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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 20, 1997
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC. WASHINGTON WASHINGTON 91-1653725
MUTUAL CAPITAL I DELAWARE APPLIED FOR
(Exact name of registrant as (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
specified in its charter) incorporation or organization)
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1201 THIRD AVENUE
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
(206) 461-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
Registrant's principal executive offices)
MARC R. KITTNER
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CORPORATE COUNSEL
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
1201 THIRD AVENUE
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
(206) 461-2000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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COPIES TO:
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DAVID R. WILSON LEE MEYERSON
Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
1111 Third Avenue 425 Lexington Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101 New York, New York 10017-3954
(206) 447-4400 (212) 455-2000
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. / /
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. / /
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. / /
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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. / /
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If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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TITLE OF EACH PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM
CLASS OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE PER AGGREGATE OFFERING AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED(1) SHARE PRICE REGISTRATION FEE
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Preferred securities of Washington Mutual Capital
I............................................... 300,000 $1,000 $300,000,000 $90,909
Guarantee by Washington Mutual, Inc. of the above-
referenced preferred securities................. (2) (2) (2) N/A
Subordinated debt securities of Washington Mutual,
Inc............................................. $300,000,000 N/A $300,000,000 N/A
Total............................................. N/A N/A $300,000,000 $90,909
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(1) Exclusive of accrued interest and dividends, if any. A like amount of
Subordinated Debt Securities may be issued and sold by Washington Mutual,
Inc. to Washington Mutual Capital I (the "Trust"), in which event such
Subordinated Debt Securities may later be distributed for no additional
consideration to the holders of the preferred securities of the Trust upon a
dissolution of the Trust and the distribution of the assets thereof.
(2) Includes the rights of holders of the Preferred Securities under the
Guarantee and certain back-up undertakings, comprised of the obligations of
Washington Mutual, Inc. to provide certain indemnities in respect of, and
pay and be responsible for certain costs, expenses, debts and liabilities
of, the Trust (other than with respect to the Preferred Securities) and such
obligations of Washington Mutual, Inc. as set forth in the Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust and the Subordinated Indenture,
in each case as further described in the Registration Statement. The
Guarantee, when taken together with Washington Mutual, Inc.'s obligations
under the Subordinated Debt Securities, the Subordinated Indenture and the
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, will provide a full and
unconditional guarantee on a subordinated basis by Washington Mutual, Inc.
of payments due on the Preferred Securities. No separate consideration will
be received for any Guarantees or such back-up obligations.
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 THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING
PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
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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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Subject To Completion, dated May 20, 1997
PROSPECTUS
$300,000,000
WASHINGTON MUTUAL CAPITAL I
SKISSM
% SUBORDINATED CAPITAL INCOME SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1,000 PER CAPITAL SECURITY)
FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH HEREIN BY
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
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The % Subordinated Capital Income Securities (the "Capital Securities")
offered hereby represent undivided beneficial ownership interests in the assets
of Washington Mutual Capital I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the
"Trust"). Washington Mutual, Inc., a Washington corporation ("Washington Mutual"
or the "Company"), will be the owner of all of the beneficial ownership
interests represented by common securities of the Trust (the "Common
Securities"; together with the Capital Securities, the "Trust Securities"). The
Trust exists for the sole purpose of issuing the Capital Securities and the
Common Securities and investing the proceeds thereof in % Junior Subordinated
Debentures (the "Junior Subordinated Debentures"), to be issued by the Company.
(CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE)
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 14 HEREOF FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION
RELEVANT TO AN INVESTMENT IN THE CAPITAL SECURITIES.
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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.
THESE SECURITIES ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK OR SAVINGS
ASSOCIATION AND ARE NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
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Initial Public Underwriting Proceeds to
Offering Price (1) Commissions (2) Trust (3)(4)
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Per Capital Security..................................... $1,000 (3) $1,000
Total.................................................... $300,000,000 (3) $300,000,000
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(1) Plus accrued distributions, if any, from , 1997.
(2) The Trust and the Company have each agreed to indemnify the several
Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). See
"Underwriting."
(3) In view of the fact that the proceeds of the sale of the Capital Securities
will be invested in the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Company has
agreed to pay to the Underwriters, as compensation for their arranging the
investment therein of such proceeds, $ per Capital Security (or $ in
the aggregate). See "Underwriting."
(4) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company, estimated at $ .
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The Capital Securities are offered, subject to prior sale, when, as and if
issued to and accepted by the several Underwriters and subject to certain
conditions. It is expected that delivery of the Capital Securities will be made
in book-entry form through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company on or
about , 1997 at the offices of Lehman Brothers Inc., New York, New York
against payment therefor in immediately available funds.
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LEHMAN BROTHERS
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
UBS SECURITIES
May , 1997
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CERTAIN PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN THIS OFFERING MAY ENGAGE IN TRANSACTIONS
THAT STABILIZE, MAINTAIN OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE PRICE OF THE CAPITAL
SECURITIES. SUCH TRANSACTIONS MAY INCLUDE THE PURCHASE OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
FOLLOWING THE PRICING OF THE OFFERING TO COVER A SYNDICATE SHORT POSITION IN THE
CAPITAL SECURITIES OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING THE PRICE OF THE CAPITAL
SECURITIES. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THESE ACTIVITIES, SEE "UNDERWRITING."
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The Junior Subordinated Debentures will mature on , 2027 (the "Stated
Maturity"). The Capital Securities will have a preference under certain
circumstances with respect to cash distributions and amounts payable on
liquidation, redemption or otherwise over the Common Securities. See
"Description of Capital Securities--Subordination of Common Securities."
Holders of the Capital Securities will be entitled to receive cumulative
cash distributions accruing from the date of original issuance and payable
semi-annually in arrears on and of each year, commencing ,
1997, at the annual rate of % of the liquidation preference of $1000 per
Capital Security ("Distributions"). The distribution rate and the distribution
payment dates and other payment dates for the Capital Securities will correspond
to the payments and payment dates on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, which
will be the sole assets of the Trust. The Company will guarantee the payment of
Distributions and payments on liquidation of the Trust or redemption of the
Capital Securities, but only in each case to the extent of funds held by the
Trust, as described herein (the "Guarantee"). See "Description of Guarantee"
herein. If the Company does not make interest payments on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures held by the Trust, the Trust will have insufficient
funds to pay Distributions on the Capital Securities. The Guarantee does not
cover payment of Distributions when the Trust has insufficient funds to pay such
Distributions. In such event, a holder of the Capital Securities may institute a
legal proceeding directly against the Company pursuant to the terms of the
Indenture to enforce payment to that holder of amounts equal to the
Distributions to that holder. See "Description of Junior Subordinated
Debentures--Enforcement of Certain Rights by Holders of Capital Securities." The
Company's obligations under the Guarantee, taken together with its obligations
under the Junior Subordinated Debentures and the Indenture (as defined herein),
including its obligation to pay all costs, expenses and liabilities of the Trust
(other than with respect to the Capital Securities), constitute a full and
unconditional guarantee of all of the Trust's obligations under the Capital
Securities.
The obligations of the Company under the Guarantee and the Junior
Subordinated Debentures are subordinate and junior in right of payment to all
Indebtedness (as defined in "Description of Junior Subordinated
Debentures--Subordination" herein) of the Company and will be structurally
subordinated to all liabilities and obligations of the Company's subsidiaries.
As of March 31, 1997, approximately $467.0 million aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness was outstanding, and the Company's consolidated subsidiaries had
approximately $43.2 billion of indebtedness and other liabilities. The terms of
the Junior Subordinated Debentures place no limitation on the amount of
Indebtedness that may be incurred by the Company or on the amount of liabilities
and obligations of the Company's subsidiaries. See "Description of Junior
Subordinated Debentures--Subordination."
The Company has the right to defer payment of interest on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures at any time or from time to time for a period not
exceeding 10 consecutive semi-annual periods with respect to each deferral
period (each, an "Extension Period"), provided that no Extension Period may
extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. Upon
the termination of any such Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then
due on any Interest Payment Date (as defined herein), the Company may elect to
begin a new Extension Period subject to the requirements set forth herein.
Accordingly, there could be multiple Extension Periods of varying lengths
throughout the term of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. If interest payments
on the Junior Subordinated Debentures are so deferred, distributions on the
Capital Securities will also be deferred and the Company may not, and may not
permit any subsidiary of the Company to, subject to certain exceptions set forth
herein, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem,
purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, the Company's
capital stock or (ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if
any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company that
rank PARI PASSU with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated
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Debentures or make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the
Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Company if such
guarantee ranks PARI PASSU with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated
Debentures (other than (a) dividends or distributions in common stock of the
Company, (b) payments under the Guarantee, (c) any declaration of a dividend in
connection with the implementation of a stockholders' rights plan, or the
issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or
repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, and (d) purchases of common
stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights under any of the
Company's benefit plans). During an Extension Period, interest on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures will continue to accrue (and the amount of Distributions
to which holders of the Capital Securities are entitled will accumulate) at the
rate of % per annum, compounded semi-annually, and holders of the Capital
Securities will be required to accrue interest income for United States federal
income tax purposes prior to receipt of cash related to such interest income.
See "Description of Junior Subordinated Debentures--Option to Extend Interest
Payment Period" and "Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Consequences--Interest Income and Original Issue Discount."
The Junior Subordinated Debentures are not redeemable prior to , 2007
unless a Special Event (as defined herein) has occurred. The Junior Subordinated
Debentures are redeemable prior to maturity at the option of the Company,
subject to the receipt of any necessary prior regulatory approval (i) on or
after , 2007, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to % of
the principal amount thereof on , 2007, declining ratably on each December
1 thereafter to 100% on or after , 2017, plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, or (ii) at any time, in whole (but not in part), upon the occurrence
and continuation of a Special Event, at a redemption price equal to the greater
of (a) 100% of the principal amount thereof or (b) as determined by a Quotation
Agent (as defined herein), the sum of the present values of the principal amount
and premium payable with respect to an optional redemption of such Junior
Subordinated Debentures on , 2007, together with scheduled payments of
interest from the prepayment date to , 2007, discounted to the prepayment
date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined herein) plus, in either case,
accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment, in each case subject to the
further conditions described under "Description of Junior Subordinated
Debentures--Redemption." The Capital Securities are subject to mandatory
redemption, in whole or in part, upon repayment of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures at maturity or their earlier redemption, in an amount equal to the
amount of related Junior Subordinated Debentures maturing or being redeemed and
at a redemption price equal to the redemption price of such Junior Subordinated
Debentures, in each case plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to
the date of redemption.
Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event, the Company will
have the right, subject to the receipt of any necessary prior regulatory
approval, to dissolve the Trust and cause the Junior Subordinated Debentures to
be distributed to the holders of the Capital Securities and the Common
Securities in liquidation of the Trust. See "Description of Capital
Securities--Redemption--Special Event Redemption or Distribution of Junior
Subordinated Debentures."
In the event of the liquidation of the Trust, after satisfaction of the
claims of creditors of the Trust, if any, as provided by applicable law, the
holders of the Capital Securities will be entitled to receive a liquidation
preference of $1000 per Capital Security plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions thereon to the date of payment, which may be in the form of a
distribution of such amount in Junior Subordinated Debentures as described
above. If such Liquidation Distribution (as defined herein) can be paid only in
part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the
aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly by the
Trust on the Capital Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis. The holder of
the Common Securities will be entitled to receive distributions upon any such
liquidation pro rata with the holders of the Capital Securities, except that if
an Indenture Event of Default (as defined herein) has occurred and is
continuing, the Capital Securities shall have a priority over the Common
Securities. See "Description of Capital Securities--Liquidation Distribution
Upon Dissolution."
The Capital Securities will be represented by global Capital Securities in
fully registered form, deposited with a custodian for and registered in the name
of a nominee of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"). Beneficial interests in
the Capital Securities will be shown on and transfers thereof will be effected
through records maintained by DTC and its participants. Beneficial interests in
the Capital Securities will trade in DTC's Same-Day Funds Settlement System and
secondary market trading activity in such interests will therefore settle in
immediately available funds.
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SUMMARY
THIS SUMMARY IS QUALIFIED BY THE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AND FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS APPEARING ELSEWHERE, OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, IN THIS
PROSPECTUS. PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THIS PROSPECTUS IN ITS
ENTIRETY.
THE TRUST
Washington Mutual Capital I (the "Trust") is a statutory business trust
created under the Delaware Business Trust Act, as amended (the "Trust Act"),
pursuant to a declaration of trust (as amended and restated, the "Declaration")
and the filing of a certificate of trust with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. The Company will acquire Common Securities in an aggregate
liquidation preference equal to at least 3% of the total capital of the Trust.
All of the Common Securities will be owned directly by the Company. The Trust
will use all of the proceeds derived from the issuance of the Capital Securities
and the Common Securities to purchase the Junior Subordinated Debentures and,
accordingly, the assets of the Trust will consist solely of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures and payments made thereunder will be the sole revenue of
the Trust. The Trust exists for the exclusive purpose of (i) issuing the Trust
Securities representing undivided beneficial ownership interests in the assets
of the Trust, (ii) investing the gross proceeds of the Trust Securities in the
Junior Subordinated Debentures, and (iii) engaging in only those other
activities necessary or incidental thereto.
THE COMPANY
Washington Mutual is a regional financial services company committed to
serving consumers and small to mid-sized businesses throughout the Western
United States. Through its subsidiaries, Washington Mutual engages in the
following activities:
- MORTGAGE LENDING AND CONSUMER BANKING ACTIVITIES. Through its principal
subsidiaries, Washington Mutual Bank ("WMB"), American Savings Bank, F.A.
("ASB"), and Washington Mutual Bank fsb, at December 31, 1996, Washington
Mutual operated 413 consumer financial centers and 96 loan centers
offering a full complement of mortgage lending and consumer banking
products and services. In 1996, WMB was the leading originator of
first-lien, single-family residential loans in Washington and Oregon, and
ASB was the second largest such originator in California.
- COMMERCIAL BANKING ACTIVITIES. Through the commercial banking division of
WMB, at December 31, 1996, Washington Mutual operated 48 full-service
business branches offering a range of commercial banking products and
services to small and mid-sized businesses. WMB commenced its commercial
banking activities through the acquisition of Enterprise Bank of Bellevue,
Washington in 1995 and Western Bank of Coos Bay, Oregon in 1996.
- INSURANCE ACTIVITIES. Through WM Life Insurance Company and ASB Insurance
Services Inc., Washington Mutual underwrites and sells annuities and sells
a range of life insurance contracts, and selected property and casualty
insurance policies.
- SECURITIES ACTIVITIES. Through ASB Financial Services, Inc., Murphey
Favre, Inc. and Composite Research and Management Co., Washington Mutual
offers full service securities brokerage and acts as the investment
advisor to and the distributor of mutual funds.
Washington Mutual operates in Washington, California, Oregon, Utah, Idaho,
Montana, Arizona, Colorado and Nevada. At March 31, 1997, Washington Mutual had
consolidated assets of $46.1 billion, deposits of $24.3 billion and
stockholders' equity of $2.4 billion.
Washington Mutual has its principal executive offices at 1201 Third Avenue,
Seattle, Washington 98101, telephone number (206) 461-2000.
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PROPOSED MERGER WITH GREAT WESTERN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
The Company has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger
Agreement"), dated as of March 5, 1997, by and among the Company, New American
Capital, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company
("NACI"), and Great Western Financial Corporation ("Great Western"), providing
for the merger of Great Western with and into NACI (the "Merger"). In the
Merger, each outstanding share of Great Western common stock will be converted
into the right to receive 0.9 shares of the Company's common stock, with cash
paid in lieu of fractional shares, and each outstanding share of preferred stock
of Great Western will be converted into the right to receive one newly-issued
share of a corresponding series of preferred stock of the Company with terms
substantially identical to those of the series of Great Western preferred stock
being converted. Consummation of the Merger is subject to certain conditions,
including, but not limited to, obtaining the requisite vote of the stockholders
of both Great Western and the Company and the approval of the Merger by various
regulatory agencies.
Great Western is a savings and loan holding company organized in 1955 under
the laws of the state of Delaware. The principal assets of Great Western are the
capital stock of Great Western Bank, a Federal Savings Bank ("GW Bank"), and
Aristar, Inc. ("Aristar"). GW Bank is a federally chartered stock savings bank
which has 416 branches in California and Florida. Real estate lending operations
are conducted directly by GW Bank and by direct subsidiaries through more than
200 offices in 27 states with concentrations in California, Florida, Texas and
Washington. Aristar conducts consumer finance operations through 502 offices in
23 states, most of which operate principally under the names of Blazer Financial
Services or City Finance Company, provides direct installment loans and related
credit insurance services, and purchases retail installment contracts. Great
Western and its subsidiaries also engage in related service businesses,
including investment company advisory and administrative activities, insurance
operations and real estate development.
At March 31, 1997, Great Western had total assets of $42.9 billion, deposits
of $28.2 billion and stockholders' equity of $2.6 billion. Based on deposits,
Great Western was at that date the fourth largest banking organization in
California and the 24th largest in the United States.
As a result of the Merger, Washington Mutual would rank as the third largest
banking organization in the western United States and the twelfth largest in the
United States, with over 1,500 retail and business banking, consumer lending and
mortgage lending offices located in 36 states and serving an estimated 4.1
million households. Following the Merger, Washington Mutual will have a strong
deposit market share in Washington, Oregon, Utah and the key consumer banking
market of California, as well as a strong market presence on the east coast of
Florida. In addition, Washington Mutual will rank as one of the largest
originators and servicers of residential mortgage loans in the United States,
giving it the economies of scale and efficiencies to compete effectively in the
rapidly consolidating financial services industry.
THE OFFERING
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Securities Offered........... % Subordinated Capital Income Securities ("SKIS-SM-")
evidencing undivided beneficial interests in the assets
of the Trust. The Capital Securities will have a preference
under certain circumstances with respect to cash
distributions and amounts payable on liquidation, redemption
or otherwise over the Common Securities. Income received
with respect to the Capital Securities will generally be
interest income for federal income tax purposes.
Accordingly, corporate holders of Capital Securities will
not be entitled to a dividends received deduction with
respect to such income.
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Distributions................ Holders of the Capital Securities will be entitled to
receive cumulative cash Distributions at an annual rate of
% of the liquidation preference of $1000 per Capital
Security, accruing from the date of original issuance and
payable semi-annually in arrears on and of each
year commencing on , 1997. The distribution rate and
the distribution and other payment dates for the Capital
Securities will correspond to the interest rate and interest
and other payment dates on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures. See "Description of Capital Securities."
Junior Subordinated The Trust will invest the proceeds from the issuance of the
Debentures................. Capital Securities and Common Securities in an equivalent
amount of % Junior Subordinated Debentures of the
Company. The Junior Subordinated Debentures will mature on
, 2027. The Junior Subordinated Debentures will rank
subordinate and junior in right of payment to all
Indebtedness of the Company. In addition, the Company's
obligations under the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be
structurally subordinated to all existing and future
liabilities and obligations of its subsidiaries. See "Risk
Factors--Ranking of Subordinated Obligations Under the
Guarantee and the Junior Subordinated Debentures," "Risk
Factors--Status of Company as Holding Company" and
"Description of Junior Subordinated
Debentures--Subordination."
Guarantee.................... Payment of distributions out of moneys held by the Trust,
and payments on liquidation of the Trust or the redemption
of Capital Securities, are guaranteed by the Company to the
extent the Trust has funds available therefor. If the
Company does not make principal or interest payments on the
Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Trust will not have
sufficient funds to make distributions on the Capital
Securities, in which event the Guarantee shall not apply to
such distributions until the Trust has sufficient funds
available therefor. The Company's obligations under the
Guarantee, taken together with its obligations under the
Junior Subordinated Debentures and the Indenture, including
its obligation to pay all costs, expenses and liabilities of
the Trust (other than with respect to the Capital
Securities), constitute a full and unconditional guarantee
of all of the Trust's obligations under the Capital
Securities. See "Description of Guarantee" and "Relationship
Among the Capital Securities, the Junior Subordinated
Debentures and the Guarantee." The obligations of the
Company under the Guarantee are subordinate and junior in
right of payment to all Indebtedness of the Company. See
"Risk Factors--Ranking of Subordinated Obligations Under the
Guarantee and the Junior Subordinated Debentures" and
"Description of Guarantee."
Right to Defer Interest...... The Company has the right to defer payment of interest on
the Junior Subordinated Debentures by extending the interest
payment period on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, from
time to time, for up to 10 consecutive semi-annual periods.
There could be multiple Extension Periods of varying lengths
throughout the term of the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
If interest payments on the Junior
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Subordinated Debentures are so deferred, Distributions on
the Capital Securities will also be deferred for an
equivalent period and the Company may not, and may not
permit any subsidiary of the Company to, subject to certain
exceptions set forth herein, (i) declare or pay any
dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire,
or make a liquidation payment with respect to, the Company's
capital stock or (ii) make any payment of principal,
interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or
redeem any debt securities that rank PARI PASSU with or
junior to the Junior Subordinated Debentures or make any
guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the
Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the
Company if such guarantee ranks PARI PASSU with or junior to
the Junior Subordinated Debentures (other than (a) dividends
or distributions in common stock of the Company, (b)
payments under the Guarantee, (c) any declaration of a
dividend in connection with the implementation of a
stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock under
any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase
of any such rights pursuant thereto, and (d) purchases of
common stock related to the issuance of common stock or
rights under any of the Company's benefit plans). During an
Extension Period, interest on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures will continue to accrue (and the amount of
Distributions to which holders of the Capital Securities are
entitled will accumulate) at the rate of % per annum,
compounded semi-annually. During an Extension Period,
holders of Capital Securities will be required to include
deferred interest income allocated to their Capital
Securities in their gross income for United States federal
income tax purposes as original issue discount ("OID") even
though the cash payments attributable thereto have not been
made. See "Description of Junior Subordinated
Debentures--Option to Extend Interest Payments Period" and
"Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Consequences--Interest Income and Original Issue Discount."
Redemption................... The Capital Securities are subject to mandatory redemption,
in whole or in part, upon repayment of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures at maturity or their earlier
redemption in an amount equal to the amount of related
Junior Subordinated Debentures maturing or being redeemed at
a redemption price equal to the aggregate liquidation
preference of such Capital Securities plus accumulated and
unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of redemption. The
Junior Subordinated Debentures are redeemable prior to
maturity at the option of the Company in whole at any time
or in part from time to time on or after , 2007,
or at any time in whole upon the occurrence of a Special
Event, in either case subject to any necessary prior
regulatory approval. See "Description of Capital
Securities-- Redemption--Mandatory Redemption," "--Special
Event Redemption or Distribution of Junior Subordinated
Debentures" and "Description of Junior Subordinated
Debentures--Redemption."
Special Event................ Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event, the
Company will have the right, subject to any necessary prior
regulatory approval, to dissolve the Trust and cause the
Junior Subordinated
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Debentures to be distributed to the holders of the Capital
Securities and the Common Securities in liquidation of the
Trust. See "Description of Capital
Securities--Redemption--Special Event Redemption or
Distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures."
