregistered Securities or the payment of interest thereon and, if
other than as provided in Section 2.8, the terms upon which
Unregistered Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered
Securities of such series and vice versa;
(15) whether and under what circumstances the Issuer will pay
additional amounts on the Securities of the series held by a person
who is not a U.S. person in respect of any tax, assessment or
governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the
Issuer will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay
such additional amounts;
(16) if the 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,
the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(17) any trustees, depositaries, authenticating or paying
agents, transfer agents or registrars or any other agents with
respect to the Securities of such series;
(18) any additional terms relating to events of default or
covenants (or the defeasance thereof) with respect to the Securities
of such series, including without limitation any term inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture relating to events of default
or covenants (or the defeasance thereof);
(19) if the Securities of such series are to be convertible or
exchangeable into any cash, securities or property, at the option of
the Holder or the Issuer or upon the happening of some event or
otherwise, all terms relating to such convertibility, including
without limitation any term inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture relating to conversion or exchange;
(20) any additional definitions with respect to the Securities of
such series, including without limitation any definition inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(21) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto, shall be substantially identical, except in the case of
Registered Securities as to denomination and except as may otherwise be
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provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate
referred to above or as set forth in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and may
be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so
provided by or pursuant to such Board Resolution, such Officer's Certificate
or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
SECTION 2.4 Authentication and Delivery of Securities. The
Issuer may deliver Securities of any series having attached thereto
appropriate Coupons, if any, executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for
authentication together with the applicable documents referred to below in
this Section, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver such
Securities to or upon the order of the Issuer (contained in the Issuer Order
referred to below in this Section) or pursuant to such procedures acceptable
to the Trustee and to such recipients as may be specified from time to time by
an Issuer Order. The maturity date, original issue date, interest rate and
any other terms of the Securities of such series and Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto shall be determined by or pursuant to such Issuer Order
and procedures. If provided for in such procedures, such Issuer Order may
authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral instructions from the
Issuer or its duly authorized agent, which instructions shall be promptly
confirmed in writing. In authenticating such Securities and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in the case of
subparagraphs 2, 3 and 4 below only at or before the time of the first request
of the Issuer to the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series) and
(subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, unless and
until such documents have been superseded or revoked:
(1) an Issuer Order requesting such authentication and setting
forth delivery instructions if the Securities and Coupons, if any,
are not to be delivered to the Issuer, provided that, with respect to
Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, (a) such
Issuer Order may be delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee prior to
the delivery to the Trustee of such Securities for authentication and
delivery, (b) the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities
of such series for original issue from time to time, in an aggregate
principal amount not exceeding the aggregate principal amount
established for such series, pursuant to an Issuer Order or pursuant
to procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time
to time by an Issuer Order, (c) the maturity date or dates, original
issue date or dates, interest rate or rates and any other terms of
Securities of such series shall be determined by an Issuer Order or
pursuant to such procedures and (d) if provided for in such
procedures, such Issuer Order may authorize authentication and
delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Issuer
or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall
be promptly confirmed in writing;
(2) any Board Resolution, Officer's Certificate and/or
executed supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.1 and 2.3
by or pursuant to which the forms and terms of the Securities and
Coupons, if any, were established;
(3) an Officer's Certificate setting forth the form or forms
and terms of the Securities and Coupons, if any, stating that the
form or forms and terms of the Securities and Coupons, if any, have
been established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.3 and comply with
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this Indenture, and covering such other matters as the Trustee may
reasonably request; and
(4) At the option of the Issuer, either one or more Opinions
of Counsel, or a letter addressed to the Trustee permitting it to
rely on one or more Opinions of Counsel, substantially to the effect
that:
(a) the forms of the Securities and Coupons, if any,
have been duly authorized and established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) in the case of an underwritten offering, the terms
of the Securities have been duly authorized and established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, and, in the
case of an offering that is not underwritten, certain terms of
the Securities have been established pursuant to a Board
Resolution, an Officer's Certificate or a supplemental
indenture in accordance with this Indenture, and when such
other terms as are to be established pursuant to procedures set
forth in an Issuer Order shall have been established, all such
terms will have been duly authorized by the Issuer and will
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(c) when the Securities and Coupons, if any, have been
executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and delivered
to and duly paid for by the purchasers thereof, they will have
been duly issued under this Indenture, will be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture, and will be valid and binding
obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms except as (i) the enforceability thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and (ii) rights of acceleration, if
any, and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited
by equitable principles of general applicability; and
(d) the execution and delivery by the Issuer of, and the
performance by the Issuer of its obligations under, the
Securities and Coupons, if any, will not contravene any
provision of any material applicable law or the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws of the Issuer or any agreement or
other instrument binding upon the Issuer or any of its
"significant subsidiaries" (as defined in Article 1 of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933) that is
material to the Issuer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, any judgment,
order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court
having jurisdiction over the Issuer or any "significant
subsidiary" (as defined above), and no consent, approval,
authorization or order of or qualification with any
governmental body or agency is required for the performance
by the Issuer of its obligations under the Securities and
Coupons, if any, except such as are specified and have been
obtained and such as may be required by the securities or
blue sky laws of the various states in connection with the
offer and sale of the Securities and Coupons, if any.
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In rendering such opinions, any counsel may qualify any
opinions as to enforceability by stating that such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium and
other similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and is
subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). Such
counsel may rely upon opinions of other counsel (copies of which shall be
delivered to the Trustee), who shall be counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, in which case the opinion shall state that such counsel believes he
and the Trustee are entitled so to rely. Such counsel may also state that,
insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, he has relied, to the extent
he deems proper, upon certificates of officers of the Issuer and its
subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and
deliver any Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by the Issuer
or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of
trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees
or Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the
Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders or would affect the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities, this
Indenture or otherwise.
If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 2.3 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in the form of one or more Registered
Global Securities, then the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
accordance with this Section and the Issuer Order with respect to such series,
authenticate and deliver one or more Registered Global Securities that (i)
shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of all of the Securities of such series issued and not yet
cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such
Registered Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary,
(iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such
Depositary's instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect: "Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the Depositary or by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the
Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary
or a nominee of such successor Depositary."
Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 2.3 must, at the
time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a
clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
other applicable statute or regulation.
SECTION 2.5 Execution of Securities. The Securities and, if
applicable, each Coupon appertaining thereto shall be signed on behalf of the
Issuer by the chairman or vice chairman of its Board of Directors or its
president or any executive, senior or other vice president or its treasurer,
under its corporate seal (except in the case of Coupons), which may, but need
not, be attested. Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures
of the present or any future such officers. The seal of the Issuer may be in
the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Securities. Typographical and other minor errors
or defects in any such reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
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In case any officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of
the Securities or Coupons, if any, shall cease to be such officer before the
Security or Coupon so signed (or the Security to which the Coupon so signed
appertains) shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of
by the Issuer, such Security or Coupon nevertheless may be authenticated and
delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such Security or
Coupon had not ceased to be such officer of the Issuer; and any Security or
Coupon may be signed on behalf of the Issuer by such persons as, at the actual
date of the execution of such Security or Coupon, shall be the proper officers
of the Issuer, although at the date of the execution and delivery of this
Indenture any such person was not such an officer.
SECTION 2.6 Certificate of Authentication. Only such
Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized officers, shall be entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. No Coupon shall
be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or shall be valid and obligatory
for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Security to
which such Coupon appertains shall have been duly executed by the Trustee.
The execution of such certificate by the Trustee upon any Security executed by
the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.7 Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of
Interest. The Securities of each series shall be issuable as Registered
Securities or Unregistered Securities in denominations established as
contemplated by Section 2.3 or, with respect to the Registered Securities of
any series, if not so established, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof. If denominations of Unregistered Securities of any series
are not so established, such Securities shall be issuable in denominations of
$1,000 and $5,000. The Securities of each series shall be numbered, lettered
or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plan as
the officers of the Issuer executing the same may determine with the approval
of the Trustee, as evidenced by the execution and authentication thereof.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication. Each Unregistered Security shall be dated as provided in the
resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Issuer referred to
in Section 2.3. The Securities of each series shall bear interest, if any,
from the date, and such interest shall be payable on the dates, established as
contemplated by Section 2.3.
The person in whose name any Registered Security of any series is
registered at the close of business on any record date applicable to a
particular series with respect to any interest payment date for such series
shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest
payment date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Registered
Security subsequent to the record date and prior to such interest payment date,
except if and to the extent the Issuer shall default in the payment of the
interest due on such interest payment date for such series, in which case such
defaulted interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names Outstanding
Registered Securities for such series are registered at the close of business on
a subsequent record date (which shall be not less than five Business Days prior
to the date of payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice given
by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of Registered Securities
not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record date. The term "record
date" as used with respect to any
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interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) for the
Securities of any series shall mean the date specified as such in the terms of
the Registered Securities of such series established as contemplated by Section
2.3, or, if no such date is so established, if such interest payment date is the
first day of a calendar month, the fifteenth day of the next preceding calendar
month or, if such interest payment date is the fifteenth day of a calendar
month, the first day of such calendar month, whether or not such record date is
a Business Day.
SECTION 2.8 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Issuer
will keep at each office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as
provided in Section 3.2 for each series of Securities a register or registers
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it will
provide for the registration of Registered Securities of such series and the
registration of transfer of Registered Securities of such series. Such
register shall be in written form in the English language or in any other form
capable of being converted into such form within a reasonable time. At all
reasonable times such register or registers shall be open for inspection by
the Trustee.
Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any
Registered Security of any series at any such office or agency to be
maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.2, the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new Registered Security or Registered Securities
of the same series, maturity date, interest rate and original issue date in
authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount.
Unregistered Securities (except for any temporary global
Unregistered Securities) and Coupons (except for Coupons attached to any
temporary global Unregistered Securities) shall be transferable by delivery.
At the option of the Holder thereof, Registered Securities of
any series (other than a Registered Global Security, except as set forth
below) may be exchanged for a Registered Security or Registered Securities of
such series having authorized denominations and an equal aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of such Registered Securities to be exchanged at the
agency of the Issuer that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance
with Section 3.2 and upon payment, if the Issuer shall so require, of the
charges hereinafter provided. If the Securities of any series are issued in
both registered and unregistered form, except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 2.3, at the option of the Holder thereof, Unregistered Securities
of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series having
authorized denominations and an equal aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of such Unregistered Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the
Issuer that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section
3.2, with, in the case of Unregistered Securities that have Coupons attached,
all unmatured Coupons and all matured Coupons in default thereto appertaining,
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and upon payment, if the Issuer shall so require, of the charges hereinafter
provided. At the option of the Holder thereof, if Unregistered Securities of
any series, maturity date, interest rate and original issue date are issued in
more than one authorized denomination, except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 2.3, such Unregistered Securities may be exchanged for Unregistered
Securities of such series having authorized denominations and an equal
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Unregistered Securities to
be exchanged at the agency of the Issuer that shall be maintained for such
purpose in accordance with Section 3.2 or as specified pursuant to Section
2.3, with, in the case of Unregistered Securities that have Coupons attached,
all unmatured Coupons and all matured Coupons in default thereto appertaining,
and upon payment, if the Issuer shall so require, of the charges hereinafter
provided. Registered Securities of any series may not be exchanged for
Unregistered Securities of such series unless (1) otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 2.3 and (2) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel that (x) the Issuer has received from the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling or (y) since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable
Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that the inclusion of
terms permitting Registered Securities to be exchanged for Unregistered
Securities would result in no adverse Federal income tax effect to the Issuer
or to any Holder. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange,
the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All
Securities and Coupons surrendered upon any exchange or transfer provided for
in this Indenture shall be promptly canceled and disposed of by the Trustee
and the Trustee will deliver a certificate of disposition thereof to the
Issuer.
All Registered Securities presented for registration of
transfer, exchange, redemption or payment shall (if so required by the Issuer
or the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument
or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee
duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
exchange or registration of transfer of Securities. No service charge shall
be made for any such transaction.
The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a
transfer of (a) any Securities of any series for a period of 15 days next
preceding the first mailing of notice of redemption of Securities of such
series to be redeemed or (b) any Securities selected, called or being called
for redemption, in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be
redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.8, unless
and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
registered form, a Registered Global Security representing all or a portion of
the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of
such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by
such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series
or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for any Registered Securities of
a series represented by one or more Registered Global Securities notifies the
Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Registered Securities or if at any time the Depositary for such Registered
Securities shall no longer be eligible under Section 2.4, the Issuer shall
appoint a successor Depositary eligible under Section 2.4 with respect to such
Registered Securities. If a successor Depositary eligible under Section 2.4
for such Registered Securities is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days
after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility,
the Issuer's election pursuant to Section 2.3 that such Registered Securities
be represented by one or more Registered Global Securities shall no longer be
effective and the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Officer's Certificate for the authentication and delivery of definitive
Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such
series in definitive registered form without coupons, in any authorized
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denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of the Registered Global Security or Securities representing such Registered
Securities in exchange for such Registered Global Security or Securities.
The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that the Registered Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more
Registered Global Securities shall no longer be represented by a Registered
Global Security or Securities. In such event the Issuer will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate for the authentication and
delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and
deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered form without
coupons, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the Registered Global Security or Securities
representing such Registered Securities, in exchange for such Registered
Global Security or Securities.
If specified by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 with respect
to Securities represented by a Registered Global Security, the Depositary for
such Registered Global Security may surrender such Registered Global Security
in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of the same series in
definitive registered form on such terms as are acceptable to the Issuer and
such Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(i) to the Person specified by such Depositary a new
Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations as requested by such Person, in an aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's
beneficial interest in the Registered Global Security; and
(ii) to such Depositary a new Registered Global Security in a
denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal
amount of the surrendered Registered Global Security and the
aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities authenticated and
delivered pursuant to clause (i) above.
Upon the exchange of a Registered Global Security for
Securities in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, such Registered Global Security shall be canceled by the
Trustee or an agent of the Issuer or the Trustee. Securities in definitive
registered form without coupons issued in exchange for a Registered Global
Security pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall be registered in such names and in
such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Registered Global
Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or
otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee. The Trustee or such agent shall deliver such Securities to or as
directed by the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
Notwithstanding anything herein or in the terms of any series
of Securities to the contrary, none of the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of
the Issuer or the Trustee (any of which, other than the Issuer, shall rely on
an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel) shall be required to
exchange any Unregistered Security for a Registered Security if such exchange
would result in adverse Federal income tax consequences to the Issuer (such
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as, for example, the inability of the Issuer to deduct from its income, as
computed for Federal income tax purposes, the interest payable on the
Unregistered Securities) under then applicable United States Federal income
tax laws.
SECTION 2.9 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities. In case any temporary or definitive Security or any Coupon
appertaining to any Security shall become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed,
lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon the written
request of any officer of the Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver a new Security of the same series, maturity date, interest rate and
original issue date, bearing a number or other distinguishing symbol not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated
or defaced Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so
destroyed, lost or stolen with Coupons corresponding to the Coupons
appertaining to the Securities so mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or
stolen, or in exchange or substitution for the Security to which such
mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertained, with Coupons
appertaining thereto corresponding to the Coupons so mutilated, defaced,
destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substitute
Security or Coupon shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to indemnify and defend and to save each of them harmless
and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security or Coupon and
of the ownership thereof and in the case of mutilation or defacement shall
surrender the Security and related Coupons to the Trustee or such agent.
Upon the issuance of any substitute Security or Coupon, the
Issuer 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) or its agent
connected therewith. In case any Security or Coupon that has matured or is
about to mature, has been called for redemption in full or is being converted
in full shall become mutilated or defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the
Issuer may instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the
payment or conversion of the same or the payment of the relevant Coupon
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated or defaced
Security or Coupon), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the
Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such
security or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of them
harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant
shall also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or
the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft
of such Security or Coupon and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Security or Coupon of any series issued
pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any such
Security or Coupon is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional
contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security or Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall
be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the
limitations of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities or Coupons of such series duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder. All Securities and Coupons shall be held and owned
upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted by law, the foregoing
provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, defaced or destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and Coupons and
shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or
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statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the
replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without
their surrender.
SECTION 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof.
All Securities and Coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, registration
of transfer or exchange, conversion or for credit against any payment in
respect of a sinking or analogous fund, if surrendered to the Issuer or any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee or any agent of the Trustee, shall be
delivered to the Trustee or its agent for cancellation or, if surrendered to
the Trustee, shall be canceled by it; and no Securities or Coupons shall be
issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions
of this Indenture. The Trustee or its agent shall dispose of canceled
Securities and Coupons held by it and deliver a certificate of disposition to
the Issuer. If the Issuer or its agent shall acquire any of the Securities
or Coupons, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction
of the indebtedness represented by such Securities or Coupons unless and until
the same are delivered to the Trustee or its agent for cancellation.
SECTION 2.11 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities for any series, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities for such series (printed,
lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form
satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any series shall be
issuable as Registered Securities without coupons, or as Unregistered
Securities with or without coupons attached thereto, of any authorized
denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Securities of
such series but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be
appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Issuer
with the concurrence of the Trustee as evidenced by the execution and
authentication thereof. Temporary Securities may contain such references to
any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary
Security shall be executed by the Issuer and be authenticated by the Trustee
upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like
effect, as the definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay the Issuer
shall execute and shall furnish definitive Securities of such series and
thereupon temporary Registered Securities of such series may be surrendered in
exchange therefor without charge at each office or agency to be maintained by
the Issuer for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.2 and, in the case of
Unregistered Securities, at any agency maintained by the Issuer for such
purpose as specified pursuant to Section 2.3, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities of such
series an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the
same series having authorized denominations and, in the case of Unregistered
Securities, having attached thereto any appropriate Coupons. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series,
unless otherwise established pursuant to Section 2.3. The provisions of this
Section are subject to any restrictions or limitations on the issue and
delivery of temporary Unregistered Securities of any series that may be
established pursuant to Section 2.3 (including any provision that Unregistered
Securities of such series initially be issued in the form of a single global
Unregistered Security to be delivered to a depositary or agency located
outside the United States and the procedures pursuant to which definitive or
global Unregistered Securities of such series would be issued in exchange for
such temporary global Unregistered Security).
ARTICLE THREE
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COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer
covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and interest on,
each of the Securities of such series (together with any additional amounts
payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) at the place or places, at
the respective times and in the manner provided in such Securities and in the
Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto and in this Indenture. The interest on
Securities with Coupons attached (together with any additional amounts payable
pursuant to the terms of such Securities) shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such interest
installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. If any
temporary Unregistered Security provides that interest thereon may be paid
while such Security is in temporary form, the interest on any such temporary
Unregistered Security (together with any additional amounts payable pursuant
to the terms of such Security) shall be paid, as to the installments of
interest evidenced by Coupons attached thereto, if any, only upon presentation
and surrender thereof, and, as to the other installments of interest, if any,
only upon presentation of such Securities for notation thereon of the payment
of such interest, in each case subject to any restrictions that may be
established pursuant to Section 2.3. The interest on Registered Securities
(together with any additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such
Securities) shall be payable only to or upon the written order of the Holders
thereof and, at the option of the Issuer, may be paid by wire transfer or by
mailing checks for such interest payable to or upon the written order of such
Holders at their last addresses as they appear on the registry books of the
Issuer.
SECTION 3.2 Offices for Payments, etc. So long as any
Registered Securities are authorized for issuance pursuant to this Indenture
or are outstanding hereunder, the Issuer will maintain in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where the Registered
Securities of each series may be presented for payment, where the Securities
of each series may be presented for exchange or conversion as is provided in
this Indenture and, if applicable, pursuant to Section 2.3 and where the
Registered Securities of each series may be presented for registration of
transfer as in this Indenture provided.
The Issuer will maintain one or more offices or agencies in a
city or cities located outside the United States (including any city in which
such an agency is required to be maintained under the rules of any stock
exchange on which the Securities of such series are listed) where the
Unregistered Securities, if any, of each series and Coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto may be presented for payment. No payment on any
Unregistered Security or Coupon will be made upon presentation of such
Unregistered Security or Coupon at an agency of the Issuer within the United
States nor will any payment be made by transfer to an account in, or by mail
to an address in, the United States unless pursuant to applicable United
States laws and regulations then in effect such payment can be made without
adverse tax consequences to the Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
payments in Dollars of Unregistered Securities of any series and Coupons
appertaining thereto that are payable in Dollars may be made at an agency of
the Issuer maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York if
such payment in Dollars at each agency maintained by the Issuer outside the
United States for payment on such Unregistered Securities is illegal or
effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
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The Issuer will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the
Issuer in respect of the Securities of any series, the Coupons appertaining
thereto or this Indenture may be served.
The Issuer will give to the Trustee written notice of the
location of each such office or agency and of any change of location thereof.
In case the Issuer shall fail to maintain any agency required by this Section
to be located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or shall fail
to give such notice of the location or of any change in the location of any of
the above agencies, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Issuer may from time to time designate one or more
additional offices or agencies where the Securities of a series and any
Coupons appertaining thereto may be presented for payment, where the
Securities of that series may be presented for exchange or conversion as
provided in this Indenture and pursuant to Section 2.3 and where the
Registered Securities of that series may be presented for registration of
transfer as in this Indenture provided, and the Issuer may from time to time
rescind any such designation, as the Issuer may deem desirable or expedient;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner
relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain the agencies provided for in
this Section. The Issuer will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of
any such designation or rescission thereof.
SECTION 3.3 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of
Trustee. The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the
office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.10, a
Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each
series of Securities hereunder.
SECTION 3.4 Paying Agents. Whenever the Issuer shall appoint
a paying agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee
an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section,
(a) that it will hold all sums received by it as such agent
for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of
such series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Issuer or
by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) in trust for
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, or
Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, or of the Trustee,
(b) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the
Issuer (or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) to
make any payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of
such series when the same shall be due and payable, and
(c) that it will pay any such sums so held in trust by it to
the Trustee upon the Trustee's written request at any time during the
continuance of the failure referred to in clause (b) above.
The Issuer will, on or prior to each due date of the principal
of or interest on the Securities of such series, deposit with the paying agent
a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due, and
(unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the
Trustee of any failure to take such action.
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If the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent with respect to
the Securities of any series, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or interest on the Securities of such series, set aside,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto a sum
sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due. The Issuer
will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, but
subject to Section 10.1, the Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of
obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to one or more or all
series of Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be
paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust for any such series by the Issuer
or any paying agent hereunder, as required by this Section, such sums to be
held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the
provisions of Sections 10.3 and 10.4.
SECTION 3.5 Written Statement to Trustee. The Issuer will
furnish to the Trustee on or before January 31 in each year (beginning with
January 31, 1997) a brief certificate (which need not comply with Section
11.5) from the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the
Issuer stating that in the course of the performance by the signer of his
duties as an officer of the Issuer he would normally have knowledge of any
default or non-compliance by the Issuer in the performance of any covenants or
conditions contained in this Indenture, stating whether or not he has
knowledge of any such default or non-compliance and, if so, describing each
such default or non-compliance of which the signer has knowledge and the
nature thereof.
SECTION 3.6 Luxembourg Publications. In the event of the
publication of any notice pursuant to Section 5.11, 6.10(a), 6.11, 8.2, 10.4
or 12.2, the party making such publication in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York and London shall also, to the extent that notice is required
to be given to Holders of Securities of any series by applicable Luxembourg
law or stock exchange regulation, as evidenced by an Officer's Certificate
delivered to such party, make a similar publication in Luxembourg.
SECTION 3.7 SEC Reports. The Issuer shall file with the
Trustee, within 15 days after it files such annual and quarterly reports,
information, documents and other reports with the Commission, copies of its
annual report and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies
of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules and
regulations prescribe) that the Issuer is required to file with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
SECTION 3.8 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this
Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.3 for Securities of such
series.
ARTICLE FOUR
SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE
ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 4.1 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names
and Addresses of Securityholders. If and so long as the Trustee shall not be
the Security registrar for the Securities of any series, the Issuer and any
other obligor on the Securities will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names
and addresses of the Holders of the Registered Securities of such series
pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (a) semi-annually
not more than 5 days after each record date for the payment of interest on
such Registered Securities, as hereinabove specified, as of such record date
and on dates to be determined pursuant to Section 2.3 for non-interest bearing
Registered Securities in each year, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee
may request in writing, within thirty days after receipt by the Issuer of any
such request as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such
information is furnished.
SECTION 4.2 Preservation and Disclosure of Securityholders
Lists.
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SECTION 4.3 Reports by the Issuer. The Issuer covenants to
file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to file the
same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents, and other reports that the Issuer may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or pursuant to Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
SECTION 4.4 Reports by the Trustee. Any Trustee's report
required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall be
transmitted on or before July 15 in each year beginning July 15, 1997, as
provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, so long as any
Securities are Outstanding hereunder, and shall be dated as of a date
convenient to the Trustee no more than 60 days prior thereto.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.1 Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of
Maturity; Waiver of Default. "Event of Default" with respect to Securities of
any series wherever used herein, means each one of the following events that
shall have occurred and be 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) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer in an involuntary
case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of
the Issuer 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
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(b) the Issuer shall commence a voluntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief
in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the
appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Issuer
or for any substantial part of its property, or make any general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(c) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental
indenture under which such series of Securities is issued or in the
form of Security for such series.
If an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b) or (c)
(unless, in the case of an Event of Default described in clause (c), otherwise
provided in the relevant supplemental indenture or form of Security with
respect to such series) occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every
such case, except for any series of Securities the principal of which shall
have already become due and payable, the entire principal amount (or, if the
Securities of any such affected series are Original Issue Discount Securities,
such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such
series) of all Securities of all series, and the interest accrued thereon, if
any, shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without any
demand or other notice or act on behalf of the Trustee, the Holders or any
other Person.
The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition
that if, at any time after the principal (or, if the Securities are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified
in the terms thereof) of the Securities of any series (or of all the
Securities, as the case may be) 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, the Issuer shall pay or
shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest upon all the Securities of such series (or of all the
Securities, as the case may be) and the principal of any and all Securities of
each such series (or of all the Securities, as the case may be) that shall
have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such
principal 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 or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of each such series (or at
the respective rates of interest or Yields to Maturity of all the Securities,
as the case may be) to the date of such payment or deposit) and such amount as
shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee, its 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 if any
and all Events of Default under the Indenture, other than the non-payment of
the principal of Securities that shall have become due by acceleration, shall
have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein -- then and
in every such case the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
all the Securities of each such series, or of all the Securities, in each case
voting as a single class, then Outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer
and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults with respect to each such series
(or with respect to all the Securities, as the case may be), but no such
waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon.
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For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the
principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been
accelerated and declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof,
then, from and after such declaration, unless such declaration has been
rescinded and annulled, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount
Securities shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of
the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such
acceleration, and payment of such portion of the principal thereof as shall be
due and payable as a result of such acceleration, together with interest, if
any, thereon and all other amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment
in full of such Original Issue Discount Securities.
SECTION 5.2 Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee May
Prove Debt. The Issuer covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in
the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of any
series when such interest shall have become due and payable, and such default
shall have continued for a period of 30 days or (b) in case default shall be
made in the payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the
Securities of any series when the same shall have become due and payable,
whether upon maturity of the Securities of such series or upon any redemption
or by declaration or otherwise -- then upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer
will pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of
such series the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on
all Securities of such series, and such Coupons, for principal or interest, as
the case may be (with interest to the date of such payment upon the overdue
principal 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 or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series); and in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the
costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and any expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by
the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of its negligence
or bad faith.
Until such demand is made by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay
the principal of and interest on the Securities of any series to the
registered holders, whether or not the Securities of such Series be overdue.
In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts
upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings
at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may
enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Issuer or other obligor
upon the Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities, wherever situated
the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings relative to the
Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities under Title 11 of the United
States Code or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other
obligor, or in case of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to
the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities, or to the creditors or
property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of
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whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether
the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this
Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings
or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount
of principal and interest (or, if the Securities of any series are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) owing and
unpaid in respect of the Securities of any series, 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 reasonable
compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of
all 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 of the Securityholders allowed in any
judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the
Securities, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such
other obligor,
(b) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to
vote on behalf of the holders of the Securities of any series in any
election of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement,
reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings or person performing similar functions in comparable
proceedings, and
(c) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts
received with respect to the claims of the Securityholders and of the
Trustee on their behalf; and any trustee, receiver, or liquidator,
custodian or other similar official is hereby authorized by each of
the Securityholders to make payments to the Trustee, and, in the
event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments
directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts
as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the
Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and 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.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Securityholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the
election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar person.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
Indenture, or under any of the Securities of any series or Coupons
appertaining to such Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities of such series or Coupons appertaining to
such Securities or the production thereof in any trial or other proceedings
relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements
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and compensation of the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective
agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities in respect of which such
action was taken.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any
proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to
which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all
the Holders of the Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities in
respect to which such action was taken, and it shall not be necessary to make
any Holders of such Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities
parties to any such proceedings.
SECTION 5.3 Application of Proceeds. Any moneys collected by
the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of any series shall, subject
to the subordination provisions hereof, be applied in the following order at
the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of
such moneys on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the
several Securities and Coupons appertaining to such Securities in respect of
which monies have been collected and stamping (or otherwise noting) thereon
the payment, or issuing Securities of such series in reduced principal amounts
in exchange for the presented Securities of like series if only partially
paid, or upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses applicable to such
series in respect of which monies have been collected, including
reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee
and their respective agents and attorneys and of all expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith;
SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities of such series
in respect of which moneys have been collected shall not have become
and be then due and payable, to the payment of interest on the
Securities of such series in default in the order of the maturity of
the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that
such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue
installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities)
specified in such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the
persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference;
THIRD: In case the principal of the Securities of such series
in respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become and
shall be then due and payable, to the payment of the whole amount
then owing and unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for
principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and
(to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee)
upon overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate
of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series; and
in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole
amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to
the payment of such principal and interest or Yield to Maturity,
without preference or priority of principal over interest or Yield to
Maturity, or of interest or Yield to Maturity over principal, or of
any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or
of any Security of such series over any other Security of such
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series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and accrued and
unpaid interest or Yield to Maturity; and
FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer
or any other person lawfully entitled thereto.
SECTION 5.4 Suits for Enforcement. In case an Event of
Default has occurred, has not been waived and is continuing, the Trustee may
in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by
this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law
or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid
of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture or to enforce any other
legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
SECTION 5.5 Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of
Proceedings. In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right
under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or
abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the
Trustee, then and in every such case the Issuer and the Trustee shall be
restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all
rights, remedies and powers of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Securityholders
shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
SECTION 5.6 Limitations on Suits by Securityholders. No
Holder of any Security of any series or of any Coupon appertaining thereto
shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this
Indenture to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in
bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or
for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other
similar official or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such Holder
previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of default and of
the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the Holders
of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each
affected series then Outstanding (treated as a single class) shall have made
written request upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceedings in
its own name as trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such
reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby and the Trustee for 60 days
after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have
failed to institute any such action or proceeding and no direction
inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 5.9; it being understood and intended, and being expressly
covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Security or Coupon with every
other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of
Securities of any series or Coupons appertaining to such Securities shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such
Holder of Securities or Coupons appertaining to such Securities, or to obtain
or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided
and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities of
the applicable series and Coupons appertaining to such Securities. For the
protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every
Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be
given either at law or in equity.
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SECTION 5.7 Unconditional Right of Securityholders to
Institute Certain Suits. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture and any provision of any Security, the right of any Holder of any
Security or Coupon to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such
Security or Coupon on or after the respective due dates expressed in such
Security or Coupon, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after such respective dates, or the right to convert such
Security, if any, or to institute suit therefor shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 5.8 Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission
Not Waiver of Default. Except as provided in Section 5.6, 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.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of
Securities or Coupons to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event
of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right
or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an acquiescence therein; and, subject to Section 5.6, every power and remedy
given by this Indenture 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
shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or
Coupons.
SECTION 5.9 Control by Holders of Securities. The Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series
affected (with all such series voting as a single class) at the time
Outstanding 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 by this Indenture; provided that such direction
shall not be otherwise than in accordance with law and the provisions of this
Indenture and provided further that (subject to the provisions of Section 6.1)
the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if
the Trustee, being advised by counsel, shall determine that the action or
proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good
faith by its board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee
of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee shall determine that the
action or proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal
liability or if the Trustee in good faith shall so determine that the actions
or forbearances specified in or pursuant to such direction would be unduly
prejudicial to the interests of Holders of the Securities of all series so
affected not joining in the giving of said direction, it being understood that
(subject to Section 6.1) the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether
or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders.
Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the
Trustee in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and
that is not inconsistent with such direction or directions by Securityholders.
SECTION 5.10 Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the
acceleration of the maturity of any Securities as provided in Section 5.1, the
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Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all
series at the time Outstanding with respect to which an event of default shall
have occurred and be continuing (voting as a single class) may on behalf of
the Holders of all such Securities waive any past default or Event of Default
described in Section 5.1 and its consequences, except a default in respect of a
covenant or provision hereof that cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the Holder of each Security affected. In the case of any such
waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all such Securities shall be
restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and be
deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, and not to have occurred
for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
SECTION 5.11 Trustee to Give Notice of Default, But May
Withhold in Certain Circumstances. The Trustee shall, within ninety days
after the occurrence of a default with respect to the Securities of any
series, give notice of all defaults with respect to that series known to the
Trustee (i) if any Unregistered Securities of that series are then
Outstanding, to the Holders thereof, by publication at least once in an
Authorized Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and at
least once in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required by Section
3.9, at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg) and (ii) to all
Holders of Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided
in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, unless in each case such
defaults shall have been cured before the mailing or publication of such
notice (the term "defaults" for the purpose of this Section being hereby
defined to mean any event or condition that is, or with notice or lapse of time
or both would become, an Event of Default); provided that, except in the case
of default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any of the
Securities of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment on
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 or trustees and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee
in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Securityholders of such series.
SECTION 5.12 Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking
to Pay 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 in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit,
and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having
due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such
party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder or
group of Securityholders of any series holding in the aggregate more than 10%
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series, or, in the
case of any suit relating to or arising under clause (d) or (h) of Section 5.1
(if the suit relates to Securities of more than one but less than all series),
l0% in aggregate principal amount of Securities then Outstanding and affected
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thereby or 10% in aggregate principal amount of all Securities then
Outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on
or after the due date expressed in such Security or any date fixed for
redemption.
SECTION 5.13 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this
Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.3 for Securities of such
series.
ARTICLE SIX
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During
Default; Prior to Default. With respect to the Holders of any series of
Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event
of Default with respect to the Securities of a particular series and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred with respect
to such series, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (which has not been cured
or waived) the Trustee shall exercise with respect to such series of
Securities 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.
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
(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of any series and after the curing or
waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to such series
that may have occurred:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be determined
solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the
Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such
duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of
the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any statements, certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture; but in the case of any such statements,
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture;
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(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers
of the Trustee, 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 the Holders pursuant to Section 5.9 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.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall
require the 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 there shall be reasonable ground
for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such liability is not reasonably assured to it.
The provisions of this Section 6.1 are in furtherance of and
subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
SECTION 6.2 Certain Rights of the Trustee. In furtherance of
and subject to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and subject to Section 6.1:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer's Certificate or
any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon,
security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer's
Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein
specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of
Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified
by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer;
(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any written
advice or any Opinion of Counsel 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 reliance
thereon in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against
the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred therein or
thereby;
(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or
within the discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture;
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(f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder
and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default, 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, consent, order, approval,
appraisal, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security, or other paper or
document unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of all series affected then Outstanding; provided that, if the
payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs,
expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of
such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably
assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of
this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against
such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the
reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the
Issuer or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee, shall
be repaid by the Issuer upon demand; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys not regularly in its employ and the
Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on
the part of any such agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder.
SECTION 6.3 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition
of Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof. The recitals contained
herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the
Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The
Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities or Coupons. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Securities
or of the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.4 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities or Coupons;
Collections, etc. The Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities or Coupons with the same rights it would have if it were not the
Trustee or such agent and may otherwise deal with the Issuer and receive,
collect, hold and retain collections from the Issuer with the same rights it
would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent.
SECTION 6.5 Moneys Held by Trustee. Subject to the provisions
of Section 10.4 hereof, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used
or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which
they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by mandatory provisions of law. Neither the Trustee nor any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be under any liability for interest
on any moneys received by it hereunder.
SECTION 6.6 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and
Its Prior Claim. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from
time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation
(which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust) and the Issuer covenants and
agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or
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made by or on behalf of it in accordance with any of the provisions of this
Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and other persons not regularly
in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise
from its negligence or bad faith. The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
this Indenture or the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including the
costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim of
liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section
to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and to
pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder
and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. Such
additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities upon
all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds
held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities or
Coupons, and the Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior claim.
SECTION 6.7 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officer's Certificate,
etc. Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, whenever in the administration of the
trusts of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith
on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such
certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith
thereof.
SECTION 6.8 Indentures Not Creating Potential Conflicting
Interests for the Trustee. The following indentures are hereby specifically
described for the purposes of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939: this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any other series.
SECTION 6.9 Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee. The
Trustee for each series of Securities hereunder shall at all times be a
corporation or banking association organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States of America or of any State or the District of Columbia
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000, and that is
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and is subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia
authority. Such corporation or banking association shall have a place of
business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York if there be such a
corporation in such location willing to act upon reasonable and customary terms
and conditions. 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. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.10.
The provisions of this Section 6.9 are in furtherance of and
subject to Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
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SECTION 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
Trustee. (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed,
may at any time resign with respect to one or more or all series of Securities
by giving written notice of resignation to the Issuer and (i) if any
Unregistered Securities of a series affected are then Outstanding, by giving
notice of such resignation to the Holders thereof, by publication at least
once in an Authorized Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, and at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required
by Section 3.9, at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg), (ii)
if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected are then Outstanding, by
mailing notice of such resignation to the Holders thereof who have filed their
names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee
and (iii) by mailing notice of such resignation to the Holders of then
Outstanding Registered Securities of each series affected at their addresses as
they shall appear on the registry books. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees
with respect to the applicable series by written instrument in duplicate,
executed by authority of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor
trustee or trustees. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed
with respect to any series and have accepted appointment within 30 days after
the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning trustee may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
or Securities of the applicable series for at least six months may, subject to
the provisions of Section 5.12, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor
trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with respect to any
series of Securities after written request therefor by the Issuer or
by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
or Securities of such series for at least six months; or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of Section 6.9 and Section 310(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect
to any series of Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent, or a receiver or liquidator 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, the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to the
applicable series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee for such
series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of
Directors of the Issuer, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to
the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to
the provisions of Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of
such series for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others
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similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee with respect
to such series. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it
may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor
trustee.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of each series at the time outstanding may at any time remove
the Trustee with respect to Securities of such series and appoint a successor
trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by delivering to the
Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the Issuer
the evidence provided for in Section 7.1 of the action in that regard taken by
the Securityholders.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to
any series and any appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such
series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.10 shall become
effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided
in Section 6.11.
SECTION 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee.
Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.10 shall execute and
deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee with respect to all or any applicable series shall become
effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and
obligations with respect to such series of its predecessor hereunder, with
like effect as if originally named as trustee for such series hereunder; but,
nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer or of the successor
trustee, upon payment of its charges then unpaid, the trustee ceasing to act
shall, subject to Section 10.4, pay over to the successor trustee all moneys
at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and
obligations. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall
execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting
in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any
trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a prior claim upon all
property or funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then
due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.6.
If a successor trustee is appointed with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the predecessor
Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of any
applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto,
which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable
to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series as to which the
predecessor Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
predecessor Trustee, and 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 under separate indentures.
No successor trustee with respect to any series of Securities
shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under Section
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310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and eligible under the provisions of
Section 6.9.
Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as
provided in this Section 6.11, the Issuer shall give notice thereof (a) if any
Unregistered Securities of a series affected are then Outstanding, to the
Holders thereof, by publication of such notice at least once in an Authorized
Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and at least once
in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if required by Section 3.9, at
least once in an Authorized Newspaper in Luxembourg), (b) if any Unregistered
Securities of a series affected are then Outstanding, to the Holders thereof
who have filed their names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section
313(c)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, by mailing such notice to such
Holders at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee (and the Trustee
shall make such information available to the Issuer for such purpose) and (c)
to the Holders of Registered Securities of each series affected, by mailing
such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the
registry books. If the acceptance of appointment is substantially
contemporaneous with the resignation, then the notice called for by the
preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by Section 6.10.
If the Issuer fails to give such notice within ten days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such
notice to be given at the expense of the Issuer.
SECTION 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business of Trustee. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged
or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such corporation shall be qualified under Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and eligible under the provisions of Section 6.9,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed
to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities of any series
shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the
Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee
and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of
the Securities of any series shall not have been authenticated, any successor
to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any
predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such
cases such certificate shall have the full force that it is anywhere in the
Securities of such series or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of
the Trustee shall have; provided, that the right to adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities of any
series in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its
successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
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SECTION 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. As long as
any Securities of a series remain Outstanding, the Trustee may, by an
instrument in writing, appoint with the approval of the Issuer an
authenticating agent (the "Authenticating Agent"), which shall be authorized
to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities, including
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Securities issued upon exchange, registration of transfer, partial redemption
or pursuant to Section 2.9. Securities of each such series authenticated by
such Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the
Trustee. Whenever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication
and delivery of Securities of any series by the Trustee or to 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 for such series and a Certificate of Authentication executed on behalf
of the Trustee by such Authenticating Agent. Such Authenticating Agent shall
at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $5,000,000 (determined as provided in Section 6.9 with respect to the
Trustee) and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State
authority.
Any corporation into which any 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 any
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
corporate agency business of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be
the Authenticating Agent with respect to all series of Securities for which it
served as Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or
any further act on the part of the Trustee or such Authenticating Agent. Any
Authenticating Agent may at any time, and if it shall cease to be eligible
shall, resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to
the Issuer.
Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a
termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 with respect
to one or more series of Securities, the Trustee shall upon receipt of an
Issuer Order appoint a successor Authenticating Agent and the Issuer shall
provide notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of such series
in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 11.4. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become
vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent.
The Issuer agrees to pay to the Authenticating Agent for such series from time
to time reasonable compensation. The Authenticating Agent for the Securities
of any series shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken
by it as such at the direction of the Trustee.
Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6 and 7.3 shall be applicable to any
Authenticating Agent.
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 7.1 Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders. Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by a specified
percentage in principal amount of the Securityholders of any or all series may
be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially
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similar tenor signed by such specified percentage of Securityholders in person
or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Trustee. Proof of execution of any
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for
any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2) conclusive
in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this
Article.
SECTION 7.2 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding
of Securities. Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the execution of any
instrument by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy may be proved in the
following manner:
(a) The fact and date of the execution by any Holder of any
instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or
other officer of any jurisdiction authorized to take acknowledgments
of deeds or administer oaths that the person executing such
instruments acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an
affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such
notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by or on
behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate
or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of the authority
of the person executing the same. The fact of the holding by any
Holder of an Unregistered Security of any series, and the identifying
number of such Security and the date of his holding the same, may be
proved by the production of such Security or by a certificate
executed by any trust company, bank, banker or recognized securities
dealer wherever situated satisfactory to the Trustee, if such
certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. Each
such certificate shall be dated and shall state that on the date
thereof a Security of such series bearing a specified identifying
number was deposited with or exhibited to such trust company, bank,
banker or recognized securities dealer by the person named in such
certificate. Any such certificate may be issued in respect of one or
more Unregistered Securities of one or more series specified therein.
The holding by the person named in any such certificate of any
Unregistered Securities of any series specified therein shall be
presumed to continue for a period of one year from the date of such
certificate unless at the time of any determination of such holding
(1) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the
same Securities shall be produced, or (2) the Security of such series
specified in such certificate shall be produced by some other person,
or (3) the Security of such series specified in such certificate
shall have ceased to be Outstanding. Subject to Sections 6.1 and
6.2, the fact and date of the execution of any such instrument and
the amount and numbers of Securities of any series held by the person
so executing such instrument and the amount and numbers of any
Security or Securities for such series may also be proven in
accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be
prescribed by the Trustee for such series or in any other manner that
the Trustee for such series may deem sufficient.
(b) In the case of Registered Securities, the ownership of
such Securities shall be proved by the Security register or by a
certificate of the Security registrar.
The Issuer may set a record date for purposes of determining
the identity of Holders of Registered Securities of any series entitled to
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vote or consent to any action referred to in Section 7.1, which record date
may be set at any time or from time to time by notice to the Trustee, for any
date or dates (in the case of any adjournment or reconsideration) not more
than 60 days nor less than five days prior to the proposed date of such vote
or consent, and thereafter, notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, with
respect to Registered Securities of any series, only Holders of Registered
Securities of such series of record on such record date shall be entitled to
so vote or give such consent or revoke such vote or consent.
SECTION 7.3 Holders to be Treated as Owners. The Issuer, the
Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the
person in whose name any Security shall be registered upon the Security
register for such series as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or
not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or
on account of the principal of and, subject to the provisions of this
Indenture, interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither
the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary. The Issuer, the Trustee and any agent
of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the Holder of any Unregistered Security
and the Holder of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Unregistered
Security or Coupon (whether or not such Unregistered Security or Coupon shall
be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof
and for all other purposes and neither the Issuer, the Trustee, nor any agent
of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
All such payments so made to any such person, or upon his order, shall be
valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and
discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Unregistered Security
or Coupon.
SECTION 7.4 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount
of Outstanding Securities of any or all series have concurred in any
direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities that are owned
by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which
such determination is being made or by any person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such
determination is being made shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the
purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
any such direction, consent or waiver only Securities that the Trustee knows
are 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 Issuer or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities. In case of a dispute as to
such right, the advice of counsel shall be full protection in respect of any
decision made by the Trustee in accordance with such advice. Upon request of
the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officer's
Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the
Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above-described
persons; and, subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the Trustee shall be entitled
to accept such Officer's Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts
therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not listed therein are
Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.
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SECTION 7.5 Right of Revocation of Action Taken. At any time
prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section
7.1, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be,
specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a
Security the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included
among the serial numbers of the Securities the Holders of which have consented
to such action may, by filing written notice at the Corporate Trust Office and
upon proof of holding as provided in this Article, revoke such action so far as
concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the
Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and of any Securities
issued in exchange or substitution therefor or on registration of transfer
thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made
upon any such Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case
may be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be
conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all the
Securities affected by such action.
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Securityholders. The Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of
Directors (which resolution may provide general terms or parameters for such
action and may provide that the specific terms of such action may be
determined in accordance with or pursuant to an Issuer Order), and the Trustee
may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto, which comply with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
then in effect, for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of
the Holders, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and the
continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants an Event
of Default, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon
the Issuer; or
(b) 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; or
(c) to establish the forms or terms of Securities of any
series or of the Coupons appertaining to such Securities as permitted
by Sections 2.1 and 2.3; or
(c) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provisions herein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to such matters or
questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders.