A "Special Event" means a Tax Event, Regulatory Capital
Event or an Investment Company Event. A "Tax Event" means
the receipt by the Trust of an opinion of counsel, rendered
by a law firm having an established tax practice, to the
effect that, as a result of any amendment to, change in or
announced prospective change in the laws (or any regulations
thereunder) of the United States or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a
result of any official administrative pronouncement or
judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or
regulations, which amendment or change is adopted or which
proposed change, pronouncement or decision is announced on
or after the date of original issuance of the Capital
Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that
(i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of
such opinion, subject to United States federal income tax
with respect to income received or accrued on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, (ii) interest payable by the
Company on such Junior Subordinated Debentures is not, or
within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be,
deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United
States federal income tax purposes, or (iii) the Trust is,
or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion,
subject to more than a DE MINIMIS amount of other taxes,
duties or other governmental charges. A "Regulatory Capital
Event" means that the Company shall have received an opinion
of independent bank regulatory counsel experienced in such
matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment
to or change (including any announced prospective change) in
the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United
States or any rules, guidelines or policies of the
appropriate regulatory authorities or (b) any official
administrative pronouncement or judicial decision for
interpreting or applying such laws or regulations which
amendment or change is effective or such pronouncement or
decision is announced on or after the date of original
issuance of the Capital Securities, the Capital Securities
do not constitute, or within 90 days of the date thereof,
will not constitute Tier 1 capital or its then equivalent,
applied as if the Company or its successor were a bank
holding company (as that concept is used in the guidelines
or regulations issued by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System); provided, however, that the
distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debentures in
connection with the liquidation of the Trust by the Company
shall not in and of itself constitute a Regulatory Capital
Event unless such liquidation shall have occurred in
connection with a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event.
"Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Trust of
an opinion of counsel, rendered by a law firm having a
recognized securities practice, to the effect that, as a
result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or
a change in interpretation or application of law or
regulation by any legislative body, court,
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governmental agency or regulatory authority (a "Change in
1940 Act Law"), the Trust is or will be considered an
"investment company" that is required to be registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940
Act"), which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or
after the date of original issuance of the Capital
Securities.
Liquidation of the Trust..... In the event of the liquidation of the Trust, after
satisfaction of the claims of creditors of the Trust, if
any, as provided by applicable law, the holders of the
Capital Securities will be entitled to receive a liquidation
preference of $1000 per Capital Security plus accumulated
and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment,
which may be in the form of a distribution of such amount in
Junior Subordinated Debentures as described above. If such
Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because
the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full
the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts
payable directly by the Trust on the Capital Securities
shall be paid on a pro rata basis. The holder of the Common
Securities will be entitled to receive distributions upon
any such liquidation pro rata with the holders of the
Capital Securities, except that if an Indenture Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Capital
Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities.
See "Description of Capital Securities-- Liquidation
Distribution Upon Dissolution."
Use of Proceeds.............. The proceeds from the sale of the Capital Securities will be
used to purchase the Junior Subordinated Debentures. The
Company expects to use the proceeds from the sale of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures for general corporate
purposes, which may include the repayment of indebtedness,
investments in or extension of credit to its subsidiaries
and the financing of possible acquisitions. See "Use of
Proceeds."
ERISA Considerations......... Prospective purchasers must carefully consider the
restrictions on purchase set forth under "Certain ERISA
Considerations" herein.
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SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA OF WASHINGTON MUTUAL
The following table sets forth selected historical consolidated financial
information of the Company as of and for the periods indicated below. The
summary consolidated financial data as of and for the years ended December 31,
1994, 1995, and 1996 were derived from the audited consolidated financial
statements of the Company incorporated herein by reference. The following
information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements of the Company, together with the related notes thereto incorporated
herein by reference. The financial information presented herein has been
restated for the mergers with Keystone Holdings, Inc. ("Keystone Holdings") and
Western Bank in 1996 and with Pioneer Savings Bank in 1993 as if the respective
companies had been combined for all prior periods presented. The information as
of March 31, 1997 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 1997 and 1996
is not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the entire year.
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THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1997 1996 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
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INCOME STATEMENT DATA
Interest income...................... $ 826,733 $ 764,622 $3,149,236 $2,916,086 $2,295,413 $2,198,578 $2,170,969
Interest expense..................... 509,780 477,620 1,958,229 1,923,436 1,335,358 1,211,896 1,302,489
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Net interest income.................. 316,953 287,002 1,191,007 992,650 960,055 986,682 868,480
Provision for loan losses............ 15,526 20,889 201,512 74,987 122,009 158,728 158,537
Other income......................... 75,389 57,010 259,264 208,339 220,794 246,576 174,365
Other expense........................ 192,632 181,094 1,025,304 700,514 695,517 687,519 561,688
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Income before income taxes,
extraordinary items and cumulative
effect of change in tax accounting
method............................. 184,184 142,029 223,455 425,488 363,323 387,011 322,620
Income taxes......................... 65,803 31,155 70,420 111,906 109,880 96,034 42,462
Provision for payments in lieu of
taxes.............................. 4,309 18,540 25,187 7,887 (824) 14,075 53,980
Extraordinary items, net of federal
income tax effect(1)............... -- -- -- -- -- (8,953) (4,638)
Cumulative effect of change in tax
accounting method.................. -- -- -- -- -- 13,365 60,045
Minority interest in earnings of
consolidated subsidiaries.......... -- 3,527 13,570 15,793 13,992 13,991 14,030
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Net income(2)........................ $ 114,072 $ 88,807 $ 114,278 $ 289,902 $ 240,275 $ 267,323 $ 267,555
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DECEMBER 31,
MARCH 31, ----------------------------------------------------------
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
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BALANCE SHEET DATA
Assets.......................................... $46,051,150 $44,551,925 $42,026,622 $37,481,296 $33,614,912 $27,678,923
Loans........................................... 32,230,963 30,330,776 24,192,840 25,472,092 21,063,698 16,666,525
Trading, investment and mortgage-backed
securities.................................... 11,752,240 11,973,268 15,352,683 8,738,763 7,416,638 4,640,399
Deposits........................................ 24,298,493 24,080,141 24,462,960 23,344,006 23,516,317 20,729,204
Borrowings (includes annuities)................. 18,814,270 17,683,988 14,579,635 11,946,567 7,366,624 5,134,480
Stockholders' equity............................ 2,427,997 2,397,888 2,541,704 1,854,836 1,765,560 1,467,835
Stockholders' equity as a percentage of total
assets:
Total stockholders' equity.................... 5.27% 5.38% 6.05% 4.95% 5.25% 5.30%
Common stockholders' equity................... 5.02 5.12 5.77 4.63 4.90 5.05
Tangible stockholders' equity................. 5.00 5.10 5.69 4.46 4.64 5.09
Tangible common stockholders' equity.......... 4.75 4.83 5.40 4.14 4.28 4.84
Nonperforming assets as a percentage of total
assets........................................ 0.73 0.74 0.81 1.12 1.55 2.03
Reserve for loan losses as a percentage of:
Nonperforming assets, less real estate
owned....................................... 152.90 160.52 110.04 87.22 72.74 54.58
Nonperforming assets.......................... 109.76 110.29 69.42 58.52 46.91 31.98
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THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1997 1996 1996 1995 1994 1993
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OTHER FINANCIAL DATA
Net interest margin........................................... 2.88% 2.90% 2.89% 2.62% 2.90% 3.31%
Operating efficiency ratio(2)(3).............................. 49.10 52.64 70.70 58.33 58.90 55.75
Return on average assets(2)................................... 1.01 0.85 0.27 0.73 0.69 0.84
Return on stockholders' equity(2)............................. 18.88 13.97 4.59 13.44 12.66 15.95
Dividend payout ratio(4)...................................... 27.54 25.40 29.01 25.74 24.50 15.98
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1992
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OTHER FINANCIAL DATA
Net interest margin........................................... 3.36%
Operating efficiency ratio(2)(3).............................. 53.86
Return on average assets(2)................................... 1.29
Return on stockholders' equity(2)............................. 21.05
Dividend payout ratio(4)...................................... 15.43
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(1) Extraordinary items include the call of subordinated capital notes,
resulting in pretax losses of $2.2 million and $3.1 million during 1993 and
1992, and penalties for prepayment of Federal Home Loan Bank of San
Francisco advances, resulting in pretax losses of $10.8 million and $3.6
million during 1993 and 1992.
(2) Earnings for 1996 were reduced $294.6 million by an after-tax charge of
$209.8 million for transaction-related expense resulting from Washington
Mutual's merger with Keystone Holdings and acquisition of American Savings
Bank, and by an after-tax charge of $84.8 million representing Washington
Mutual's portion of the one-time assessment paid by savings institutions and
banks nationally to recapitalize the Savings Association Insurance Fund
("SAIF"). The following table presents selected financial data for 1996 as
reported and without the above mentioned charges:
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WITHOUT SAIF
ASSESSMENT AND
TRANSACTION-RELATED
AS REPORTED EXPENSES
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
Net income....................................................... $ 114,278 $ 408,845
Operating efficiency ratio....................................... 70.70% 51.20%
Return on average assets......................................... 0.27 0.95
Return on stockholders' equity................................... 4.59 16.41
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(3) The operating efficiency ratio measures other expense as a percentage of
operating income (net interest income plus other income). No adjustments
have been made to the calculation for any nonrecurring or one-time charges
or assessments.
(4) Dividend payout ratio for each period is based on Washington Mutual's net
income prior to business combinations occurring subsequent to such period.
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SUMMARY HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table sets forth certain selected historical financial data
for Washington Mutual and Great Western and selected pro forma combined
financial data. The pro forma amounts included in the table below give effect to
the Merger as if it had been consummated on January 1, 1994 for income statement
information and March 31, 1997 for balance sheet information. Pro forma
adjustments made to arrive at the pro forma combined amounts are based on the
pooling-of-interests method of accounting.
This information should be read in conjunction with and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto
from Washington Mutual's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996, Washington Mutual's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 1997, Great Western's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year
ended December 31, 1996, Great Western's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 1997 and the pro forma combined financial statements and
accompanying discussion and notes thereto included in Washington Mutual's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 20, 1997 included in the documents
described under "Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference." The pro forma
amounts in the tables below are presented for informational purposes and are not
necessarily indicative of the financial position or the results of operations of
Washington Mutual following the Merger that actually would have occurred had the
Merger been consummated as of the dates or for the periods presented. The pro
forma amounts are also not necessarily indicative of the future financial
position or future results of operations of Washington Mutual following the
Merger.
INCOME STATEMENT DATA
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THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH
31, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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WASHINGTON MUTUAL 1997 1996 1996 1995 1994
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
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Net interest income.......................... $ 316,953 $ 287,002 $ 1,191,007 $ 992,650 $ 960,055
Provision for loan losses.................... 15,526 20,889 201,512 74,987 122,009
Other income (expense), net.................. (117,243) (124,084) (766,040) (492,175) (474,723)
Income taxes................................. 70,112 49,695 95,607 119,793 109,056
Minority interest in income of consolidated
subsidiaries............................... -- 3,527 13,570 15,793 13,992
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Net income(1)................................ $ 114,072 $ 88,807 $ 114,278 $ 289,902 $ 240,275
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THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH
31, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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GREAT WESTERN 1997 1996 1996 1995 1994
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Net interest income.......................... $ 338,164 $ 352,286 $ 1,378,017 $ 1,302,129 $ 1,322,270
Provision for loan losses.................... 40,390 36,021 196,158 177,050 206,379
Other income (expense), net.................. (183,071) (197,471) (995,237) (702,957) (709,357)
Income taxes................................. 49,000 47,500 70,800 161,100 155,300
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Net income(1)................................ $ 65,703 $ 71,294 $ 115,822 $ 261,022 $ 251,234
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THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH
31, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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PRO FORMA INCLUDING GREAT WESTERN(2) 1997 1996 1996 1995 1994
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Net interest income.................................. $ 655,117 $ 639,288 $ 2,569,024 $ 2,294,779 $ 2,282,325
Provision for loan losses............................ 55,916 56,910 397,670 252,037 328,388
Other income (expense), net(3)....................... (300,314) (321,555) (1,761,277) (1,195,132) (1,184,080)
Income taxes......................................... 119,112 97,195 166,407 280,893 264,356
Minority interest in income of consolidated
subsidiaries....................................... -- 3,527 13,570 15,793 13,992
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Net income(1)........................................ $ 179,775 $ 160,101 $ 230,100 $ 550,924 $ 491,509
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(1) "Net income from continuing operations" and "net income" are equal for all
periods presented.
(2) Merger-related expenses and addition to loan loss reserve anticipated to be
recorded are not included in the Pro Forma Including Great Western summary
statements of income for all periods presented.
(3) Includes pretax charge of $312.6 million representing Washington Mutual's
and Great Western portion of the one-time assessment paid by savings
institutions and banks nationally to recapitalize the SAIF.
BALANCE SHEET DATA
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MARCH 31, 1997
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PRO FORMA
WASHINGTON INCLUDING GREAT
MUTUAL GREAT WESTERN WESTERN(1)
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
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Assets............................................................ $ 46,051,150 $ 42,877,903 $ 88,486,053
Loans............................................................. 32,230,963 31,210,853 63,341,816
Deposits.......................................................... 24,298,493 28,158,331 52,456,824
Borrowings (including annuities).................................. 18,814,270 10,661,159 29,475,429
Stockholders' equity.............................................. 2,427,997 2,585,070 4,695,067
Loans serviced for others......................................... $ 26,649,521 $ 11,484,037 $ 38,133,558
Loans originated during the quarter............................... 3,461,882 2,220,312 5,682,194
Loans sold during the quarter..................................... 567,878 419,715 987,593
Nonperforming assets.............................................. 334,571 500,703 835,274
Reserve for loan losses........................................... 367,215 320,800 788,015
Stockholders equity as a percentage of total assets:
Total stockholders' equity...................................... 5.27% 6.03% 5.31%
Common stockholders' equity..................................... 5.02 5.64 4.99
Tangible stockholders' equity................................... 5.00 5.42 4.87
Tangible common stockholders' equity............................ 4.75 5.03 4.55
Nonperforming assets as a percentage of total assets.............. 0.73 1.17 0.94
Reserve for loan losses as a percentage of:
Nonperforming assets, less real estate owned.................... 152.90% 75.73% 118.72%
Nonperforming assets............................................ 109.76 64.07 94.34
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(1) Merger-related expenses and addition to loan loss reserve anticipated to be
recorded are included in the Pro Forma Including Great Western financial
data. Merger-related expenses and addition to loan loss reserve expected to
be recorded by Washington Mutual are summarized in the following table
(dollars in thousands):
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Addition loan loss reserves.............................................. $ 100,000
Severance and management payments........................................ 145,000
Facilities and equipment................................................. 106,000
Other expenses........................................................... 92,000
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Total expenses......................................................... 443,000
Tax benefit.............................................................. (125,000)
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Net expenses........................................................... $ 318,000
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RISK FACTORS
PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED ELSEWHERE IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND SHOULD PARTICULARLY
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING MATTERS. IN ADDITION, BECAUSE HOLDERS OF THE CAPITAL
SECURITIES MAY RECEIVE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR UPON
LIQUIDATION OF THE TRUST, PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OF CAPITAL SECURITIES ARE ALSO
MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION WITH REGARD TO THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
AND SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW ALL THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE JUNIOR
SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES CONTAINED HEREIN. TO THE EXTENT ANY OF THE INFORMATION
CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS CONSTITUTES A
"FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 27A(I)(L) OF THE SECURITIES
ACT, THE RISK FACTORS SET FORTH BELOW ARE CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS IDENTIFYING
IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT COULD CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM
THOSE IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT.
RANKING OF SUBORDINATED OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE GUARANTEE AND THE JUNIOR
SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
The obligations of the Company under the Guarantee issued by the Company for
the benefit of the holders of Capital Securities and under the Junior
Subordinated Debentures are unsecured and rank subordinate and junior in right
of payment to all Indebtedness of the Company. At March 31, 1997, the
Indebtedness of the Company aggregated approximately $467.0 million. Neither the
Indenture, the Guarantee nor the Declaration (as defined herein) place any
limitation on the amount of secured or unsecured Indebtedness that may be
incurred by the Company. See "Description of Guarantee--Status of the Guarantee"
and "Description of Junior Subordinated Debentures--Subordination."
STATUS OF COMPANY AS HOLDING COMPANY
As a holding company, the ability of the Company to make payments of
interest and principal on the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be dependent
primarily upon the receipt of dividends and other distributions from the
Company's subsidiaries. The Company's principal subsidiaries are Washington
Mutual Bank and American Savings Bank (the "Banks"). There are various
regulatory restrictions on the ability of the Company's banking subsidiaries to
pay dividends or make other payments to the Company. At March 31, 1997, the
Company's banking subsidiaries could pay an aggregate of $468.6 million in
dividends to the Company without prior regulatory approval. In addition, the
right of the Company to participate in any distribution of assets of any
subsidiary, including the Banks, upon such subsidiary's liquidation or
reorganization or otherwise (and thus the ability of holders of the Capital
Securities to benefit indirectly from such distribution), will be subject to the
prior claims of creditors of that subsidiary, except to the extent that any
claims of the Company as a creditor of such subsidiary may be recognized as
such. Accordingly, the Capital Securities will effectively be subordinated to
all existing and future liabilities of the Company's subsidiaries, and holders
of the Capital Securities should look only to the assets of the Company for
payments on the Capital Securities. As of March 31, 1997, the Company's
consolidated subsidiaries had indebtedness and other liabilities of
approximately $43.2 billion.
ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS BY HOLDERS OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
If a Trust Enforcement Event (as defined herein) occurs and is continuing,
then the holders of Capital Securities would rely on the enforcement by the
Property Trustee (as defined herein) of its rights as a holder of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures against the Company. The holders of a majority in
liquidation preference of the Capital Securities will have the right to direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Property Trustee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power
conferred upon the Property Trustee under the Declaration, including the right
to direct the Property Trustee to exercise the remedies available to it as a
holder of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. If the Property Trustee fails to
enforce its rights with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures held by
the Trust, any record holder of Capital Securities may institute legal
proceedings directly against the Company to enforce the Property Trustee's
rights under such Junior Subordinated Debentures without first instituting any
legal proceedings against such Property Trustee or any other person or entity.
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If the Company were to default on its obligation to pay amounts payable
under the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Trust would lack funds for the
payment of Distributions or amounts payable on redemption of the Capital
Securities or otherwise, and, in such event, holders of the Capital Securities
would not be able to rely upon the Guarantee for payment of such amounts.
However, in the event the Company failed to pay interest on or principal of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures on the payment date on which such payment is due
and payable, then a holder of Capital Securities may directly institute a
proceeding against the Company for enforcement of payment to such holder of the
interest on or principal of such Junior Subordinated Debentures having a
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation preference of the Capital
Securities of such holder (a "Direct Action"). In connection with such Direct
Action, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of such holder of Capital
Securities under the Declaration to the extent of any payment made by the
Company to such holder of Capital Securities in such Direct Action. Except as
set forth herein, holders of Capital Securities will not be able to exercise
directly any other remedy available to the holders of Junior Subordinated
Debentures or assert directly any other rights in respect of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures. See "Description of Capital Securities-- Enforcement of
Certain Rights by Holders of Capital Securities," "Description of Guarantee" and
"Description of Junior Subordinated Debentures--Debenture Events of Default."
The Declaration provides that each holder of Capital Securities by acceptance
thereof agrees to the provisions of the Guarantee and the Indenture.
OPTION TO EXTEND INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD; TAX CONSEQUENCES; MARKET PRICE
CONSEQUENCES
The Company has the right under the Indenture to defer the payment of
interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures at any time or from time to time
for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, provided that no
Extension Period may extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures. As a consequence of any such deferral, semi-annual
Distributions on the Capital Securities by the Trust would be deferred but would
continue to accumulate at the rate of % per annum, compounded semi-annually
during any such Extension Period. During any such Extension Period, the Company
may not, and may not permit any subsidiary of the Company to, (i) declare or pay
any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a
liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock or (ii)
make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company that rank PARI PASSU
with or junior to the Junior Subordinated Debentures or make any guarantee
payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of
any subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks PARI PASSU with or junior
to the Junior Subordinated Debentures (other than (a) dividends or distributions
in common stock of the Company, (b) payments under the Guarantee, (c) any
declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a
stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the
future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, and
(d) purchases of common stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights
under any of the Company's benefit plans). Prior to the termination of any such
Extension Period, the Company may further extend the Extension Period, provided
that no Extension Period may exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods or extend
beyond the Stated Maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. Upon the
termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due on
any Interest Payment Date, the Company may elect to begin a new Extension Period
subject to the above requirements. See "Description of Capital
Securities--Distributions" and "Description of Junior Subordinated
Debentures--Option to Extend Interest Payment Period."
Should the Company defer payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, a holder of Capital Securities will be required to accrue income (in
the form of OID) in respect of its pro rata share of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures held by the Trust for United States federal income tax purposes. As a
result, a holder of Capital Securities will include such income in gross income
for United States federal income tax purposes in advance of the receipt of cash
attributable to such interest income, and will not receive the cash related to
such income from the Trust if the holder disposes of the Capital Securities
prior
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to the record date for the payment of Distributions with respect to such
extension period. See "Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Consequences--Interest Income and Original Issue Discount" and "-- Sales of
Capital Securities."
The Company has no current intention of exercising its right to defer
payments of interest by extending the interest payment period on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures. However, should the Company elect to exercise such
right in the future, the market price of the Capital Securities is likely to be
adversely affected. A holder that disposes of its Capital Securities during an
Extension Period, therefore, might not receive the same return on its investment
as a holder that continues to hold its Capital Securities. In addition, as a
result of the existence of the Company's right to defer interest payments, the
market price of the Capital Securities (which represent undivided beneficial
interests in the Junior Subordinated Debentures) may be more volatile than the
market prices of other similar securities where the issuer does not have such
right to defer interest payments.
SPECIAL EVENT REDEMPTION; PROPOSED TAX LEGISLATION
Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event, the Company has the
right, subject to any necessary regulatory approval, to redeem the Junior
Subordinated Debentures in whole (but not in part) at the redemption price
described herein within 90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event
and thereby cause a mandatory redemption of the Capital Securities and Common
Securities.
A "Special Event" means a Tax Event, Regulatory Capital Event or an
Investment Company Event. A "Tax Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an
opinion of counsel, rendered by a law firm having an established tax practice,
to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to, change in or announced
prospective change in the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United
States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or
as a result of any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision
interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is
adopted or which proposed change, pronouncement or decision is announced on or
after the date of original issuance of the Capital Securities, there is more
than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of
the date of such opinion, subject to United States federal income tax with
respect to income received or accrued on the Junior Subordinated Debentures,
(ii) interest payable by the Company on such Junior Subordinated Debentures is
not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by
the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes,
or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion,
subject to more than a DE MINIMIS amount of other taxes, duties or other
governmental charges. A "Regulatory Capital Event" means that the Company shall
have received an opinion of independent bank regulatory counsel experienced in
such matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to or change
(including any announced prospective change) in the laws (or any regulations
thereunder) of the United States or any rules, guidelines or policies of the
appropriate regulatory authorities or (b) any official administrative
pronouncement or judicial decision for interpreting or applying such laws or
regulations which amendment or change is effective or such pronouncement or
decision is announced on or after the date of original issuance of the Capital
Securities, the Capital Securities do not constitute, or within 90 days of the
date thereof, will not constitute Tier 1 capital or its then equivalent, applied
as if the Company or its successor were a bank holding company (as that concept
is used in the guidelines or regulations issued by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System); provided, however, that the distribution of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures in connection with the liquidation of the Trust by the
Company shall not in and of itself constitute a Regulatory Capital Event unless
such liquidation shall have occurred in connection with a Tax Event or an
Investment Company Event. "Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the
Trust of an opinion of counsel, rendered by a law firm having a recognized
securities practice, to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a
Change in 1940 Act Law, the Trust is or will be considered an "investment
company" that is required to be registered under the 1940 Act, which Change in
1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after the date of original issuance of the
Capital Securities.
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Legislation was proposed by the United States Department of the Treasury as
part of President Clinton's Fiscal 1998 Budget Proposal (the "Proposed
Legislation") that contains a provision which generally would deny an interest
deduction for interest paid or accrued on an instrument issued by a corporation
that (i) has a maximum term of more than 15 years and (ii) is not shown as
indebtedness on the separate balance sheet of the issuer or, where the
instrument is issued to a related party (other than a corporation), where the
holder or some other related party issues a related instrument that is not shown
as indebtedness on the issuer's consolidated balance sheet. This provision was
proposed to be effective generally for instruments issued on or after the date
of the first Congressional committee action taken on the Proposed Legislation.