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The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained and to accept the
conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property
thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such
supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section may be executed without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of
Section 8.2.
SECTION 8.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Securityholders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article Seven) of
the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding of all series affected by such supplemental
indenture (voting as one class), the Issuer, when authorized by a resolution
of its Board of Directors (which resolution may provide general terms or
parameters for such action and may provide that the specific terms of such
action may be determined in accordance with or pursuant to an Issuer Order),
and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto, which comply with the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as then in effect, for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions
of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series or of
the Coupons appertaining to such Securities, except that no such supplemental
indenture shall (a) extend the final maturity of any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of
interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof, or make
the principal thereof (including any amount in respect of original issue
discount), or interest thereon payable in any coin or currency other than that
provided in the Securities and Coupons or in accordance with the terms
thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount
Security that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.1 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy
pursuant to Section 5.2, or alter the provisions of Section 11.11 or 11.12 or
impair or affect the right of any Securityholder to institute suit for the
payment or conversion (if applicable) thereof or, if the Securities provide
therefor, any right of repayment at the option of the Securityholder and any
right to convert, in each case without the consent of the Holder of each
Security so affected, or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities of
any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for any such
supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of each Security so
affected.
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 that
modifies the rights of Holders of Securities of such series, or of Coupons
appertaining to such Securities, with respect to such covenant or provision,
shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders
of Securities of any other series or of the Coupons appertaining to such
Securities.
Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a
resolution of the Board of Directors (which resolution may provide general
terms or parameters for such action and may provide that the specific terms of
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such action may be determined in accordance with or pursuant to an Issuer
Order) certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer
authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the
filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of the Holders of the
Securities as aforesaid and other documents, if any, required by Section 7.1,
the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such supplemental
indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the
Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such
supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the
Securityholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the
Trustee shall give notice thereof (i) to the Holders of then Outstanding
Registered Securities of each series affected thereby, by mailing a notice
thereof by first-class mail to such Holders at their addresses as they shall
appear on the Security register, (ii) if any Unregistered Securities of a
series affected thereby are then Outstanding, to the Holders thereof who have
filed their names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2)
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, by mailing a notice thereof by first-class
mail to such Holders at such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee and
(iii) if any Unregistered Securities of a series affected thereby are then
Outstanding, to all Holders thereof, by publication of a notice thereof at
least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York and at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in London (and, if
required by Section 3.6, at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in
Luxembourg), and in each case such notice shall set forth in general terms the
substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Issuer to give
such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or
affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 8.3 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof,
this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance
therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations,
duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the
Holders of Securities of each series affected thereby shall thereafter be
determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such
supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and
conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 8.4 Documents to Be Given to Trustee. The Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, may receive an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article 8 complies with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 8.5 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental
Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee for such series as
to any matter provided for by such supplemental indenture or as to any action
taken by Securityholders. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine,
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new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture
contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Issuer,
authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of
such series then Outstanding.
ARTICLE NINE
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 9.1 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain
Terms. The Issuer shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any Person, and the Issuer shall not permit any other Person to consolidate
with or merge into the Issuer, unless:
(a) either the Issuer shall be the continuing corporation, or
the corporation (if other than the Issuer) formed by such
consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or to which the
properties and assets of the Issuer substantially as an entity are
transferred or leased shall be a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof
or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee,
in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the
Issuer under the Securities and this Indenture);
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Event of Default, and no event that, after notice or lapse of time or
both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be
continuing; and
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, transfer or lease and any such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent
provided for herein relating to such transaction have been complied
with.
SECTION 9.2 Successor Corporation Substituted. The successor
corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or
to which such transfer or lease is made shall succeed to and be substituted
for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named
as the Issuer herein, and thereafter (except in the case of a lease to another
Person) the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under the Indenture and the Securities and, in the event of such
conveyance or transfer, any such predecessor corporation may be dissolved and
liquidated.
ARTICLE TEN
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 10.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. (A) If
at any time (a) the Issuer shall have paid or caused to be paid the principal
of and interest on all the Securities of any series Outstanding hereunder and
all unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto (other than Securities of such
series and Coupons appertaining thereto that have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) as and
when the same shall have become due and payable, or (b) the Issuer shall have
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of any series
theretofore authenticated and all unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto
(other than any Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto
that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) or (c) in the case of any series
of Securities where the exact amount (including the currency of payment) of
principal of and interest due on which can be determined at the time of making
the deposit referred to in clause (ii) below, (i) all the Securities of such
series and all unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable,
or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and (ii) the Issuer shall have
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds the entire amount in cash (other than moneys repaid by the Trustee or any
paying agent to the Issuer in accordance with Section 10.4) or, in the case of
any series of Securities the payments on which may only be made in Dollars,
direct obligations of the United States of America, backed by its full faith
and credit ("U.S. Government Obligations"), maturing as to principal and
interest at such times and in such amounts as will insure the availability of
cash, or a combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay (A) the principal and
interest on all Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto on
each date that such principal or interest is due and payable and (B) any
mandatory sinking fund payments on the dates on which such payments are due
and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities
of such series; and if, in any such case, the Issuer shall also pay or cause
to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer, then this Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) rights of registration
of transfer and exchange of Securities of such Series and of Coupons
appertaining thereto and the Issuer's right of optional redemption, if any,
(ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities
or Coupons, (iii) rights of holders of Securities and Coupons appertaining
thereto to receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, upon
the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration), and
remaining rights of the Holders to receive mandatory sinking fund payments,
if any, (iv) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder, (v) the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series and
Coupons appertaining thereto as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the
property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them, and (vi)
the obligations of the Issuer under Section 3.2) and the Trustee, on demand of
the Issuer accompanied by an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging such satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture; provided,
that the rights of Holders of the Securities and Coupons to receive amounts in
respect of principal of and interest on the Securities and Coupons held by
them shall not be delayed longer than required by then-applicable mandatory
rules or policies of any securities exchange upon which the Securities are
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listed. The Issuer agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses
thereafter reasonably and properly incurred and to compensate the Trustee for
any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in
connection with this Indenture or the Securities of such series.
(B) The following provisions shall apply to the Securities of
each series unless specifically otherwise provided in a Board Resolution,
Officer's Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto provided pursuant to
Section 2.3. In addition to discharge of the Indenture pursuant to the next
preceding paragraph, in the case of any series of Securities the exact amounts
(including the currency of payment) of principal of and interest due on which
can be determined at the time of making the deposit referred to in clause (a)
below, the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness on all the Securities of such a series and the Coupons
appertaining thereto on the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph
(a) below, and the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the Securities
of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto shall no longer be in effect
(except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of
Securities of such series and of Coupons appertaining thereto and the Issuer's
right of optional redemption, if any, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or Coupons, (iii) rights of Holders of
Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto to receive payments of principal
thereof and interest thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor (but
not upon acceleration), and remaining rights of the Holders to receive
mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (iv) the rights, obligations, duties
and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, (v) the rights of the Holders of
Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto as beneficiaries
hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to
all or any of them and (vi) the obligations of the Issuer under Section 3.2)
and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall at the Issuer's request,
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same, if
(a) with reference to this provision the Issuer has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining thereto (i) cash
in an amount, or (ii) in the case of any series of Securities the
payments on which may only be made in Dollars, U.S. Government
Obligations, maturing as to principal and interest at such times and
in such amounts as will insure the availability of cash or (iii) a
combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay (A) the
principal and interest on all Securities of such series and Coupons
appertaining thereto on each date that such principal or interest is
due and payable and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments on the
dates on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture and the Securities of such series;
(b) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which
the Issuer is a party or by which it is bound;
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel based on the fact that (x) the Issuer has received from, or
there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or
(y) since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable
Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and such
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opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such
series and Coupons appertaining thereto 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; and
(d) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance
contemplated by this provision have been complied with.
(C) The Issuer shall be released from its obligations under
Section 9.1 with respect to the Securities of any series, and any Coupons
appertaining thereto, Outstanding on and after the date the conditions set
forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"). For this
purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the Issuer may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in such
Section, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to such Section or by reason of any reference in such Section to any
other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply
shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 5.1, but the remainder
of this Indenture and such Securities and Coupons shall be unaffected thereby.
The following shall be the conditions to application of this subsection (C) of
this Section 10.1:
(a) The Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of
making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for,
and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the holders of the Securities
of such series and coupons appertaining thereto, (i) cash in an
amount, or (ii) in the case of any series of Securities the payments
on which may only be made in Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations
maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such
amounts as will insure the availability of cash or (iii) a
combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay (A) the
principal and interest on all Securities of such series and Coupons
appertaining thereto and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments on
the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture and the Securities of such series;
(b) No Event of Default or event that with notice or lapse of
time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit;
(c) Such covenant defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to
have a conflicting interest as defined in Section 6.8 and for
purposes of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with respect to any
securities of the Issuer;
(d) Such covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any
other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by
which it is bound;
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(e) Such covenant defeasance shall not cause any Securities
then listed on any registered national securities exchange under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be delisted;
(f) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of the Securities of such series and Coupons appertaining
thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject
to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance
had not occurred; and
(g) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
all conditions precedent provided for relating to the covenant
defeasance contemplated by this provision have been complied with.
SECTION 10.2 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for
Payment of Securities. Subject to Section 10.4, all moneys deposited with the
Trustee (or other trustee) pursuant to Section 10.1 shall be held in trust and
applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent
(including the Issuer acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the
particular Securities of such series and of Coupons appertaining thereto for
the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the
Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest;
but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law.
SECTION 10.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect
to Securities of any series, all moneys then held by any paying agent under
the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities
shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and
thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such moneys.
SECTION 10.4 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent
Unclaimed for Two Years. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or
any paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any
Security of any series or Coupons attached thereto and not applied but
remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such principal or
interest shall have become due and payable, shall, upon the written request of
the Issuer and unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable
escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Issuer by the
Trustee for such series or such paying agent, and the Holder of the Securities
of such series and of any Coupons appertaining thereto shall, unless otherwise
required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or
unclaimed property laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment
that such Holder may be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee
or any paying agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such paying agent, before being
required to make any such repayment with respect to moneys deposited with it
for any payment (a) in respect of Registered Securities of any series, shall
at the expense of the Issuer, mail by first-class mail to Holders of such
Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register,
and (b) in respect of Unregistered Securities of any series, shall at the
expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and once in an Authorized
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Newspaper in London (and if required by Section 3.9, once in an Authorized
Newspaper in Luxembourg), notice, that such moneys remain and that, after a
date specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty days from the date
of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then
remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.
SECTION 10.5 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The
Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other
charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 10.1 or the principal or interest received in
respect of such obligations.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and
Directors of Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability. No recourse under or
upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in
any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had
against any incorporator, as such or against any past, present or future
stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor,
either directly or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law,
statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or
by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being
expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities and the
Coupons appertaining thereto by the Holders thereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities and the Coupons appertaining
thereto.
SECTION 11.2 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of
Parties and Holders of Securities and Coupons. Nothing in this Indenture, in
the Securities or in the Coupons appertaining thereto, expressed or implied,
shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other
than the parties hereto and their successors and the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities or Coupons, if any, any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture or under any covenant or
provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the
sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors, the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities or Coupons, if any.
SECTION 11.3 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by
Indenture. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this
Indenture contained by or in behalf of the Issuer shall bind its successors
and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 11.4 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and
Holders of Securities and Coupons. Any notice or demand that by any provision
of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the
Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or Coupons to or on the Issuer may be
given or served by being deposited postage prepaid, first-class mail (except
as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed (until another address of
the Issuer is filed by the Issuer with the Trustee) to SunAmerica Inc., 11601
Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90025-1748, Attention: Secretary.
Any notice, direction, request or demand by the Issuer or any Holder of
Securities or Coupons to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been
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sufficiently given or served by being deposited postage prepaid, first-class
mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed (until
another address of the Trustee is filed by the Trustee with the Issuer) to THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126,
Attention: Corporate Trust Services Division.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of
Registered Securities, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled thereto, at his last address as it
appears in the Security register. In any case where notice to such 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.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in
regular mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer
when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this
Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such
notice.
SECTION 11.5 Officer's Certificates and Opinions of Counsel;
Statements to Be Contained Therein. Upon any application or demand by the
Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent 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 have
been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand
as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand,
no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the
person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition,
(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 such
person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not,
in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the
Issuer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of or representations by counsel, unless such officer
knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as
aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know
that the same are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel
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may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, information with
respect to which is in the possession of the Issuer, upon the certificate,
statement or opinion of or representations by an officer or officers of the
Issuer, unless such counsel knows that the certificate, statement or opinion
or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate,
statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the
Issuer or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant
or firm of accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless such officer or
counsel, as the case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his
certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or
in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public
accountants filed with and directed to the Trustee shall contain a statement
that such firm is independent.
SECTION 11.6 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.
If the date of maturity of interest on or principal of the Securities of any
series or any Coupons appertaining thereto or the date fixed for redemption or
repayment of any such Security or Coupon shall not be a Business Day, then
payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest
shall accrue for the period after such date.
SECTION 11.7 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust
Indenture Act of 1939. If and to the extent that any provision of this
Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with
another provision (an "incorporated provision") included in this Indenture by
operation of, Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.
SECTION 11.8 New York Law to Govern. This Indenture and each
Security and Coupon shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the
State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of such State, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory
provisions of law.
SECTION 11.9 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.10 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall
not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 11.11 Securities in a Foreign Currency or in ECU.
Unless otherwise specified in an Officer's Certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 2.3 of this Indenture with respect to a particular series of
Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by
the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of
Securities of all series or all series affected by a particular action at the
time Outstanding and, at such time, there are Outstanding Securities of any
series that are denominated in a coin or currency other than Dollars
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(including ECUs), then the principal amount of Securities of such series that
shall be deemed to be Outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall
be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the Market
Exchange Rate. For purposes of this Section 11.11, Market Exchange Rate shall
mean the noon Dollar buying rate in New York City for cable transfers of that
currency as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided,
however, in the case of ECUs, Market Exchange Rate shall mean the rate of
exchange determined by the Commission of the European Communities (or any
successor thereto) as published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities (such publication or any successor publication, the "Journal").
If such Market Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect to
such currency, the Trustee shall use, in its sole discretion and without
liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
or, in the case of ECUs, the rate of exchange as published in the Journal, as
of the most recent available date, or quotations or, in the case of ECUs,
rates of exchange from one or more major banks in The City of New York or in
the country of issue of the currency in question, which for purposes of the
ECU shall be Brussels, Belgium, or such other quotations or, in the case of
ECU, rates of exchange as the Trustee shall deem appropriate. The provisions
of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in
respect of Securities of a series denominated in a currency other than Dollars
in connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the
terms of this Indenture.
All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the
Market Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in the
preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence
of manifest error, be conclusive to the extent permitted by law for all
purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Issuer and all Holders.
SECTION 11.12 Judgment Currency. The Issuer 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 in respect of the principal of or interest on the Securities of
any series (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 day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless
such day is not a New York Banking Day, then, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, 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 the day on which final unappealable judgment is
entered 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 TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this
Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series that are
redeemable before their maturity or to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.3 for Securities of such series.
SECTION 12.2 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions.
Notice of redemption to the Holders of Registered Securities of any series to
be redeemed as a whole or in part at the option of the Issuer shall be given
by mailing notice of such redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, at
least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption
to such Holders of Securities of such series at their last addresses as they
shall appear upon the registry books. Notice of redemption to the Holders of
Unregistered Securities to be redeemed as a whole or in part, who have filed
their names and addresses with the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall be given by mailing notice of such
redemption, by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not
more than 60 prior to the date fixed for redemption, to such Holders at such
addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee (and, in the case of any such
notice given by the Issuer, the Trustee shall make such information available
to the Issuer for such purpose). Notice of redemption to all other Holders of
Unregistered Securities shall be published in an Authorized Newspaper in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and in an Authorized Newspaper in
London (and, if required by Section 3.9, in an Authorized Newspaper in
Luxembourg), in each case, once in each of three successive calendar weeks, the
first publication to be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
date fixed for redemption. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or
not the Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any
defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for
redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such series.
The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify, the
principal amount of each Security of such series held by such Holder to be
redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price, the place or
places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender
of such Securities and, in the case of Securities with Coupons attached
thereto, of all Coupons appertaining thereto maturing after the date fixed for
redemption, that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional
sinking fund, or both, if such be the case, that interest accrued to the date
fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in such notice and that on and
after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed
will cease to accrue and will specify any conversion price then in effect and
when any right to convert such Security on part thereof to be redeemed will
expire. In case any Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only the
notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for
redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of
such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will
be issued.
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The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be
redeemed at the option of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the
Issuer's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.
On or before the redemption date specified in the notice of
redemption given as provided in this Section, the Issuer will deposit with the
Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Issuer is acting as its
own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 3.4) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date
all the Securities of such series so called for redemption (other than those,
if any, theretofore surrendered for conversion) at the appropriate redemption
price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If
any Security called for redemption is converted pursuant hereto, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent or so segregated and held in
trust for the redemption of such Security shall be paid to the Issuer upon the
Issuer's request, or, if then held by the Issuer, shall be discharged from
such trust. The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee at least 70 days prior to
the date fixed for redemption an Officer's Certificate stating the aggregate
principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. In case of a redemption at the
election of the Issuer prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the giving of
any notice of redemption to Holders pursuant to this Section, an Officer's
Certificate stating that such restriction has been complied with.
If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed,
the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and
fair, Securities of such Series to be redeemed in whole or in part.
Securities may be redeemed in part in multiples equal to the minimum
authorized denomination for Securities of such series or any multiple thereof.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Securities of
such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities of such
series 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 of any
series 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 that has
been or is to be redeemed. If any Security selected for partial redemption is
surrendered for conversion after such selection, the converted portion of such
Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for
redemption. Upon any redemption of less than all the Securities of any
series, the Issuer and the Trustee may treat as outstanding any Securities of
such series surrendered for conversion during the period of 15 days next
preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption, and need not treat as
outstanding any Security authenticated and delivered during such period in
exchange for the unconverted portion of any Security of such series converted
in part during such period.
SECTION 12.3 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If
notice of redemption has been given as above provided, the Securities or
portions of Securities specified in such notice shall become due and payable
on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Issuer shall default in the
payment of such Securities at the redemption price, together with interest
accrued to said date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities so
called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and the unmatured Coupons, if
any, appertaining thereto shall be void, and, except as provided in Sections
6.5 and 10.4, such Securities shall cease from and after the date fixed for
redemption to be convertible or entitled to any other benefit or security
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under this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect
of such Securities except the right to receive the redemption price thereof and
unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and
surrender of such Securities at a place of payment specified in said notice,
together with all Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the
date fixed for redemption, said Securities or the specified portions thereof
shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the applicable redemption price,
together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption;
provided that payment of interest becoming due on or prior to the date fixed
for redemption shall be payable in the case of Securities with Coupons
attached thereto, to the Holders of the Coupons for such interest upon
surrender thereof, and in the case of Registered Securities, to the Holders of
such Registered Securities registered as such on the relevant record date
subject to the terms and provisions of Sections 2.3 and 2.7 hereof.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly
provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of
interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security) borne by such Security and such Security shall remain convertible in
accordance with its terms until paid or duly provided for.
If any Security with Coupons attached thereto is surrendered
for redemption and is not accompanied by all appurtenant Coupons maturing
after the date fixed for redemption, the surrender of such missing Coupon or
Coupons may be waived by the Issuer and the Trustee, if there be furnished to
each of them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of
them harmless.
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the
Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on
the order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new Security
or Securities of such series, of authorized denominations, in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
SECTION 12.4 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility
for Selection for Redemption. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility
for selection for redemption if they are identified by registration and
certificate number in an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee at
least 40 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be
given as being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or
hypothecated by either (a) the Issuer or (b) an entity specifically identified
in such written statement as directly or indirectly controlling or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer.
SECTION 12.5 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the
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 the Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment". The date on which a sinking fund payment is to be made
is herein referred to as the "sinking fund payment date".
In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund
payment with respect to any series of Securities in cash, the Issuer may at
its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of such series theretofore
purchased or otherwise acquired (except upon redemption pursuant to the
mandatory sinking fund) by the Issuer or receive credit for Securities of such
series (not previously so credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired
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(except as aforesaid) by the Issuer or converted and delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10, (b) receive credit for optional
sinking fund payments (not previously so credited) made pursuant to this
Section, or (c) receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously
so credited) redeemed by the Issuer through any optional redemption provision
contained in the terms of such series. Securities so delivered or credited
shall be received or credited by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption
price specified in such Securities.
On or before the 60th day next preceding each sinking fund
payment date for any series, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate (which need not contain the statements required by
Section 11.5) (a) specifying the portion of the mandatory sinking fund payment
to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion to be satisfied by credit
of Securities of such series and the basis for such credit, (b) stating that
none of the Securities of such series has theretofore been so credited, (c)
stating that no defaults in the payment of interest or Events of Default with
respect to such series have occurred (which have not been waived or cured) and
are continuing and (d) stating whether or not the Issuer intends to exercise
its right to make an optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series
and, if so, specifying the amount of such optional sinking fund payment that
the Issuer intends to pay on or before the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date. Any Securities of such series to be credited and required to be
delivered to the Trustee in order for the Issuer to be entitled to credit
therefor as aforesaid that have not theretofore been delivered to the Trustee
shall be delivered for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10 to the Trustee
with such Officer's Certificate (or reasonably promptly thereafter if
acceptable to the Trustee). Such Officer's Certificate shall be irrevocable
and upon its receipt by the Trustee the Issuer shall become unconditionally
obligated to make all the cash payments or payments therein referred to, if
any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Failure of
the Issuer, on or before any such 60th day, to deliver such Officer's
Certificate and Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not
constitute a default but shall constitute, on and as of such date, the
irrevocable election of the Issuer (i) that the mandatory sinking fund payment
for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be
paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or credit Securities of
such series in respect thereof and (ii) that the Issuer will make no optional
sinking fund payment with respect to such series as provided in this Section.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional
or both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date
plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash
shall exceed $50,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any Foreign Currency or
ECU) or a lesser sum in Dollars (or the equivalent thereof in any Foreign
Currency or ECU) if the Issuer shall so request with respect to the Securities
of any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such series at
the sinking fund redemption price together with accrued interest to the date
fixed for redemption. If such amount shall be $50,000 (or the equivalent
thereof in any Foreign Currency or ECU) or less and the Issuer makes no such
request then it shall be carried over until a sum in excess of $50,000 (or the
equivalent thereof in any Foreign Currency or ECU) is available. The Trustee
shall select, in the manner provided in Section 12.2, for redemption on such
sinking fund payment date a sufficient principal amount of Securities of such
series to absorb said cash, as nearly as may be, and shall (if requested in
writing by the Issuer) inform the Issuer of the serial numbers of the
Securities of such series (or portions thereof) so selected. Securities shall
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be excluded from eligibility for redemption under this Section if they are
identified by registration and certificate number in an Officer's Certificate
delivered to the Trustee at least 60 days prior to the sinking fund payment
date as being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or
hypothecated by either (a) the Issuer or (b) an entity specifically identified
in such Officer's Certificate as directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer. The
Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer (or the Issuer, if it
shall so request the Trustee in writing) shall cause notice of redemption of
the Securities of such series to be given in substantially the manner provided
in Section 12.2 (and with the effect provided in Section 12.3) for the
redemption of Securities of such series in part at the option of the Issuer.
The amount of any sinking fund payments not so applied or allocated to the
redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to the next cash
sinking fund payment for such series and, together with such payment, shall be
applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all
sinking fund moneys held on the stated maturity date of the Securities of any
particular series (or earlier, if such maturity is accelerated), which are not
held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such series
shall be applied, together with other moneys, if necessary, sufficient for the
purpose, to the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the Securities
of such series at maturity. The Issuer's obligation to make a mandatory or
optional sinking fund payment shall automatically be reduced by an amount
equal to the sinking fund redemption price allocable to any Securities or
portions thereof called for redemption pursuant to the preceding paragraph on
any sinking fund payment date and converted; provided, that if the Trustee is
not the conversion agent for the Securities, the Issuer or such conversion
agent shall give the Trustee written notice prior to the date fixed for
redemption of the principal amount of Securities or portions thereof so
converted.
On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Issuer shall
pay to the Trustee in cash or shall otherwise provide for the payment of all
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed
on the next following sinking fund payment date.
The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any
Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or give any notice of
redemption of Securities for such series by operation of the sinking fund
during the continuance of a default in payment of interest on such Securities
or of any Event of Default except that, where the giving of notice of
redemption of any Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee
shall redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it shall
have received from the Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption. 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 the sinking fund, shall, during the continuance of such default or Event
of Default, be deemed to have been collected under Article Five and held for
the payment of all such Securities. In case such Event of Default shall have
been waived as provided in Section 5.10 or the default cured on or before the
sixtieth day preceding the sinking fund payment date in any year, such moneys
shall thereafter be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date
in accordance with this Section to the redemption of such Securities.
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 October , 1996.
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SUNAMERICA INC.
By _____________________
Title:
Name:
[CORPORATE SEAL]
Attest:
By _______________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By _____________________
Name:
Title:
[CORPORATE SEAL]
Attest:
By _______________________
Name:
Title:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES)
On this ____ of October, 1996 before me personally came
, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose
and say that he resides at that he is the of
SunAmerica Inc., one of the corporations described in and that executed the
above instrument; that he knows the corporate 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
_______________________
Notary Public
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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this ____ of October 1996 before me personally came , to
me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he
resides at that he is a [ ] of THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, one of the corporations described in and that executed the
above instrument; that he knows the corporate 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
_______________________
Notary Public
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EXHIBI 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Prospectus constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of
our report dated November 6, 1995 appearing on page F-2 of SunAmerica
Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1995.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the
Financial Statement Schedules, which appears on page S-2 of such Annual
Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts".
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Los Angeles California
October 24, 1996
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EXHIBIT 25.1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY
OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
A National Banking Association 36-0899825
(I.R.S. employer
identification number)
One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
The First National Bank of Chicago
One First National Plaza, Suite 0286
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0286
Attn: Lynn A. Goldstein, Law Department (312) 732-6919
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
__________________
SUNAMERICA INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Maryland 86-0176061
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification number)
1 SunAmerica Center
Los Angeles, California 90067-6022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Senior Debentures
(Title of Indenture Securities)
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Item 1. General Information. Furnish the following
information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or
supervising authority to which it is subject.
Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D.C.,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
Washington, D.C., The Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, Washington D.C.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise
corporate trust powers.
The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate
trust powers.
Item 2. Affiliations With the Obligor. If the obligor
is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
No such affiliation exists with the trustee.
Item 16. List of exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as a
part of this Statement of Eligibility.
1. A copy of the articles of association of the
trustee now in effect.
2. A copy of the certificates of authority of the
trustee to commence business.
3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to
exercise corporate trust powers.
4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee.
5. Not Applicable.
6. The consent of the trustee required by
Section 321(b) of the Act.
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the
trustee published pursuant to law or the
requirements of its supervising or examining
authority.
8. Not Applicable.
9. Not Applicable.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, The First National Bank of Chicago, a national
banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all
in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois, on the 17th day of
October, 1996.
The First National Bank of Chicago,
Trustee
By /s/ Richard D. Manella
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Richard D. Manella
Vice President
EXHIBIT 1
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
(Corrected To July 12, 1996)
FIRST. The title of this Association, organized for the purpose of
carrying on the business of banking under the laws of the United States, shall
be "The First National Bank of Chicago".
SECOND. The main office of this Association shall be in Chicago, County
of Cook, State of Illinois. The business of the Association shall be
conducted at its main office and its branches.
THIRD. The Board of Directors of this Association shall consist of not
less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, the exact number of
directors within such minimum and maximum limits to be fixed and determined
from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full Board of Directors
or by resolution of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof.
Any vacancy in the Board of Directors may be filled by action of a majority of
the remaining directors between meetings of shareholders. The Board of
Directors, by the vote of a majority of the full Board, may, between meetings
of shareholders, increase the membership of the Board within such maximum
limit by not more than four members if the number of directors last elected by
shareholders was 16 or more and by not more than two members if the number of
directors last elected by shareholders was 15 or less.
FOURTH. The regular annual meeting of the shareholders of this
Association shall be held at its main banking house, or other convenient place
duly authorized by the Board of Directors, on such day of each year as is
specified therefor in the by-laws.
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FIFTH. The amount of authorized capital stock of this Association shall
be Five Hundred Twenty-Five Million Eight Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Two
Hundred Dollars ($525,858,200) divided into 26,292,910 shares of common stock
of the par value per share of Twenty Dollars ($20); but said capital stock may
be increased or decreased from time to time, in accordance with the provisions
of the laws of the United States.
In the event of any such increase in the capital stock of this
Association by the sale of additional shares or the distribution of additional
shares as a stock dividend, each shareholder of this Association (unless
otherwise provided by the shareholders' vote or votes authorizing the
increase) shall be entitled, in proportion to the number of shares of said
capital stock owned by him before such increase, to proportionate rights in
respect of such additional shares as follows: (1) to the extent that such
shareholder's proportionate right in respect of such additional shares shall
embrace one or more whole shares of such additional shares, to receive (a) in
the case of a sale, a transferable warrant entitling the holder to subscribe,
within the specified subscription period, for such one or more whole shares of
such additional shares or (b) in the case of a stock dividend, a certificate
evidencing such one or more whole shares of such additional shares; and (2) to
the extent that such shareholder's proportionate right in respect of such
additional shares shall embrace a fraction of a share, to receive (a) in the
case of a sale, a fractional subscription warrant, conditioned that it shall
be void unless, within the specified subscription period, it is combined with
other such fractional subscription warrants in the aggregate entitling the
holder thereof to subscribe for a whole share or whole shares of such
additional shares and such subscription is completed by such holder of such
combined fractional warrants or (b) in the case of a stock dividend, a
fractional warrant which shall not represent or entitle the holder thereof to
any of the privileges of a shareholder of this Association but may be combined
with other such fractional warrants in the aggregate entitling the holder
thereof to exchange them for a whole share or whole shares of such additional
shares and conditioned that the holder exchanging such combined fractional
warrants for such whole share or whole shares of such additional shares shall
receive any dividends applicable to such whole share or whole shares declared
after the date of such fractional warrants and payable in respect of such
whole share or whole shares at the time of such exchange.
In the event of an increase in the capital stock of this Association in
pursuance of a statutory consolidation to which this Association may be a
party, the additional shares shall be issued in such a manner as the contract
or plan of consolidation may provide, pursuant to and in contemplation of the
statute under which said consolidation is effected.
In the event of an increase in the capital stock of this Association in
pursuance of a plan or contract (other than in the case of a statutory
consolidation) for the acquisition by this Association of the assets, in whole
or in part, and the good will of another banking institution or banker, the
additional shares shall be subscribed for by or issued to any persons, firms,
trustees or corporations, whether or not shareholders of this Association, as,
in its discretion in the execution of such plan or contract, the Board of
Directors may approve.
The Association, at any time and from time to time, may authorize and
issue debt obligations, whether or not subordinated, without the approval of
the shareholders.
SIXTH. The Board of Directors shall appoint one of its members
President of this Association, who shall be Chairman of the Board; but the
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Board of Directors may appoint a director, in lieu of the President, to be
Chairman of the Board, who shall perform such duties as may be designated by
the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the power to
appoint one or more Vice Presidents; to appoint a Cashier and such other
officers as may be required to transact the business of this Association; to
fix the salaries to be paid to all officers of this Association; and to
dismiss such officers, or any of them; but the Board of Directors may delegate
to the Chairman of the Board the authority to exercise such powers of
appointment, salary determination and dismissal.
The Board of Directors shall have the power to define the duties of
officers and employees of this Association, to require bonds from them, and to
fix the penalty thereof; to regulate the manner in which directors shall be
elected or appointed, and to appoint judges of election; in the event of an
increase of the capital stock of this Association to regulate the manner in
which such increase shall be made; to make all by-laws that it may be lawful
for them to make for the general regulation of the business of this
Association and the management of its affairs; and generally to do and perform
all acts that it may be lawful for a Board of Directors to do and perform.
The Board of Directors, without the approval of the shareholders, shall
have the power to change the location of the main office of this Association,
subject to such limitations as from time to time may be provided by law.
SEVENTH. This Association shall have succession from the date of its
organization certificate until such time as it be dissolved by the act of its
shareholders in accordance with the provisions of the banking laws of the
United States, or until its franchise becomes forfeited by reason of violation
of law, or until terminated by either a general or a special act of Congress,
or until its affairs be placed in the hands of a receiver and finally wound up
by him.
EIGHTH. The Board of Directors of this Association, the Chairman of the
Board, or the President, may call a special meeting of the shareholders at any
time: Provided, however, that, unless otherwise provided by the by-laws or the
laws of the United States, or waived by the shareholders, notice of the time,
place and purpose of the meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record
of this Association entitled to act and vote at such meeting, by a notice in
writing either mailed (prepaid first class postage) to such shareholder at his
address as shown upon the books of this Association or delivered manually to
such shareholder, not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for any such
meeting.
NINTH. (a) This Association shall indemnify and hold harmless each
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, by reason of the fact that he, or a
person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer
or employee of this Association, or is or was serving at the request of this
Association as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, to the fullest extent
permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same exists or
may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the
extent that such amendment permits this Association to provide broader
indemnification rights than said law permitted this Association to provide
prior to such amendment) against all expenses (including attorneys' fees,
judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. This Association may, by
action of the Board of Directors, provide indemnification to agents of this
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Association with a lesser or the same scope and effect as the foregoing
indemnification of directors, officers and employees of this Association.
(b) Expenses incurred by a director, officer or employee in defending a
civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by this Association
in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director, officer or
employee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is
not entitled to be indemnified by this Association. Such expenses incurred by
agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of
Directors deems appropriate.
(c) The indemnification provided by this Article does not authorize this
Association to indemnify any director, officer or employee against expenses,
penalties, or other payments incurred in an administrative proceeding or
action instituted by an appropriate bank regulatory agency which proceeding or
action results in a final order against such director, officer or employee
assessing civil money penalties or requiring affirmative action in the form of
payments to this Association.
(d) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this Article Ninth shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of
expenses may be entitled under any statute, by-law, agreement, vote of
shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, this Association may
indemnify any person referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article to the
fullest extent permitted under the statutes applicable to national banking
associations and the rules, regulations and interpretations promulgated
thereunder by the primary regulator of national banking associations, in each
case now or hereafter in effect.
(e) This Association shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of this Association, or is or was serving at the request of this Association
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, 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 this Association would have the power to
indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article.
This provision does not, however, authorize this Association to purchase
insurance covering civil money penalties assessed against a director or
employee of this Association pursuant to a formal order by an appropriate bank
regulatory agency.
(f) Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article Ninth, nor the
adoption of any provision of these Articles of Association inconsistent with
this Article Ninth, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article Ninth
in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim
that, but for this Article Ninth, would accrue or arise, prior to such
amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
TENTH. These Articles of Association may, subject to the provisions of
the banking laws of the United States, be amended at any regular or special
meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the shareholders owning
at least a majority of the stock of this Association.
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EXHIBIT 2
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Comptroller of the Currency
Administrator of National Banks
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Washington, DC 20219
Certificate
I, Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the currency, do hereby
certify that:
1. The Comptroller of the currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq.,
as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1, et seq., as amended, has
possession, custody and control of all records pertaining to the chartering,
regulation and supervision of all National Banking Associations.
2. "The First National Bank of Chicago", Chicago, Illinois, (Charter No. 8),
is a National Banking Association formed under the laws of the United States
and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking on the date
of this Certificate.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and caused my seal
of Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency to be affixed to these
presents at the Treasury Department,
in the City of Washington and
District of Columbia, this 17th day
of September, 1996.
/s/ Eugene A. Ludwig
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Comptroller of the Currency
EXHIBIT 3
______________________________________________________________________________
Comptroller of the Currency
Administrator of National Banks
______________________________________________________________________________
Washington, DC 20219
Certification of Fiduciary Powers
I, Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the currency, do hereby
certify the records in this Office evidence "The First National
Bank of Chicago", Chicago, Illinois, (Charter No. 8), was
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granted, under the hand and seal of the Comptroller, the right to
act in all fiduciary capacities authorized under the provisions
of The Act of Congress approved September 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 668,
12 U.S.C. 92a. I further certify the authority so granted remains
in full force and effect.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and caused my seal
of Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency to be affixed to these
presents at the Treasury Department,
in the City of Washington and
District of Columbia, this 17th day
of September, 1996.
/s/ Eugene A. Ludwig
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Comptroller of the Currency
EXHIBIT 4
BY-LAWS
OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED JULY 12, 1996
BY-LAWS
OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
To the extent not inconsistent with applicable Federal banking statutes
or regulations, or safe and sound banking practices, the Bank shall follow the
corporate governance procedures of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
amended.
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ARTICLE II
SHAREHOLDERS
SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. The regular annual meeting of shareholders
of the Bank to elect directors and to transact whatever other business may
properly come before the meeting shall be held in its main office on the
second Friday in May if not a legal holiday under the Laws of Illinois, and if
a legal holiday, then on the next business day following, at 11:30 A.M., or on
such other date and time as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.
If, for any cause, the annual election of directors should not be held on that
date, the Board shall order the election to be held on some subsequent day, of
which special notice shall be given.
SECTION 2. Judges of Election. To the extent required by law, the
Board of Directors shall, prior to the time of the election of directors,
appoint three persons to be Judges of Election, who shall hold and conduct the
same, and who shall, after the election has been held, certify under their
hands to the Cashier of the Bank the result thereof and the names of the
directors-elect.
SECTION 3. Notice to Directors-Elect. The Cashier upon receiving the
Certificate of the Judges of Election as aforesaid, shall cause the same to be
recorded upon the minute book of the Bank, and shall notify the
directors-elect of their election and of the time at which they are required
to meet at the main office of the Bank for the purpose of organizing the new
Board. If at the time fixed for the meeting of the directors-elect there
should not be a quorum present, the members present may adjourn from time to
time until a quorum is obtained.
SECTION 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may
be called in accordance with Article EIGHTH of the Bank's Articles of
Association.
SECTION 5. Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a
day not more than sixty (60) or less than ten (10) days prior to the date of
holding any regular or special meeting of shareholders as the day as of which
shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting shall be
determined.
SECTION 6. Notice. The Bank shall mail notice of any meeting of
shareholders at least 10 days prior to the meeting by first class mail, unless
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency determines that an emergency
circumstance exists. If the Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a company,
the sole shareholder may waive notice of the shareholder's meeting.
SECTION 7. Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Annual or Special
Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by law or the Articles of Association,
any action which may be taken at any annual or special shareholder meeting may
be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if
written consent setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by the
holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes
that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which
all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of
the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous
written consent shall be given to those shareholders who did not give written
consent.
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SECTION 8. Minutes. The proceedings of shareholders at all regular and
special meetings or by written consent in lieu of a meeting shall be recorded
in the minute book, together with the Articles of Association of the Bank and
the returns of the Judges of Election. The minutes of each meeting shall be
signed by the Presiding Officer, and attested by the Cashier, or other officer
of the Bank acting in place of the Cashier.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. Authority. The Board of Directors shall have the power to
manage and administer the business and affairs of the Bank. Except as
expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the Bank shall be vested in
and may be exercised by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Number. The Board of Directors shall at all times consist
of not less than five nor more than twenty-five individuals. The exact number
within such minimum and maximum limits shall be fixed and determined from time
to time by resolution of a majority of the full Board of Directors or by
resolution of the shareholders at any meeting thereof; provided, however, that
the Board of Directors may not increase the number of directors to a number
which: (1) exceeds by more than two the number of directors last elected by
shareholders where such number was fifteen or less; or (ii) exceeds by more
than four the number of directors last elected by shareholders where such
number was sixteen or more, but in no event shall the number of directors
exceed twenty-five.
SECTION 3. Term of Office. Each director shall hold office from the
date of his election or appointment until the next annual shareholder meeting.
Any director ceasing to be the owner of the amount of stock required by law or
in any other manner becoming disqualified shall thereupon vacate his office as
director.
SECTION 4. Compensation. The Board of Directors may provide that a
reasonable fee be paid to any of its members or to the members of any duly
authorized committee for services rendered. No such payment shall preclude
any director from serving the Bank in any other capacity and receiving
compensation therefor.
SECTION 5. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held on such dates, times and locations as determined by
the Chairman of the Board and communicated in writing to the directors.
SECTION 6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President. Such
meetings shall be held at such times and at such places as shall be determined
by the officer calling the meeting. Notice of any special meeting of
directors shall be given to each director at the director's business or
residence in writing by hand delivery, first-class or overnight mail or
courier service, telegram or facsimile transmission, or orally by telephone.
If mailed by first-class mail, such notice shall be deemed adequately
delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage
thereon prepaid, at least two (2) days before such meeting. If by telegram,
overnight mail or courier service, such notice shall be deemed adequately
delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company or the
notice is delivered to the overnight mail or courier service company at least
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twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting. If by facsimile transmission,
such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the notice is
transmitted at least twelve (12) hours before such meeting. Such notice need
not state the purposes of the meeting. Any or all directors may waive notice
of any meeting, either before or after the meeting. Attendance of a director
at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when
the director attends for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning
of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not
lawfully called or convened.
SECTION 7. Quorum; Majority Vote. A quorum of directors shall be
required to transact business at any regular or special meeting of the Board
of Directors. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum. Each
director shall be entitled to one vote. A vote by a majority of the directors
present at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors at which a
quorum is present shall be required to approve any matter or proposal at any
such meeting.
SECTION 8. Vacancies. When any vacancy occurs in the Board of
Directors, a majority of the remaining members of the Board, according to the
laws of the United States, may appoint a director to fill such vacancy at any
regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or at a special meeting called for
that purpose at which a quorum is present, or if the directors remaining in
office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board of Directors, by the
affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office, or by
shareholders at a special meeting called for that purpose. At any such
shareholder meeting, each shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to
multiply the number of votes he or she is entitled to cast by the number of
vacancies being filled and cast the product for a single candidate or
distribute the product among two or more candidates. A vacancy that will
occur at a specific later date (by reason of a resignation effective at a
later date) may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new director may
not take office until the vacancy occurs.
SECTION 9. Presiding Officer. The Chairman of the Board shall
preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which he is present. In
the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the President shall perform the
duties of the Chairman of the Board and shall preside at the meetings of the
Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the
President, the Vice Chairman of the Board (or in the event there be more than
one Vice Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen of the Board in the order
designated, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their
election) shall perform their duties and shall preside at the meetings of the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 10. Minutes of Meeting. The Cashier shall act as secretary to
the Board of Directors to take minutes at any regular or special meeting of
the Board of Directors. If the Cashier is not present at any such meeting,
the Chairman of the Board may designate a secretary pro tem to take minutes at
the meeting. The Cashier or secretary pro tem shall record the actions and
proceedings at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors as
minutes of the meeting and shall maintain such minutes in a minute book of
proceedings of such meetings of the Board of Directors. Minutes of each such
meeting shall be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of each
meeting.
SECTION 11. Participation in Meetings by Telephone Unless otherwise
restricted by law or the Articles of Association, members of the Board of
Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the
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Board of Directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar
communications equipment which allows each person participating in the meeting
to hear each other. Participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence
in person at such meeting.
SECTION 12. Consent of Directors in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise
restricted by law or the Articles of Association, any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any
committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board
or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing
or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or
committee.
SECTION 13. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution
passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate one or more committees,
each committee to consist of two or more of the Directors of the Bank. The
Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of
any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any
meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the
resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors
in the management of the business and affairs of the Bank, and may authorize
the seal of the Bank to be affixed to all papers which may require it;
provided, however, that in the absence or disqualification of any member of
such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any
meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute
a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to
act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be
determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
As used in these By-Laws, "entire Board" means the total number of Directors
the Bank would have if there were no vacancies.
There shall be an Executive Committee composed and created as the Board
of Directors may designate by resolution passed by a majority of the entire
Board. During intervals between the regular meetings of the Board of
Directors, the Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law, the
Articles of Association of the Bank and the By-Laws, shall have and may
exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the Bank.
Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, a majority of the
members of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to this
Section shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof and the act of a
majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of such committee. Any such committee shall, subject to any
rules prescribed by the Board of Directors, prescribe its own rules for
calling, giving notice of and holding meetings and its method of procedure at
such meetings and shall keep a written record of all action taken by it. Each
committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to
the Board of Directors when required.
SECTION 14. Honorary Directors. Any person who has at any time been
Chairman of the Board, President or Vice Chairman of the Board of the Bank
may, after retirement from the Board of Directors, be appointed by the Board
of Directors as an Honorary Director on a year-to-year basis. In no case
shall an Honorary Director serve as such for more than five years. Honorary
Directors shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Directors, shall
have no vote and shall not be considered directors for the purpose of
determining a quorum. Honorary Directors shall be reimbursed for their
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expenses in attending meetings of the Board of Directors and shall receive
such fees, if any, for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors as
may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors but shall not receive
any other directors' fees or any other compensation for their services.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. Officer Titles. The officers of the Bank shall include a
Chairman of the Board and a President and may include one or more Vice
Chairmen of the Board, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents,
First Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents and Assistant Vice Presidents, a
General Auditor, a General Counsel, a Cashier, and such other officers as may
be appropriate for the prompt and orderly transaction of the business of the
Bank. Individuals appointed as Chairman of the Board, President and Vice
Chairman of the Board must be members of the Board. The same person may hold
any two or more offices. The Chairman of the Board shall have such authority
to establish officer titles as from time to time delegated by the Board of
Directors and to delegate such authority further to other officers of the
Bank.
SECTION 2. Chief Executive Officer. The Chairman of the Board shall be
the chief executive officer of the Bank. In case of the death or disability
of the Chairman of the Board, his powers shall be exercised and his duties
discharged by the President. In the event of the death or disability of the
Chairman of the Board and the President, the Vice Chairman of the Board (or in
the event there be more than one Vice Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen
of the Board in the order designated, or in the absence of any designation,
then in the order of their election) shall exercise the powers and discharge
the duties of the Chairman of the Board.
SECTION 3. Election of Officers. The Board of Directors of the Bank
shall have authority to appoint the officers of the Bank. The Chairman of the
Board shall have such authority to appoint officers as from time to time
delegated by the Board of Directors, and to delegate such authority further to
other officers of the Bank.
SECTION 4. Authority and Responsibility. The authorities and
responsibilities of all officers, in addition to those specifically prescribed
herein, shall be those usually pertaining to their respective offices, or as
may be designated by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board or
by the President, or by any officer of the Bank designated by one of the
foregoing.
SECTION 5. Term of Office. Officers shall be appointed for an
indefinite term, and their employment may be terminated or they may be removed
from office at any time. The Board of Directors shall have authority to
terminate or remove officers of the Bank. The Chairman of the Board shall
have such authority to terminate or remove officers as from time to time
delegated by the Board of Directors, and to delegate such authority further to
other officers of the Bank.