If this provision were to apply to the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the
Company would not be able to deduct the interest on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures. As of the date of this Prospectus, no Congressional committee action
had been taken on the Proposed Legislation. There can be no assurance, however,
that the Proposed Legislation or future legislative proposals or final
legislation will not adversely affect the ability of the Company to deduct
interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures or otherwise affect the tax
treatment of the transactions described herein. Moreover, such legislation could
give rise to a Special Event, which would permit the Company to cause a
redemption of the Capital Securities, as described more fully herein under the
caption "Description of Capital Securities--Redemption."
EXCHANGE OF PREFERRED SECURITIES FOR JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event the Company will
have the right, subject to any necessary prior regulatory approval, to dissolve
the Trust and cause the Junior Subordinated Debentures to be distributed to the
holders of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities in liquidation of
the Trust. In addition, upon liquidation of the Trust and certain other events,
the Junior Subordinated Debentures may be distributed to such holders. Under
current United States federal income tax law and interpretations thereof and
assuming, as expected, the Trust is treated as a grantor trust for United States
federal income tax purposes, a distribution by the Trust of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures pursuant to a liquidation of the Trust will not be a
taxable event to the Trust or to holders of the Capital Securities and will
result in a holder of the Capital Securities receiving directly such holder's
pro rata share of the Junior Subordinated Debentures (previously held indirectly
through the Trust). If, however, the liquidation of the Trust were to occur
because the Trust is subject to United States federal income tax with respect to
income accrued or received on the Junior Subordinated Debentures as a result of
the occurrence of a Tax Event or otherwise, the distribution of Junior
Subordinated Debentures to holders of the Capital Securities by the Trust would
be a taxable event to the Trust and each holder, and holders of the Capital
Securities would recognize gain or loss as if they had exchanged their Capital
Securities for the Junior Subordinated Debentures they received upon the
liquidation of the Trust. See "Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Consequences--Distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures or Cash Upon
Liquidation of the Trust."
MARKET PRICES
There can be no assurance as to the market prices for Capital Securities or
Junior Subordinated Debentures that may be distributed in exchange for Capital
Securities if a liquidation of the Trust occurs. Accordingly, the Capital
Securities that an investor may purchase, whether pursuant to the offer made
hereby or in the secondary market, or the Junior Subordinated Debentures that a
holder of Capital Securities may receive on liquidation of the Trust, may trade
at a discount to the price that the investor paid to purchase the Capital
Securities offered hereby. Because holders of Capital Securities may receive
Junior Subordinated Debentures on termination of the Trust, prospective
purchasers of Capital Securities are also making an investment decision with
regard to the Junior Subordinated Debentures and should carefully review all the
information regarding the Junior Subordinated Debentures contained herein. See
"Description of Capital Securities--Redemption--Special Event Redemption or
Distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures" and "Description of Junior
Subordinated Debentures--General."
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LIMITED VOTING RIGHTS
Holders of Capital Securities generally will have limited voting rights
relating only to the modification of the Capital Securities and certain other
matters described herein. Holders of Capital Securities will not be entitled to
vote to appoint, remove or replace any of the Trustees (as defined below), which
voting rights are vested exclusively in the holder of the Common Securities. The
Trustees and the Company may amend the Declaration without the consent of
holders of Capital Securities to ensure that the Trust will be classified as a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, unless such action
adversely affects in any material respect the interests of such holders. See
"Description of Capital Securities--Voting Rights; Amendment of the Declaration"
and "--Removal of Trustees."
ABSENCE OF PUBLIC MARKET; RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
Prior to this offering there has been no public market for the Capital
Securities, and there can be no assurance that such a market will develop. The
Capital Securities will not be listed on any securities exchange. The
Underwriters have advised the Company that they intend to make a market in the
Capital Securities after the consummation of this offering, as permitted by
applicable laws and regulations; however, the Underwriters are not obligated to
do so, and may discontinue any such market making activities at any time without
notice. Therefore, there can be no assurance that an active market for the
Capital Securities will develop. If a trading market for the Capital Securities
does develop, the Capital Securities may trade at a discount from their initial
offering price depending upon prevailing interest rates, the market for similar
securities, the performance of the Company and other factors.
CONSEQUENCES OF HIGHLY LEVERAGED TRANSACTION
The Indenture does not contain any provisions that afford holders of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures protection in the event of a highly leveraged
transaction, including a change of control, or other similar transactions
involving Washington Mutual that may adversely affect such holders. See
"Description of Junior Subordinated Debentures."
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth the consolidated capitalization of the
Company and its subsidiaries as of March 31, 1997, and as adjusted to give
effect to the consummation of the offering of the Capital Securities. The
following data is qualified by the detailed information and financial statements
appearing in the documents incorporated by reference herein.
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<CAPTION>
MARCH 31, 1997
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ACTUAL AS ADJUSTED
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
Long-term debt(1)..................................................................... $ 246,753 $ 546,753
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock..................................................................... 118,063 118,063
Common stock........................................................................ 839,171 839,171
Net unrealized gain on investment securities available for sale..................... (12,935) (12,935)
Retained earnings................................................................... 1,483,698 1,483,698
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Total shareholders' equity........................................................ 2,427,997 2,427,997
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Total capitalization............................................................ $ 2,674,750 $ 2,974,750
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(1) As adjusted reflects issuance of the Capital Securities. The Trust is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and will hold the Junior Subordinated
Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $309,279,000 as its sole
asset.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
The Company expects to use the proceeds from the sale of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures ($300,000,000 before expenses of the offering) for
general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of indebtedness,
redemption of one or more series of preferred stock, investments in or
extensions of credit to its subsidiaries and the financing of possible
acquisitions. Pending such use, the net proceeds may be temporarily invested in
short-term obligations. The precise amounts and timing of the application of
proceeds will depend upon the funding requirements of the Company and its
subsidiaries and the availability of other funds.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND RATIO OF EARNINGS TO
COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
The Company's consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and
consolidated ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock
dividend requirements for each of the periods indicated are set forth below:
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<CAPTION>
THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1997 1996 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Earnings to Fixed Charges:
Excluding Interest on Deposits..................... 1.73x 1.70x 1.25x 1.54x 1.75x 2.13x 2.02x
Including Interest on Deposits..................... 1.36x 1.30x 1.11x 1.22x 1.27x 1.32x 1.25x
Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred
Stock Dividend Requirements:
Excluding Interest on Deposits..................... 1.70x 1.64x 1.21x 1.49x 1.66x 2.01x 1.98x
Including Interest on Deposits..................... 1.35x 1.28x 1.10x 1.21x 1.25x 1.30x 1.24x
</TABLE>
For purposes of computing the ratios of both earnings to fixed charges and
earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements,
earnings represent income before income taxes, extraordinary items, cumulative
effect of change in tax accounting method, minority interest and fixed charges.
Fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits, represent interest expense
(except interest on deposits). Fixed charges, including interest on deposits,
represent all interest expense. Combined fixed charges and preferred stock
dividend requirements, excluding interest on deposits, represent interest
expense (except interest paid on deposits), and an amount equal to the pre-tax
earnings required to meet applicable preferred stock dividend requirements.
Combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements, including
interest on deposits, represent all interest expense, and an amount equal to the
pre-tax earnings required to meet applicable preferred stock dividend
requirements.
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
For financial reporting purposes, the Trust will be treated as a subsidiary
of the Company and, accordingly, the accounts of the Trust will be included in
the consolidated financial statements of the Company. The sole asset of the
Trust will be $309,279,000 aggregate principal amount of Junior Subordinated
Debentures, issued by the Company to the Trust. The Capital Securities will be
presented in the consolidated balance sheet of the Company in the "Trust
Preferred Securities" line item in the "Liabilities" section and appropriate
disclosures about the Capital Securities, the Guarantee and the Junior
Subordinated Debentures will be included in the notes to the consolidated
financial statements for financial reporting purposes. The Company will record
Distributions payable on the Capital Securities as interest expense in the
consolidated statements of income.
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THE TRUST
The Trust is a statutory trust created under the Trust Act pursuant to a
declaration of trust and the filing of a certificate of trust with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware. The Company will acquire Common Securities in
an aggregate liquidation preference equal to at least 3% of the total capital of
the Trust. The Trust will use all the proceeds derived from the issuance of the
Capital Securities and the Common Securities to purchase the Junior Subordinated
Debentures and, accordingly, the assets of the Trust will consist solely of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures. The Trust exists for the exclusive purpose of
(i) issuing the Trust Securities representing undivided beneficial ownership
interests in the assets of the Trust, (ii) investing the gross proceeds of the
Trust Securities in the Junior Subordinated Debentures, and (iii) engaging in
only those other activities necessary or incidental thereto.
Pursuant to the Declaration, there will initially be five trustees (the
"Trustees") for the Trust. Three of the Trustees (the "Regular Trustees") will
be individuals who are employees or officers of or who are affiliated with the
Company. The fourth trustee will be a financial institution that is unaffiliated
with the Company (the "Property Trustee"). The fifth trustee will be an entity
that maintains its principal place of business in the State of Delaware (the
"Delaware Trustee"). Initially, The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation, will act as Property Trustee, and its affiliate, The Bank of New
York (Delaware), a Delaware corporation, will act as Delaware Trustee until, in
each case, removed or replaced by the Company as holder of the Common
Securities. The Bank of New York will also act as trustee under the Guarantee
(the "Guarantee Trustee").
The Property Trustee will hold title to the Junior Subordinated Debentures
for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities, and the Property Trustee
will have the power to exercise all rights, powers and privileges with respect
to the Junior Subordinated Debentures under the Indenture (as defined herein) as
the holder of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. In addition, the Property
Trustee will maintain exclusive control of a segregated non-interest bearing
bank account (the "Property Account") to hold all payments made in respect of
the Junior Subordinated Debentures for the benefit of the holders of the Trust
Securities. The Guarantee Trustee will hold the Guarantee for the benefit of the
holders of the Capital Securities. The Company, as the holder of all the Common
Securities, will have the right to appoint, remove or replace any of the
Trustees and to increase or decrease the number of Trustees; PROVIDED that the
number of trustees shall be at least three; PROVIDED further that at least one
Trustee shall be a Delaware Trustee, at least one Trustee shall be the Property
Trustee and at least one Trustee shall be a Regular Trustee. The Company will
pay all fees and expenses related to the organization and operations of the
Trust (including any taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of
whatever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed by the United States or
any other domestic taxing authority upon the Trust) and the offering of the
Capital Securities and be responsible for all debts and obligations of the Trust
(other than with respect to the Capital Securities).
For so long as the Capital Securities remain outstanding, the Company will
covenant (i) to maintain directly or indirectly 100% ownership of the Common
Securities, (ii) to cause the Trust to remain a statutory business trust and not
to voluntarily dissolve, wind-up, liquidate or be terminated, except as
permitted by the Declaration, (iii) to use its commercially reasonable efforts
to ensure that the Trust will not be an "investment company" for purposes of the
1940 Act and (iv) to take no action that would be reasonably likely to cause the
Trust to be classified as an association or a publicly traded partnership
taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes. It is
not expected that the Trust will file reports under Section 13(a) of the
Exchange Act.
The rights of the holders of the Capital Securities, including economic
rights, rights to information and voting rights, are set forth in the
Declaration and the Trust Indenture Act. See "Description of Capital
Securities." The Declaration and the Guarantee also incorporate by reference the
terms of the Trust Indenture Act.
The location of the principal executive office of the Trust is c/o
Washington Mutual, Inc., 1201 Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101, and its
telephone number is 206-461-2000.
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
Pursuant to the terms of the Declaration, the Regular Trustees on behalf of
the Trust will issue the Capital Securities and the Common Securities. The
Capital Securities will represent undivided beneficial ownership interests in
the assets of the Trust and the holders thereof will be entitled to a preference
in certain circumstances with respect to Distributions and amounts payable on
redemption or liquidation over the Common Securities, as well as other benefits
as described in the Declaration. This summary of certain provisions of the
Capital Securities and the Declaration does not purport to be complete and is
subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions
of the Declaration, including the definitions therein of certain terms, and the
Trust Indenture Act. Wherever particular defined terms of the Declaration (as
supplemented or amended from time to time) are referred to herein, the
definitions of such defined terms are incorporated herein by reference.
GENERAL
The Capital Securities will rank PARI PASSU, and payments will be made
thereon pro rata, with the Common Securities except as described under
"--Subordination of Common Securities." Legal title to the Junior Subordinated
Debentures will be held by the Property Trustee in trust for the benefit of the
holders of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities. The Guarantee
executed by the Company for the benefit of the holders of the Capital Securities
will be a guarantee on a subordinated basis with respect to the Capital
Securities but will not guarantee payment of Distributions or amounts payable on
redemption or liquidation of the Capital Securities when the Trust does not have
sufficient funds available to make such payments. See "Description of
Guarantee." In such event, the remedy of a holder of Capital Securities is to
vote to direct the Property Trustee to enforce the Property Trustee's rights
under the Junior Subordinated Debentures or to commence a Direct Action. See
"--Voting Rights; Amendment of the Declaration" below. The Company's obligations
under the Guarantee, taken together with its obligations under the Junior
Subordinated Debentures and the Indenture, including its obligation to pay all
costs, expenses and liabilities of the Trust (other than with respect to the
Capital Securities), constitute a full and unconditional guarantee of all of the
Trust's obligations under the Capital Securities.
Holders of the Capital Securities have no preemptive or similar rights.
DISTRIBUTIONS
Distributions on each Capital Security will be payable at the annual rate of
% of the liquidation preference of $1000, payable semi-annually in arrears on
and of each year. Distributions will accumulate from , 1997,
the date of original issuance, and commence on , 1997. The amount of
Distributions payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
Distributions on the Capital Securities must be paid on the dates payable to
the extent that the Trust has funds available for the payment of such
distributions. The revenue of the Trust available for distribution to holders of
its Capital Securities will be limited to payments under the Junior Subordinated
Debentures in which the Trust will invest the proceeds from the issuance and
sale of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities. See "Description of
Junior Subordinated Debentures." If the Company does not make interest payments
on the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Property Trustee will not have funds
available to pay Distributions on the Capital Securities.
The Company will have the right under the Indenture to defer the payment of
interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures at any time or from time to time
for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive semi-annual periods (each, an
"Extension Period"), provided that no Extension Period may extend beyond the
Stated Maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. As a consequence of any
such extension, semi-annual Distributions on the Capital Securities will be
deferred by the Trust during any such Extension Period. Distributions to which
holders of the Capital Securities are entitled will accumulate and compound
semi-
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annually at the rate per annum of % thereof from the relevant payment date
for such Distributions. The term "Distributions" as used herein shall include
any such compounded amounts unless the context otherwise requires. During any
such Extension Period, the Company may not, and may not permit any subsidiary of
the Company to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem,
purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the
Company's capital stock or (ii) make any payment of principal, interest or
premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the
Company that rank PARI PASSU with or junior to the Junior Subordinated
Debentures or make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the
Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Company if such
guarantee ranks PARI PASSU with or junior in interest to the Junior Subordinated
Debentures (other than (a) dividends or distributions in common stock of the
Company, (b) payments under the Guarantee, (c) any declaration of a dividend in
connection with the implementation of a stockholders' rights plan, or the
issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or
repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, and (d) purchases of common
stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights under any of the
Company's benefit plans). Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period,
the Company may further extend the Extension Period, provided that no Extension
Period may exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods or extend beyond the Stated
Maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. Upon the termination of any such
Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due on any Interest Payment
Date, the Company may elect to begin a new Extension Period. See "Description of
the Junior Subordinated Debentures--Option to Extend Interest Payment Period"
and "Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences--Interest Income and
Original Issue Discount." The Company has no current intention of exercising its
right to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period of
the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
In the event that any date on which Distributions are payable on the Capital
Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the Distributions payable on
such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and
without any additional Distributions or other payment in respect of any such
delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar
year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in
each case with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was
originally payable (each date on which Distributions are payable in accordance
with the foregoing, a "Distribution Date"). A "Business Day" shall mean any day
other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in The
City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain
closed or a day on which the corporate trust office of the Property Trustee or
the Indenture Trustee (as defined herein) is closed for business.
Distributions on the Capital Securities (other than distributions on a
Redemption Date) will be payable to the holders thereof as they appear on the
register of the Trust on the relevant record dates, which shall be the day of
the month prior to the relevant Distribution Date. Distributions payable on any
Capital Securities that are not punctually paid on any Distribution Date will
cease to be payable to the person in whose name such Capital Securities are
registered on the relevant record date, and such defaulted distribution will
instead be payable to the person in whose name such Capital Securities are
registered on the special record date or other specified date determined in
accordance with the Declaration.
REDEMPTION
MANDATORY REDEMPTION. Unless a Special Event has occurred, the Capital
Securities will not be redeemable prior to , 2007. Upon the repayment or
redemption of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, whether at Stated Maturity or
upon earlier redemption as provided in the Indenture, the proceeds from such
repayment or redemption shall be applied by the Property Trustee to redeem the
Capital Securities and Common Securities, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days notice prior to the date fixed for repayment or redemption. If less than
all of the Junior Subordinated Debentures are to be repaid or redeemed on a
Redemption Date, then the proceeds from such repayment or redemption shall be
allocated to the redemption PRO RATA of the Capital Securities and Common
Securities.
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SPECIAL EVENT REDEMPTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED
DEBENTURES. If a Special Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company will
have the right, subject to the receipt of any necessary prior regulatory
approval, to either (i) redeem within 90 days following the occurrence of such
Special Event the Junior Subordinated Debentures on the date of redemption (the
"Redemption Date") in whole (but not in part) and thereby cause a mandatory
redemption of the Capital Securities in whole (but not in part) at a redemption
price with respect to the Capital Securities equal to the Special Event
Redemption Price (which is equal to the Special Event Prepayment Price in
respect of the Junior Subordinated Debentures) or (ii) dissolve the Trust within
90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event and, after satisfaction
of the claims of creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, cause the
Junior Subordinated Debentures to be distributed to the holders of the Capital
Securities in liquidation of the Trust. Under current United States federal
income tax law and interpretations thereof and assuming, as expected, the Trust
is treated as a grantor trust, a distribution of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures should not be a taxable event to holders of the Capital Securities.
Should there be a change in law, a change in legal interpretation, certain Tax
Events or other circumstances, however, the distribution could be a taxable
event to holders of the Capital Securities. See "Certain United States Federal
Income Tax Consequences--Distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures or Cash
upon Liquidation of the Trust."
If the Company does not elect either option described above, the Capital
Securities will remain outstanding until the repayment of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, whether at maturity or redemption, and in the event a
Tax Event has occurred and is continuing, the Company will be obligated to pay
any additional taxes, duties, assessments and other governmental charges (other
than withholding taxes) to which the Trust has become subject as a result of a
Tax Event. See "Description of Junior Subordinated Debentures."
A "Special Event" means a Tax Event, a Regulatory Capital Event or an
Investment Company Event. A "Tax Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an
opinion of counsel, rendered by a law firm having an established tax practice,
to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to, change in or announced
prospective change in the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United
States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or
as a result of any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision
interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is
adopted or which proposed change, pronouncement or decision is announced on or
after the date of original issuance of the Capital Securities, there is more
than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of
the date of such opinion, subject to United States federal income tax with
respect to income received or accrued on the Junior Subordinated Debentures,
(ii) interest payable by the Company on such Junior Subordinated Debentures is
not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible by
the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes,
or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion,
subject to more than a DE MINIMIS amount of other taxes, duties or other
governmental charges. A "Regulatory Capital Event" means that the Company shall
have received an opinion of independent bank regulatory counsel experienced in
such matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to or change
(including any announced prospective change) in the laws (or any regulations
thereunder) of the United States or any rules, guidelines or policies of the
appropriate regulatory authorities or (b) any official administrative
pronouncement or judicial decision for interpreting or applying such laws or
regulations which amendment or change is effective or such pronouncement or
decision is announced on or after the date of original issuance of the Capital
Securities, the Capital Securities do not constitute, or within 90 days of the
date thereof, will not constitute Tier 1 capital or its then equivalent, applied
as if the Company or its successor were a bank holding company (as that concept
is used in the guidelines or regulations issued by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System); provided, however, that the distribution of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures in connection with the liquidation of the Trust by the
Company shall not in and of itself constitute a Regulatory Capital Event unless
such liquidation shall have occurred in connection with a Tax Event or an
Investment Company Event. "Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the
Trust of an opinion of counsel, rendered by a law firm having a recognized
national securities practice,
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to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of Change in 1940 Act Law, the
Trust is or will be considered an "investment company" that is required to be
registered under the 1940 Act, which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on
or after the date of original issuance of the Capital Securities.
REDEMPTION PROCEDURES
Capital Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be redeemed at the
Redemption Price with the applicable proceeds from the contemporaneous
redemption or payment at Stated Maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
Redemptions of the Capital Securities shall be made and the Redemption Price
shall be payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust has
sufficient funds available for the payment of such Redemption Price. See also
"--Subordination of Common Securities."
Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than
60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Capital Securities to be
redeemed at its registered address. If the Trust gives a notice of redemption in
respect of the Capital Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on
the Redemption Date, to the extent funds are available, the Property Trustee
will deposit irrevocably with DTC funds sufficient to pay the applicable
Redemption Price for all securities held in DTC and will give DTC irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the holders of the
Capital Securities. See "--Book-Entry Issuance." Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Distributions payable on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Capital
Security called for redemption shall be payable to the holders of such Capital
Security on the relevant record dates for the related Distribution Dates. If
notice of redemption shall have been given and funds deposited as required, then
upon the date of such deposit, all rights of the holders of such Capital
Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of the holders
of such Capital Securities to receive the Redemption Price, but without interest
on such Redemption Price, and such Capital Securities will cease to be
outstanding. In the event that any date fixed for redemption of Capital
Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable
on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day
(and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except
that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force
and effect as if made on the date such payment was originally payable. In the
event that payment of the Redemption Price in respect of Capital Securities
called for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by
the Trust or by the Company pursuant to the Guarantee as described under
"Description of Guarantee," Distributions on such Capital Securities will
continue to accrue at the then applicable rate, from the Redemption Date
originally established by the Trust for the Capital Securities to the date such
Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the actual payment date will be
the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
Subject to applicable law (including, without limitation, United States
federal securities law), the Company or its subsidiaries may at any time and
from time to time purchase outstanding Capital Securities by tender, in the open
market or by private agreement.
The Trust may not redeem fewer than all of the outstanding Capital
Securities unless all accrued and unpaid distributions have been paid on all
Capital Securities for all semi-annual distribution periods terminating on or
prior to the date of redemption. If less than all of the Capital Securities and
Common Securities issued by the Trust are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date,
then the aggregate amount of such Capital Securities and Common Securities to be
redeemed shall be allocated pro rata among the Capital Securities and the Common
Securities. The particular Capital Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
on a PRO RATA basis not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the
Property Trustee from the outstanding Capital Securities not previously called
for redemption, by such method as the Property Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions
(equal to $1000 or integral multiples of $1000 in excess thereof) of the
liquidation preference of Capital Securities of denominations larger than $1000.