SECTION 6. Surety. All officers and employees of the Bank who shall be
responsible for any moneys, funds or valuables of the Bank shall give bond, or
be covered by a blanket bond, in such penal sum and with such security as
shall be approved by the Board, conditioned for the faithful and honest
discharge of their duties as such officers or employees and that they will
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faithfully apply and account for all such moneys, funds and valuables and
deliver the same on proper demand to the order of the Board of the Bank, or to
the person or persons authorized to receive the same.
ARTICLE V
SEAL
SECTION 1. Description. The following is a description of the Seal
adopted by the Board of the Bank:
Female with left arm resting on shield, bale of goods and sheaf of grain
at her side, ship and sea in the distance; the whole surrounded with the
words, "The First National Bank of Chicago".
SECTION 2. Attestation. Any instrument which is executed for and on
behalf of the Bank by its duly authorized officers may, when necessary, be
attested and sealed with the corporate seal by any officer of the Bank other
than the officer who executes such instrument on behalf of the Bank.
ARTICLE VI
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE
Any Vice President or higher ranking officer shall have authority on
behalf of and in the name of the Bank, to execute any document or instrument
and to take action which may be necessary or appropriate to purchase, convey,
lease, or otherwise affect any real estate or interest in real estate owned or
to be owned by the Bank; provided, however, any document or instrument
purchasing, conveying or leasing real estate used or to be used by the Bank as
banking facilities must be executed by a Senior Vice President or higher
ranking officer, or any other officer designated by any of the foregoing. Any
Assistant Vice President or higher ranking officer shall have authority to
execute and deliver on behalf of and in the name of the Bank, releases of
mortgages or trust deeds.
ARTICLE VII
STOCK AND STOCK CERTIFICATES
SECTION 1. Increase of Stock. In the event of any increase in the
capital stock of the Bank the preemptive rights of the shareholders in respect
of any such increased stock shall be as set forth in Article FIFTH of the
Articles of Association.
Any warrants or certificates issuable to shareholders in connection with
any increase of the capital stock of the Bank, shall be delivered to the
respective shareholders entitled thereto, either by hand or by mail,
first-class postage prepaid, addressed to their respective addresses as shown
on the books of the Bank.
If, in the event of a sale of additional shares, any subscription rights
shall not have been exercised at the expiration of the specified subscription
period, such unsubscribed new shares may be issued and sold at such price, not
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less than the par value thereof, to such persons and on such terms as the
Board of Directors may determine.
SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. The stock of the Bank shall be
assignable only upon the books of the Bank, subject to the restrictions of the
Act, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all assignments and transfers
of stock shall be made. Transfers of stock may be suspended preparatory to
any election or payment of any dividends.
SECTION 3. Certificates of Stock. Certificates of stock signed by any
Vice President or higher ranking officer and the Cashier or any Assistant
Cashier may be issued to shareholders, and the Certificates shall state upon
the face thereof that the stock is transferable only upon the books of the
Bank. If such Certificates are manually countersigned by two other officers
of the Bank, the signatures of the officers designated in the preceding
sentence may be facsimiles, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has
signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such Certificates
shall have ceased to be such officer before such Certificates are issued, they
may be issued by the Bank with the same effect as if such officer had not
ceased to be such at the date of issue.
In case of transfer of stock, new Certificates of stock shall not be
issued until other Certificate or Certificates of stock of an equal amount
shall first have been surrendered and cancelled.
Any one of the following officers of the Bank: the Chairman of the
Board, the President, or any Vice Chairman of the Board is each hereby
authorized to cause new Certificates of stock of the Bank to be issued to
replace Certificates reported to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon
receipt of: (a) appropriate affidavit or affidavits setting forth whether the
Certificates were lost, stolen or destroyed and the circumstances thereof, and
(b) a bond or bonds (blanket or otherwise) or an agreement or agreements of
indemnity, sufficient in the opinion of any of such officers to protect the
interests of the Bank issuing such new Certificates.
ARTICLE VIII
BANKING HOURS
The Bank shall be open for business during such days of the year and for
such hours as the Board of Directors or any officer of the Bank designated by
the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE IX
CONTRACTS, CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT AND NOTES
SECTION 1. Execution of Contracts. Any officer of the bank and such
other persons as may be authorized by the Board of Directors are severally and
respectively authorized to execute documents and to take action in the Bank's
name in connection with any and all transactions conducted in the ordinary
course of business of the Bank.
SECTION 2. Certificates of Deposit and Notes. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, all certificates of deposits and notes evidencing obligations of
the Bank shall be signed either manually or by facsimile signature by any
officer of the Bank, and, if such signature is not a manual signature, shall
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be validated by the manual signature of another officer of the Bank whose
signature does not already appear on said certificate of deposit or note or by
the authorized officers of corporate fiduciaries or agents with whom the Board
of Directors may from time to time by resolution authorize the officers of the
Bank to contract for services in connection with the validation and delivery
of certificates of deposit or notes issued by the Bank.
ARTICLE X
VOTING RIGHTS
The vote of the Bank as stockholder in any corporation in which it may
hold stock or upon any securities carrying voting rights which it shall have
the right to vote in its individual capacity as a Bank, shall be cast at any
stockholders' or shareholders' meeting by any Vice President or higher ranking
officer, or the Cashier, in person, or by some person or persons authorized by
written proxy signed by one of said officers.
In all cases where shares of stock or other securities carrying voting
rights and owned by the Bank shall be held in the name of a nominee of the
Bank, any Vice President or higher ranking officer, or the Cashier, may
authorize such nominee to vote such stock or other securities in person,
either unconditionally or upon such terms, limitations, or conditions as such
officer may direct, or any such officer may authorize such nominee to execute
a proxy to vote such shares of stock or other securities carrying voting
rights, either unconditionally or upon such terms, conditions and/or
limitations as such officer shall approve.
ARTICLE XI
EXAMINATIONS
It shall be the duty of the General Auditor to examine, from time to
time, the various operations of the Bank, verify its assets and liabilities,
and perform such other procedures as are required to determine that the
accounting records are accurate and to ascertain whether the Bank is in a
sound and solvent condition. Major discrepancies and defalcations shall be
reported to the Board promptly and other reports shall be made directly to the
Board when deemed appropriate either by the General Auditor or the Board. In
the event of the death, resignation, absence or inability of the General
Auditor, the Board of Directors shall appoint a competent person who shall
make such examinations and reports, pending the election of a successor to the
General Auditor or the return of the General Auditor to his duties.
ARTICLE XII
BONDS OF INDEMNITY
Bonds of indemnity given to secure the issuance of duplicate or
substitute notes, bonds, stock certificates, checks, debentures or other
securities which may have been lost, destroyed or stolen or to secure the
payment of any such lost, destroyed or stolen securities or to secure the
payment by the Bank of funds deposited by any public authorities, shall be
executed by any Assistant Vice President or higher ranking officer, and, if
required, sealed with the corporate seal and attested by some other officer of
the Bank.
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ARTICLE XIII
AUTHORITY TO SELL STOCKS, BONDS, ETC.
SECTION 1. U.S. Obligations. Any Assistant Vice President or higher
ranking officer may at any time, in his discretion, sell, assign and transfer
any and all United States bonds now standing, or which may hereafter stand, in
the name of the Bank, and to appoint one or more attorneys for that purpose.
SECTION 2. Other Obligations. Any Assistant Vice President or higher
ranking officer may at any time, in his discretion, sell, assign and transfer
any and all notes, bonds, certificates of indebtedness or obligations of any
corporation, firm or individual, which said notes, bonds, certificates of
indebtedness or obligations are now registered, or may hereafter be
registered, in the name of, or for the benefit of, the Bank, or are payable or
indorsed to the Bank.
SECTION 3. Stock. Any Assistant Vice President or higher ranking
officer may at any time in his discretion, sell, assign and transfer to any
assignee or transferee, for and on behalf of the Bank and in its name, any and
all shares of capital stock of any corporation or corporations held by the
Bank.
ARTICLE XIV
FIDUCIARY ACTIVITIES
1. Authority to Sign as Registrar, Transfer Agent, etc. Any officer of
the Bank shall have the right to sign, countersign, certify, register,
authenticate and identify all bonds, notes, interim certificates, and
depositary receipts, warrants, participation certificates, certificates of
stock and similar instruments for or in respect of which the Bank may be
acting as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent or otherwise.
2. Authority to Vote Stock. The vote of the Bank as stockholder in any
corporation or mutual fund in which it may hold capital stock in any fiduciary
capacity, unless the governing instrument directs otherwise, may be voted by
any officer of the Bank in person, electronically or by written proxy signed
by one of said officers.
3. Authority to Sell, Assign and Transfer Stocks, etc. Any officer of
the Bank may sell, assign and transfer to any assignee or transferee for the
Bank and in its name, any and all shares of the capital stock or other
securities and obligations of any individual or entity held by the Bank in any
fiduciary capacity, and sign and deliver any instruments with respect to any
such items.
4. Authority to Sign Checks and Other Instruments. Any officer of the
Bank is authorized to sign for and on behalf of the Bank: checks against any
account or accounts of any organizational unit of the Bank exercising
fiduciary powers; petitions; schedules; accounts; reports; receipts for funds
or securities deposited with the Bank as fiduciary and all instruments or
documents that may be necessary or desirable in connection with the execution
of any fiduciary powers of the Bank.
5. Delegation of Authority. Anything in this Article XIV to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Chairman of the Board is authorized to designate
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in writing such persons as shall be authorized in the name of the Bank to sign
or countersign any or all of the documents and instruments enumerated in this
Article XIV relating to transactions conducted in connection with the
execution of any fiduciary powers of the Bank.
ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS
These By-Laws may be changed or amended by the vote of a majority of the
directors present at any regularly constituted meeting of the Board of
Directors.
ARTICLE XVI
EMERGENCY OPERATION OF BANK
In the event of an emergency declared by the President of the United
States or the person performing his functions, due to threatened or actual
enemy attack or disaster, the officers and employees of the Bank will continue
to conduct the affairs of the Bank under such guidance from the directors as
may be available, except as to matters which by statute require specific
approval of the Board of Directors, and subject to conformance with any
governmental directives during the emergency.
ARTICLE XVII
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
Each of the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman of
the Board and the Cashier of the Bank are severally and respectively
authorized to designate in writing such persons who shall be authorized in the
name and on behalf of the Bank to sign any document or instrument, including
certificates of deposit and notes, and to take action which may be necessary
or appropriate to the conduct of the Bank's business, in its individual
capacity or any other capacity. Any such authorization to sign such document
or instrument and to take any action may be general or limited as is
determined in the discretion of the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice Chairman of the Board or the Cashier.
EXHIBIT 6
THE CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE REQUIRED
BY SECTION 321(b) OF THE ACT
October 17, 1996
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In connection with the qualification of an indenture between SunAmerica Inc.
and The First National Bank of Chicago, the undersigned, in accordance with
Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, hereby consents
that the reports of examinations of the undersigned, made by Federal or State
authorities authorized to make such examinations, may be furnished by such
authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request
therefor.
Very truly yours,
The First National Bank of Chicago
By: /s/ Richard D. Manella
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Richard D. Manella
Vice President
EXHIBIT 7
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 06/30/96
ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460 Page RC-1
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial
and State-Chartered Savings Banks for June 30, 1996
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, report the amount outstanding of the last business day of the
quarter.
Schedule RC--Balance Sheet
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Dollar Amounts in C400 [ARROW POINTING
Thousands RCFD BIL MIL THOU TO LEFT]
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ASSETS
1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions
(from Schedule RC-A):
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency
and coin(1).................................... 0081 3,572,641 1.a.
b. Interest-bearing balances(2)................... 0071 6,958,367 1.b.
2. Securities
a. Held-to-maturity securities(from Schedule RC-B,
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
column A)...................................... 1754 0 2.a.
b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule
RC-B, column D)................................ 1773 1,448,974 2.b.
3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased
under agreements to resell in domestic offices of
the bank and its Edge and Agreement subsidiaries,
and in IBFs:
a. Federal Funds sold............................. 0276 5,020,878 3.a.
b. Securities purchased under agreements to resell 0277 918,688 3.b.
4. Loans and lease financing receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income
(from Schedule RC-C)........................... RCFD 2122 19,125,160 4.a.
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses...... RCFD 3123 379,232 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 18,745,928 4.d.
5. Assets held in trading accounts................... 3545 9,599,172 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized
leases)........................................... 2145 623,289 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)...... 2150 8,927 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)......... 2130 57,280 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances
outstanding....................................... 2155 632,259 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)............ 2143 156,715 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)................. 2160 1,592,088 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11).......... 2170 49,335,206 12.
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 06/30/96 ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460 Page RC-2
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
Schedule RC-Continued
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Dollar Amounts in C400
Thousands RCFD 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 1).... RCON 2200 16,878,870 13.a.
(1) Noninterest-bearing(1)..................... RCON 6631 7,855,880 13.a.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing........................... RCON 6636 9,022,990 13.a.(2)
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and IBFs (from Schedule
RC-E, part II)................................. RCFN 2200 12,677,057 13.b.
(1) Noninterest bearing........................ RCFN 6631 766,936 13.b.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing........................... RCFN 6636 11,910,121 13.b.(2)
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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:
a. Federal funds purchased......................... RCFD 0278 1,318,968 14.a.
b. Securities sold under agreements to
repurchase...................................... RCFD 0279 1,197,589 14.b.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury........ RCON 2840 104,546 15.a.
b. Trading Liabilities............................. RCFD 3548 6,431,784 15.b.
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With original maturity of one year or less...... RCFD 2332 4,437,636 16.a.
b. With original maturity of more than one year... RCFD 2333 75,308 16.b.
17. Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under
capitalized leases................................. RCFD 2910 283,041 17.
18. Bank's liability on acceptance executed and
outstanding........................................ RCFD 2920 632,259 18.
19. Subordinated notes and debentures.................. RCFD 3200 1,275,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)............. RCFD 2930 892,947 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)..... RCFD 2948 46,205,005 21.
22. Limited-Life preferred stock and related surplus... RCFD 3282 0 22.
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus...... RCFD 3838 0 23.
24. Common stock....................................... RCFD 3230 200,858 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred
stock)............................................. RCFD 3839 2,349,164 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves.......... RCFD 3632 584,8782 6.a.
b. Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on
available-for-sale securities................... RCFD 8434 (3,951) 26.b.
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments. RCFD 3284 (748) 27.
28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27)... RCFD 3210 3,130,201 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock,
and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28).... RCFD 3300 49,335,206 29.
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Memorandum
To be reported only with the March Report of Condition
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<S> <C> <C>
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 1995 . . . . . . . . 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
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chartering authority)
5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external
auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by
external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation
work)
8 = No external audit work
_____________
(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
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EXHIBIT 25.2
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY
OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
A National Banking Association 36-0899825
(I.R.S. employer
identification number)
One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
The First National Bank of Chicago
One First National Plaza, Suite 0286
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0286
Attn: Lynn A. Goldstein, Law Department (312) 732-6919
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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SUNAMERICA INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Maryland 86-0176061
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification number)
1 SunAmerica Center
Los Angeles, California 90067-6022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Subordinated Debentures
(Title of Indenture Securities)
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Item 1. General Information. Furnish the following
information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or
supervising authority to which it is subject.
Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D.C.,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
Washington, D.C., The Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, Washington D.C.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise
corporate trust powers.
The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate
trust powers.
Item 2. Affiliations With the Obligor. If the obligor
is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
No such affiliation exists with the trustee.
Item 16. List of exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as a
part of this Statement of Eligibility.
1. A copy of the articles of association of the
trustee now in effect.
2. A copy of the certificates of authority of the
trustee to commence business.
3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to
exercise corporate trust powers.
4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee.
5. Not Applicable.
6. The consent of the trustee required by
Section 321(b) of the Act.
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the
trustee published pursuant to law or the
requirements of its supervising or examining
authority.
8. Not Applicable.
9. Not Applicable.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, The First National Bank of Chicago, a national
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banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all
in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois, on the 17th day of
October, 1996.
The First National Bank of Chicago,
Trustee
By /s/ Richard D. Manella
Richard D. Manella
Vice President
EXHIBIT 1
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
(Corrected To July 12, 1996)
FIRST. The title of this Association, organized for the purpose of
carrying on the business of banking under the laws of the United States, shall
be "The First National Bank of Chicago".
SECOND. The main office of this Association shall be in Chicago, County
of Cook, State of Illinois. The business of the Association shall be
conducted at its main office and its branches.
THIRD. The Board of Directors of this Association shall consist of not
less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, the exact number of
directors within such minimum and maximum limits to be fixed and determined
from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full Board of Directors
or by resolution of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof.
Any vacancy in the Board of Directors may be filled by action of a majority of
the remaining directors between meetings of shareholders. The Board of
Directors, by the vote of a majority of the full Board, may, between meetings
of shareholders, increase the membership of the Board within such maximum
limit by not more than four members if the number of directors last elected by
shareholders was 16 or more and by not more than two members if the number of
directors last elected by shareholders was 15 or less.
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FOURTH. The regular annual meeting of the shareholders of this
Association shall be held at its main banking house, or other convenient place
duly authorized by the Board of Directors, on such day of each year as is
specified therefor in the by-laws.
FIFTH. The amount of authorized capital stock of this Association shall
be Five Hundred Twenty-Five Million Eight Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Two
Hundred Dollars ($525,858,200) divided into 26,292,910 shares of common stock
of the par value per share of Twenty Dollars ($20); but said capital stock may
be increased or decreased from time to time, in accordance with the provisions
of the laws of the United States.
In the event of any such increase in the capital stock of this
Association by the sale of additional shares or the distribution of additional
shares as a stock dividend, each shareholder of this Association (unless
otherwise provided by the shareholders' vote or votes authorizing the
increase) shall be entitled, in proportion to the number of shares of said
capital stock owned by him before such increase, to proportionate rights in
respect of such additional shares as follows: (1) to the extent that such
shareholder's proportionate right in respect of such additional shares shall
embrace one or more whole shares of such additional shares, to receive (a) in
the case of a sale, a transferable warrant entitling the holder to subscribe,
within the specified subscription period, for such one or more whole shares of
such additional shares or (b) in the case of a stock dividend, a certificate
evidencing such one or more whole shares of such additional shares; and (2) to
the extent that such shareholder's proportionate right in respect of such
additional shares shall embrace a fraction of a share, to receive (a) in the
case of a sale, a fractional subscription warrant, conditioned that it shall
be void unless, within the specified subscription period, it is combined with
other such fractional subscription warrants in the aggregate entitling the
holder thereof to subscribe for a whole share or whole shares of such
additional shares and such subscription is completed by such holder of such
combined fractional warrants or (b) in the case of a stock dividend, a
fractional warrant which shall not represent or entitle the holder thereof to
any of the privileges of a shareholder of this Association but may be combined
with other such fractional warrants in the aggregate entitling the holder
thereof to exchange them for a whole share or whole shares of such additional
shares and conditioned that the holder exchanging such combined fractional
warrants for such whole share or whole shares of such additional shares shall
receive any dividends applicable to such whole share or whole shares declared
after the date of such fractional warrants and payable in respect of such
whole share or whole shares at the time of such exchange.
In the event of an increase in the capital stock of this Association in
pursuance of a statutory consolidation to which this Association may be a
party, the additional shares shall be issued in such a manner as the contract
or plan of consolidation may provide, pursuant to and in contemplation of the
statute under which said consolidation is effected.
In the event of an increase in the capital stock of this Association in
pursuance of a plan or contract (other than in the case of a statutory
consolidation) for the acquisition by this Association of the assets, in whole
or in part, and the good will of another banking institution or banker, the
additional shares shall be subscribed for by or issued to any persons, firms,
trustees or corporations, whether or not shareholders of this Association, as,
in its discretion in the execution of such plan or contract, the Board of
Directors may approve.
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The Association, at any time and from time to time, may authorize and
issue debt obligations, whether or not subordinated, without the approval of
the shareholders.
SIXTH. The Board of Directors shall appoint one of its members
President of this Association, who shall be Chairman of the Board; but the
Board of Directors may appoint a director, in lieu of the President, to be
Chairman of the Board, who shall perform such duties as may be designated by
the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the power to
appoint one or more Vice Presidents; to appoint a Cashier and such other
officers as may be required to transact the business of this Association; to
fix the salaries to be paid to all officers of this Association; and to
dismiss such officers, or any of them; but the Board of Directors may delegate
to the Chairman of the Board the authority to exercise such powers of
appointment, salary determination and dismissal.
The Board of Directors shall have the power to define the duties of
officers and employees of this Association, to require bonds from them, and to
fix the penalty thereof; to regulate the manner in which directors shall be
elected or appointed, and to appoint judges of election; in the event of an
increase of the capital stock of this Association to regulate the manner in
which such increase shall be made; to make all by-laws that it may be lawful
for them to make for the general regulation of the business of this
Association and the management of its affairs; and generally to do and perform
all acts that it may be lawful for a Board of Directors to do and perform.
The Board of Directors, without the approval of the shareholders, shall
have the power to change the location of the main office of this Association,
subject to such limitations as from time to time may be provided by law.
SEVENTH. This Association shall have succession from the date of its
organization certificate until such time as it be dissolved by the act of its
shareholders in accordance with the provisions of the banking laws of the
United States, or until its franchise becomes forfeited by reason of violation
of law, or until terminated by either a general or a special act of Congress,
or until its affairs be placed in the hands of a receiver and finally wound up
by him.
EIGHTH. The Board of Directors of this Association, the Chairman of the
Board, or the President, may call a special meeting of the shareholders at any
time: Provided, however, that, unless otherwise provided by the by-laws or the
laws of the United States, or waived by the shareholders, notice of the time,
place and purpose of the meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record
of this Association entitled to act and vote at such meeting, by a notice in
writing either mailed (prepaid first class postage) to such shareholder at his
address as shown upon the books of this Association or delivered manually to
such shareholder, not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for any such
meeting.
NINTH. (a) This Association shall indemnify and hold harmless each
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, by reason of the fact that he, or a
person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer
or employee of this Association, or is or was serving at the request of this
Association as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, to the fullest extent
permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same exists or
may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the
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extent that such amendment permits this Association to provide broader
indemnification rights than said law permitted this Association to provide
prior to such amendment) against all expenses (including attorneys' fees,
judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. This Association may, by
action of the Board of Directors, provide indemnification to agents of this
Association with a lesser or the same scope and effect as the foregoing
indemnification of directors, officers and employees of this Association.
(b) Expenses incurred by a director, officer or employee in defending a
civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by this Association
in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director, officer or
employee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is
not entitled to be indemnified by this Association. Such expenses incurred by
agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of
Directors deems appropriate.
(c) The indemnification provided by this Article does not authorize this
Association to indemnify any director, officer or employee against expenses,
penalties, or other payments incurred in an administrative proceeding or
action instituted by an appropriate bank regulatory agency which proceeding or
action results in a final order against such director, officer or employee
assessing civil money penalties or requiring affirmative action in the form of
payments to this Association.
(d) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this Article Ninth shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of
expenses may be entitled under any statute, by-law, agreement, vote of
shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, this Association may
indemnify any person referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article to the
fullest extent permitted under the statutes applicable to national banking
associations and the rules, regulations and interpretations promulgated
thereunder by the primary regulator of national banking associations, in each
case now or hereafter in effect.
(e) This Association shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of this Association, or is or was serving at the request of this Association
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, 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 this Association would have the power to
indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article.
This provision does not, however, authorize this Association to purchase
insurance covering civil money penalties assessed against a director or
employee of this Association pursuant to a formal order by an appropriate bank
regulatory agency.
(f) Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article Ninth, nor the
adoption of any provision of these Articles of Association inconsistent with
this Article Ninth, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article Ninth
in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim
that, but for this Article Ninth, would accrue or arise, prior to such
amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
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TENTH. These Articles of Association may, subject to the provisions of
the banking laws of the United States, be amended at any regular or special
meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the shareholders owning
at least a majority of the stock of this Association.
EXHIBIT 2
______________________________________________________________________________
Comptroller of the Currency
Administrator of National Banks
______________________________________________________________________________
Washington, DC 20219
Certificate
I, Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the currency, do hereby
certify that:
1. The Comptroller of the currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq.,
as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1, et seq., as amended, has possession, custody and
control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation and
supervision of all National Banking Associations.
2. "The First National Bank of Chicago", Chicago, Illinois, (Charter No. 8),
is a National Banking Association formed under the laws of the United States
and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking on the date
of this Certificate.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and caused my seal
of Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency to be affixed to these
presents at the Treasury Department,
in the City of Washington and
District of Columbia, this 17th day
of September, 1996.
/s/ Eugene A. Ludwig
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Comptroller of the Currency
EXHIBIT 3
______________________________________________________________________________
Comptroller of the Currency
Administrator of National Banks
______________________________________________________________________________
Washington, DC 20219
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Certification of Fiduciary Powers
I, Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the currency, do hereby
certify the records in this Office evidence "The First National
Bank of Chicago", Chicago, Illinois, (Charter No. 8), was
granted, under the hand and seal of the Comptroller, the right to
act in all fiduciary capacities authorized under the provisions
of The Act of Congress approved September 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 668,
12 U.S.C. 92a. I further certify the authority so granted remains
in full force and effect.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and caused my seal
of Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency to be affixed to these
presents at the Treasury Department,
in the City of Washington and
District of Columbia, this 17th day
of September, 1996.
/s/ Eugene A. Ludwig
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Comptroller of the Currency
EXHIBIT 4
BY-LAWS
OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED JULY 12, 1996
BY-LAWS
OF
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
To the extent not inconsistent with applicable Federal banking statutes
or regulations, or safe and sound banking practices, the Bank shall follow the
corporate governance procedures of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
amended.
ARTICLE II
SHAREHOLDERS
SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. The regular annual meeting of shareholders
of the Bank to elect directors and to transact whatever other business may
properly come before the meeting shall be held in its main office on the
second Friday in May if not a legal holiday under the Laws of Illinois, and if
a legal holiday, then on the next business day following, at 11:30 A.M., or on
such other date and time as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.
If, for any cause, the annual election of directors should not be held on that
date, the Board shall order the election to be held on some subsequent day, of
which special notice shall be given.
SECTION 2. Judges of Election. To the extent required by law, the
Board of Directors shall, prior to the time of the election of directors,
appoint three persons to be Judges of Election, who shall hold and conduct the
same, and who shall, after the election has been held, certify under their
hands to the Cashier of the Bank the result thereof and the names of the
directors-elect.
SECTION 3. Notice to Directors-Elect. The Cashier upon receiving the
Certificate of the Judges of Election as aforesaid, shall cause the same to be
recorded upon the minute book of the Bank, and shall notify the
directors-elect of their election and of the time at which they are required
to meet at the main office of the Bank for the purpose of organizing the new
Board. If at the time fixed for the meeting of the directors-elect there
should not be a quorum present, the members present may adjourn from time to
time until a quorum is obtained.
SECTION 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may
be called in accordance with Article EIGHTH of the Bank's Articles of
Association.
SECTION 5. Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a
day not more than sixty (60) or less than ten (10) days prior to the date of
holding any regular or special meeting of shareholders as the day as of which
shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting shall be
determined.
SECTION 6. Notice. The Bank shall mail notice of any meeting of
shareholders at least 10 days prior to the meeting by first class mail, unless
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency determines that an emergency
circumstance exists. If the Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a company,
the sole shareholder may waive notice of the shareholder's meeting.
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SECTION 7. Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Annual or Special
Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by law or the Articles of Association,
any action which may be taken at any annual or special shareholder meeting may
be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if
written consent setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by the
holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes
that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which
all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of
the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous
written consent shall be given to those shareholders who did not give written
consent.
SECTION 8. Minutes. The proceedings of shareholders at all regular and
special meetings or by written consent in lieu of a meeting shall be recorded
in the minute book, together with the Articles of Association of the Bank and
the returns of the Judges of Election. The minutes of each meeting shall be
signed by the Presiding Officer, and attested by the Cashier, or other officer
of the Bank acting in place of the Cashier.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. Authority. The Board of Directors shall have the power to
manage and administer the business and affairs of the Bank. Except as
expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the Bank shall be vested in
and may be exercised by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Number. The Board of Directors shall at all times consist
of not less than five nor more than twenty-five individuals. The exact number
within such minimum and maximum limits shall be fixed and determined from time
to time by resolution of a majority of the full Board of Directors or by
resolution of the shareholders at any meeting thereof; provided, however, that
the Board of Directors may not increase the number of directors to a number
which: (1) exceeds by more than two the number of directors last elected by
shareholders where such number was fifteen or less; or (ii) exceeds by more
than four the number of directors last elected by shareholders where such
number was sixteen or more, but in no event shall the number of directors
exceed twenty-five.
SECTION 3. Term of Office. Each director shall hold office from the
date of his election or appointment until the next annual shareholder meeting.
Any director ceasing to be the owner of the amount of stock required by law or
in any other manner becoming disqualified shall thereupon vacate his office as
director.
SECTION 4. Compensation. The Board of Directors may provide that a
reasonable fee be paid to any of its members or to the members of any duly
authorized committee for services rendered. No such payment shall preclude
any director from serving the Bank in any other capacity and receiving
compensation therefor.
SECTION 5. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held on such dates, times and locations as determined by
the Chairman of the Board and communicated in writing to the directors.
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SECTION 6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President. Such
meetings shall be held at such times and at such places as shall be determined
by the officer calling the meeting. Notice of any special meeting of
directors shall be given to each director at the director's business or
residence in writing by hand delivery, first-class or overnight mail or
courier service, telegram or facsimile transmission, or orally by telephone.
If mailed by first-class mail, such notice shall be deemed adequately
delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage
thereon prepaid, at least two (2) days before such meeting. If by telegram,
overnight mail or courier service, such notice shall be deemed adequately
delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company or the
notice is delivered to the overnight mail or courier service company at least
twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting. If by facsimile transmission,
such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the notice is
transmitted at least twelve (12) hours before such meeting. Such notice need
not state the purposes of the meeting. Any or all directors may waive notice
of any meeting, either before or after the meeting. Attendance of a director
at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when
the director attends for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning
of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not
lawfully called or convened.
SECTION 7. Quorum; Majority Vote. A quorum of directors shall be
required to transact business at any regular or special meeting of the Board
of Directors. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum. Each
director shall be entitled to one vote. A vote by a majority of the directors
present at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors at which a
quorum is present shall be required to approve any matter or proposal at any
such meeting.
SECTION 8. Vacancies. When any vacancy occurs in the Board of
Directors, a majority of the remaining members of the Board, according to the
laws of the United States, may appoint a director to fill such vacancy at any
regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or at a special meeting called for
that purpose at which a quorum is present, or if the directors remaining in
office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board of Directors, by the
affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office, or by
shareholders at a special meeting called for that purpose. At any such
shareholder meeting, each shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to
multiply the number of votes he or she is entitled to cast by the number of
vacancies being filled and cast the product for a single candidate or
distribute the product among two or more candidates. A vacancy that will
occur at a specific later date (by reason of a resignation effective at a
later date) may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new director may
not take office until the vacancy occurs.
SECTION 9. Presiding Officer. The Chairman of the Board shall
preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which he is present. In
the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the President shall perform the
duties of the Chairman of the Board and shall preside at the meetings of the
Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the
President, the Vice Chairman of the Board (or in the event there be more than
one Vice Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen of the Board in the order
designated, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their
election) shall perform their duties and shall preside at the meetings of the
Board of Directors.
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SECTION 10. Minutes of Meeting. The Cashier shall act as secretary to
the Board of Directors to take minutes at any regular or special meeting of
the Board of Directors. If the Cashier is not present at any such meeting,
the Chairman of the Board may designate a secretary pro tem to take minutes at
the meeting. The Cashier or secretary pro tem shall record the actions and
proceedings at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors as
minutes of the meeting and shall maintain such minutes in a minute book of
proceedings of such meetings of the Board of Directors. Minutes of each such
meeting shall be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of each meeting.
SECTION 11. Participation in Meetings by Telephone. Unless otherwise
restricted by law or the Articles of Association, members of the Board of
Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the
Board of Directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar
communications equipment which allows each person participating in the meeting
to hear each other. Participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence
in person at such meeting.
SECTION 12. Consent of Directors in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise
restricted by law or the Articles of Association, any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any
committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board
or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing
or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or
committee.
SECTION 13. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution
passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate one or more committees,
each committee to consist of two or more of the Directors of the Bank. The
Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of
any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any
meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the
resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors
in the management of the business and affairs of the Bank, and may authorize
the seal of the Bank to be affixed to all papers which may require it;
provided, however, that in the absence or disqualification of any member of
such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any
meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute
a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to
act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be
determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
As used in these By-Laws, "entire Board" means the total number of Directors
the Bank would have if there were no vacancies.
There shall be an Executive Committee composed and created as the Board
of Directors may designate by resolution passed by a majority of the entire
Board. During intervals between the regular meetings of the Board of
Directors, the Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law, the
Articles of Association of the Bank and the By-Laws, shall have and may
exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the Bank.
Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, a majority of the
members of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to this
Section shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof and the act of a
majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of such committee. Any such committee shall, subject to any
rules prescribed by the Board of Directors, prescribe its own rules for
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calling, giving notice of and holding meetings and its method of procedure at
such meetings and shall keep a written record of all action taken by it. Each
committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to
the Board of Directors when required.
SECTION 14. Honorary Directors. Any person who has at any time been
Chairman of the Board, President or Vice Chairman of the Board of the Bank
may, after retirement from the Board of Directors, be appointed by the Board
of Directors as an Honorary Director on a year-to-year basis. In no case
shall an Honorary Director serve as such for more than five years. Honorary
Directors shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Directors, shall
have no vote and shall not be considered directors for the purpose of
determining a quorum. Honorary Directors shall be reimbursed for their
expenses in attending meetings of the Board of Directors and shall receive
such fees, if any, for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors as
may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors but shall not receive
any other directors' fees or any other compensation for their services.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. Officer Titles. The officers of the Bank shall include a
Chairman of the Board and a President and may include one or more Vice
Chairmen of the Board, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents,
First Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents and Assistant Vice Presidents, a
General Auditor, a General Counsel, a Cashier, and such other officers as may
be appropriate for the prompt and orderly transaction of the business of the
Bank. Individuals appointed as Chairman of the Board, President and Vice
Chairman of the Board must be members of the Board. The same person may hold
any two or more offices. The Chairman of the Board shall have such authority
to establish officer titles as from time to time delegated by the Board of
Directors and to delegate such authority further to other officers of the Bank.
SECTION 2. Chief Executive Officer. The Chairman of the Board shall be
the chief executive officer of the Bank. In case of the death or disability
of the Chairman of the Board, his powers shall be exercised and his duties
discharged by the President. In the event of the death or disability of the
Chairman of the Board and the President, the Vice Chairman of the Board (or in
the event there be more than one Vice Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen
of the Board in the order designated, or in the absence of any designation,
then in the order of their election) shall exercise the powers and discharge
the duties of the Chairman of the Board.
SECTION 3. Election of Officers. The Board of Directors of the Bank
shall have authority to appoint the officers of the Bank. The Chairman of the
Board shall have such authority to appoint officers as from time to time
delegated by the Board of Directors, and to delegate such authority further to
other officers of the Bank.
SECTION 4. Authority and Responsibility. The authorities and
responsibilities of all officers, in addition to those specifically prescribed
herein, shall be those usually pertaining to their respective offices, or as
may be designated by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board or
by the President, or by any officer of the Bank designated by one of the
foregoing.
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SECTION 5. Term of Office. Officers shall be appointed for an
indefinite term, and their employment may be terminated or they may be removed
from office at any time. The Board of Directors shall have authority to
terminate or remove officers of the Bank. The Chairman of the Board shall
have such authority to terminate or remove officers as from time to time
delegated by the Board of Directors, and to delegate such authority further to
other officers of the Bank.
SECTION 6. Surety. All officers and employees of the Bank who shall be
responsible for any moneys, funds or valuables of the Bank shall give bond, or
be covered by a blanket bond, in such penal sum and with such security as
shall be approved by the Board, conditioned for the faithful and honest
discharge of their duties as such officers or employees and that they will
faithfully apply and account for all such moneys, funds and valuables and
deliver the same on proper demand to the order of the Board of the Bank, or to
the person or persons authorized to receive the same.
ARTICLE V
SEAL
SECTION 1. Description. The following is a description of the Seal
adopted by the Board of the Bank:
Female with left arm resting on shield, bale of goods and sheaf of grain
at her side, ship and sea in the distance; the whole surrounded with the
words, "The First National Bank of Chicago".
SECTION 2. Attestation. Any instrument which is executed for and on
behalf of the Bank by its duly authorized officers may, when necessary, be
attested and sealed with the corporate seal by any officer of the Bank other
than the officer who executes such instrument on behalf of the Bank.
ARTICLE VI
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE
Any Vice President or higher ranking officer shall have authority on
behalf of and in the name of the Bank, to execute any document or instrument
and to take action which may be necessary or appropriate to purchase, convey,
lease, or otherwise affect any real estate or interest in real estate owned or
to be owned by the Bank; provided, however, any document or instrument
purchasing, conveying or leasing real estate used or to be used by the Bank as
banking facilities must be executed by a Senior Vice President or higher
ranking officer, or any other officer designated by any of the foregoing. Any
Assistant Vice President or higher ranking officer shall have authority to
execute and deliver on behalf of and in the name of the Bank, releases of
mortgages or trust deeds.
ARTICLE VII
STOCK AND STOCK CERTIFICATES
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SECTION 1. Increase of Stock. In the event of any increase in the
capital stock of the Bank the preemptive rights of the shareholders in respect
of any such increased stock shall be as set forth in Article FIFTH of the
Articles of Association.
Any warrants or certificates issuable to shareholders in connection with
any increase of the capital stock of the Bank, shall be delivered to the
respective shareholders entitled thereto, either by hand or by mail,
first-class postage prepaid, addressed to their respective addresses as shown
on the books of the Bank.
If, in the event of a sale of additional shares, any subscription rights
shall not have been exercised at the expiration of the specified subscription
period, such unsubscribed new shares may be issued and sold at such price, not
less than the par value thereof, to such persons and on such terms as the
Board of Directors may determine.
SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. The stock of the Bank shall be
assignable only upon the books of the Bank, subject to the restrictions of the
Act, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all assignments and transfers
of stock shall be made. Transfers of stock may be suspended preparatory to
any election or payment of any dividends.
SECTION 3. Certificates of Stock. Certificates of stock signed by any
Vice President or higher ranking officer and the Cashier or any Assistant
Cashier may be issued to shareholders, and the Certificates shall state upon
the face thereof that the stock is transferable only upon the books of the
Bank. If such Certificates are manually countersigned by two other officers
of the Bank, the signatures of the officers designated in the preceding
sentence may be facsimiles, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has
signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such Certificates
shall have ceased to be such officer before such Certificates are issued, they
may be issued by the Bank with the same effect as if such officer had not
ceased to be such at the date of issue.
In case of transfer of stock, new Certificates of stock shall not be
issued until other Certificate or Certificates of stock of an equal amount
shall first have been surrendered and cancelled.
Any one of the following officers of the Bank: the Chairman of the
Board, the President, or any Vice Chairman of the Board is each hereby
authorized to cause new Certificates of stock of the Bank to be issued to
replace Certificates reported to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon
receipt of: (a) appropriate affidavit or affidavits setting forth whether the
Certificates were lost, stolen or destroyed and the circumstances thereof, and
(b) a bond or bonds (blanket or otherwise) or an agreement or agreements of
indemnity, sufficient in the opinion of any of such officers to protect the
interests of the Bank issuing such new Certificates.
ARTICLE VIII
BANKING HOURS
The Bank shall be open for business during such days of the year and for
such hours as the Board of Directors or any officer of the Bank designated by
the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
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ARTICLE IX
CONTRACTS, CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT AND NOTES
SECTION 1. Execution of Contracts. Any officer of the bank and such
other persons as may be authorized by the Board of Directors are severally and
respectively authorized to execute documents and to take action in the Bank's
name in connection with any and all transactions conducted in the ordinary
course of business of the Bank.
SECTION 2. Certificates of Deposit and Notes. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, all certificates of deposits and notes evidencing obligations of
the Bank shall be signed either manually or by facsimile signature by any
officer of the Bank, and, if such signature is not a manual signature, shall
be validated by the manual signature of another officer of the Bank whose
signature does not already appear on said certificate of deposit or note or by
the authorized officers of corporate fiduciaries or agents with whom the Board
of Directors may from time to time by resolution authorize the officers of the
Bank to contract for services in connection with the validation and delivery
of certificates of deposit or notes issued by the Bank.
ARTICLE X
VOTING RIGHTS
The vote of the Bank as stockholder in any corporation in which it may
hold stock or upon any securities carrying voting rights which it shall have
the right to vote in its individual capacity as a Bank, shall be cast at any
stockholders' or shareholders' meeting by any Vice President or higher ranking
officer, or the Cashier, in person, or by some person or persons authorized by
written proxy signed by one of said officers.
In all cases where shares of stock or other securities carrying voting
rights and owned by the Bank shall be held in the name of a nominee of the
Bank, any Vice President or higher ranking officer, or the Cashier, may
authorize such nominee to vote such stock or other securities in person,
either unconditionally or upon such terms, limitations, or conditions as such
officer may direct, or any such officer may authorize such nominee to execute
a proxy to vote such shares of stock or other securities carrying voting
rights, either unconditionally or upon such terms, conditions and/or
limitations as such officer shall approve.
ARTICLE XI
EXAMINATIONS
It shall be the duty of the General Auditor to examine, from time to
time, the various operations of the Bank, verify its assets and liabilities,
and perform such other procedures as are required to determine that the
accounting records are accurate and to ascertain whether the Bank is in a
sound and solvent condition. Major discrepancies and defalcations shall be
reported to the Board promptly and other reports shall be made directly to the
Board when deemed appropriate either by the General Auditor or the Board. In
the event of the death, resignation, absence or inability of the General
Auditor, the Board of Directors shall appoint a competent person who shall
make such examinations and reports, pending the election of a successor to the
General Auditor or the return of the General Auditor to his duties.
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ARTICLE XII
BONDS OF INDEMNITY
Bonds of indemnity given to secure the issuance of duplicate or
substitute notes, bonds, stock certificates, checks, debentures or other
securities which may have been lost, destroyed or stolen or to secure the
payment of any such lost, destroyed or stolen securities or to secure the
payment by the Bank of funds deposited by any public authorities, shall be
executed by any Assistant Vice President or higher ranking officer, and, if
required, sealed with the corporate seal and attested by some other officer of
the Bank.
ARTICLE XIII
AUTHORITY TO SELL STOCKS, BONDS, ETC.
SECTION 1. U.S. Obligations. Any Assistant Vice President or higher
ranking officer may at any time, in his discretion, sell, assign and transfer
any and all United States bonds now standing, or which may hereafter stand, in
the name of the Bank, and to appoint one or more attorneys for that purpose.
SECTION 2. Other Obligations. Any Assistant Vice President or higher
ranking officer may at any time, in his discretion, sell, assign and transfer
any and all notes, bonds, certificates of indebtedness or obligations of any
corporation, firm or individual, which said notes, bonds, certificates of
indebtedness or obligations are now registered, or may hereafter be
registered, in the name of, or for the benefit of, the Bank, or are payable or
indorsed to the Bank.
SECTION 3. Stock. Any Assistant Vice President or higher ranking
officer may at any time in his discretion, sell, assign and transfer to any
assignee or transferee, for and on behalf of the Bank and in its name, any and
all shares of capital stock of any corporation or corporations held by the
Bank.
ARTICLE XIV
FIDUCIARY ACTIVITIES
1. Authority to Sign as Registrar, Transfer Agent, etc. Any officer of
the Bank shall have the right to sign, countersign, certify, register,
authenticate and identify all bonds, notes, interim certificates, and
depositary receipts, warrants, participation certificates, certificates of
stock and similar instruments for or in respect of which the Bank may be
acting as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent or otherwise.
2. Authority to Vote Stock. The vote of the Bank as stockholder in any
corporation or mutual fund in which it may hold capital stock in any fiduciary
capacity, unless the governing instrument directs otherwise, may be voted by
any officer of the Bank in person, electronically or by written proxy signed
by one of said officers.
3. Authority to Sell, Assign and Transfer Stocks, etc. Any officer of
the Bank may sell, assign and transfer to any assignee or transferee for the
Bank and in its name, any and all shares of the capital stock or other
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securities and obligations of any individual or entity held by the Bank in any
fiduciary capacity, and sign and deliver any instruments with respect to any
such items.
4. Authority to Sign Checks and Other Instruments. Any officer of the
Bank is authorized to sign for and on behalf of the Bank: checks against any
account or accounts of any organizational unit of the Bank exercising
fiduciary powers; petitions; schedules; accounts; reports; receipts for funds
or securities deposited with the Bank as fiduciary and all instruments or
documents that may be necessary or desirable in connection with the execution
of any fiduciary powers of the Bank.
5. Delegation of Authority. Anything in this Article XIV to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Chairman of the Board is authorized to designate
in writing such persons as shall be authorized in the name of the Bank to sign
or countersign any or all of the documents and instruments enumerated in this
Article XIV relating to transactions conducted in connection with the
execution of any fiduciary powers of the Bank.
ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS
These By-Laws may be changed or amended by the vote of a majority of the
directors present at any regularly constituted meeting of the Board of
Directors.
ARTICLE XVI
EMERGENCY OPERATION OF BANK
In the event of an emergency declared by the President of the United
States or the person performing his functions, due to threatened or actual
enemy attack or disaster, the officers and employees of the Bank will continue
to conduct the affairs of the Bank under such guidance from the directors as
may be available, except as to matters which by statute require specific
approval of the Board of Directors, and subject to conformance with any
governmental directives during the emergency.
ARTICLE XVII
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
Each of the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman of
the Board and the Cashier of the Bank are severally and respectively
authorized to designate in writing such persons who shall be authorized in the
name and on behalf of the Bank to sign any document or instrument, including
certificates of deposit and notes, and to take action which may be necessary
or appropriate to the conduct of the Bank's business, in its individual
capacity or any other capacity. Any such authorization to sign such document
or instrument and to take any action may be general or limited as is
determined in the discretion of the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice Chairman of the Board or the Cashier.
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EXHIBIT 6
THE CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE REQUIRED
BY SECTION 321(b) OF THE ACT
October 17, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In connection with the qualification of an indenture between SunAmerica Inc.
and The First National Bank of Chicago, the undersigned, in accordance with
Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, hereby consents
that the reports of examinations of the undersigned, made by Federal or State
authorities authorized to make such examinations, may be furnished by such
authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request
therefor.
Very truly yours,
The First National Bank of Chicago
By: /s/ Richard D. Manella
Richard D. Manella
Vice President
EXHIBIT 7
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 06/30/96
ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460 Page RC-1
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial
and State-Chartered Savings Banks for June 30, 1996
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, report the amount outstanding of the last business
day of the quarter.