The Property Trustee shall promptly notify the trust registrar in writing of the
Capital Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Capital
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Security selected for partial redemption, the liquidation preference thereof to
be redeemed. For all purposes of the Declaration, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Capital Securities shall
relate, in the case of any Capital Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the aggregate liquidation preference of Capital
Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
SUBORDINATION OF COMMON SECURITIES
Payment of Distributions on, and the Redemption Price of, the Capital
Securities and the Common Securities, as applicable, shall be made PRO RATA
based on the liquidation preference of such Capital Securities and Common
Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if on any Distribution Date or Redemption
Date an Indenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no
payment of any Distribution on, or Redemption Price of, any of the Common
Securities, and no other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or
other acquisition of such Common Securities, shall be made unless payment in
full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on all of the
outstanding Capital Securities for all Distribution periods terminating on or
prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the Redemption Price the full amount
of such Redemption Price on all of the outstanding Capital Securities then
called for redemption, shall have been made or provided for, and all funds
available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to the payment in full
in cash of all Distributions on, or Redemption Price of, the Capital Securities
then due and payable.
LIQUIDATION DISTRIBUTION UPON DISSOLUTION
Pursuant to the Declaration, the Trust shall automatically dissolve on the
first to occur of: (i) certain events of bankruptcy, dissolution or liquidation
of the Company or the Trust; (ii) upon receipt by the Property Trustee of
written notice from the Company, as Sponsor, directing the Property Trustee to
dissolve the Trust; (iii) the redemption of all of the Capital Securities in
connection with the maturity or redemption of all of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures; and (iv) the entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of an order
for the dissolution of the Trust.
If an early dissolution occurs as described in clause (i), (ii) or (iv)
above, the Trust shall be liquidated by the Trustees as expeditiously as the
Trustees determine to be possible by distributing, after satisfaction of
liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, to the
holders of the Capital Securities and Common Securities their PRO RATA interest
in the Junior Subordinated Debentures, unless such distribution is determined by
the Property Trustee not to be practical, in which event such holders will be
entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to
holders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided
by applicable law, an amount equal to, in the case of holders of Capital
Securities, the aggregate of the liquidation amount plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation
Distribution"). If such Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part
because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate
Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly by the Trust on the
Capital Securities shall be paid on a PRO RATA basis. The holder of the Common
Securities will be entitled to receive distributions upon any such liquidation
PRO RATA with the holders of the Capital Securities, except that if an Indenture
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Capital Securities shall
have a priority over the Common Securities.
After the liquidation date is fixed for any distribution of Junior
Subordinated Debentures to holders of the Capital Securities (i) the Capital
Securities will no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and (ii) DTC or its
nominee, as a record holder of Capital Securities, will receive a registered
global certificate or certificates representing the Junior Subordinated
Debentures to be delivered upon such distribution.
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TRUST ENFORCEMENT EVENTS
An Indenture Event of Default constitutes a Trust Enforcement Event under
the Declaration with respect to the Trust Securities, provided that pursuant to
the Declaration, the holder of the Common Securities will be deemed to have
waived any Trust Enforcement Event with respect to the Common Securities until
all Trust Enforcement Events with respect to the Capital Securities have been
cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until such Trust Enforcement Event with
respect to the Capital Securities has been so cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated, the Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely on behalf of
the holders of the Capital Securities and only the holders of the Capital
Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee with respect to
certain matters under the Declaration, and therefore the Indenture.
Upon the occurrence of a Trust Enforcement Event, the Indenture Trustee (as
defined herein) or the Property Trustee as the holder of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures will have the right under the Indenture to declare the principal of
and interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures to be immediately due and
payable. Each of the Company and the Trust is required to file annually with the
Property Trustee an officer's certificate as to its compliance with all
conditions and covenants under the Declaration.
If the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights with respect to the
Junior Subordinated Debentures held by the Trust, any record holder of Capital
Securities may institute legal proceedings directly against the Company to
enforce the Property Trustee's rights under such Junior Subordinated Debentures
without first instituting any legal proceedings against such Property Trustee or
any other person or entity. In addition, if a Trust Enforcement Event has
occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the
Company to pay interest, principal or other required payments on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures issued to the Trust on the date such interest, principal
or other payment is otherwise payable, then a record holder of Capital
Securities may, on or after the respective due dates specified in the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, institute a proceeding directly against the Company for
enforcement of payment on Junior Subordinated Debentures having a principal
amount equal to the aggregate liquidation preference of the Capital Securities
held by such holder. In connection with such Direct Action, the Company will be
subrogated to the rights of such record holder of Capital Securities to the
extent of any payment made by the Company to such record holder of Capital
Securities.
VOTING RIGHTS; AMENDMENT OF THE DECLARATION
Except as provided below and under "Description of Guarantee--Amendments and
Assignment" and as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the holders of
the Capital Securities will have no voting rights.
So long as any Junior Subordinated Debentures are held by the Property
Trustee, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee or
executing any trust or power conferred on the Property Trustee with respect to
such Junior Subordinated Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is
waivable under the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a
declaration that the principal of all the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall
be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination
of the Indenture or such Junior Subordinated Debentures, where such consent
shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the
holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation preference of all outstanding
Capital Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that where a consent under the Indenture
would require the consent of each holder of Junior Subordinated Debentures
affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without
the prior consent of each holder of Capital Securities. The Trustees shall not
revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the holders of
the Capital Securities except pursuant to a subsequent vote of the holders of
the Capital Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify each holder of record
of the Capital Securities of any notice of default which it receives with
respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures. In addition to obtaining the
foregoing approvals of the holders of the Capital Securities, prior to taking
any of the foregoing actions, the Trustees shall receive
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an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the Trust
will not be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal
income tax purposes on account of such action.
The Declaration may be amended from time to time by the Company and a
majority of the Regular Trustees (and in certain circumstances the Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee), without the consent of the holders of the
Capital Securities, (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any
provisions in the Declaration that may be inconsistent with any other provision,
or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under the Declaration that shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions
of the Declaration, or (ii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the
Declaration to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust will
be classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust
at all times that any Capital Securities and Common Securities are outstanding
or to ensure that the Trust will not be required to register as an "investment
company" under the 1940 Act; provided, however, that such action shall not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any holder of Capital
Securities or Common Securities, and any amendments of the Declaration shall
become effective when notice thereof is given to the holders of Capital
Securities and Common Securities. The Declaration may be amended by the Company
and a majority of the Regular Trustees with (i) the consent of holders
representing not less than a majority (based upon liquidation preferences) of
the outstanding Capital Securities and Common Securities and (ii) receipt by the
Regular Trustees of an opinion of counsel to the effect that such amendment or
the exercise of any power granted to the Regular Trustees in accordance with
such amendment will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor trust for United
States federal income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption from status of an
"investment company" under the 1940 Act; provided, further that without the
consent of each holder of Capital Securities and Common Securities affected
thereby, the Declaration may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing
of any Distribution on the Capital Securities and Common Securities or otherwise
adversely affect the amount of any Distribution required to be made in respect
of the Capital Securities and Common Securities as of a specified date or (ii)
restrict the right of a holder of Capital Securities or Common Securities to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.
Any required approval of holders of Capital Securities may be given at a
meeting of holders of Capital Securities convened for such purpose or pursuant
to written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at
which holders of Capital Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter upon
which action by written consent of such holders is to be taken, to be given to
each holder of record of Capital Securities in the manner set forth in the
Declaration.
No vote or consent of the holders of Capital Securities will be required for
the Trust to redeem and cancel its Capital Securities in accordance with the
Declaration.
Notwithstanding that holders of Capital Securities are entitled to vote or
consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the Capital
Securities that are owned by the Company, the Trustees or any affiliate of the
Company or any Trustees, shall, for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated
as if they were not outstanding.
EXPENSES AND TAXES
In the Indenture, the Company, as borrower, has agreed to pay all debts and
other obligations (other than with respect to the Capital Securities) and all
costs and expenses of the Trust (including costs and expenses relating to the
organization of the Trust, the fees and expenses of the Trustees and the costs
and expenses relating to the operation of the Trust) and to pay any and all
taxes and all costs and expenses with respect thereto (other than United States
withholding taxes) to which the Trust might become subject. The Company has also
agreed in the Indenture to execute such additional agreements as may be
necessary or desirable to give full effect to the foregoing.
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REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
The Property Trustee will act as registrar and transfer agent for the
Capital Securities.
Registration of transfers of Capital Securities will be effected without
charge by or on behalf of the Trust, but upon payment of any tax or other
governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or
exchange. The Trust will not be required (i) to register or cause to be
registered the transfer or exchange of the Capital Securities during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of
the relevant notice of redemption and ending at the close of business on the day
of mailing of such notice of redemption or (ii) to register or cause to be
registered the transfer or exchange of any Capital Securities so selected for
redemption, except in the case of any Capital Securities being redeemed in part,
any portion thereof not to be redeemed.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE
The Property Trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of a
Trust Enforcement Event, undertakes to perform only such duties as are
specifically set forth in the Declaration and, after such Trust Enforcement
Event, must exercise the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would
exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to this
provision, the Property Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the
powers vested in it by the Declaration at the request of any holder of Capital
Securities unless it is offered reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses
and liabilities that might be incurred thereby. If no Trust Enforcement Event
has occurred and is continuing and the Property Trustee is required to decide
between alternative causes of action, construe ambiguous provisions in the
Declaration or is unsure of the application of any provision of the Declaration,
and the matter is not one on which holders of Capital Securities are entitled
under the Declaration to vote, then the Property Trustee may, but shall be under
no duty to, take such action as is directed by the Company and, if not so
directed, shall take such action as it deems advisable and in the best interests
of the holders of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities and will have
no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct. The
Property Trustee also serves as the Guarantee Trustee under the Guarantee and
the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture.
PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENCY
Payments in respect of the Global Certificates shall be made to DTC, which
shall credit the relevant accounts at DTC on the applicable Distribution Dates
or, if the Capital Securities are held in definitive form, such payments shall
be made by check mailed to the address of the holder entitled thereto as such
address shall appear on the Register. The paying agent (the "Paying Agent")
shall initially be the Property Trustee and any co-paying agent chosen by the
Property Trustee and acceptable to the Regular Trustees and the Company. The
Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written
notice to the Property Trustee and the Company. In the event that the Property
Trustee shall no longer be the Paying Agent, the Regular Trustees shall appoint
a successor (which shall be a bank or trust company acceptable to the Regular
Trustees and the Company) to act as Paying Agent.
BOOK-ENTRY ISSUANCE
The Capital Securities initially will be represented by one or more Capital
Securities in registered, global form (collectively, the "Global Capital
Securities"). The Global Capital Securities will be deposited upon issuance with
the Property Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), in
New York, New York, and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, in each
case for credit to an account of a direct or indirect participant in DTC as
described below.
Except as set forth below, the Global Capital Securities may be transferred,
in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of
DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the Global Capital Securities may
not be exchanged for Capital Securities in certificated form except in the
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limited circumstances described below. See "--Exchange of Book-Entry Capital
Securities for Certificated Capital Securities."
Transfer of beneficial interests in the Global Capital Securities will be
subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect
participants, which may change from time to time.
DEPOSITARY PROCEDURES
DTC has advised the Trust and the Company that DTC is a limited-purpose
trust company created to hold securities for its participating organizations
(collectively, the "Participants") and to facilitate the clearance and
settlement of transactions in those securities between Participants through
electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants. The Participants
include securities brokers and dealers (including the Underwriters), banks,
trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access
to DTC's system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers,
dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial
relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly (collectively,
the "Indirect Participants"). Persons who are not Participants may beneficially
own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through the Participants or the
Indirect Participants. The ownership interest and transfer of ownership interest
of each actual purchaser of each security held by or on behalf of DTC are
recorded on the records of the Participants and Indirect Participants.
DTC has also advised the Trust and the Company that, pursuant to procedures
established by it, (i) upon deposit of the Global Capital Securities, DTC will
credit the accounts of Participants designated by the Underwriters with portions
of the principal amount of the Global Capital Securities and (ii) ownership of
such interests in the Global Capital Securities will be shown on, and the
transfer of ownership thereof will be effected only through, records maintained
by DTC (with respect to the Participants) or by the Participants and the
Indirect Participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interests in
the Global Capital Securities).
Except as described below, owners of interests in the Global Capital
Securities will not have Capital Securities registered in their name, will not
receive physical delivery of Capital Securities in certificated form and will
not be considered the registered owners or holders thereof for any purpose.
Payments in respect of the Global Capital Security registered in the name of
DTC or its nominee will be payable by the Property Trustee to DTC in its
capacity as the registered holder. The Property Trustee will treat the persons
in whose names the Capital Securities, including the Global Capital Securities,
are registered as the owners thereof for the purpose of receiving such payments
and for any and all other purposes whatsoever. Consequently, neither the
Property Trustee nor any agent thereof has or will have any responsibility or
liability for (i) any aspect of DTC's records or any Participant's or Indirect
Participant's records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests in the Global Capital Securities, or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any of DTC's records or any Participant's or Indirect
Participant's records relating to the beneficial ownership interests in the
Global Capital Securities or (ii) any other matter relating to the actions and
practices of DTC or any of its Participants or Indirect Participants. DTC has
advised the Trust and the Company that its current practice, upon receipt of any
payment in respect of securities such as the Capital Securities, is to credit
the accounts of the relevant Participants with the payment on the payment date
unless DTC has reason to believe it will not receive payment on such payment
date. Payments by the Participants and the Indirect Participants to the
beneficial owners of Capital Securities will be governed by standing
instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the
Participants or the Indirect Participants and will not be the responsibility of
DTC, the Property Trustee or the Trust. Neither the Trust nor the Property
Trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of its Participants in
identifying the beneficial owners of the Capital Securities, and the Trust and
the Property Trustee may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying
on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.
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Interests in the Global Capital Securities will trade in DTC's Same-Day
Funds Settlement System and secondary market trading activity in such interests
will therefore settle in immediately available funds, subject in all cases to
the rules and procedures of DTC and its participants. Transfers between
Participants in DTC will be effected in accordance with DTC's procedures, and
will be settled in same-day funds.
DTC has advised the Trust and the Company that it will take any action
permitted to be taken by a holder of Capital Securities only at the direction of
one or more Participants to whose account with DTC interests in the Global
Capital Securities are credited. However, if there is an Event of Default, DTC
reserves the right to exchange the Global Capital Securities for legended
Capital Securities in certificated form and to distribute such Capital
Securities to its Participants.
The information in this section concerning DTC and its book-entry systems
has been obtained from sources that the Trust and the Company believe to be
reliable, but neither the Trust nor the Company takes responsibility for the
accuracy thereof.
EXCHANGE OF BOOK-ENTRY CAPITAL SECURITIES FOR CERTIFICATED CAPITAL SECURITIES
A Global Capital Security is exchangeable for Capital Securities in
registered certificated form if (i) DTC (x) notifies the Trust that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Capital Security or
(y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and,
in either case, the Trust thereupon fails to appoint a Successor Depositary, or
(ii) the Company in its sole discretion elects to cause the issuance of the
Capital Securities in certificated form. In all cases, certificated Capital
Securities delivered in exchange for any Global Capital Security or beneficial
interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved
denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with
its customary procedures).
MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AMALGAMATIONS OR REPLACEMENTS OF THE TRUST
The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be
replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other Person, except as
described below. The Trust may, at the request of the Company, with the consent
of the Regular Trustees and without the consent of the holders of the Capital
Securities, merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, be replaced by or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to a trust organized as such under the laws of any State; provided that (i) such
successor entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the
Trust with respect to the Capital Securities or (b) substitutes for the Capital
Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Capital
Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities rank
the same as the Capital Securities rank in priority with respect to
distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise, (ii) the
Company expressly appoints a trustee of such successor entity possessing the
same powers and duties as the Property Trustee as the holder of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, (iii) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Capital Securities
(including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally
recognized statistical rating organization, (iv) such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely
affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Capital
Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, (v)
such successor entity has a purpose identical to that of the Trust, (vi) prior
to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer,
or lease, the Company has received an opinion from independent counsel to the
Trust experienced in such matters to the effect that (a) such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not
adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the
Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect
and (b) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease, (1) neither the Trust nor such successor entity
will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act and (2) the Trust or the successor entity will continue to be
classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes,
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(vii) the Company or any permitted successor or assignee owns all of the Common
Securities of such successor entity and guarantees the obligations of such
successor entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided
by the Guarantee, (viii) such successor entity expressly assumes all of the
obligations of the Trust with respect to the Trustees and (ix) the Successor
Securities are listed, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon
notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or other
organization on which the Capital Securities are then listed. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Trust shall not, except with the consent of holders of 100%
in aggregate liquidation preference of the Capital Securities, consolidate,
amalgamate, merge with or into, be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other entity or permit
any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it
if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer
or lease would cause the Trust or the successor entity to be classified as other
than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF TRUSTEES
Any corporation into which the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or any
Regular Trustee that is not a natural person may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which such Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of such Trustee, shall be the successor of such Trustee under the Declaration,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Regular Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of
and to operate the Trust in such a way that the Trust will not be deemed to be
an "investment company" required to be registered under the Investment Company
Act or classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income
tax purposes and so that the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be treated as
indebtedness of the Company for United States federal income tax purposes. In
this connection, the Company and the Regular Trustees are authorized to take any
action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or the
Declaration, that the Company and the Regular Trustees determine in their
discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, as long as such
action does not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of the
Capital Securities.
The Trust may not borrow money nor issue debt nor mortgage or pledge any of
its assets.
GOVERNING LAW
The Declaration and the Capital Securities will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
DESCRIPTION OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
The Junior Subordinated Debentures are to be issued under a Junior
Subordinated Indenture (the "Indenture"), between the Company and The Bank of
New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the "Indenture Trustee").
This summary of certain terms and provisions of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures and the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is subject to,
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Indenture.
GENERAL
Concurrently with the issuance of the Capital Securities, the Trust will
invest the proceeds thereof and the consideration paid by the Company for the
Common Securities in the Junior Subordinated Debentures issued by the Company.
The Junior Subordinated Debentures will be in the principal amount equal to the
aggregate liquidation preference of the Capital Securities plus the Company's
concurrent investment in the
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Common Securities. The Junior Subordinated Debentures will bear interest at the
annual rate of % of the principal amount thereof, payable semi-annually in
arrears on and of each year (each, an "Interest Payment
Date"), commencing , 1997, to the person in whose name each Junior
Subordinated Debenture is registered, subject to certain exceptions, at the
close of business on the 15th day of the month [prior to] the relevant Interest
Payment Date. It is anticipated that, until the liquidation, if any, of the
Trust, each Junior Subordinated Debenture will be held in the name of the
Property Trustee in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Capital
Securities and the Common Securities. The amount of interest payable for any
period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures is not a Business Day, then payment of the interest
payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business
Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay),
except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such
payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case
with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was
originally payable. Accrued interest that is not paid on the applicable Interest
Payment Date will bear additional interest on the amount thereof (to the extent
permitted by law) at the rate per annum of % thereof, compounded
semi-annually. The term "interest" as used herein shall include semi-annual
interest payments and interest on semi-annual interest payments not paid on the
applicable Interest Payment Date, as applicable.
The Junior Subordinated Debentures will mature on , 2027.
The Junior Subordinated Debentures will be unsecured and will rank junior
and be subordinate in right of payment to all Indebtedness (as defined below) of
the Company. The Indenture does not limit the incurrence or issuance of other
secured or unsecured debt of the Company, whether under the Indenture or any
existing or other indenture that the Company may enter into in the future or
otherwise. See "-- Subordination."
The federal banking agencies possess broad powers to take corrective action
as deemed appropriate for an insured depositary institution, including without
limitation, under certain circumstances, the ability to prohibit the payment of
principal or interest on subordinated debt.
The general provisions of the Indenture do not afford holders of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures protection in the event of a highly leveraged or other
transaction involving the Company that may adversely affect holders of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures.
OPTION TO EXTEND INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD
So long as no Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Company has the right under the Indenture to defer the payment of interest at
any time or from time to time for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive
semi-annual periods with respect to each Extension Period, provided that no
Extension Period may extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures. At the end of such Extension Period, the Company must
pay all interest then accrued and unpaid (together with interest thereon at the
annual rate of %, compounded semi-annually, to the extent permitted by
applicable law). During an Extension Period, interest will continue to accrue
and holders of Junior Subordinated Debentures (or holders of Capital Securities
while the Capital Securities are outstanding) will be required to accrue
interest income for United States federal income tax purposes. See "Certain
United States Federal Income Tax Consequences--Interest Income and Original
Issue Discount."
During any such Extension Period, the Company may not, and may not permit
any subsidiary of the Company to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or
distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment
with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock or (ii) make any payment of
principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any
debt securities of the Company that rank PARI PASSU with or junior in interest
to the Junior Subordinated Debentures or make any guarantee payments with
respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary
of the Company if such guarantee ranks PARI PASSU or junior in interest to the
Junior
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Subordinated Debentures (other than (a) dividends or distributions in common
stock of the Company, (b) payments under the Guarantee, (c) any declaration of a
dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholders' rights plan,
or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or
repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, and (d) purchases of common
stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights under any of the
Company's benefit plans). Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period,
the Company may further extend the Extension Period, provided that no Extension
Period may exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods or extend beyond the Stated
Maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures. Upon the termination of any such
Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due on any Interest Payment
Date, the Company may elect to begin a new Extension Period subject to the above
requirements. No interest shall be due and payable during an Extension Period,
except at the end thereof. The Company must give the Property Trustee, the
Regular Trustees and the Indenture Trustee notice of its election of such
Extension Period not less than one Business Day prior to such record date. The
Property Trustee shall give notice of the Company's election to begin a new
Extension Period to the holders of the Capital Securities.
REDEMPTION
The Junior Subordinated Debentures are not redeemable prior to ,
2007 unless a Special Event has occurred. The Junior Subordinated Debentures are
redeemable prior to maturity at the option of the Company, subject to the
receipt of any necessary prior regulatory approval, on or after ,
2007, in whole or in part at any time at the redemption prices (expressed as
percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date of redemption, if redeemed during the twelve-month
period beginning on of the years indicated below:
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On or after , 2017, the redemption price will be 100%, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption.
The Junior Subordinated Debentures are also redeemable at any time in whole
(but not in part), within 90 days of the occurrence of a Special Event, at a
redemption price (the "Special Event Prepayment Price") equal to the greater of
(i) 100% of the principal amount of such Junior Subordinated Debentures or (ii)
as determined by a Quotation Agent (as defined below), the sum of the present
values of the principal amount and premium payable with respect to an optional
redemption on such Junior Subordinated Debentures on , 2007, together
with scheduled payments of interest from the prepayment date to ,
2007 (the "Remaining Life") discounted to the prepayment date on a semi-annual
basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of 30-day months) at the Adjusted
Treasury Rate, plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the date of
prepayment.
"Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any prepayment date, the
Treasury Rate plus (i) 1.25% if such prepayment date occurs on or before
, 1998 or (ii) 0.50% if such prepayment date occurs after
, 1998.
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"Treasury Rate" means (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the
average for the immediately prior week, appearing in the most recently published
statistical release designated "H.15(519)" or any successor publication which is
published weekly by the Federal Reserve and which establishes yields on actively
traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the
caption "Treasury Constant Maturities", for the maturity corresponding to the
Remaining Life (if no maturity is within three months before or after the
Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely
corresponding to the Remaining Life shall be determined and the Treasury Rate
shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis,
rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release (or any successor
release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does
not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent
yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for
the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal
amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such prepayment date. The
Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third business day preceding the
prepayment date.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means with respect to any prepayment date the
United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a
maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining
Life. If no United States treasury security has a maturity which is within a
period from three months before to three months after , 2007, the two
most closely corresponding United States Treasury securities shall be used as
the Comparable Treasury Issue, and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or
extrapolated on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month using such
securities.
"Quotation Agent" means (i) Lehman Brothers Inc. and its respective
successors; provided, however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a primary
U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury
Dealer"), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer;
and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Indenture Trustee
after consultation with the Company.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means (A) the average of five Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations for such prepayment date, after excluding the highest and
lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Indenture
Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all such Quotations.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each Reference
Treasury Dealer and any prepayment date, the average, as determined by the
Indenture Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Indenture Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m.