Schedule RC--Balance Sheet
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Dollar
Amounts C400
in ------------
Thousands RCFD BIL MIL THOU -
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ASSETS
1. Cash and balances due from
depository institutions
(from Schedule RC-A):
a. Noninterest-bearing balances
and currency and coin(1)......... 0081 3,572,641 1.a.
b. Interest-bearing balances(2)..... 0071 6,958,367 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 1,448,974 2.b.
3. Federal funds sold and securities
purchased under agreements to
resell in domestic offices of the
bank and its Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
a. Federal Funds sold............... 0276 5,020,878 3.a.
b. Securities purchased under
agreements to resell............. 0277 918,688 3.b.
4. Loans and lease financing
receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned
income (from Schedule RC-C)...... RCFD 2122 19,125,160 4.a.
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and
lease losses..................... RCFD 3123 379,232 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 18,745,928 4.d.
5. Assets held in trading accounts..... 3545 9,599,172 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets (including
capitalized leases)................. 2145 623,289 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from
Schedule RC-M)...................... 2150 8,927 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries and associated
companies (from Schedule RC-M)...... 2130 57,280 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank
on acceptances outstanding.......... 2155 632,259 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule
RC-M)............................... 2143 156,715 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)... 2160 1,592,088 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1
through 11)......................... 2170 49,335,206 12.
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 06/30/96
ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460 Page RC-2
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
Schedule RC-Continued
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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 1).................... RCON 2200 16,878,870 13.a.
(1) Noninterest-bearing(1). RCON 6631 7,855,880 13.a.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing....... RCON 6636 9,022,990 13.a.(2)
b. In foreign offices, Edge
and Agreement subsidiaries,
and IBFs (from Schedule
RC-E, part II)............. RCFN 2200 12,677,057 13.b.
(1) Noninterest bearing.... RCFN 6631 766,936 13.b.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing....... RCFN 6636 11,910,121 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:
a. Federal funds purchased.... RCFD 0278 1,318,968 14.a.
b. Securities sold under
agreements to repurchase... RCFD 0279 1,197,589 14.b.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the
U.S. Treasury.............. RCON 2840 104,546 15.a.
b. Trading Liabilities........ RCFD 3548 6,431,784 15.b.
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With original maturity of
one year or less........... RCFD 2332 4,437,636 16.a.
b. With original maturity of
more than one year......... RCFD 2333 75,308 16.b.
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<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
17. Mortgage indebtedness and
obligations under capitalized
leases........................ RCFD 2910 283,041 17.
18. Bank's liability on acceptance
executed and outstanding...... RCFD 2920 632,259 18.
19. Subordinated notes and
debentures.................... RCFD 3200 1,275,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from
Schedule RC-G)................ RCFD 2930 892,947 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of
items 13 through 20).......... RCFD 2948 46,205,005 21.
22. Limited-Life preferred stock
and related surplus........... RCFD 3282 0 22.
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and
related surplus.............. RCFD 3838 0 23.
24. Common stock.................. RCFD 3230 200,858 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus
related to preferred stock)... RCFD 3839 2,349,164 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and
capital reserves........... RCFD 3632 584,878 26.a.
b. Net unrealized holding
gains (losses) on available-
for-sale securities........ RCFD 8434 (3,951) 26.b.
27. Cumulative foreign currency
translation adjustments....... RCFD 3284 (748) 27.
28. Total equity capital (sum of
items 23 through 27).......... RCFD 3210 3,130,201 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life
preferred stock, and equity
capital (sum of items 21,
22, and 28)................... RCFD 3300 49,335,206 29.
Memorandum
To be reported only with the March
Report of Condition.
1. Indicate in the box at the right the
number of the statement below that
best describes the most comprehensive
level of auditing work performed for
the bank by independent external Number
auditors as of any date during 1995..... RCFD 6724 N/A M.1.
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
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
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6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
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(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
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EXHIBIT 25.3
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY
OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
A National Banking Association 36-0899825
(I.R.S. employer
identification number)
One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
The First National Bank of Chicago
One First National Plaza, Suite 0286
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0286
Attn: Lynn A. Goldstein, Law Department (312) 732-6919
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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SUNAMERICA INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Maryland 86-0176061
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification number)
1 SunAmerica Center
Los Angeles, California 90067-6022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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Junior Subordinated Debentures
(Title of Indenture Securities)
Item 1. General Information. Furnish the following
information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or
supervising authority to which it is subject.
Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D.C.,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
Washington, D.C., The Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, Washington D.C.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise
corporate trust powers.
The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate
trust powers.
Item 2. Affiliations With the Obligor. If the obligor
is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each
such affiliation.
No such affiliation exists with the trustee.
Item 16. List of exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as a
part of this Statement of Eligibility.
1. A copy of the articles of association of the
trustee now in effect.
2. A copy of the certificates of authority of the
trustee to commence business.
3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to
exercise corporate trust powers.
4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee.
5. Not Applicable.
6. The consent of the trustee required by
Section 321(b) of the Act.
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the
trustee published pursuant to law or the
requirements of its supervising or examining
authority.
8. Not Applicable.
9. Not Applicable.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, The First National Bank of Chicago, a national
banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all
in the City of Chicago and State of Illinois, on the 17th day of
October, 1996.
The First National Bank of Chicago,
Trustee
By /s/ Richard D. Manella
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Richard D. Manella
Vice President
EXHIBIT 1
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
(Corrected To July 12, 1996)
FIRST. The title of this Association, organized for the purpose of
carrying on the business of banking under the laws of the United States, shall
be "The First National Bank of Chicago".
SECOND. The main office of this Association shall be in Chicago, County
of Cook, State of Illinois. The business of the Association shall be
conducted at its main office and its branches.
THIRD. The Board of Directors of this Association shall consist of not
less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, the exact number of
directors within such minimum and maximum limits to be fixed and determined
from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full Board of Directors
or by resolution of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof.
Any vacancy in the Board of Directors may be filled by action of a majority of
the remaining directors between meetings of shareholders. The Board of
Directors, by the vote of a majority of the full Board, may, between meetings
of shareholders, increase the membership of the Board within such maximum
limit by not more than four members if the number of directors last elected by
shareholders was 16 or more and by not more than two members if the number of
directors last elected by shareholders was 15 or less.
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FOURTH. The regular annual meeting of the shareholders of this
Association shall be held at its main banking house, or other convenient place
duly authorized by the Board of Directors, on such day of each year as is
specified therefor in the by-laws.
FIFTH. The amount of authorized capital stock of this Association shall
be Five Hundred Twenty-Five Million Eight Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Two
Hundred Dollars ($525,858,200) divided into 26,292,910 shares of common stock
of the par value per share of Twenty Dollars ($20); but said capital stock may
be increased or decreased from time to time, in accordance with the provisions
of the laws of the United States.
In the event of any such increase in the capital stock of this
Association by the sale of additional shares or the distribution of additional
shares as a stock dividend, each shareholder of this Association (unless
otherwise provided by the shareholders' vote or votes authorizing the
increase) shall be entitled, in proportion to the number of shares of said
capital stock owned by him before such increase, to proportionate rights in
respect of such additional shares as follows: (1) to the extent that such
shareholder's proportionate right in respect of such additional shares shall
embrace one or more whole shares of such additional shares, to receive (a) in
the case of a sale, a transferable warrant entitling the holder to subscribe,
within the specified subscription period, for such one or more whole shares of
such additional shares or (b) in the case of a stock dividend, a certificate
evidencing such one or more whole shares of such additional shares; and (2) to
the extent that such shareholder's proportionate right in respect of such
additional shares shall embrace a fraction of a share, to receive (a) in the
case of a sale, a fractional subscription warrant, conditioned that it shall
be void unless, within the specified subscription period, it is combined with
other such fractional subscription warrants in the aggregate entitling the
holder thereof to subscribe for a whole share or whole shares of such
additional shares and such subscription is completed by such holder of such
combined fractional warrants or (b) in the case of a stock dividend, a
fractional warrant which shall not represent or entitle the holder thereof to
any of the privileges of a shareholder of this Association but may be combined
with other such fractional warrants in the aggregate entitling the holder
thereof to exchange them for a whole share or whole shares of such additional
shares and conditioned that the holder exchanging such combined fractional
warrants for such whole share or whole shares of such additional shares shall
receive any dividends applicable to such whole share or whole shares declared
after the date of such fractional warrants and payable in respect of such
whole share or whole shares at the time of such exchange.
In the event of an increase in the capital stock of this Association in
pursuance of a statutory consolidation to which this Association may be a
party, the additional shares shall be issued in such a manner as the contract
or plan of consolidation may provide, pursuant to and in contemplation of the
statute under which said consolidation is effected.
In the event of an increase in the capital stock of this Association in
pursuance of a plan or contract (other than in the case of a statutory
consolidation) for the acquisition by this Association of the assets, in whole
or in part, and the good will of another banking institution or banker, the
additional shares shall be subscribed for by or issued to any persons, firms,
trustees or corporations, whether or not shareholders of this Association, as,
in its discretion in the execution of such plan or contract, the Board of
Directors may approve.
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The Association, at any time and from time to time, may authorize and
issue debt obligations, whether or not subordinated, without the approval of
the shareholders.
SIXTH. The Board of Directors shall appoint one of its members
President of this Association, who shall be Chairman of the Board; but the
Board of Directors may appoint a director, in lieu of the President, to be
Chairman of the Board, who shall perform such duties as may be designated by
the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the power to
appoint one or more Vice Presidents; to appoint a Cashier and such other
officers as may be required to transact the business of this Association; to
fix the salaries to be paid to all officers of this Association; and to
dismiss such officers, or any of them; but the Board of Directors may delegate
to the Chairman of the Board the authority to exercise such powers of
appointment, salary determination and dismissal.
The Board of Directors shall have the power to define the duties of
officers and employees of this Association, to require bonds from them, and to
fix the penalty thereof; to regulate the manner in which directors shall be
elected or appointed, and to appoint judges of election; in the event of an
increase of the capital stock of this Association to regulate the manner in
which such increase shall be made; to make all by-laws that it may be lawful
for them to make for the general regulation of the business of this
Association and the management of its affairs; and generally to do and perform
all acts that it may be lawful for a Board of Directors to do and perform.
The Board of Directors, without the approval of the shareholders, shall
have the power to change the location of the main office of this Association,
subject to such limitations as from time to time may be provided by law.
SEVENTH. This Association shall have succession from the date of its
organization certificate until such time as it be dissolved by the act of its
shareholders in accordance with the provisions of the banking laws of the
United States, or until its franchise becomes forfeited by reason of violation
of law, or until terminated by either a general or a special act of Congress,
or until its affairs be placed in the hands of a receiver and finally wound up
by him.
EIGHTH. The Board of Directors of this Association, the Chairman of the
Board, or the President, may call a special meeting of the shareholders at any
time: Provided, however, that, unless otherwise provided by the by-laws or the
laws of the United States, or waived by the shareholders, notice of the time,
place and purpose of the meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record
of this Association entitled to act and vote at such meeting, by a notice in
writing either mailed (prepaid first class postage) to such shareholder at his
address as shown upon the books of this Association or delivered manually to
such shareholder, not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for any such
meeting.
NINTH. (a) This Association shall indemnify and hold harmless each
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, by reason of the fact that he,
or a person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director,
officer or employee of this Association, or is or was serving at the
request of this Association as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware,
as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any
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such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits this
Association to provide broader indemnification rights than said law
permitted this Association to provide prior to such amendment) against all
expenses (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, penalties and
amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection therewith. This Association may, by action of the Board of
Directors, provide indemnification to agents of this Association with a
lesser or the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of
directors, officers and employees of this Association.
(b) Expenses incurred by a director, officer or employee in defending a
civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by this Association
in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director, officer or
employee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is
not entitled to be indemnified by this Association. Such expenses incurred by
agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of
Directors deems appropriate.
(c) The indemnification provided by this Article does not authorize this
Association to indemnify any director, officer or employee against expenses,
penalties, or other payments incurred in an administrative proceeding or
action instituted by an appropriate bank regulatory agency which proceeding or
action results in a final order against such director, officer or employee
assessing civil money penalties or requiring affirmative action in the form of
payments to this Association.
(d) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this Article Ninth shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of
expenses may be entitled under any statute, by-law, agreement, vote of
shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, this Association may
indemnify any person referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article to the
fullest extent permitted under the statutes applicable to national banking
associations and the rules, regulations and interpretations promulgated
thereunder by the primary regulator of national banking associations, in each
case now or hereafter in effect.
(e) This Association shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of this Association, or is or was serving at the request of this Association
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, 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 this Association would have the power to
indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article.
This provision does not, however, authorize this Association to purchase
insurance covering civil money penalties assessed against a director or
employee of this Association pursuant to a formal order by an appropriate bank
regulatory agency.
(f) Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article Ninth, nor the
adoption of any provision of these Articles of Association inconsistent with
this Article Ninth, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article Ninth
in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim
that, but for this Article Ninth, would accrue or arise, prior to such
amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
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TENTH. These Articles of Association may, subject to the provisions of
the banking laws of the United States, be amended at any regular or special
meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the shareholders owning
at least a majority of the stock of this Association.
EXHIBIT 2
_____________________________________________________________________________
Comptroller of the Currency
Administrator of National Banks
_____________________________________________________________________________
Washington, DC 20219
Certificate
I, Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the currency, do hereby
certify that:
1. The Comptroller of the currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et
seq., as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1, et seq., as amended, has possession, custody
and control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation and
supervision of all National Banking Associations.
2. "The First National Bank of Chicago", Chicago, Illinois, (Charter No. 8),
is a National Banking Association formed under the laws of the United States
and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking on the date
of this Certificate.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and caused my seal
of Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency to be affixed to these
presents at the Treasury Department,
in the City of Washington and
District of Columbia, this 17th day
of September, 1996.
/s/ Eugene A. Ludwig
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Comptroller of the Currency
EXHIBIT 3
_____________________________________________________________________________
Comptroller of the Currency
Administrator of National Banks
_____________________________________________________________________________
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Washington, DC 20219
Certification of Fiduciary Powers
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I, Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the currency, do hereby certify the
records in this Office evidence "The First National Bank of Chicago",
Chicago, Illinois, (Charter No. 8), was granted, under the hand and seal of
the Comptroller, the right to act in all fiduciary capacities authorized
under the provisions of The Act of Congress approved September 28, 1962, 76
Stat. 668, 12 U.S.C. 92a. I further certify the authority so granted
remains in full force and effect.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and caused my seal
of Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency to be affixed to these
presents at the Treasury Department,
in the City of Washington and
District of Columbia, this 17th day
of September, 1996.
/s/ Eugene A. Ludwig
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Comptroller of the Currency
EXHIBIT 4
BY-LAWS
OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED JULY 12, 1996
BY-LAWS
OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
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ARTICLE I
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
To the extent not inconsistent with applicable Federal banking statutes
or regulations, or safe and sound banking practices, the Bank shall follow the
corporate governance procedures of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
amended.
ARTICLE II
SHAREHOLDERS
SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. The regular annual meeting of shareholders
of the Bank to elect directors and to transact whatever other business may
properly come before the meeting shall be held in its main office on the
second Friday in May if not a legal holiday under the Laws of Illinois, and if
a legal holiday, then on the next business day following, at 11:30 A.M., or on
such other date and time as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.
If, for any cause, the annual election of directors should not be held on that
date, the Board shall order the election to be held on some subsequent day, of
which special notice shall be given.
SECTION 2. Judges of Election. To the extent required by law, the
Board of Directors shall, prior to the time of the election of directors,
appoint three persons to be Judges of Election, who shall hold and conduct the
same, and who shall, after the election has been held, certify under their
hands to the Cashier of the Bank the result thereof and the names of the
directors-elect.
SECTION 3. Notice to Directors-Elect. The Cashier upon receiving the
Certificate of the Judges of Election as aforesaid, shall cause the same to be
recorded upon the minute book of the Bank, and shall notify the
directors-elect of their election and of the time at which they are required
to meet at the main office of the Bank for the purpose of organizing the new
Board. If at the time fixed for the meeting of the directors-elect there
should not be a quorum present, the members present may adjourn from time to
time until a quorum is obtained.
SECTION 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may
be called in accordance with Article EIGHTH of the Bank's Articles of
Association.
SECTION 5. Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a
day not more than sixty (60) or less than ten (10) days prior to the date of
holding any regular or special meeting of shareholders as the day as of which
shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting shall be
determined.
SECTION 6. Notice. The Bank shall mail notice of any meeting of
shareholders at least 10 days prior to the meeting by first class mail, unless
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency determines that an emergency
circumstance exists. If the Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a company,
the sole shareholder may waive notice of the shareholder's meeting.
SECTION 7. Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Annual or Special
Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by law or the Articles of Association,
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any action which may be taken at any annual or special shareholder meeting may
be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if
written consent setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by the
holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes
that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which
all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of
the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous
written consent shall be given to those shareholders who did not give written
consent.
SECTION 8. Minutes. The proceedings of shareholders at all regular and
special meetings or by written consent in lieu of a meeting shall be recorded
in the minute book, together with the Articles of Association of the Bank and
the returns of the Judges of Election. The minutes of each meeting shall be
signed by the Presiding Officer, and attested by the Cashier, or other officer
of the Bank acting in place of the Cashier.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. Authority. The Board of Directors shall have the power to
manage and administer the business and affairs of the Bank. Except as
expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the Bank shall be vested in
and may be exercised by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Number. The Board of Directors shall at all times consist
of not less than five nor more than twenty-five individuals. The exact number
within such minimum and maximum limits shall be fixed and determined from time
to time by resolution of a majority of the full Board of Directors or by
resolution of the shareholders at any meeting thereof; provided, however, that
the Board of Directors may not increase the number of directors to a number
which: (1) exceeds by more than two the number of directors last elected by
shareholders where such number was fifteen or less; or (ii) exceeds by more
than four the number of directors last elected by shareholders where such
number was sixteen or more, but in no event shall the number of directors
exceed twenty-five.
SECTION 3. Term of Office. Each director shall hold office from the
date of his election or appointment until the next annual shareholder meeting.
Any director ceasing to be the owner of the amount of stock required by law or
in any other manner becoming disqualified shall thereupon vacate his office as
director.
SECTION 4. Compensation. The Board of Directors may provide that a
reasonable fee be paid to any of its members or to the members of any duly
authorized committee for services rendered. No such payment shall preclude
any director from serving the Bank in any other capacity and receiving
compensation therefor.
SECTION 5. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held on such dates, times and locations as determined by
the Chairman of the Board and communicated in writing to the directors.
SECTION 6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President. Such
meetings shall be held at such times and at such places as shall be determined
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by the officer calling the meeting. Notice of any special meeting of
directors shall be given to each director at the director's business or
residence in writing by hand delivery, first-class or overnight mail or
courier service, telegram or facsimile transmission, or orally by telephone.
If mailed by first-class mail, such notice shall be deemed adequately
delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage
thereon prepaid, at least two (2) days before such meeting. If by telegram,
overnight mail or courier service, such notice shall be deemed adequately
delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company or the
notice is delivered to the overnight mail or courier service company at least
twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting. If by facsimile transmission,
such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the notice is
transmitted at least twelve (12) hours before such meeting. Such notice need
not state the purposes of the meeting. Any or all directors may waive notice
of any meeting, either before or after the meeting. Attendance of a director
at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when
the director attends for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning
of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not
lawfully called or convened.
SECTION 7. Quorum; Majority Vote. A quorum of directors shall be
required to transact business at any regular or special meeting of the Board
of Directors. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum. Each
director shall be entitled to one vote. A vote by a majority of the directors
present at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors at which a
quorum is present shall be required to approve any matter or proposal at any
such meeting.
SECTION 8. Vacancies. When any vacancy occurs in the Board of
Directors, a majority of the remaining members of the Board, according to the
laws of the United States, may appoint a director to fill such vacancy at any
regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or at a special meeting called for
that purpose at which a quorum is present, or if the directors remaining in
office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board of Directors, by the
affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office, or by
shareholders at a special meeting called for that purpose. At any such
shareholder meeting, each shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to
multiply the number of votes he or she is entitled to cast by the number of
vacancies being filled and cast the product for a single candidate or
distribute the product among two or more candidates. A vacancy that will
occur at a specific later date (by reason of a resignation effective at a
later date) may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new director may
not take office until the vacancy occurs.
SECTION 9. Presiding Officer. The Chairman of the Board shall
preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which he is present. In
the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the President shall perform the
duties of the Chairman of the Board and shall preside at the meetings of the
Board of Directors. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the
President, the Vice Chairman of the Board (or in the event there be more than
one Vice Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen of the Board in the order
designated, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their
election) shall perform their duties and shall preside at the meetings of the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 10. Minutes of Meeting. The Cashier shall act as secretary to
the Board of Directors to take minutes at any regular or special meeting of
the Board of Directors. If the Cashier is not present at any such meeting,
the Chairman of the Board may designate a secretary pro tem to take minutes at
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the meeting. The Cashier or secretary pro tem shall record the actions and
proceedings at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors as
minutes of the meeting and shall maintain such minutes in a minute book of
proceedings of such meetings of the Board of Directors. Minutes of each
such meeting shall be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of each
meeting.
SECTION 11. Participation in Meetings by Telephone. Unless otherwise
restricted by law or the Articles of Association, members of the Board of
Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the
Board of Directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar
communications equipment which allows each person participating in the meeting
to hear each other. Participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence
in person at such meeting.
SECTION 12. Consent of Directors in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise
restricted by law or the Articles of Association, any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any
committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board
or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing
or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or
committee.
SECTION 13. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution
passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate one or more committees,
each committee to consist of two or more of the Directors of the Bank. The
Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of
any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any
meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the
resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors
in the management of the business and affairs of the Bank, and may authorize
the seal of the Bank to be affixed to all papers which may require it;
provided, however, that in the absence or disqualification of any member of
such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any
meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute
a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to
act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be
determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
As used in these By-Laws, "entire Board" means the total number of Directors
the Bank would have if there were no vacancies.
There shall be an Executive Committee composed and created as the Board
of Directors may designate by resolution passed by a majority of the entire
Board. During intervals between the regular meetings of the Board of
Directors, the Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law, the
Articles of Association of the Bank and the By-Laws, shall have and may
exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the
business and affairs of the Bank.
Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, a majority of the
members of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to this
Section shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof and the act of a
majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of such committee. Any such committee shall, subject to any
rules prescribed by the Board of Directors, prescribe its own rules for
calling, giving notice of and holding meetings and its method of procedure at
such meetings and shall keep a written record of all action taken by it. Each
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committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to
the Board of Directors when required.
SECTION 14. Honorary Directors. Any person who has at any time been
Chairman of the Board, President or Vice Chairman of the Board of the Bank
may, after retirement from the Board of Directors, be appointed by the Board
of Directors as an Honorary Director on a year-to-year basis. In no case
shall an Honorary Director serve as such for more than five years. Honorary
Directors shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Directors, shall
have no vote and shall not be considered directors for the purpose of
determining a quorum. Honorary Directors shall be reimbursed for their
expenses in attending meetings of the Board of Directors and shall receive
such fees, if any, for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors as
may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors but shall not receive
any other directors' fees or any other compensation for their services.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. Officer Titles. The officers of the Bank shall include a
Chairman of the Board and a President and may include one or more Vice
Chairmen of the Board, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents,
First Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents and Assistant Vice Presidents, a
General Auditor, a General Counsel, a Cashier, and such other officers as may
be appropriate for the prompt and orderly transaction of the business of the
Bank. Individuals appointed as Chairman of the Board, President and Vice
Chairman of the Board must be members of the Board. The same person may hold
any two or more offices. The Chairman of the Board shall have such authority
to establish officer titles as from time to time delegated by the Board of
Directors and to delegate such authority further to other officers of the
Bank.
SECTION 2. Chief Executive Officer. The Chairman of the Board shall be
the chief executive officer of the Bank. In case of the death or disability
of the Chairman of the Board, his powers shall be exercised and his duties
discharged by the President. In the event of the death or disability of the
Chairman of the Board and the President, the Vice Chairman of the Board (or in
the event there be more than one Vice Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairmen
of the Board in the order designated, or in the absence of any designation,
then in the order of their election) shall exercise the powers and discharge
the duties of the Chairman of the Board.
SECTION 3. Election of Officers. The Board of Directors of the Bank
shall have authority to appoint the officers of the Bank. The Chairman of the
Board shall have such authority to appoint officers as from time to time
delegated by the Board of Directors, and to delegate such authority further to
other officers of the Bank.
SECTION 4. Authority and Responsibility. The authorities and
responsibilities of all officers, in addition to those specifically prescribed
herein, shall be those usually pertaining to their respective offices, or as
may be designated by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board or
by the President, or by any officer of the Bank designated by one of the
foregoing.
SECTION 5. Term of Office. Officers shall be appointed for an
indefinite term, and their employment may be terminated or they may be removed
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from office at any time. The Board of Directors shall have authority to
terminate or remove officers of the Bank. The Chairman of the Board shall
have such authority to terminate or remove officers as from time to time
delegated by the Board of Directors, and to delegate such authority further to
other officers of the Bank.
SECTION 6. Surety. All officers and employees of the Bank who shall be
responsible for any moneys, funds or valuables of the Bank shall give bond, or
be covered by a blanket bond, in such penal sum and with such security as
shall be approved by the Board, conditioned for the faithful and honest
discharge of their duties as such officers or employees and that they will
faithfully apply and account for all such moneys, funds and valuables and
deliver the same on proper demand to the order of the Board of the Bank, or to
the person or persons authorized to receive the same.
ARTICLE V
SEAL
SECTION 1. Description. The following is a description of the Seal
adopted by the Board of the Bank:
Female with left arm resting on shield, bale of goods and sheaf of grain
at her side, ship and sea in the distance; the whole surrounded with the
words, "The First National Bank of Chicago".
SECTION 2. Attestation. Any instrument which is executed for and on
behalf of the Bank by its duly authorized officers may, when necessary, be
attested and sealed with the corporate seal by any officer of the Bank other
than the officer who executes such instrument on behalf of the Bank.
ARTICLE VI
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE
Any Vice President or higher ranking officer shall have authority on
behalf of and in the name of the Bank, to execute any document or instrument
and to take action which may be necessary or appropriate to purchase, convey,
lease, or otherwise affect any real estate or interest in real estate owned or
to be owned by the Bank; provided, however, any document or instrument
purchasing, conveying or leasing real estate used or to be used by the Bank as
banking facilities must be executed by a Senior Vice President or higher
ranking officer, or any other officer designated by any of the foregoing. Any
Assistant Vice President or higher ranking officer shall have authority to
execute and deliver on behalf of and in the name of the Bank, releases of
mortgages or trust deeds.
ARTICLE VII
STOCK AND STOCK CERTIFICATES
SECTION 1. Increase of Stock. In the event of any increase in the
capital stock of the Bank the preemptive rights of the shareholders in respect
of any such increased stock shall be as set forth in Article FIFTH of the
Articles of Association.
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Any warrants or certificates issuable to shareholders in connection with
any increase of the capital stock of the Bank, shall be delivered to the
respective shareholders entitled thereto, either by hand or by mail,
first-class postage prepaid, addressed to their respective addresses as shown
on the books of the Bank.
If, in the event of a sale of additional shares, any subscription rights
shall not have been exercised at the expiration of the specified subscription
period, such unsubscribed new shares may be issued and sold at such price, not
less than the par value thereof, to such persons and on such terms as the
Board of Directors may determine.
SECTION 2. Transfers of Stock. The stock of the Bank shall be
assignable only upon the books of the Bank, subject to the restrictions of the
Act, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all assignments and transfers
of stock shall be made. Transfers of stock may be suspended preparatory to
any election or payment of any dividends.
SECTION 3. Certificates of Stock. Certificates of stock signed by any
Vice President or higher ranking officer and the Cashier or any Assistant
Cashier may be issued to shareholders, and the Certificates shall state upon
the face thereof that the stock is transferable only upon the books of the
Bank. If such Certificates are manually countersigned by two other officers
of the Bank, the signatures of the officers designated in the preceding
sentence may be facsimiles, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has
signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such Certificates
shall have ceased to be such officer before such Certificates are issued, they
may be issued by the Bank with the same effect as if such officer had not
ceased to be such at the date of issue.
In case of transfer of stock, new Certificates of stock shall not be
issued until other Certificate or Certificates of stock of an equal amount
shall first have been surrendered and cancelled.
Any one of the following officers of the Bank: the Chairman of the
Board, the President, or any Vice Chairman of the Board is each hereby
authorized to cause new Certificates of stock of the Bank to be issued to
replace Certificates reported to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon
receipt of: (a) appropriate affidavit or affidavits setting forth whether the
Certificates were lost, stolen or destroyed and the circumstances thereof, and
(b) a bond or bonds (blanket or otherwise) or an agreement or agreements of
indemnity, sufficient in the opinion of any of such officers to protect the
interests of the Bank issuing such new Certificates.
ARTICLE VIII
BANKING HOURS
The Bank shall be open for business during such days of the year and for
such hours as the Board of Directors or any officer of the Bank designated by
the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE IX
CONTRACTS, CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT AND NOTES
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SECTION 1. Execution of Contracts. Any officer of the bank and such
other persons as may be authorized by the Board of Directors are severally and
respectively authorized to execute documents and to take action in the Bank's
name in connection with any and all transactions conducted in the ordinary
course of business of the Bank.
SECTION 2. Certificates of Deposit and Notes. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, all certificates of deposits and notes evidencing obligations of
the Bank shall be signed either manually or by facsimile signature by any
officer of the Bank, and, if such signature is not a manual signature, shall
be validated by the manual signature of another officer of the Bank whose
signature does not already appear on said certificate of deposit or note or by
the authorized officers of corporate fiduciaries or agents with whom the Board
of Directors may from time to time by resolution authorize the officers of the
Bank to contract for services in connection with the validation and delivery
of certificates of deposit or notes issued by the Bank.
ARTICLE X
VOTING RIGHTS
The vote of the Bank as stockholder in any corporation in which it may
hold stock or upon any securities carrying voting rights which it shall have
the right to vote in its individual capacity as a Bank, shall be cast at any
stockholders' or shareholders' meeting by any Vice President or higher ranking
officer, or the Cashier, in person, or by some person or persons authorized by
written proxy signed by one of said officers.
In all cases where shares of stock or other securities carrying voting
rights and owned by the Bank shall be held in the name of a nominee of the
Bank, any Vice President or higher ranking officer, or the Cashier, may
authorize such nominee to vote such stock or other securities in person,
either unconditionally or upon such terms, limitations, or conditions as such
officer may direct, or any such officer may authorize such nominee to execute
a proxy to vote such shares of stock or other securities carrying voting
rights, either unconditionally or upon such terms, conditions and/or
limitations as such officer shall approve.
ARTICLE XI
EXAMINATIONS
It shall be the duty of the General Auditor to examine, from time to
time, the various operations of the Bank, verify its assets and liabilities,
and perform such other procedures as are required to determine that the
accounting records are accurate and to ascertain whether the Bank is in a
sound and solvent condition. Major discrepancies and defalcations shall be
reported to the Board promptly and other reports shall be made directly to the
Board when deemed appropriate either by the General Auditor or the Board. In
the event of the death, resignation, absence or inability of the General
Auditor, the Board of Directors shall appoint a competent person who shall
make such examinations and reports, pending the election of a successor to the
General Auditor or the return of the General Auditor to his duties.
ARTICLE XII
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BONDS OF INDEMNITY
Bonds of indemnity given to secure the issuance of duplicate or
substitute notes, bonds, stock certificates, checks, debentures or other
securities which may have been lost, destroyed or stolen or to secure the
payment of any such lost, destroyed or stolen securities or to secure the
payment by the Bank of funds deposited by any public authorities, shall be
executed by any Assistant Vice President or higher ranking officer, and, if
required, sealed with the corporate seal and attested by some other officer of
the Bank.
ARTICLE XIII
AUTHORITY TO SELL STOCKS, BONDS, ETC.
SECTION 1. U.S. Obligations. Any Assistant Vice President or higher
ranking officer may at any time, in his discretion, sell, assign and transfer
any and all United States bonds now standing, or which may hereafter stand, in
the name of the Bank, and to appoint one or more attorneys for that purpose.
SECTION 2. Other Obligations. Any Assistant Vice President or higher
ranking officer may at any time, in his discretion, sell, assign and transfer
any and all notes, bonds, certificates of indebtedness or obligations of any
corporation, firm or individual, which said notes, bonds, certificates of
indebtedness or obligations are now registered, or may hereafter be
registered, in the name of, or for the benefit of, the Bank, or are payable or
indorsed to the Bank.
SECTION 3. Stock. Any Assistant Vice President or higher ranking
officer may at any time in his discretion, sell, assign and transfer to any
assignee or transferee, for and on behalf of the Bank and in its name, any and
all shares of capital stock of any corporation or corporations held by the
Bank.
ARTICLE XIV
FIDUCIARY ACTIVITIES
1. Authority to Sign as Registrar, Transfer Agent, etc. Any officer of
the Bank shall have the right to sign, countersign, certify, register,
authenticate and identify all bonds, notes, interim certificates, and
depositary receipts, warrants, participation certificates, certificates of
stock and similar instruments for or in respect of which the Bank may be
acting as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent or otherwise.
2. Authority to Vote Stock. The vote of the Bank as stockholder in any
corporation or mutual fund in which it may hold capital stock in any fiduciary
capacity, unless the governing instrument directs otherwise, may be voted by
any officer of the Bank in person, electronically or by written proxy signed
by one of said officers.
3. Authority to Sell, Assign and Transfer Stocks, etc. Any officer of
the Bank may sell, assign and transfer to any assignee or transferee for the
Bank and in its name, any and all shares of the capital stock or other
securities and obligations of any individual or entity held by the Bank in any
fiduciary capacity, and sign and deliver any instruments with respect to any
such items.
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4. Authority to Sign Checks and Other Instruments. Any officer of the
Bank is authorized to sign for and on behalf of the Bank: checks against any
account or accounts of any organizational unit of the Bank exercising
fiduciary powers; petitions; schedules; accounts; reports; receipts for funds
or securities deposited with the Bank as fiduciary and all instruments or
documents that may be necessary or desirable in connection with the execution
of any fiduciary powers of the Bank.
5. Delegation of Authority. Anything in this Article XIV to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Chairman of the Board is authorized to designate
in writing such persons as shall be authorized in the name of the Bank to sign
or countersign any or all of the documents and instruments enumerated in this
Article XIV relating to transactions conducted in connection with the
execution of any fiduciary powers of the Bank.
ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS
These By-Laws may be changed or amended by the vote of a majority of the
directors present at any regularly constituted meeting of the Board of
Directors.
ARTICLE XVI
EMERGENCY OPERATION OF BANK
In the event of an emergency declared by the President of the United
States or the person performing his functions, due to threatened or actual
enemy attack or disaster, the officers and employees of the Bank will continue
to conduct the affairs of the Bank under such guidance from the directors as
may be available, except as to matters which by statute require specific
approval of the Board of Directors, and subject to conformance with any
governmental directives during the emergency.
ARTICLE XVII
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
Each of the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman of
the Board and the Cashier of the Bank are severally and respectively
authorized to designate in writing such persons who shall be authorized in the
name and on behalf of the Bank to sign any document or instrument, including
certificates of deposit and notes, and to take action which may be necessary
or appropriate to the conduct of the Bank's business, in its individual
capacity or any other capacity. Any such authorization to sign such document
or instrument and to take any action may be general or limited as is
determined in the discretion of the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice Chairman of the Board or the Cashier.
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EXHIBIT 6
THE CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE REQUIRED
BY SECTION 321(b) OF THE ACT
October 17, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In connection with the qualification of an indenture between SunAmerica Inc.
and The First National Bank of Chicago, the undersigned, in accordance with
Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, hereby consents
that the reports of examinations of the undersigned, made by Federal or State
authorities authorized to make such examinations, may be furnished by such
authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request
therefor.
Very truly yours,
The First National Bank of Chicago
By: /s/ Richard D. Manella
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Richard D. Manella
Vice President
EXHIBIT 7
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 06/30/96
ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460 Page RC-1
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial
and State-Chartered Savings Banks for June 30, 1996
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, report the amount outstanding of the last business day of the
quarter. Schedule RC--Balance Sheet
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<CAPTION>
Dollar
Amounts C400 -
in ------------ ---
Thousands RCFD BIL MIL THOU
_________ ---- --- --- ----
<S> <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 3,572,641 1.a.
b. Interest-bearing balances(2)..... 0071 6,958,367 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 1,448,974 2.b.
3. Federal funds sold and securities
purchased under agreements to
resell in domestic offices of the
bank and its Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and in IBFs:
a. Federal Funds sold............... 0276 5,020,878 3.a.
b. Securities purchased under
agreements to resell............. 0277 918,688 3.b.
4. Loans and lease financing
receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned
income (from Schedule RC-C)...... RCFD 2122 19,125,160 4.a.
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and
lease losses..................... RCFD 3123 379,232 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 18,745,928 4.d.
5. Assets held in trading accounts..... 3545 9,599,172 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets (including
capitalized leases)................. 2145 623,289 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from
Schedule RC-M)...................... 2150 8,927 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries and associated
companies (from Schedule RC-M)...... 2130 57,280 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank
on acceptances outstanding.......... 2155 632,259 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule
RC-M)............................... 2143 156,715 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)... 2160 1,592,088 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1
through 11)......................... 2170 49,335,206 12.
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 06/30/96
ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460 Page RC-2
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
Schedule RC-Continued
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<CAPTION>
Dollar
Amounts
in
Thousands BIL MIL THOU -
---------- --- --- ---- ---
<S> <C> <C> <C>
LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices
(sum of totals of columns
A and C from Schedule RC-E,
part 1).................... RCON 2200 16,878,870 13.a.
(1) Noninterest-bearing(1). RCON 6631 7,855,880 13.a.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing....... RCON 6636 9,022,990 13.a.(2)
b. In foreign offices, Edge
and Agreement subsidiaries,
and IBFs (from Schedule
RC-E, part II)............. RCFN 2200 12,677,057 13.b.
(1) Noninterest bearing.... RCFN 6631 766,936 13.b.(1)
(2) Interest-bearing....... RCFN 6636 11,910,121 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:
a. Federal funds purchased.... RCFD 0278 1,318,968 14.a.
b. Securities sold under
agreements to repurchase... RCFD 0279 1,197,589 14.b.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the
U.S. Treasury.............. RCON 2840 104,546 15.a.
b. Trading Liabilities........ RCFD 3548 6,431,784 15.b.
16. Other borrowed money:
a. With original maturity of
one year or less........... RCFD 2332 4,437,636 16.a.
b. With original maturity of
more than one year......... RCFD 2333 75,308 16.b.
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<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
17. Mortgage indebtedness and
obligations under capitalized
leases........................ RCFD 2910 283,041 17.
18. Bank's liability on acceptance
executed and outstanding...... RCFD 2920 632,259 18.
19. Subordinated notes and
debentures.................... RCFD 3200 1,275,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from
Schedule RC-G)................ RCFD 2930 892,947 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of
items 13 through 20).......... RCFD 2948 46,205,005 21.
22. Limited-Life preferred stock
and related surplus........... RCFD 3282 0 22.
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and
related surplus.............. RCFD 3838 0 23.
24. Common stock.................. RCFD 3230 200,858 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus
related to preferred stock)... RCFD 3839 2,349,164 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and
capital reserves........... RCFD 3632 584,878 26.a.
b. Net unrealized holding
gains (losses) on available-
for-sale securities........ RCFD 8434 (3,951) 26.b.
27. Cumulative foreign currency
translation adjustments....... RCFD 3284 (748) 27.
28. Total equity capital (sum of
items 23 through 27).......... RCFD 3210 3,130,201 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life
preferred stock, and equity
capital (sum of items 21,
22, and 28)................... RCFD 3300 49,335,206 29.
Memorandum
To be reported only with the March
Report of Condition.
1. Indicate in the box at the right the
number of the statement below that
best describes the most comprehensive
level of auditing work performed for
the bank by independent external Number
auditors as of any date during 1995..... 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)
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5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
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(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
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EXHIBIT 25.4
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FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) |__|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
______________________
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST III
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware 95-6994850
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
1 SunAmerica Center
Los Angeles, California 90067-6022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
______________________
Preferred Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
==============================================================================
<PAGE>
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.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and
Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None. (See Note on page 3.)
16. List of Exhibits.
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission,
are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant
to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and
Rule 24 of the Commission's Rules of Practice.
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains
the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to
exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215,
Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration
Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form
T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
Page=2
<PAGE>
NOTE
Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the
Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive answer to Item 2, the
answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.
Item 2 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an
amendment to this Form T-1.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 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 23rd day of October, 1996.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Stephen J. Giurlando
--------------------------------
Name: Stephen J. Giurlando
Title: Assistant Vice President
Page=3
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 25.5
==============================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) |__|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST IV
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware 95-6994851
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
1 SunAmerica Center
Los Angeles, California 90067-6022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
______________________
Preferred Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
==============================================================================
<PAGE>
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.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and
Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None. (See Note on page 3.)
16. List of Exhibits.
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the
Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit
hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 (the "Act") and Rule 24 of the Commission's Rules of Practice.
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains
the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to
exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215,
Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration
Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the
Act. (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee
published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its
supervising or examining authority.
Page=2
<PAGE>
NOTE
Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the
Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive answer to Item 2, the
answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.
Item 2 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an
amendment to this Form T-1.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 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 23rd day of October, 1996.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Stephen J. Giurlando
--------------------------------
Name: Stephen J. Giurlando
Title: Assistant Vice President
Page=3
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 25.6
==============================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) |__|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
____________________________
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST V
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware To be applied for
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
1 SunAmerica Center
Los Angeles, California 90067-6022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
______________________
Preferred Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
==============================================================================
<PAGE>
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.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and
Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None. (See Note on page 3.)
16. List of Exhibits.
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission,
are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant
to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and
Rule 24 of the Commission's Rules of Practice.
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains
the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to
exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215,
Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration
Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-
44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
Page=2
<PAGE>
NOTE
Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the
Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive answer to Item 2, the
answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.
Item 2 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an
amendment to this Form T-1.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York,
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 23rd day of October, 1996.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Stephen J. Giurlando
--------------------------------
Name: Stephen J. Giurlando
Title: Assistant Vice President
Page=3
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 25.7
==============================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) |__|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
____________________________
SUNAMERICA CAPITAL TRUST VI
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware To be applied for
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
1 SunAmerica Center
Los Angeles, California 90067-6022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
______________________
Preferred Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
==============================================================================
<PAGE>
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.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and
Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None. (See Note on page 3.)
16. List of Exhibits.
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission,
are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant
to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and
Rule 24 of the Commission's Rules of Practice.
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains
the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to
exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215,
Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration
Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form
T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-
44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
Page=2
<PAGE>
NOTE
Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the
Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive answer to Item 2, the
answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.
Item 2 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an
amendment to this Form T-1.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 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 23rd day of October, 1996.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Stephen J. Giurlando
--------------------------------
Name: Stephen J. Giurlando
Title: Assistant Vice President
Page=3
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 25.8
================================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) |__|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
SUNAMERICA INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Maryland 86-0176061
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
1 SunAmerica Center
Los Angeles, California 90067-6022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
______________________
Guarantee of Preferred Securities of
SunAmerica Capital Trust III
(Title of the indenture securities)
<PAGE>
================================================================================
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.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and Albany,
N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None. (See Note on page 3.)
16. List of Exhibits.
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission,
are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to
Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and Rule
24 of the Commission's Rules of Practice.
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains
the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to
exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a
and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672
and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-44051.)
Page=2
<PAGE>
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
NOTE
Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the
Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive answer to Item 2, the
answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.
Item 2 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an amendment
to this Form T-1.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 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 23rd day of October, 1996.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Walter N. Gitlin
-----------------------
Name: Walter N. Gitlin
Title: Vice President
Page=3
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 25.9
==============================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) |__|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
SUNAMERICA INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Maryland 86-0176061
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
1 SunAmerica Center
Los Angeles, California 90067-6022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
______________________
Guarantee of Preferred Securities of
SunAmerica Capital Trust IV
(Title of the indenture securities)
==============================================================================
<PAGE>
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.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and
Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None. (See Note on page 3.)
16. List of Exhibits.
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission,
are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant
to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and
Rule 24 of the Commission's Rules of Practice.
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains
the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to
exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215,
Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration
Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the
Act. (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee
published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its
supervising or examining authority.
Page=2
<PAGE>
NOTE
Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the
Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive answer to Item 2, the
answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.
Item 2 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an
amendment to this Form T-1.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 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 23rd day of October, 1996.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Walter N. Gitlin
______________________________
Name: Walter N. Gitlin
Title: Vice President
Page=3
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 25.10
==============================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) |__|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
SUNAMERICA INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Maryland 86-0176061
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
1 SunAmerica Center
Los Angeles, California 90067-6022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
______________________
Guarantee of Preferred Securities of
SunAmerica Capital Trust V
(Title of the indenture securities)
<PAGE>
==============================================================================
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.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and
Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None. (See Note on page 3.)
16. List of Exhibits.
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are
incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule
7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and Rule 24 of
the Commission's Rules of Practice.
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the
authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise
corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit
1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form
T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
NOTE
Page=2
<PAGE>
Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the
Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive answer to Item 2, the
answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.
Item 2 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an
amendment to this Form T-1.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 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 23rd day of October, 1996.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Walter N. Gitlin
-------------------------------
Name: Walter N. Gitlin
Title: Vice President
Page=3
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 25.11
==============================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) |__|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
SUNAMERICA INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Maryland 86-0176061
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
1 SunAmerica Center
Los Angeles, California 90067-6022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
______________________
Guarantee of Preferred Securities of
SunAmerica Capital Trust VI
(Title of the indenture securities)
<PAGE>
================================================================================
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.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and
Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None. (See Note on page 3.)
16. List of Exhibits.
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission,
are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant
to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and
Rule 24 of the Commission's Rules of Practice.
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains
the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to
exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215,
Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration
Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form
T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-
44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
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NOTE
Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the
Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive answer to Item 2, the
answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.
Item 2 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an
amendment to this Form T-1.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, 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 23rd day of October, 1996.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Walter N. Gitlin
______________________________
Name: Walter N. Gitlin
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 25.12
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FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) |__|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
SUNAMERICA INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Maryland 86-0176061
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
1 SunAmerica Center
Los Angeles, California 90067-6022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
______________________
Prepaid Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
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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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Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and Albany,
N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None. (See Note on page 3.)
16. List of Exhibits.
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission,
are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant
to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and
Rule 24 of the Commission's Rules of Practice.
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains
the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to
exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215,
Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration
Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form
T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
No. 33-44051.)
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7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
NOTE
Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is filed prior to the ascertainment by the
Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive answer to Item 2, the
answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.
Item 2 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended by an
amendment to this Form T-1.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York,
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 23rd day of October, 1996.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Byron Merino
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Name: Byron Merino
Title: Assistant Treasurer
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