New York City time, on the third business day preceding such prepayment date.
If the Junior Subordinated Debentures are redeemed, the Trust must redeem
the Capital Securities having an aggregate liquidation preference equal to the
aggregate principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures so redeemed. See
"Description of Capital Securities--Mandatory Redemption."
Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than
60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Junior Subordinated
Debentures to be redeemed at its registered address. Unless the Company defaults
in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest
ceases to accrue on such Junior Subordinated Debentures or portions thereof
called for redemption.
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CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
The Company will covenant in the Indenture that if and so long as the Trust
is the holder of all Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Company, as borrower,
will pay to the Trust all fees and expenses related to the Trust and the
offering of the Capital Securities and will pay, directly or indirectly, all
ongoing costs, expenses and liabilities of the Trust (including any taxes,
duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature (other than
withholding taxes) imposed by the United States or any domestic taxing authority
upon the Trust but excluding obligations under the Capital Securities).
The Company will also covenant that it will not, and will not permit any
subsidiary of the Company to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions
on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to,
any of the Company's capital stock or (ii) make any payment of principal,
interest or premium, if any, on or repay or repurchase or redeem any debt
securities of the Company that rank PARI PASSU with or junior in interest to the
Junior Subordinated Debentures or make any guarantee payments with respect to
any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the
Company if such guarantee ranks PARI PASSU with or junior in interest to the
Junior Subordinated Debentures (other than (a) dividends or distributions in
common stock of the Company, (b) payments under the Guarantee, (c) any
declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a
stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the
future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, and
(d) purchases of common stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights
under any of the Company's benefit plans) if at such time (x) there shall have
occurred any event of which the Company has actual knowledge that (I) with the
giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Indenture
Event of Default with respect to Junior Subordinated Debentures and (II) in
respect of which the Company shall not have taken reasonable steps to cure, (y)
the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any obligations
under the Guarantee or (z) the Company shall have given notice of its election
of an Extension Period as provided in the Indenture and shall not have rescinded
such notice, or such Extension Period, or any extension thereof, shall be
continuing.
SUBORDINATION
In the Indenture, the Company has covenanted and agreed that any Junior
Subordinated Debentures issued thereunder will be subordinated and junior in
right of payment to all Indebtedness to the extent provided in the Indenture.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets to creditors upon any liquidation,
dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, marshaling of assets or any bankruptcy, insolvency, debt
restructuring or similar proceedings in connection with any insolvency or
bankruptcy proceeding of the Company, the holders of Indebtedness will first be
entitled to receive payment in full of principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on such Indebtedness before the holders of Junior Subordinated
Debentures or the Property Trustee on behalf of the holders of Capital
Securities will be entitled to receive or retain any payment in respect of the
principal of and premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that holders of Indebtedness shall
not be entitled to receive payment of any such amounts to the extent that such
holders would be required by the subordination provisions of such Indebtedness
to pay such amounts over to the obligees on trade accounts payable or other
liabilities arising in the ordinary course of the Company's business.
In the event of the acceleration of the maturity of any Junior Subordinated
Debentures, the holders of all Indebtedness outstanding at the time of such
acceleration will first be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts
then due thereon (including any amounts due upon acceleration) before the
holders of Junior Subordinated Debentures will be entitled to receive or retain
any payment in respect of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on the Junior Subordinated Debentures; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that holders of
Indebtedness shall not be entitled to receive payment of any such amounts to the
extent that such holders would be required by the subordination provisions of
such Indebtedness to pay such amounts over to the obligees on trade accounts
payable or other liabilities arising in the ordinary course of the Company's
business.
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No payments on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if
any, in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debentures may be made if there shall
have occurred and be continuing a default in any payment with respect to
Indebtedness, or an event of default with respect to any Indebtedness resulting
in the acceleration of the maturity thereof, or if any judicial proceeding shall
be pending with respect to any such default.
"Indebtedness" means with respect to any person, whether recourse is to all
or a portion of the assets of such person and whether or not contingent, (i)
every obligation of such person for money borrowed; (ii) every obligation of
such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property,
assets or businesses; (iii) every reimbursement obligation of such person with
respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or similar facilities issued
for the account of such person; (iv) every obligation of such person issued or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (but excluding
trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business); (v) every capital lease obligation of such person; (vi) every
obligation of such person for claims (as defined in Section 101(4) of the United
States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended) in respect of derivative products
such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts and
similar arrangements; and (vii) every obligation of the type referred to in
clauses (i) through (vi) of another person and all dividends of another person
the payment of which, in either case, such person has guaranteed or is
responsible or liable for, directly or indirectly, as obligor or otherwise;
provided that "Indebtedness" shall not include (i) any obligations which, by
their terms, are expressly stated to rank PARI PASSU in right of payment with,
or to not be superior in right of payment to, the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, (ii) any Indebtedness of the Company which when incurred and without
respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of the United States Bankruptcy
Code of 1978, as amended, was without recourse to the Company, (iii) any
Indebtedness of the Company to any of its subsidiaries, (iv) Indebtedness to any
employee of the Company or (v) any Indebtedness in respect of debt securities
issued to any trust, or a trustee of such trust, partnership or other entity,
affiliated with the Company that is a financing entity of the Company in
connection with the issuance by such financing entity of securities that are
similar to the Capital Securities.
The Indenture places no limitation on the amount of additional Indebtedness
that may be incurred by the Company or any indebtedness or other liabilities
that may be incurred by the Company's subsidiaries. As of March 31, 1997,
Indebtedness of the Company aggregated approximately $467.0 million, and the
Company's consolidated subsidiaries had indebtedness and other liabilities of
approximately $43.2 billion to which the Junior Subordinated Debentures would be
effectively subordinated.
INDENTURE EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The Indenture provides that any one or more of the following described
events with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures that has occurred and
is continuing constitutes an "Indenture Event of Default" with respect to the
Junior Subordinated Debentures:
(i) failure for 30 days to pay any interest on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures when due (subject to the deferral of any due date in the case of
an Extension Period); or
(ii) failure to pay any principal on the Junior Subordinated Debentures
when due whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise;
or
(iii) failure to observe or perform in any material respect certain other
covenants contained in the Indenture for 90 days after written notice to the
Company from the Indenture Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in
aggregate outstanding principal amount of outstanding Junior Subordinated
Debentures; or
(iv) certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the
Company.
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The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Junior Subordinated Debentures have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture
Trustee. The Indenture Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures may declare the
principal due and payable immediately upon an Indenture Event of Default, and,
should the Indenture Trustee or such holders of such Junior Subordinated
Debentures fail to make such declaration, the holders of at least 25% in
aggregate liquidation preference of the Capital Securities shall have such
right. The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Junior Subordinated Debentures may annul such declaration and waive the default
if the default (other than the non-payment of the principal of Junior
Subordinated Debentures which has become due solely by such acceleration) has
been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and
principal due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the
Indenture Trustee, and should the holders of such Junior Subordinated Debentures
fail to annul such declaration and waive such default, the holders of a majority
in aggregate liquidation preference of the Capital Securities shall have such
right.
The holders of a majority in aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures affected thereby may, on behalf of the holders of
all the Junior Subordinated Debentures, waive any past default, except a default
in the payment of principal or interest (unless such default has been cured and
a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due
otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the Indenture Trustee) or
a default in respect of a covenant or provision which under the Indenture cannot
be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding
Junior Subordinated Debenture, and should the holders of such Junior
Subordinated Debentures fail to waive such default, the holders of a majority in
aggregate liquidation preference of the Capital Securities shall have such
right. The Company is required to file annually with the Indenture Trustee a
certificate as to whether or not the Company is in compliance with all the
conditions and covenants applicable to it under the Indenture.
In case an Indenture Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the
Property Trustee will have the right to declare the principal of and the
interest on such Junior Subordinated Debentures and any other amounts payable
under the Indenture, to be forthwith due and payable and to enforce its other
rights as a creditor with respect to such Junior Subordinated Debentures.
ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS BY HOLDERS OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
If an Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such
event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay interest or principal
on the Junior Subordinated Debentures on the date such interest or principal is
otherwise payable, a holder of Capital Securities may institute a Direct Action
for payment. The Company may not amend the Indenture to remove the foregoing
right to bring a Direct Action without the prior written consent of the holders
of all of the Capital Securities. Notwithstanding any payment made to such
holder of Capital Securities by the Company in connection with a Direct Action,
the Company shall remain obligated to pay the principal of or interest on the
Junior Subordinated Debentures held by the Trust or the Property Trustee and the
Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holder of such Capital
Securities with respect to payments on the Capital Securities to the extent of
any payments made by the Company to such holder in any Direct Action. The
holders of Capital Securities will not be able to exercise directly any other
remedy available to the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OF ASSETS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS
The Indenture provides that the Company shall not consolidate with or merge
into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless (i) in case the Company
consolidates with or merges into another Person or conveys, transfers or leases
its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the
successor Person is organized under the laws of the United States or any state
or the District of Columbia, and such successor Person expressly
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assumes the Company's obligations on the Junior Subordinated Debentures issued
under the Indenture; (ii) immediately after giving effect thereto, no Indenture
Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both,
would become an Indenture Event of Default, shall have happened and be
continuing; (iii) if at the time any Capital Securities are outstanding, such
transaction is permitted under the Declaration and Guarantee and does not give
rise to any breach or violation of the Declaration or Guarantee; (iv) any such
lease shall provide that it will remain in effect so long as any Junior
Subordinated Debentures are outstanding; and (v) certain other conditions as
prescribed in the Indenture are met.
MODIFICATION OF INDENTURE
From time to time the Company and the Indenture Trustee may, without the
consent of the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, amend, waive or
supplement the Indenture for specified purposes, including, among other things,
curing ambiguities, defects or inconsistencies (provided that any such action
does not materially adversely affect the interest of the holders of Junior
Subordinated Debentures) and qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of,
the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. The Indenture contains provisions
permitting the Company and the Indenture Trustee, with the consent of the
holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of outstanding Junior
Subordinated Debentures affected, to modify the Indenture in a manner affecting
the rights of the holders of such Junior Subordinated Debentures; provided that
no such modification may, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding
Junior Subordinated Debenture so affected, (i) change the stated maturity of
Junior Subordinated Debentures, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or
reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon (except such
extension as is contemplated hereby) or (ii) reduce the percentage of principal
amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures, the holders of which are required to
consent to any such modification of the Indenture, provided that, so long as any
Capital Securities remain outstanding, no such modification may be made that
adversely affects the holders of such Capital Securities in any material
respect, and no termination of the Indenture may occur, and no waiver of any
Indenture Event of Default or compliance with any covenant under the Indenture
may be effective, without the prior consent of the holders of at least a
majority of the aggregate liquidation preference of the Capital Securities
unless and until the principal of the Junior Subordinated Debentures and all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon have been paid in full and certain other
conditions are satisfied.
DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE
The Indenture provides that the Company, at the Company's option: (a) will
be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures (except for certain obligations to register the transfer or exchange
of Junior Subordinated Debentures, replace stolen, lost or mutilated Junior
Subordinated Debentures, maintain paying agencies and hold moneys for payment in
trust) or (b) need not comply with certain restrictive covenants of the
Indenture (including that described in the second paragraph under "Certain
Covenants of the Company"), in each case if the Company deposits, in trust with
the Indenture Trustee or a defeasance agent, money or U.S. Government
Obligations which through the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof
in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay
all the principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures on the dates such payments are due in accordance with
the terms of such Junior Subordinated Debentures. To exercise any such option,
the Company is required to deliver to the Indenture Trustee or a defeasance
agent, if any, an opinion of counsel to the effect that the deposit and related
defeasance would not cause the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debentures to
recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes
and, in the case of a discharge pursuant to clause (a), such opinion shall be
accompanied by a private letter ruling to such effect received by the Company
from the United States Internal Revenue Service or revenue ruling pertaining to
a comparable form of transaction to the effect published by the United States
Internal Revenue Service.
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DISTRIBUTIONS OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES; BOOK-ENTRY ISSUANCE
Under certain circumstances involving the liquidation of the Trust, Junior
Subordinated Debentures may be distributed to the holders of the Capital
Securities in liquidation of the Trust after satisfaction of liabilities to
creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law. If distributed to holders
of Capital Securities in liquidation, the Junior Subordinated Debentures will
initially be issued in the form of one or more global securities and DTC, or any
successor depositary for the Capital Securities, will act as depositary for the
Junior Subordinated Debentures. It is anticipated that the depositary
arrangements for the Junior Subordinated Debentures would be substantially
identical to those in effect for the Capital Securities. There can be no
assurance as to the market price of any Junior Subordinated Debentures that may
be distributed to the holders of Capital Securities. For a description of DTC
and the terms of the depositary matters, see "Description of Capital
Securities--Book-Entry Issuance."
Under current United States federal income tax law and interpretations
thereof and assuming, as expected, the Trust is treated as a grantor trust for
United States federal income tax purposes, a distribution by the Trust of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures pursuant to a liquidation of the Trust will not
be a taxable event to the Trust or to holders of the Capital Securities and will
result in a holder of the Capital Securities receiving directly such holder's
pro rata share of the Junior Subordinated Debentures (previously held indirectly
through the Trust). If, however, the liquidation of the Trust were to occur
because the Trust is subject to United States federal income tax with respect to
income accrued or received on the Junior Subordinated Debentures as a result of
the occurrence of a Tax Event or otherwise, the distribution of Junior
Subordinated Debentures to holders of the Capital Securities by the Trust could
be a taxable event to the Trust and each holder, and holders of the Capital
Securities may be required to recognize gain or loss as if they had exchanged
their Capital Securities for the Junior Subordinated Debentures they received
upon the liquidation of the Trust. See "Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Consequences--Distribution of Junior Subordinated Debentures or Cash upon
Liquidation of the Trust."
PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENTS
The Company initially will act as Paying Agent with respect to the Junior
Subordinated Debentures except that, if the Junior Subordinated Debentures are
distributed to the holders of the Capital Securities in liquidation of such
holders' interests in the Trust, the Indenture Trustee will act as the Paying
Agent. The Company at any time may designate additional Paying Agents or rescind
the designation of any Paying Agent or approve a change in the office through
which any Paying Agent acts, except that the Company will be required to
maintain a Paying Agent at the place of payment.
Any moneys deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then
held by the Company in trust, for the payment of the principal of and premium,
if any, or interest on any Junior Subordinated Debentures and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal and premium, if any, or interest
has become due and payable shall, at the request of the Company, be repaid to
the Company and the holder of such Junior Subordinated Debentures shall
thereafter look, as a general unsecured creditor, only to the Company for
payment thereof.
TRUST COSTS AND EXPENSES
In the Indenture, the Company, as borrower, has agreed to pay all debts and
other obligations (other than with respect to the Capital Securities) and all
costs and expenses of the Trust (including costs and expenses relating to the
organization of the Trust, the fees and expenses of the Trustees and the costs
and expenses relating to the operation of the Trust) and to pay any and all
taxes and all costs and expenses with respect thereto (other than United States
withholding taxes) to which the Trust might become subject.
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GOVERNING LAW
The Indenture and the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE
The Indenture Trustee shall have and be subject to all the duties and
responsibilities specified with respect to an indenture trustee under the Trust
Indenture Act. Subject to such provisions, the Indenture Trustee is under no
obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the Indenture at the
request of any holder of Junior Subordinated Debentures, unless offered
reasonable indemnity by such holder against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which might be incurred thereby. The 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 Indenture Trustee reasonably believes that
repayment or adequate indemnity is not reasonably assured to it.
DESCRIPTION OF GUARANTEE
The Guarantee will be executed and delivered by the Company concurrently
with the issuance by the Trust of the Capital Securities for the benefit of the
holders from time to time of such Capital Securities. The Bank of New York, a
New York banking corporation, will act as indenture trustee ("Guarantee
Trustee"). This summary of certain provisions of the Guarantee does not purport
to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to,
all of the provisions of the Guarantee, including the definitions therein of
certain terms. The Guarantee Trustee will hold the Guarantee for the benefit of
the holders of the Capital Securities.
GENERAL
The Company will irrevocably and unconditionally agree to pay in full on a
subordinated basis, to the extent set forth herein, the Guarantee Payments (as
defined below) to the holders of the Capital Securities, as and when due,
regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Trust may
have or assert other than the defense of payment. The following payments with
respect to the Capital Securities, to the extent not paid by or on behalf of the
Trust (the "Guarantee Payments"), will be subject to the Guarantee: (i) any
accumulated and unpaid Distributions required to be paid on the Capital
Securities, to the extent that the Trust has funds on hand available therefor at
the time, (ii) the redemption price with respect to any Capital Securities
called for redemption, to the extent that the Trust has funds on hand available
therefor at such time, or (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
winding up or liquidation of the Trust (unless the Junior Subordinated
Debentures are distributed to holders of the Capital Securities), the lesser of
(a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date of payment and (b) the amount of assets of the Trust
remaining available for distribution to holders of Capital Securities. The
Company's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct
payment of the required amounts by the Company to the holders of the applicable
Capital Securities or by causing the Trust to pay such amounts to such holders.
The Guarantee will be an irrevocable guarantee on a subordinated basis of
the Trust's obligations under the Capital Securities, but will apply only to the
extent that the Trust has funds on hand available to make such payments, and is
not a guarantee of collection.
If the Company does not make interest payments on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures held by the Trust, the Trust will not be able to pay Distributions on
the Capital Securities and will not have funds legally available therefor. The
Guarantee will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all general
liabilities of the Company. See "--Status of the Guarantee." The Guarantee does
not limit the incurrence or issuance of other secured or unsecured debt of the
Company, whether under the Indenture or any existing or other indenture that the
Company may enter into in the future or otherwise.
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The Company has, through the Guarantee, the Junior Subordinated Debentures
and the Indenture, taken together, fully and unconditionally guaranteed all of
the Trust's obligations under the Capital Securities. No single document
standing alone or operating in conjunction with fewer than all of the other
documents constitutes such guarantee. It is only the combined operation of these
documents that has the effect of providing a full and unconditional guarantee of
the Trust's obligations under the Capital Securities. See "Relationship Among
the Capital Securities, the Junior Subordinated Debentures and the Guarantee."
STATUS OF THE GUARANTEE
The Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Company and
will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to Indebtedness of the
Company. The Guarantee does not place a limitation on the amount of additional
Indebtedness that may be incurred by the Company.
The Guarantee will constitute a guarantee of payment and not of collection
(I.E., 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). The
Guarantee will be held for the benefit of the holders of the Capital Securities.
The Guarantee will not be discharged except by payment of the Guarantee Payments
in full to the extent not paid by the Trust or upon distribution of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures to the holders of the Capital Securities in exchange for
all of the Capital Securities.
AMENDMENTS AND ASSIGNMENT
Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely affect
the rights of holders of the Capital Securities (in which case no vote will be
required), the Guarantee may not be amended without the prior approval of the
holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate liquidation preference of
the outstanding Capital Securities. The manner of obtaining any such approval
will be as set forth under "Description of Capital Securities--Voting Rights;
Amendment of the Declaration." All guarantees and agreements contained in the
Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the holders of
the Capital Securities then outstanding.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An event of default under the Guarantee will occur upon the failure of the
Company to perform any of its payment or other obligations thereunder. The
holders of not less than a majority in aggregate liquidation preference of the
Capital Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in
respect of the Guarantee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power
conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under the Guarantee.
Any holder of the Capital Securities may institute a legal proceeding
directly against the Company to enforce its rights under the Guarantee without
first instituting a legal proceeding against the Trust, the Guarantee Trustee or
any other person or entity.
The Company, as guarantor, is required to file annually with the Guarantee
Trustee a certificate as to whether or not the Company is in compliance with all
the conditions and covenants applicable to it under the Guarantee.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
The Guarantee Trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of a
default by the Company in performance of the Guarantee, undertakes to perform
only such duties as are specifically set forth in each Guarantee and, after
default with respect to the Guarantee, must exercise the same degree of
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care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his
or her own affairs. Subject to this provision, the Guarantee Trustee is under no
obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the Guarantee at the
request of any holder of any Capital Security unless it is offered reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred
thereby.
TERMINATION OF THE GUARANTEE
The Guarantee will terminate and be of no further force and effect upon full
payment of the redemption price of the Capital Securities, upon full payment of
the amounts payable upon liquidation of the Trust or upon distribution of Junior
Subordinated Debentures to the holders of the Capital Securities in exchange for
all of the Capital Securities. The Guarantee will continue to be effective or
will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any holder of the Capital
Securities must restore payment of any sums paid under the Capital Securities or
the Guarantee.
GOVERNING LAW
The Guarantee will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.
RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE CAPITAL SECURITIES,
THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES AND THE GUARANTEE
Payments of Distributions and other amounts due on the Capital Securities
(to the extent the Trust has funds available for the payment of such
Distributions) are irrevocably guaranteed by the Company as and to the extent
set forth under "Description of Guarantee." A holder of Capital Securities may
institute a legal proceeding directly against the Company to enforce payment of
such Distributions to such holder after the respective due dates. Taken
together, the Company's obligations under the Junior Subordinated Debentures,
the Indenture and the Guarantee provide, in the aggregate, a full and
unconditional guarantee of payments of Distributions and other amounts due on
the Capital Securities. No single document standing alone or operating in
conjunction with fewer than all of the other documents constitutes such
guarantee. It is only the combined operation of these documents that has the
effect of providing a full and unconditional guarantee of the Trust's
obligations under the Capital Securities. The obligations of the Company under
the Guarantee and the Junior Subordinated Debentures are subordinate and junior
in right of payment to all Indebtedness of the Company.
SUFFICIENCY OF PAYMENTS
As long as payments of interest and other payments are made when due on the
Junior Subordinated Debentures, such payments will be sufficient to cover
Distributions and other payments due on the Capital Securities, primarily
because (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debentures
will be equal to the sum of the aggregate stated liquidation amount of the
Capital Securities and the Common Securities; (ii) the interest rate and
interest and other payment dates on the Junior Subordinated Debentures will
match the Distribution rate and Distribution and other payment dates for the
related Capital Securities; (iii) the Company shall pay for all and any costs,
expenses and liabilities of the Trust except the Trust's obligations under the
Capital Securities; and (iv) the Declaration further provides that the Trust
will not engage in any activity that is not consistent with the limited purposes
of the Trust.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, the Company has
the right to set off any payment it is otherwise required to make thereunder
with and to the extent the Company has theretofore made, or is concurrently on
the date of such payment making, a payment under the Guarantee.
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ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
A holder of Capital Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly
against the Company to enforce its rights under the Guarantee without first
instituting a legal proceeding against the Guarantee Trustee, the Trust or any
other person or entity.
A default or event of default under any Indebtedness of the Company will not
constitute a default or Indenture Event of Default. In addition, in the event of
payment defaults under, or acceleration of, Indebtedness of the Company, the
subordination provisions of the Indenture provide that no payments may be made
in respect of the Junior Subordinated Debentures until such Indebtedness has
been paid in full or any payment default thereunder has been cured or waived.
Failure to make required payments on the Junior Subordinated Debentures would
constitute an Indenture Event of Default under the Indenture.
LIMITED PURPOSE OF TRUST
The Capital Securities evidence a beneficial interest in the Trust, and the
Trust exists for the sole purpose of issuing the Capital Securities and the
Common Securities and investing the proceeds thereof in Junior Subordinated
Debentures. A principal difference between the rights of a holder of Capital
Securities and a holder of Junior Subordinated Debentures is that a holder of
Junior Subordinated Debentures is entitled to receive from the Company the
principal amount of and interest accrued on Junior Subordinated Debentures held,
while a holder of Capital Securities is entitled to receive Distributions from
the Trust (or from the Company under the Guarantee) if and to the extent the
Trust has funds available for the payment of such Distributions.
RIGHTS UPON TERMINATION
Upon any voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the Trust involving the
liquidation of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the holders of the Capital
Securities will be entitled to receive, out of assets held by the Trust, after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable
law, the liquidation distribution in cash. See "Description of Capital
Securities--Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution." Upon any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation or bankruptcy of the Company, the Property Trustee, as
holder of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, would be a subordinated creditor
of the Company, subordinated in right of payment to all Indebtedness, but
entitled to receive payment in full of principal and interest before any
stockholders of the Company receive payments or distributions. Since the Company
is the guarantor under the Guarantee and has agreed to pay for all costs,
expenses and liabilities of the Trust (other than the Trust's obligations to the
holders of the Capital Securities), the positions of a holder of Capital
Securities and a holder of the Junior Subordinated Debentures relative to other
creditors and to stockholders of the Company in the event of liquidation or
bankruptcy of the Company would be substantially the same.
CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
In the opinion of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC, counsel to the Company and
the Trust, the following summary describes the material United States federal
income tax consequences that may be relevant to the purchase, ownership and
disposition of the Capital Securities. Unless otherwise stated, this summary
deals only with Capital Securities held as capital assets by holders who
purchase the Capital Securities upon original issuance. The tax treatment of a
holder may vary depending on his, her or its particular situation. This summary
does not address all the tax consequences that may be relevant to a particular
holder or to holders who may be subject to special tax treatment, such as banks,
real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, insurance
companies, dealers in securities or currencies, tax-exempt investors, persons
holding the Capital Securities as a hedge or hedged against currency risks or as
part of a straddle or conversion transaction or persons whose functional
currency is not the United States dollar. In addition, this summary does not
include any description of any alternative
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minimum tax consequences or the tax laws of any state, local or foreign
government that may be applicable to a holder of Capital Securities.
This summary is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and administrative and
judicial interpretations thereof as of the date hereof, all of which are subject
to change, possibly on a retroactive basis.
HOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX
CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF THE CAPITAL
SECURITIES, INCLUDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES UNDER STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN, AND
OTHER TAX LAWS AND THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR
OTHER TAX LAWS.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
Assuming full compliance with the terms of the Indenture and the
Declaration, in the opinion of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC the Junior
Subordinated Debentures will be classified for United States federal income tax
purposes as indebtedness of the Company.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE TRUST
Assuming full compliance with the terms of the Indenture and the
Declaration, in the opinion of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC, the Trust will be
classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust.
Accordingly, for United States federal income tax purposes, each holder of
Capital Securities generally will be considered the owner of an undivided
interest in the Junior Subordinated Debentures and each holder will be required
to include in its gross income interest and original issue discount ("OID"), if
any, accrued with respect to its allocable share of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures.
INTEREST INCOME AND ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
The Company has concluded that the likelihood of its exercising its option
to defer payment of interest is "remote" because the exercise of such option
would prevent the Company from declaring dividends on any class of its stock.
Accordingly, the Company intends to treat the Junior Subordinated Debentures as
having been issued without OID. Therefore, holders of the Capital Securities
will accrue interest income under their particular methods of accounting (I.E.,
cash or accrual) rather than accruing OID on a constant yield basis.
If, however, the Company exercises its right to defer payments of interest,
the Junior Subordinated Debentures would, at that time, become OID instruments
and holders of the Capital Securities would thereafter be required to accrue
interest on a constant yield basis during any Extension Period even though the
Company would not pay the interest in cash until the end of the Extension
Period, and even though a holder may be on the cash method of accounting.
Further, if the Junior Subordinated Debentures become OID instruments because
the Company exercises its right to defer payment of interest, they will be taxed
as OID instruments for as long as they remain outstanding, even after the
expiration of the Extension Period. Any amount of OID included in a holder's
gross income (whether or not during an Extension Period) with respect to a
Capital Security will increase such holder's tax basis in such Capital Security,
the amount of Distributions received by a holder in respect of such accrued OID
will reduce the tax basis of such Capital Security, and actual cash payments of
interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures would not be reported separately
as taxable income.
The above conclusions are based on recently promulgated Treasury
regulations, which have not been interpreted by any court decisions or addressed
in any rulings or other pronouncements of the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"),
and it is possible that the IRS could take a position contrary to the
conclusions
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herein. If the IRS were to assert successfully that the stated interest on the
Junior Subordinated Debentures was OID regardless of whether the Company
exercises its option to defer payments of interest on such debentures, all
holders of Capital Securities would be required to include such stated interest
in income as a daily economic accrual basis as described above.
Corporate holders of Capital Securities will not be entitled to a dividends
received deduction with respect to any income recognized by such holders with
respect to the Capital Securities.
DISTRIBUTION OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES OR CASH UPON LIQUIDATION OF THE
TRUST
As described under the caption "Description of Junior Subordinated
Debentures--Distributions of Junior Subordinated Debentures," Junior
Subordinated Debentures may be distributed to holders in exchange for the
Capital Securities and in liquidation of the Trust. Under current law, such a
distribution would be non-taxable and would result in the holder receiving
directly its PRO RATA share of the Junior Subordinated Debentures, previously
held indirectly through the Trust, with a holding period and aggregate tax basis
equal to the holding period and aggregate tax basis such holder had in its
Capital Securities before such distributions. If, however, the liquidation of
the Trust were to occur because the Trust is subject to United States federal
income tax with respect to income accrued or received on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, the distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debentures to holders
would be a taxable event to the Trust and to each holder and a holder would
recognize gain or loss as if the holder had exchanged its Capital Securities for
the Junior Subordinated Debentures it received upon liquidation of the Trust.
A holder would accrue interest in respect of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures received from the Trust in the manner described above under "Interest
Income and Original Issue Discount."
Under certain circumstances described herein (see "Description of Capital
Securities--Redemption-- Special Event Redemption or Distribution of Junior
Subordinated Debentures"), the Junior Subordinated Debentures may be redeemed
for cash, with the proceeds of such redemption distributed to holders in
redemption of their Capital Securities. Under current law, such a redemption
would constitute a taxable disposition of the redeemed Capital Securities for
United States federal income tax purposes and a holder would recognize gain or
loss as if it sold such redeemed Capital Securities for cash. See "--Sales of
Capital Securities."
SALES OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
A holder that sells Capital Securities will recognize gain or loss equal to
the difference between the amount realized by the holder on the sale or
redemption of the Capital Securities (except to the extent that such amount
realized is characterized as a payment in respect of accrued but unpaid interest
on such holder's allocable share of the Junior Subordinated Debentures) and the
holder's adjusted tax basis in the Capital Securities sold or redeemed. Such
gain or loss generally will be a capital gain or loss and generally will be a
long-term capital gain or loss if the Capital Securities have been held for more
than one year. Subject to certain limited exceptions, capital losses cannot be
applied to offset ordinary income for United States federal income tax purposes.
NON-UNITED STATES HOLDERS
As used herein, the term "Non-United States Holder" means any person or
entity that is not (i) a person that is a citizen or resident of the United
States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized
under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, (iii)
an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income
taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust if a court within the United
States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such
trust and one or more United States fiduciaries have the authority to control
all the substantial decisions of such trust.
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As discussed above, the Capital Securities will be treated as evidence of an
indirect beneficial ownership interest in the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
Thus, under present United States federal income tax law, and subject to the
discussion below concerning backup withholding:
(a) no withholding of United States federal income tax will be required
with respect to the payment by the Company or any paying agent of principal
or interest (which for purposes of this discussion includes any OID) on the
Junior Subordinated Debentures to a Non-United States Holder, if (i) the
beneficial owner of the Capital Securities ("Beneficial Owner") does not
actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock of the Company entitled to vote (within the
meaning of section 871(h)(3) of the Code), (ii) the Beneficial Owner is not
a controlled foreign corporation that is related to the Company through
stock ownership, (iii) the Beneficial Owner is not a bank whose receipt of
interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures is described in section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and (iv) the Beneficial Owner satisfies the
statement requirement (described generally below) set forth in section
871(h) and section 881(c) of the Code and the regulations thereunder; and
(b) no withholding of United States federal income tax will be required
with respect to any gain realized by a Non-United States Holder upon the
sale or other disposition of the Capital Securities.
To satisfy the requirement referred to in (a)(iv) above, the Beneficial
Owner, or a financial institution holding the Capital Securities on behalf of
such owner, must provide, in accordance with specified procedures, to the Trust
or its paying agent, a statement to the effect that the Beneficial Owner is a
Non-United States Holder. Pursuant to current temporary Treasury regulations,
these requirements will be met if (1) the Beneficial Owner provides such owner's
name and address, and certifies, under penalties of perjury, that such owner is
not a United States person (which certification may be made on IRS Form W-8 (or
successor form)) or (2) a financial institution holding the Capital Securities
on behalf of the Beneficial Owner certifies, under penalties of perjury, that
such statement has been received by it and furnishes a paying agent with a copy
thereof.
If a Non-United States Holder cannot satisfy the requirements of the
"portfolio interest" exception described in (a) above, payments of premium, if
any, and interest (including any OID) made to such Non-United States Holder will
be subject to a 30% withholding tax unless the Beneficial Owner provides the
Company or its paying agent, as the case may be, with a properly executed (1)
IRS Form 1001 (or successor form) claiming an exemption from, or a reduction of,
such withholding tax under the benefit of a tax treaty or (2) IRS Form 4224 (or
successor form) stating that interest paid on the Junior Subordinated Debentures
is not subject to withholding tax because it is effectively connected with the
Beneficial Owner's conduct of a trade or business in the United States.
If a Non-United States Holder is engaged in a trade or business in the
United States and interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures is effectively
connected with the conduct of such trade or business, then the Non-United States
Holder, although exempt from the withholding tax discussed above, will be
subject to United States federal income tax on such interest on a net income
basis in the same manner as a United States person or entity. In addition, if
such Non-United States Holder is a foreign corporation, it may be subject to a
branch profits tax equal to 30% of its effectively connected earnings and
profits for the taxable year, subject to adjustments. For this purpose, such
interest would be included in such foreign corporation's effectively connected
earnings and profits.
Any gain realized upon the sale or other disposition of the Capital
Securities by a Non-United States Holder generally will not be subject to United
States federal income tax unless (i) such gain is effectively connected with a
trade or business in the United States of the Non-United States Holder, (ii) in
the case of a Non-United States Holder who is an individual, such individual is
present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of such
sale, exchange or retirement, and certain other conditions are met, or (iii) in
the case of any gain representing accrued interest on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, the requirements described above are not satisfied.
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INFORMATION REPORTING AND BACKUP WITHHOLDING
Income on the Capital Securities held of record by United States holders
(other than corporations and other exempt holders) will be reported annually to
such holders and to the IRS. The Regular Trustees currently intend to deliver
such reports to holders of record prior to January 31 following each calendar
year. It is anticipated that persons who hold Capital Securities as nominees for
beneficial holders will report the required tax information to beneficial
holders on Form 1099.
"Backup withholding" at a rate of 31% will apply to payments of interest to
non-exempt United States holders unless the holder furnishes its taxpayer
identification number in the manner prescribed in applicable Treasury
regulations, certifies that such number is correct, certifies as to no loss of
exemption from backup withholding and meets certain other conditions.
No information reporting or backup withholding will be required with respect
to payments made by the Trust or any paying agent to Non-United States Holders
if a statement described in (a)(iv) under "Non-United States Holders" has been
received and the payor does not have actual knowledge that the beneficial owner
is a United States person.
In addition, backup withholding and information reporting will not apply if
payments of the principal, interest, OID or premium on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures are paid or collected by a foreign office of a custodian, nominee or
other foreign agent on behalf of the Beneficial Owner, or if a foreign office of
a broker (as defined in applicable Treasury regulations) pays the proceeds of
the sale of the Capital Securities to the owner thereof. If, however, such
nominee, custodian, agent or broker is, for United States federal income tax
purposes, a United States person, a controlled foreign corporation or a foreign
person that derives 50% or more of its gross income for certain periods from the
conduct of a trade or business in the United States, then such payments will not
be subject to backup withholding but will be subject to information reporting,
unless (1) such custodian, nominee, agent or broker has documentary evidence in
its records that the Beneficial Owner is not a United States person and certain
other conditions are met or (2) the Beneficial Owner otherwise establishes an
exemption.
Payment of the proceeds from disposition of Capital Securities to or through
a United States office of a broker is subject to information reporting and
backup withholding unless the holder or beneficial owner establishes an
exemption from information reporting and backup withholding.
Any amounts withheld from a holder of the Capital Securities under the
backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against such
holder's United States federal income tax liability if the required information
is furnished to the IRS.
PROPOSED TAX LEGISLATION
Legislation was proposed by the United States Department of the Treasury as
part of President Clinton's Fiscal 1998 Budget Proposal (the "Proposed
Legislation") that contains a provision which generally would deny an interest
deduction for interest paid or accrued on an instrument issued by a corporation
that (i) has a maximum term of more than 15 years and (ii) is not shown as
indebtedness on the separate balance sheet of the issuer or, where the
instrument is issued to a related party (other than a corporation), where the
holder or some other related party issues a related instrument that is not shown
as indebtedness on the issuer's consolidated balance sheet. This provision was
proposed to be effective generally for instruments issued on or after the date
of the first Congressional committee action taken on the Proposed Legislation.
If this provision were to apply to the Junior Subordinated Debentures, the
Company would not be able to deduct the interest on the Junior Subordinated
Debentures. As of the date of this Prospectus, no Congressional committee action
had been taken on the Proposed Legislation. There can be no assurance, however,
that the Proposed Legislation or future legislative proposals or final
legislation will not adversely affect the ability of the Company to deduct
interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures or otherwise affect the tax
treatment of the transactions described herein. Moreover,
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such legislation could give rise to a Special Event, which would permit the
Company to cause a redemption of the Capital Securities, as described more fully
herein under the caption "Description of Capital Securities--Redemption."
CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
Each of the Company (the obligor with respect to the Junior Subordinated
Debentures held by the Trust) and its affiliates may be considered a "party in
interest" (within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended ("ERISA")) or a "disqualified person" (within the meaning of
Section 4975 of the Code) with respect to certain employee benefit plans
("Plans") that are subject to ERISA. Any purchaser proposing to acquire Capital
Securities with assets of any Plan should consult with its counsel. The purchase
and/or holding of Capital Securities by a Plan that is subject to the fiduciary
responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of
Section 4975 of the Code (including individual retirement arrangements and other
plans described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) and with respect to which the
Company or any affiliate is a service provider (or otherwise is a party
in interest or a disqualified person) may constitute or result in a prohibited
transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, unless such Capital
Securities are acquired pursuant to and in accordance with an applicable
prohibited transaction exemption published by the U.S. Department of Labor. In
addition, a Plan fiduciary considering the purchase of Capital Securities should
be aware that the assets of the Trust may be considered "plan assets" for ERISA
purposes. In such event, service providers and fiduciaries with respect to the
assets of the Trust may become parties in interest or disqualified persons with
respect to investing Plans, and any discretionary authority exercised with
respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures by such persons could be deemed to
constitute a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code. In order to avoid
such prohibited transactions, each investing Plan, by purchasing the Capital
Securities, will be deemed to have directed the Trust to invest in the Junior
Subordinated Debentures and to have appointed the Property Trustee.
UNDERWRITING
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in an underwriting agreement
(the "Underwriting Agreement"), the form of which is filed as on exhibit to the
Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part, the Trust has
agreed to sell to each of the Underwriters named below, for whom Lehman Brothers
Inc. is acting as representative (the "Representative"), and each of the
Underwriters has severally agreed to purchase, the liquidation amount of Capital
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 from the Trust all the Capital Securities offered hereby if
any of the Capital Securities are purchased. In the event of 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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LIQUIDATION AMOUNT
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UNDERWRITERS SECURITIES
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Chase Securities Inc......................................................
Salomon Brothers Inc......................................................
UBS Securities............................................................
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The Company and the Trust have been advised by the Representative that the
Underwriters propose to offer the Capital Securities, in part, directly to the
public at the initial public offering price set forth on the cover page of this
Prospectus, and, in part, to certain securities dealers at such price less a
concession
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of $ per Capital Security. The Underwriters may allow, and such dealers
may reallow, a concession not in excess of $ per Capital Security to
certain brokers and dealers. After the Capital Securities are released for sale
to the public, the offering price and other selling terms may from time to time
be varied by the Representative.
In view of the fact that the proceeds of the sale of the Capital Securities
will ultimately be used to purchase the Junior Subordinated Debentures of the
Company, the Underwriting Agreement provides that the Company will pay as
compensation ("Underwriters' Compensation") to the Underwriters arranging the
investment therein of such proceeds, an amount in immediately available funds of
$ per Capital Security (or $ in the aggregate) for the accounts
of the several Underwriters.
Because NASD Regulation, Inc. ("NASD") is expected to view the Capital
Securities offered hereby as interests in a direct participation program, the
offering is being made in compliance with Rule 2810 of the NASD's Conduct Rules.
Offers and sales of Capital Securities will be made only to (i) "qualified
institutional buyers," as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933
or (ii) institutional "accredited investors," as defined in Rule 501(a)(1)-(3)
of Regulation D under the Securities Act. The Underwriters may not confirm sales
to any accounts over which they exercise discretionary authority without the
prior written approval of the transaction by the customer.
Prior to this offering there has been no public market for the Capital
Securities. The Representative has advised the Trust that the Underwriters
intend to make a market in the Capital Securities. The Underwriters will have no
obligation to make a market in the Capital Securities, however, and may cease
market-making activities, if commenced, at any time.
Until the distribution of the Capital Securities is completed, rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission may limit the ability of the Underwriters and
certain selling group members to bid for and purchase the Capital Securities. As
an exception to these rules, the Underwriters are permitted to engage in certain
transactions that stabilize the price of the Capital Securities. Such
transactions may consist of bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing
or maintaining the price of the Capital Securities.
If the Underwriters create a short position in the Capital Securities in
connection with the offering (I.E., if they sell more Capital Securities than
are set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus), they may reduce that short
position by purchasing Capital Securities in the open market.
In general, purchases of a security for the purpose of stabilization or to
reduce a syndicate short position could cause the price of the security to be
higher than it might otherwise be in the absence of such purchases.
Neither the Company nor any of the Underwriters makes any representation or
prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions
described above may have on the price of the Capital Securities. In addition,
neither the Company nor any of the Underwriters makes any representation that
the Underwriters will engage in such transactions or that such transactions,
once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.
The Trust and the Company have 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.
The Company has retained Lehman Brothers Inc. to act as its financial
advisor in connection with the Merger. See "Summary--Proposed Merger with Great
Western Financial Corporation."
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain matters of Delaware law relating to the validity of the Capital
Securities, the enforceability of the Declaration and the formation of the Trust
will be passed upon by Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, special Delaware
counsel to the Company and the Trust. The validity of the Junior Subordinated
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Debentures and the Guarantee will be passed upon for the Company and the Trust
by Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC, Seattle, Washington and for the Underwriters
by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (a partnership which includes professional
corporations), New York, New York. Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC and Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett will rely on the opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell
as to matters of Delaware law, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett will rely on the
opinion of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC as to matters of Washington law and
Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC will rely on the opinion of Simpson Thacher &
Bartlett as to matters of New York law. Certain United States federal income
taxation matters also will be passed upon for the Company and the Trust by
Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Washington Mutual as of December
31, 1996 and 1995, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1996, have been incorporated by reference herein and in the
Registration Statement in reliance upon the report of Deloitte & Touche LLP,
independent auditors. Insofar as the report of Deloitte & Touche LLP relates to
the amounts included for Keystone Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries for 1995 and
1994, it is based solely on the report of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent
auditors, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of such firms
as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of Great Western Financial Corporation
incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1996, 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.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational reporting requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in
accordance therewith files reports, proxy and information statements and other
information with the Commission. Such material filed by the Company with the
Commission may be inspected by anyone without charge at the Public Reference
Section of the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the regional offices of the Commission located at
Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago,
Illinois 60661 and 7 World Trade Center, Suite 1300, New York, New York 10048.
Copies of such material may also be obtained at the Public Reference Section of
the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, upon payment of prescribed fees. Certain of such
reports, proxy statements and other information are also available from the
Commission over the Internet at http://www.sec.gov. The periodic reports, proxy
statements and other information filed by Washington Mutual with the Commission
may also be inspected at the offices of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., NASDAQ Reports Section, 1735 K Street, Washington, D.C. 20006
No separate financial statements of the Trust have been included or
incorporated by reference herein. The Company does not believe such financial
statements would be material to holders of the Capital Securities because (i)
all of the common securities of the Trust will be owned, directly or indirectly,
by the Company, a reporting company under the Exchange Act, (ii) the Trust has
no independent operations but exists for the sole purpose of issuing securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in its assets and investing the
proceeds thereof in Junior Subordinated Debentures issued by the Company, and
(iii) the obligations of the Trust under the Capital Securities are guaranteed
by the Company to the extent described herein.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Commission by Washington Mutual (File
No. 0-25188) are incorporated herein by reference: (a) Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 (the "1996 Washington Mutual 10-K");
(b) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1997; and (c)
Current Reports on Form 8-K dated March 6, 1997, March 24, 1997, as amended on
March 26, 1997; March 28, 1997; April 1, 1997; April 3, 1997; April 10, 1997;
and April 15, 1997; April 28, 1997; April 30, 1997; May 2, 1997; May 5, 1997;
May 6, 1997; May 8, 1997; May 15, 1997; and May 20, 1997.
The following documents filed with the Commission by Great Western Financial
Corporation (File No. 1-4075) are incorporated herein by reference: (a) "Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" from the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1996, as amended by Form 10-K/A filed May 9,
1997 and "Part I--Item 1. Financial Statements" of the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1997.
All documents filed by Washington Mutual pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof shall be deemed to
be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of
such filing.
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
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
This Prospectus incorporates documents by reference which are not presented
herein or delivered herewith. Such documents (other than exhibits to such
documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated therein by
reference) relating to Washington Mutual are available without charge upon
request to: Washington Mutual, Inc., 1201 Third Avenue, Seattle, Washington
98101, attention: Investor Relations.
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NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER MADE
BY THIS PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS
MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.,
WASHINGTON MUTUAL CAPITAL I OR THE UNDERWRITERS. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES CREATE AN IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS
OF WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC. OR WASHINGTON MUTUAL CAPITAL I SINCE THE DATE HEREOF.
THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION BY ANYONE IN ANY
STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR IN WHICH THE
PERSON MAKING SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO SO OR TO ANYONE
TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Summary........................................... 4
Summary Financial Data of Washington Mutual....... 10
Summary Historical and Pro Forma Combined
Financial Data................................... 12
Risk Factors...................................... 14
Capitalization.................................... 19
Use of Proceeds................................... 20
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Ratio of
Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred
Stock Dividends.................................. 20
Accounting Treatment.............................. 20
The Trust......................................... 21
Description of Capital Securities................. 22
Description of Junior Subordinated Debentures..... 32
Description of Guarantee.......................... 41
Relationship Among the Capital Securities, the
Junior Subordinated Debentures and the
Guarantee........................................ 43
Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Consequences..................................... 44
Certain ERISA Considerations...................... 49
Underwriting...................................... 49
Legal Matters..................................... 50
Experts........................................... 51
Available Information............................. 51
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference... 52
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$300,000,000
WASHINGTON MUTUAL
CAPITAL I
SKISSM
% SUBORDINATED CAPITAL
INCOME SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT
$1,000 PER CAPITAL
SECURITY)
FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH HEREIN BY
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
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PROSPECTUS
, 1997
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LEHMAN BROTHERS
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
UBS SECURITIES
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The estimated expenses in connection with issuance and distribution of the
securities being registered, other than underwriting compensation, are:
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Securities Act Filing Fee......................................... $ 90,909
Legal Fees and Expenses........................................... 40,000
Accounting Fees and Expenses...................................... 30,000
Printing and Engraving Fees....................................... 40,000
Miscellaneous..................................................... 4,091
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Total......................................................... $ 205,000
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 23B.08.320 of the Washington Business Corporation Act (the
"Corporation Act") provides that the personal liability of directors to a
corporation imposed by Section 23B.08.310 of the Corporation Act may be
eliminated by the articles of incorporation of the corporation, except in the
case of acts or omissions involving certain types of conduct. At Article XIII of
its Restated Articles of Incorporation, the Registrant has elected to eliminate
the liability of directors to the Registrant to the extent permitted by law.
Thus, a director of the Registrant is not personally liable to the Registrant or
its shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a director, except for
liability of the director (i) for acts or omissions that involve intentional
misconduct by the director or a knowing violation of law by the director, (ii)
for conduct violating Section 23B.08.310 of the Corporation Act, or (iii) for
any transaction from which the director will personally receive a benefit in
money, property or services to which the director is not legally entitled. If
Washington law is amended to authorize corporate action that further eliminates
or limits the liability of directors, then the liability of Washington Mutual
directors will be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by
Washington law, as so amended.
Section 23B.08.560 of the Corporation Act provides that if authorized by (i)
the articles of incorporation, (ii) a bylaw adopted or ratified by the
shareholders, or (iii) a resolution adopted or ratified, before or after the
event, by the shareholders, a corporation will have the power to indemnify
directors made party to a proceeding, or to obligate itself to advance or
reimburse expenses incurred in a proceeding, without regard to the limitations
on indemnification contained in Sections 23B.08.510 through 23B.08.550 of the
Corporation Act.
Pursuant to Article X of Washington Mutual's Restated Articles of
Incorporation and Article VIII of Washington Mutual's Bylaws, Washington Mutual
must, subject to certain exceptions, indemnify and defend its directors against
any expense, liability or loss arising from or in connection with any actual or
threatened action, suit or proceeding relating to service for or at the request
of Washington Mutual, including without limitation, liability under the
Securities Act. Washington Mutual is not permitted to indemnify a director from
or on account of acts or omissions of such director which are finally adjudged
to be intentional misconduct, or from or on account of conduct in violation of
RCW 23B.08.310, or a knowing violation of the law from or on account of any
transaction with respect to which it is finally adjudged that such director
received a benefit in money, property or services to which he or she was not
entitled. If Washington law is amended to authorize further indemnification of
directors, then Washington Mutual directors shall be indemnified to the fullest
extent permitted by Washington law, as so amended. Also, pursuant to Article X
of Washington Mutual's Restated Articles of Incorporation and Article VIII of
Washington Mutual's Bylaws, Washington Mutual may, by action of the Board of
Directors of Washington Mutual, provide indemnification and pay expenses to
officers, employees and agents of Washington
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Mutual or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise with the same scope and effect as above described in relation to
directors. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling
Washington Mutual pursuant to the provisions described above, Washington Mutual
has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable.
Article IV of the Declaration of Trust provides for the indemnification by
Washington Mutual, Inc. of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (as
defined therein).
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
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1. Form of Underwriting Agreement (to be filed by amendment).
3.1 Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (Incorporated by
reference to Washington Mutual, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1996. File No. 0-25188).
3.2 Bylaws of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to the Washington Mutual, Inc.
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995. File No. 0-25188).
4.1 Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Washington Mutual Capital I.
4.2 Form of Indenture between Washington Mutual, Inc. and The Bank of New York, Trustee.
4.3 Form of Guarantee Agreement between Washington Mutual, Inc. and The Bank of New York,
Trustee.
4.4 Form of Subordinated Debt Security (included in Item 4.2 above).
4.5 Form of Capital Security (included in Item 4.1 above).
5.1 Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell (to be filed by amendment).
5.2 Opinion of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC (to be filed by amendment).
8.1 Opinion of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC (to be filed by amendment).
12 Washington Mutual, Inc.--Calculation of Ratio of Income to Fixed Charges.
23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.3 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.
23.4 Consent of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell (included in its Opinion filed as Exhibit
5.1).
23.5 Consent of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC.
24.2 Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
The Undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(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;
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(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the registration statement;
(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;
(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.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant'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 the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each
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 Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Seattle, State of Washington on May 15, 1997.
WASHINGTON MUTUAL CAPITAL I
By: /s/ WILLIAM A. LONGBRAKE
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William A. Longbrake
TRUSTEE
By: /s/ DOUGLAS G. WISDORF
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Douglas G. Wisdorf
TRUSTEE
By: /s/ MARANGAL I. DOMINGO
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Marangal I. Domingo
TRUSTEE
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
By: /s/ KERRY K. KILLINGER
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Kerry K. Killinger
Title: PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints and
hereby authorizes Kerry K. Killinger and Marc R. Kittner, and each of them, with
the full power of substitution, as attorney-in-fact to sign in such person's
behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file any
amendments, including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
indicated below on the 15th day of May, 1997.
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/s/ KERRY K. KILLINGER /s/ WILLIAM A. LONGBRAKE
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Kerry K. Killinger William A. Longbrake
CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER; DIRECTOR (PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER (PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER)
OFFICER)
/s/ DOUGLAS G. WISDORF
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Douglas G. Wisdorf
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CONTROLLER
(PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER)
/s/ DOUGLAS P. BEIGHLE /s/ ANNE V. FARRELL
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Douglas P. Beighle Anne V. Farrell
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
/s/ DAVID BONDERMAN /s/ WILLIAM P. GERBERDING
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David Bonderman William P. Gerberding
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
/s/ J. TAYLOR CRANDALL
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J. Taylor Crandall Dr. Samuel B. McKinney
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
/s/ ROGER H. EIGSTI /s/ MICHAEL K. MURPHY
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Roger H. Eigsti Michael K. Murphy
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
/s/ JOHN W. ELLIS /s/ WILLIAM G. REED, JR.
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John W. Ellis William G. Reed, Jr.
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
/s/ DANIEL J. EVANS /s/ JAMES H. STEVER
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Daniel J. Evans James H. Stever
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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1. Form of Underwriting Agreement (to be filed by amendment)....................................
3.1 Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (Incorporated by reference
to Washington Mutual, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996. File No. 0-25188)....................................................................
3.2 Bylaws of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to the Washington Mutual, Inc. Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995. File No. 0-25188)................
4.1 Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Washington Mutual Capital I.............
4.2 Form of Indenture between Washington Mutual, Inc. and The Bank of New York, Trustee..........
4.3 Form of Guarantee Agreement between Washington Mutual, Inc. and The Bank of New York,
Trustee....................................................................................
4.4 Form of Subordinated Debt Security (included in Item 4.2 above)..............................
4.5 Form of Capital Security (included in Item 4.1 above)........................................
5.1 Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell (to be filed by amendment).......................
5.2 Opinion of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC (to be filed by amendment).........................
8.1 Opinion of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC (to be filed by amendment).........................
12 Washington Mutual, Inc.--Calculation of Ratio of Income to Fixed Charges.....................
23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.............................................................
23.2 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.............................................................
23.3 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP..............................................................
23.4 Consent of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell (included in its Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)...
23.5 Consent of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC....................................................
24.2 Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)...........
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AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ("Declaration") dated
as of May __, 1997 between Washington Mutual, Inc., a Washington corporation, as
Sponsor, and William A. Longbrake, Douglas G. Wisdorf and Marito Domingo as the
initial Regular Trustees, The Bank of New York, as the initial Property Trustee
and The Bank of New York (Delaware), as the initial Delaware Trustee, not in
their individual capacities but solely as Trustees, and the holders, from time
to time, of undivided beneficial ownership interests in the Trust to be issued
pursuant to this Declaration.
WHEREAS, the Trustees and the Sponsor established Washington Mutual
Capital I (the "Trust"), a business trust under the Business Trust Act (as
defined, together with other capitalized terms, herein) pursuant to a
Declaration of Trust dated as of May __, 1997 (the "Original Declaration") and a
Certificate of Trust (the "Certificate of Trust") filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on May __, 1997; and
WHEREAS, the sole purpose of the Trust shall be to issue and sell
certain securities representing undivided beneficial ownership interests in the
assets of the Trust, to invest the proceeds from such sales in the Debentures
issued by the Debenture Issuer and to engage in only those activities necessary
or incidental thereto; and
WHEREAS, all of the Trustees and the Sponsor, by this Declaration,
amend and restate each and every term and provision of the Original Declaration.
NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the
Trust constitute a business trust under the Business Trust Act, the Trustees
hereby declare that all assets contributed to the Trust be held in trust for the
benefit of the Holders, from time to time, of the Securities representing
undivided beneficial ownership interests in the assets of the Trust issued
hereunder, subject to the provisions of this Declaration.
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Interpretation and Definitions.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Declaration but not defined in the
preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in this Section
1.1;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Declaration has the same meaning
throughout;
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(c) all references to "the Declaration" or "this Declaration" are to
this Declaration as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
(d) all references in this Declaration to Articles and Sections are to
Articles and Sections of this Declaration unless otherwise specified;
(e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning
when used in this Declaration unless otherwise defined in this Declaration or
unless the context otherwise requires; and
(f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa and
a reference to any masculine form of a term shall include the feminine form of a
term, as applicable.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of
the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.
"Authorized Officer" of a Person means any Person that is expressly
authorized to bind such Person.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day
on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required
by law or executive order to remain closed or a day on which the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, or the principal office of the Property Trustee, under
the Declaration, is closed for business.
"Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time,
or any successor legislation.
"Capital Security" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
"Certificate" means a Common Security Certificate or a Capital
Security Certificate.
"Certificate of Trust" has the meaning specified in the recitals
hereto.
"Closing Date" means the date on which the Capital Securities are
issued and sold.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, or any successor legislation. A reference to a specific section of the
Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding
provision of any federal tax statute enacted after the date of this Declaration,
as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect on the date of
application of the provisions of this Declaration containing such reference.
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"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Securities Holder" means Washington Mutual, Inc. in its
capacity as purchaser and holder of all of the Common Securities issued by the
Trust.
"Common Security" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
"Common Security Certificate" means a definitive certificate in fully
registered form representing a Common Security.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Property Trustee at
which the corporate trust business of the Property Trustee shall, at any
particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of
execution of this Declaration is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 21 West,
New York, NY 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
"Covered Person" means (a) any officer, director, shareholder,
partner, member, representative, employee or agent of (i) the Trust or (ii) the
Trust's Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Securities.
"Debenture Issuer" means Washington Mutual, Inc. in its capacity as
issuer of the Debentures under the Indenture.
"Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person" means (a) any Regular Trustee;
(b) any Affiliate of any Regular Trustee; (c) any officers, directors,
shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any
Regular Trustee or any Affiliate thereof; or (d) any officer, employee or agent
of the Trust or its Affiliates.
"Debenture Trustee" means The Bank of New York, in its capacity as
trustee under the Indenture until a successor is appointed thereunder, and
thereafter means such successor trustee.
"Debentures" means the Securities (as defined in the Indenture) to be
issued by the Debenture Issuer and to be held by the Property Trustee.
"Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities issuable in whole or in
part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such
Securities.
"Distribution" means a distribution payable to Holders of Securities
in accordance with Section 7.2.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, the initial Depositary.
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"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Federal Reserve" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
"Fiduciary Indemnified Person" has the meaning set forth in Section
9.4(b).
"Fiscal Year" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
"Global Security" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8.
"Guarantee" means the guarantee agreement of the Sponsor in respect of
the Capital Securities and the Common Securities.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Certificate representing a
Security is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning
of the Business Trust Act; provided, however, that in determining whether the
Holders of the requisite liquidation amount of Capital Securities have voted on
any matter provided for in this Declaration, then for the purpose of such
determination only (and not for any other purpose hereunder), if the Capital
Securities remain in the form of one or more Global Securities, the term
"Holders" shall mean the holder of the Global Security acting at the direction
of the Capital Security Beneficial Owners.
"Indemnified Person" means a Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person or a
Fiduciary Indemnified Person.
"Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of May __, 1997, among the
Debenture Issuer and the Debenture Trustee, and any indenture supplemental
thereto pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued.
"Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in the
Investment Company Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an
opinion of counsel, rendered by a law firm having a recognized securities
practice, to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law
or regulation or a change in interpretation or application of law or regulation
by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a
"Change in 1940 Act Law"), the Trust is or will be considered an "investment
company" that is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act,
which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after the Closing Date.
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"Legal Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(g).
"List of Holders" has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a).
"Majority in Liquidation Amount" means, except as provided in the
terms of the Capital Securities or by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of
outstanding Securities, voting together as a single class, or, as the context
may require, Holders of outstanding Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding
Common Securities, voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of
more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount
that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and
unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are
determined) of all outstanding Securities of the relevant class.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person (other than
Regular Trustees who are natural persons), a certificate signed by two
Authorized Officers of such Person on behalf of such Person. Any Officers'
Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Declaration shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers' Certificate
has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation undertaken by each officer on behalf of such Person in rendering
the Officers' Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer
and on behalf of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with;
provided, that the term "Officers' Certificate", when used with reference to
Regular Trustees who are natural persons shall mean a certificate signed by two
of the Regular Trustees which otherwise satisfies the foregoing requirements.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 3.8(h).
"Payment Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 7.2(a).
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Property Account" has the meaning specified in Section 3.8(c).
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"Property Trustee" means the Trustee meeting the eligibility
requirements set forth in Section 6.3.
"Property Trustee Account" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.8(c).
"Pro Rata" means pro rata to each Holder of Securities according to
the aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant Holder
in relation to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities outstanding.
"Quorum" means a majority of the Regular Trustees or, if there are
only two Regular Trustees, both of them.
"Regular Trustee" means any Trustee other than the Property Trustee
and the Delaware Trustee.
"Regulatory Capital Event" means that the Sponsor shall have received
an opinion of independent bank regulatory counsel experienced in such matters to
the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to or change (including any
announced prospective change) in the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the
United States or any rules, guidelines or policies of the appropriate regulatory
authorities or (b) any official administrative pronouncement or judicial
decision for interpreting or applying such laws or regulations which amendment
or change is effective or such pronouncement or decision is announced on or
after the date of original issuance of the Capital Securities, the Capital
Securities do not constitute, or within 90 days of the date thereof, will not
constitute Tier I capital or its then equivalent, applied as if the Company were
a bank holding company (as that concept is used in the guidelines or regulations
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as of the date of
this Declaration); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the distribution of the Securities in
connection with the liquidation of the Trust by the Company shall not in and of
itself constitute a Regulatory Capital Event unless such liquidation shall have
occurred in connection with a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event.
"Related Party" means, with respect to the Sponsor, any direct or
wholly owned subsidiary of the Sponsor or any Person that owns, directly or
indirectly, 100% of the outstanding voting securities of the Sponsor.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Property Trustee, any
officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, including any
vice-president, any assistant vice-president, the secretary, any assistant
secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or other officer of the
Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to
whom such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
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"Rule 3a-5" means Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act or any
successor rule thereunder.
"Securities" means the Common Securities and the Capital Securities.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Special Event" means a Tax Event, a Regulatory Capital Event or an
Investment Company Event.
"Sponsor" means Washington Mutual, Inc., a Washington corporation, or
any successor entity in a merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in its capacity
as sponsor of the Trust.
"Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning specified in Section
6.6(b).
"Successor Entity" has the meaning specified in Section 3.15(b)(i).
"Successor Property Trustee" has the meaning specified in Section
6.6(b).
"Successor Security" has the meaning specified in Section 3.15(b)(i)b.
"Super Majority" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(ii).
"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an opinion of counsel,
rendered by a law firm having a tax practice, to the effect that, as a result of
any amendment to, change in or announced proposed change in the laws (or any
regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result of any official
administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or applying such
laws or regulations, which amendment or change is adopted or such proposed
change, pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the Closing Date,
there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be
within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to the United States Federal
income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Debentures, (ii)
interest payable by the Debenture Issuer on such Debentures is not, or within 90
days of the date of such opinion, will not be deductible by the Debenture
Issuer, in whole or in part, for United States Federal income tax purposes, or
(iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion,
subject to more than a de minimus amount of other taxes, duties or other
governmental charges.
"10% in Liquidation Amount" means, except as provided in the terms of
the Capital Securities or by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of outstanding
Securities, voting together as a single class, or, as the context may require,
Holders of outstanding Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding Common
Securities, voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of 10% or
more of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated
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amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued
and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are
determined) of all outstanding Securities of the relevant class.
"Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations, including
temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the United
States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including
corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
"Trust Enforcement Event" in respect of the Securities means an
Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in respect of the
Debentures.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this
Declaration as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in
accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from time to
time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance with the
provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall
refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder.
"Trustees' Authorization Certificate" means a written certificate
signed by two of the Regular Trustees for the purpose of establishing the terms
and form of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities as determined by
the Regular Trustees.
ARTICLE 2
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.
(a) This Declaration is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Declaration and shall, to the
extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a Trustee
for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If and to the extent that any provision of this Declaration
conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the
Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Declaration
shall not affect the Trust's classification as a grantor trust for United States
Federal income tax purposes
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and shall not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities
representing undivided beneficial ownership interests in the assets of the
Trust.
Section 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities.
(a) Each of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the
Trust shall provide the Property Trustee with a list, in such form as the
Property Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of the Securities ("List of Holders"), (i) not later than __________ __
and ___________ __ of each year and current as of such date, and (ii) at any
other time, within 30 days of receipt by the Trust of a written request from the
Property Trustee for a List of Holders as of a date no more than 15 days before
such List of Holders is given to the Property Trustee; provided that neither the
Sponsor nor the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall be obligated to
provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ
from the most recent List of Holders given to the Property Trustee by the
Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust. The Property Trustee
shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information contained in Lists of Holders given to it or which it receives in
the capacity as Paying Agent (if acting in such capacity), provided that the
Property Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on
receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Property Trustee shall comply with its obligations under, and
shall be entitled to the benefits of, Sections 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.3 Reports by the Property Trustee.
Within 60 days after May 15 of each year (commencing with the year of
the first anniversary of the issuance of the Capital Securities), the Property
Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Capital Securities such reports as
are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and
in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Property
Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to the Property Trustee.
Each of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust
shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information as
required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance
certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in
the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
Each of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust
shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Declaration that relate to
any of the matters set forth in Section
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314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be
given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in the form of an
Officers' Certificate.
Section 2.6 Trust Enforcement Events; Waiver.
(a) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities may, by vote or written consent, on behalf of the Holders of all of
the Capital Securities, waive any past Trust Enforcement Event in respect of the
Capital Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying
Indenture Event of Default:
(i) is not waivable under the Indenture, the Trust
Enforcement Event under the Declaration shall also not be
waivable; or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of greater than a majority
in principal amount of the holders of the Debentures (a
"Super Majority") to be waived under the Indenture, the
Trust Enforcement Event under the Declaration may only be
waived by the vote or written consent of the Holders of at
least the proportion in liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities that the relevant Super Majority represents of
the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures
outstanding.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(a) shall be in lieu of
Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of
the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration and
the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. Upon such waiver, any
such default shall cease to exist, and any Trust Enforcement Event with respect
to the Capital Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured,
for every purpose of this Declaration and the Capital Securities, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Trust Enforcement Event with
respect to the Capital Securities or impair any right consequent thereon. Any
waiver by the Holders of the Capital Securities of a Trust Enforcement Event
with respect to the Capital Securities shall also be deemed to constitute a
waiver by the Holders of the Common Securities of any such Trust Enforcement
Event with respect to the Common Securities for all purposes of this Declaration
without any further act, vote, or consent of the Holders of the Common
Securities.
(b) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common
Securities may, by vote or written consent, on behalf of the Holders of all of
the Common Securities, waive any past Trust Enforcement Event in respect of the
Common Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying
Indenture Event of Default:
(i) is not waivable under the Indenture, except where the
Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived
such Trust Enforcement Event under the Declaration as
provided below in this Section 2.6(b), the Trust Enforcement
Event under the Declaration shall also not be waivable; or
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(ii) requires the consent or vote of a Super Majority to be
waived under the Indenture, except where the Holders of the
Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Trust
Enforcement Event under the Declaration as provided below in
this Section 2.6(b), the Trust Enforcement Event under the
Declaration may only be waived by the vote or written
consent of the Holders of at least the proportion in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities that the
relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures outstanding;
provided further, each Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to have waived
any Trust Enforcement Event and all Trust Enforcement Events with respect to the
Common Securities and the consequences thereof until all Trust Enforcement
Events with respect to the Capital Securities have been cured, waived or
otherwise eliminated, and until such Trust Enforcement Events with respect to
the Capital Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the
Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely on behalf of the Holders of
the Capital Securities and only the Holders of the Capital Securities will have
the right to direct the Property Trustee in accordance with the terms of the
Securities. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b) shall be in lieu of
Sections 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such
Sections 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act are hereby
expressly excluded from this Declaration and the Securities, as permitted by the
Trust Indenture Act. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section
2.6(b), upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist and any Trust
Enforcement Event with respect to the Common Securities arising therefrom shall
be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Trust Enforcement Event with
respect to the Common Securities or impair any right consequent thereon.
(c) A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Property Trustee
at the direction of the Holders of the Capital Securities constitutes a waiver
of the corresponding Trust Enforcement Event with respect to the Capital
Securities under this Declaration. The foregoing provisions of this Section
2.6(c) shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and
such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly
excluded from this Declaration and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act.
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Section 2.7 Trust Enforcement Event; Notice.
(a) The Property Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of
a Trust Enforcement Event, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the
Holders of the Securities, notices of all defaults with respect to the
Securities actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee,
unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term
"defaults" for the purposes of this Section 2.7(a) being hereby defined to be an
Indenture Event of Default, not including any periods of grace provided for
therein and irrespective of the giving of any notice provided therein); provided
that, except for a default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any)
or interest on any of the Debentures, the Property Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Property
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Holders of the Securities.
(b) The Property Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
default except:
(i) a default under Sections 501(1) and 501(2) of the
Indenture; or
(ii) any default as to which the Property Trustee shall have
received written notice or of which a Responsible Officer of
the Property Trustee charged with the administration of this
Declaration shall have actual knowledge.
ARTICLE 3
ORGANIZATION
Section 3.1 Name and Organization.
The Trust hereby created is named "Washington Mutual Capital I" as
such name may be modified from time to time by the Regular Trustees following
written notice to the Holders of Securities. The Trust's activities may be
conducted under the name of the Trust or any other name deemed advisable by the
Regular Trustees.
Section 3.2 Office.
The address of the principal office of the Trust is c/o Washington
Mutual Inc., Washington Mutual Tower, 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 1500, Seattle,
Washington 98101. On 10 Business Days' written notice to the Holders of
Securities, the Regular Trustees may designate another principal office.
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Section 3.3 Purpose.
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and
sell Securities and use the gross proceeds from such sale to acquire the
Debentures, and (b) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage in only those
other activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow
money, issue debt or reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of
its assets or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that
would cause the Trust not to be classified as a grantor trust for United States
Federal income tax purposes.
By the acceptance of this Trust, none of the Trustees, the Sponsor,
the Holders of the Capital Securities or Common Securities or the Capital
Securities Beneficial Owners will take any position for United States federal
income tax purposes which is contrary to the classification of the Trust as a
grantor trust.
Section 3.4 Authority.
Subject to the limitations provided in this Declaration and to the
specific duties of the Property Trustee, the Regular Trustees shall have
exclusive authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken by
the Regular Trustees in accordance with their powers shall constitute the act of
and serve to bind the Trust and an action taken by the Property Trustee on
behalf of the Trust in accordance with its powers shall constitute the act of
and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the Trustees acting on behalf of
the Trust, no person shall be required to inquire into the authority of the
Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled to rely
conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set forth in this
Declaration.
(a) Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration and except if a
meeting of the Regular Trustees is called with respect to any matter over which
the Regular Trustees have power to act, any power of the Regular Trustees may be
exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such Regular Trustee.
(b) Unless otherwise determined by the Regular Trustees, and except as
otherwise required by the Business Trust Act or applicable law, any Regular
Trustee is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust any documents which the
Regular Trustees have the power and authority to cause the Trust to execute
pursuant to Section 3.6(b), provided, that the registration statements referred
to in Section 3.6(b)(i), including any amendments thereto, shall be signed by or
on behalf of a majority of the Regular Trustees; and
(c) a Regular Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with
applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or
her power for the purposes of signing any documents which the Regular Trustees
have power and authority to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6.
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Section 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust.
Except as provided in Section 3.8 with respect to the Debentures and
the Property Account or as otherwise provided in this Declaration, legal title
to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the Trust. The Holders shall not
have legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall have an
undivided beneficial ownership interest in the assets of the Trust.
Section 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Regular Trustees.
The Regular Trustees shall have the exclusive power, duty and
authority to cause the Trust to engage in the following activities:
(a) to establish the terms and form of the Capital Securities and the
Common Securities in the manner specified in Section 7.1 and issue and sell the
Capital Securities and the Common Securities in accordance with this
Declaration; provided, however, that the Trust may issue no more than one series
of Capital Securities and no more than one series of Common Securities, and,
provided further, that there shall be no interests in the Trust other than the
Securities, and the issuance of Securities shall be limited to a one-time,
simultaneous issuance of both Capital Securities and Common Securities on the
Closing Date;
(b) in connection with the issue and sale of the Capital Securities,
at the direction of the Sponsor, to:
(i) execute and file with the Commission one or more
registration statements on the applicable forms prepared by
the Sponsor, including any amendments thereto, pertaining to
the Capital Securities, the Guarantee and the Debentures;
(ii) if deemed necessary or desirable by the Sponsor,
execute and file an application, prepared by the Sponsor, to
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or any other national
stock exchange or the Nasdaq National Market for listing of
any Capital Securities, the Guarantee and the Debentures;
(iii) if deemed necessary or desirable by the Sponsor,
execute and file with the Commission a registration
statement on Form 8-A, including any amendments thereto,
prepared by the Sponsor, relating to the registration of the
Capital Securities, the Guarantee and the Debentures under
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act;
(iv) execute and file any documents prepared by the Sponsor,
or take any acts as determined by the Sponsor to be
necessary, in order to qualify or register all or part of
the Capital Securities in any State in which the Sponsor has
determined to qualify or register such Capital Securities
for sale; and
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(v) execute and enter into an underwriting agreement and
other related agreements providing for the sale of the
Capital Securities.
(c) to acquire the Debentures with the proceeds of the sale of the
Capital Securities and the Common Securities; provided, however, that the
Regular Trustees shall cause legal title to the Debentures to be held of record
in the name of the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the
Capital Securities and the Holders of the Common Securities;
(d) to give the Sponsor and the Property Trustee prompt written notice
of the occurrence of a Special Event; provided that the Regular Trustees shall
consult with the Sponsor and the Property Trustee before taking or refraining
from taking any action in relation to any such Special Event;
(e) to establish a record date with respect to all actions to be taken
hereunder that require a record date be established, including and with respect
to, for the purposes of Section 316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
Distributions, voting rights, redemptions and exchanges, and to issue relevant
notices to the Holders of Capital Securities and Holders of Common Securities as
to such actions and applicable record dates;
(f) to take all actions and perform such duties as may be required of
the Regular Trustees pursuant to the terms of the Securities;
(g) to bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate, resort to
legal action or otherwise adjust claims or demands of or against the Trust
("Legal Action"), unless pursuant to Section 3.8(a), the Property Trustee has
the exclusive power to bring such Legal Action;
(h) to employ or otherwise engage employees and agents (who may be
designated as officers with titles) and managers, contractors, advisors and
consultants to conduct only those services that the Regular Trustees have
authority to conduct directly, and to and pay reasonable compensation for such
services;
(i) to cause the Trust to comply with the Trust's obligations under
the Trust Indenture Act;
(j) to give the certificate required by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust
Indenture Act to the Property Trustee, which certificate may be executed by any
Regular Trustee;
(k) to incur expenses that are necessary or incidental to carry out
any of the purposes of the Trust;
(l) to act as, or appoint another Person to act as, registrar and
transfer agent for the Securities;
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(m) to give prompt written notice to the Holders of the Securities of
any notice received from the Debenture Issuer of its election to defer payments
of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period under the
Debentures as authorized by the Indenture;
(n) to take all action that may be necessary or appropriate for the
preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid existence, rights,
franchises and privileges as a statutory business trust under the laws of the
State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is
necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Capital
Securities and the Holders of the Common Securities or to enable the Trust to
effect the purposes for which the Trust was created;
(o) to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law, that the
Regular Trustees determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable in
carrying out the purposes and functions of the Trust as set out in Section 3.3
or the activities of the Trust as set out in this Section 3.6, including, but
not limited to:
(i) causing the Trust not to be deemed to be an Investment
Company required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act;
(ii) causing the Trust to be classified as a grantor trust
for United States Federal income tax purposes; and
(iii) cooperating with the Debenture Issuer to ensure that
the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the
Debenture Issuer for United States Federal income tax
purposes.
(p) to take all action necessary to cause all applicable tax returns
and tax information reports that are required to be filed with respect to the
Trust to be duly prepared and filed by the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the
Trust; and
(q) to execute all documents or instruments, perform all duties and
powers, and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust in all matters
necessary or incidental to the foregoing.
The Regular Trustees shall exercise the powers set forth in this
Section 3.6 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of
the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Regular Trustees shall have no power
to, and shall not, take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and
functions of the Trust set forth in Section 3.3.
Subject to this Section 3.6, the Regular Trustees shall have none of
the powers or the authority of the Property Trustee set forth in Section 3.8.
Any expenses incurred by the Regular Trustees pursuant to this
Section 3.6 shall be reimbursed by the Debenture Issuer.
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Section 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees.
(a) The Trust shall not, and the Trustees (including the Property
Trustee) shall cause the Trust not to, engage in any activity other than as
required or authorized by this Declaration. In particular, the Trust shall not
and the Trustees (including the Property Trustee) shall cause the Trust not to:
(i) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding
the Debentures, but shall distribute all such proceeds to
Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this
Declaration and of the Securities;
(ii) acquire any assets other than the Debentures (and any
interest or proceeds received thereon);
(iii) possess Trust property for other than a Trust purpose;
(iv) make any loans or incur any indebtedness;
(v) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to
vary the Trust assets;
(vi) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to
vary the terms of the Securities in any way whatsoever
(except to the extent expressly authorized in this
Declaration or by the terms of the Securities);
(vii) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial
ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the Trust other
than the Securities; or
(viii) other than as provided in this Declaration or by the
terms of the Securities, (A) direct the time, method and
place of exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (B) waive
any past default that is waivable under the Indenture, (C)
exercise any right to rescind or annul any declaration that
the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and
payable, or (D) consent to any amendment, modification or
termination of the Indenture or the Debentures where such
consent shall be required unless the Trust shall have
received an opinion of counsel to the effect that such
modification will not cause more than an insubstantial risk
that the Trust will be deemed an Investment Company required
to be registered under the Investment Company Act, or the
Trust will not be classified as a grantor trust for United
States Federal income tax purposes; or
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(ix) take any action inconsistent with the status of the
Trust as a grantor trust for United States Federal income
tax purposes.
Section 3.8 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee.
(a) The legal title to the Debentures shall be owned by and held of
record in the name of the Property Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Trust
and the Holders of the Securities. The right, title and interest of the
Property Trustee to the Debentures shall vest automatically in each Person who
may hereafter be appointed as Property Trustee in accordance with Section 6.6.
Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not
conveyancing documents with regard to the Debentures have been executed and
delivered.
(b) The Property Trustee shall not transfer its right, title and
interest in the Debentures to the Regular Trustees or to the Delaware Trustee
(if the Property Trustee does not also act as Delaware Trustee).
(c) The Property Trustee shall:
(i) establish and maintain a segregated non-interest
bearing trust account (the "Property Account") in the name
of and under the exclusive control of the Property Trustee
on behalf of the Holders of the Securities and, upon the
receipt of payments of funds made in respect of the
Debentures held by the Property Trustee, deposit such funds
into the Property Account and make payments to the Holders
of the Capital Securities and Holders of the Common
Securities from the Property Account in accordance with
Section 7.2. Funds in the Property Account shall be held
uninvested until disbursed in accordance with this
Declaration. The Property Account shall be an account that
is maintained with a banking institution the rating on whose
long-term unsecured indebtedness is at least equal to the
rating assigned to the Capital Securities by a "nationally
recognized statistical rating organization", as that term is
defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities
Act;
(ii) engage in such ministerial activities as shall be
necessary or appropriate to effect the redemption of the
Capital Securities and the Common Securities to the extent
the Debentures are redeemed or mature; and
(iii) upon written notice of distribution issued by the
Regular Trustees in accordance with the terms of the
Securities, engage in such ministerial activities as so
directed and as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect
the distribution of the Debentures to Holders of Securities
upon the occurrence of a Special Event.
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(d) The Property Trustee shall take all actions and perform such
duties as may be specifically required of the Property Trustee pursuant to the
terms of the Securities.
(e) The Property Trustee shall take any Legal Action which arises out
of or in connection with a Trust Enforcement Event of which a Responsible
Officer of the Property Trustee has actual knowledge or the Property Trustee's
duties and obligations under this Declaration or the Trust Indenture Act.
(f) The Property Trustee shall continue to serve as a Trustee until
either:
(i) the Trust has been completely liquidated and the
proceeds of the liquidation distributed to the Holders of
Securities pursuant to the terms of the Securities; or
(ii) a Successor Property Trustee has been appointed and has
accepted that appointment in accordance with Section 6.6.
(g) Subject to such limitations as are necessary to insure compliance
with Section 3.3, the Property Trustee shall have the legal power to exercise
all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Debentures under the
Indenture and, if a Trust Enforcement Event actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Property Trustee occurs and is continuing, the Property Trustee
shall, for the benefit of Holders of the Securities, enforce its rights as
holder of the Debentures subject to the rights of the Holders pursuant to the
terms of such Securities.
(h) The Property Trustee may authorize one or more Persons (each, a
"Paying Agent") to pay Distributions, redemption payments or liquidation
payments on behalf of the Trust with respect to all Securities and any such
Paying Agent shall comply with Section 317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
Paying Agent may be removed by the Property Trustee at any time and a successor
Paying Agent or additional Paying Agents may be appointed at any time by the
Property Trustee. In the event the Capital Securities do not remain in the form
of one or more Global Securities, the Property Trustee will act as Paying Agent
and may designate an additional or substitute Paying Agent at any time.
(i) Subject to this Section 3.8, the Property Trustee shall have none
of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the Regular Trustees set
forth in Section 3.6.
The Property Trustee shall exercise the powers set forth in this
Section 3.8 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of
the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Property Trustee shall have no power
to, and shall not, take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and
functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3.
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Section 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Property
Trustee.
(a) The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of any Trust
Enforcement Event and after the curing of all Trust Enforcement Events that may
have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically
set forth in this Declaration and no implied covenants shall be read into this
Declaration against the Property Trustee. In case a Trust Enforcement Event has
occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) of which a
Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee has actual knowledge, the Property
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Declaration, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.
(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be construed to relieve the
Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of a Trust Enforcement Event
and after the curing or waiving of all such Trust
Enforcement Events that may have occurred:
a. the duties and obligations of the Property Trustee
shall be determined solely by the express provisions of
this Declaration and the Property Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Declaration, and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Declaration against the
Property Trustee; and
b. in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Property
Trustee, the Property Trustee may conclusively rely, as
to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates
or opinions furnished to the Property Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Declaration; but
in the case of any such certificates or opinions that
by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Declaration;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error
of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of
the Property Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the
Property Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts;
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(iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect
to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it without
negligence, in good faith in accordance with the direction
of the Holders of not less than a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Securities relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Property Trustee under this Declaration;
(iv) no provision of this Declaration shall require the
Property Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur personal financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any
of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds
for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability
is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
Declaration or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Property Trustee against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it;
(v) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the
custody, safe-keeping and physical preservation of the
Debentures and the Property Account shall be to deal with
such property in a similar manner as the Property Trustee
deals with similar property for its own account, subject to
the protections and limitations on liability afforded to the
Property Trustee under this Declaration and the Trust
Indenture Act;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall have no duty or liability
for or with respect to the value, genuineness, existence or
sufficiency of the Debentures or the payment of any taxes or
assessments levied thereon or in connection therewith;
(vii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any
interest on any money received by it except as it may
otherwise agree with the Sponsor. Money held by the
Property Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
held by it except in relation to the Property Account
maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section
3.8(c)(i) and except to the extent otherwise required by
law; and
(viii) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for
monitoring the compliance by the Regular Trustees or the
Sponsor with their respective duties under this Declaration,
nor shall the Property Trustee be liable for any default or
misconduct of the Regular Trustees or the Sponsor.
Section 3.10 Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.9:
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(i) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be
fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(ii) any direction or act of the Sponsor or the Regular
Trustees contemplated by this Declaration shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate (or, with
respect to the establishment of the terms and form of the
Securities by the Regular Trustees, by a Trustees'
Authorization Certificate);
(iii) whenever in the administration of this Declaration, the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be
proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting
any action hereunder, the Property Trustee (unless other
evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the
absence of bad faith on its part, request and conclusively
rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of
such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Sponsor or
the Regular Trustees;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any
recording, filing or registration of any instrument
(including any financing or continuation statement or any
filing under tax or securities laws) or any rerecording,
refiling or registration thereof;
(v) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel of its
choice or other experts and the advice or opinion of such
counsel and experts with respect to legal matters or advice
within the scope of such experts' area of expertise shall be
full and complete authorization and protection in respect of
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion,
such counsel may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of its
Affiliates, and may include any of its employees. The
Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this
Declaration from any court of competent jurisdiction;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Declaration at the request or direction of any Holder,
unless such Holder shall have provided to the Property
Trustee security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to
the Property Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including
attorneys, fees and expenses and the expenses of the
Property Trustee's agents, nominees or custodians) and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in
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complying with such request or direction, including such
reasonable advances as may be requested by the Property
Trustee; provided that, nothing contained in this Section
3.10(a) shall be taken to relieve the Property Trustee, upon
the occurrence of an Indenture Event of Default, of its
obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by
this Declaration;
(vii) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document, but the Property Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation
into such facts or matters as it may see fit;
(viii) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either
directly or by or through agents, custodians, nominees or
attorneys and the Property Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or
attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(ix) any action taken by the Property Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders of the
Securities, and the signature of the Property Trustee or its
agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform
any such action and no third party shall be required to
inquire as to the authority of the Property Trustee to so
act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and
provisions of this Declaration, both of which shall be
conclusively evidenced by the Property Trustee's or its
agent's taking such action;
(x) whenever in the administration of this Declaration the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive
instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right
or taking any other action hereunder, the Property Trustee
(i) may request instructions from the Holders of the
Securities which instructions may only be given by the
Holders of the same proportion in liquidation amount of the
Securities as would be entitled to direct the Property
Trustee under the terms of the Securities in respect of such
remedy, right or action, (ii) may refrain from enforcing
such remedy or right or taking such other action until such
instructions are received, and (iii) shall be protected in
conclusively relying on or acting in or accordance with such
instructions;
(xi) except as otherwise expressly provided by this
Declaration, the Property Trustee shall not be under any
obligation to take any action that is discretionary under
the provisions of this Declaration; and
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(xii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it without
negligence, in good faith and reasonably believed by it to
be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Declaration.
(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be deemed to impose any
duty or obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or
exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Property Trustee
shall be construed to be a duty.
Section 3.11 Delaware Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Declaration other than
Section 6.2, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers,
nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of
the Regular Trustees or the Property Trustee described in this Declaration.
Except as set forth in Section 6.2, the Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee for
the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of
the Business Trust Act.
Section 3.12 Execution of Documents.
Unless otherwise determined by the Regular Trustees, and except as
otherwise required by the Business Trust Act, any Regular Trustee is authorized
to execute on behalf of the Trust any documents that the Regular Trustees have
the power and authority to execute pursuant to Section 3.6.
Section 3.13 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained in this Declaration and the Securities shall be
taken as the statements of the Sponsor, and the Trustees do not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as
to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part thereof. The
Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Declaration, the Securities, the Debentures or the Indenture.
Section 3.14 Duration of Trust.
The Trust shall exist until terminated pursuant to the provisions of
Article 8 hereof.
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Section 3.15 Mergers.
(a) The Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or
be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other body, except as
described in Section 3.15(b) and (c).
(b) The Trust may, with the consent of the Regular Trustees or, if
there are more than two, a majority of the Regular Trustees and without the
consent of the Holders of the Securities, the Delaware Trustee or the Property
Trustee, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by or
convey, transfer or lease its properties substantially as an entirety to a trust
organized as such under the laws of any State; provided that:
(i) if the Trust is not the successor, such successor
entity (the "Successor Entity") either:
a. expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust under
the Securities; or
b. substitutes for the Capital Securities other securities
having substantially the same terms as the Capital
Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as the
Successor Securities rank the same as the Capital Securities
rank with respect to Distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise;
(ii) the Debenture Issuer expressly appoints a trustee of
such Successor Entity that possesses the same powers and
duties as the Property Trustee as the holder of the
Debentures;
(iii) the Capital Securities or any Successor Securities are
listed, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon
notification of issuance, on any national securities
exchange or with any other or organization on which the
Capital Securities are then listed or quoted;
(iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Capital
Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be
downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization;
(v) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the
rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the
Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) in
any material respect;
(vi) such Successor Entity has a purpose identical to that
of the Trust;
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(vii) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease the Sponsor has
received an opinion of independent counsel to the Trust
experienced in such matters to the effect that:
a. such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the
rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the
Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities) in
any material respect;
b. following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease neither the Trust
nor the Successor Entity will be required to register as an
Investment Company; and
c. following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
replacement, the Trust (or the Successor Entity) will
continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United
States Federal income tax purposes;
(viii) the Sponsor or any permitted successor or assignee owns
all of the Common Securities and guarantees the obligations
of such Successor Entity under the Successor Securities at
least to the extent provided by the Capital Securities
Guarantee; and
(ix) such Successor Entity expressly assumes all of the
obligations of the Trust with respect to the Trustees.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 3.15(b), the Trust shall not, except with
the consent of Holders of 100% in liquidation amount of the Securities,
consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by any other entity
or permit any other entity to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or
replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or replacement would
cause the Trust or Successor Entity to be classified as other than a grantor
trust for United States Federal income tax purposes and each Holder of the
Securities not to be treated as owning an undivided interest in the Debentures.
Section 3.16 Property Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
similar judicial proceeding relative to the Trust or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Trust or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any Distributions on
the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
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declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Property Trustee shall
have made any demand on the Trust for the payment of any past due Distributions)
shall be entitled and empowered, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of any
Distributions owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities (or, if the
Securities are original issue discount Securities, such portion of the
liquidation amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) and to
file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Property Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, and
its counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Property Trustee and, in the event the
Property Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Property Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Property Trustee.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Property
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement adjustment or compensation affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Property
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
ARTICLE 4
SPONSOR
Section 4.1 Responsibilities of the Sponsor.
In connection with the issue and sale of the Capital Securities, the
Sponsor shall have the exclusive right and responsibility to engage in the
following activities:
(a) to prepare for filing by the Trust with the Commission one or more
registration statements on the applicable forms, including any amendments
thereto, pertaining to the Capital Securities, the Guarantee and the Debentures;
(b) to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to
qualify or register for sale all or part of the Capital Securities and to do any
and all such acts, other than
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actions which must be taken by the Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it
must take, and prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and
filed by the Trust, as the Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to
comply with the applicable laws of any such States;
(c) to prepare any filing by the Trust of an application to the New
York Stock Exchange, Inc. or any other national stock exchange or the Nasdaq
National Market for listing, if such filing is determined to be necessary or
desirable by the Sponsor;
(d) to prepare any filing by the Trust with the Commission of a
registration statement on Form 8-A, including any amendments thereto, if such
filing is determined to be necessary or desirable by the Sponsor;
(e) to negotiate the terms of an underwriting agreement and other
related agreements providing for the sale of the Capital Securities.
Section 4.2 Indemnification and Expenses of the Trustee.
The Sponsor, as borrower, agrees to indemnify the Property Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee for, and to hold each of them harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, arising out of or
in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending either of them against
any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
their respective powers or duties hereunder; the provisions of this Section 4.2
shall survive the resignation or removal of the Delaware Trustee or the Property
Trustee or the termination of this Declaration.
ARTICLE 5
TRUST COMMON SECURITIES HOLDER
Section 5.1 Debenture Issuer's Purchase of Common Securities.
On the Closing Date the Debenture Issuer will purchase all of the
Common Securities issued by the Trust, for an amount at least equal to 3% of the
capital of the Trust, at the same time as the Capital Securities are sold.
Section 5.2 Covenants of the Common Securities Holder.
For so long as the Capital Securities remain outstanding, the Common
Securities Holder will covenant (i) to maintain directly 100% ownership of the
Common Securities, (ii) to cause the Trust to remain a statutory business trust
and not to voluntarily dissolve, wind up, liquidate or be terminated, except as
permitted by this Declaration, (iii) to
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use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Trust will not be an
investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, and (iv) to take
no action which would be reasonably likely to cause the Trust to be classified
as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for
United States Federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE 6
TRUSTEES
Section 6.1 Number of Trustees.
The number of Trustees initially shall be five (5), and:
(a) at any time before the issuance of any Securities, the Sponsor
may, by written instrument, increase or decrease the number of Trustees; and
(b) after the issuance of any Securities, the number of Trustees may
be increased or decreased by vote of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of
the Common Securities or by written consent in lieu of such meeting; provided
that the number of Trustees shall be at least three; and provided further that
(1) the Delaware Trustee, in the case of a natural person, shall be a person who
is a resident of the State of Delaware or that, if not a natural person, is an
entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware; (2)
at least one Regular Trustee is an employee or officer of, or is affiliated
with, the Sponsor; and (3) one Trustee shall be the Property Trustee for so long
as this Declaration is required to qualify as an indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act, and such Trustee may also serve as Delaware Trustee if it meets
the applicable requirements.
Section 6.2 Delaware Trustee.
If required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee (the "Delaware
Trustee") shall be:
(a) a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware; or
(b) if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place
of business in the State of Delaware, and otherwise meets the requirements of
applicable law,
provided that, if the Property Trustee has its principal place of business in
the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable law,
then the Property Trustee shall also be the Delaware Trustee and Section 3.11
shall have no application.
Section 6.3 Property Trustee; Eligibility.
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(a) There shall at all times be one Trustee which shall act as
Property Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any State or
Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a
corporation or other Person permitted by the Commission to
act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture
Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
owners, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50
million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or
District of Columbia authority. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the supervising or
examining authority referred to above, then for the purposes
of this Section 6.3(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus
of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report
of condition so published.
(b) If at any time the Property Trustee shall cease to be eligible to
so act under Section 6.3(a), the Property Trustee shall immediately resign in
the manner and with the effect set forth in Section 6.6(c).
(c) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting
interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities (as if it were the
Obliger referred to in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall in all
respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
(d) The Capital Securities Guarantee shall be deemed to be
specifically described in this Declaration for purposes of clause (i) of the
first provision contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 6.4 Qualifications of Regular Trustees and Delaware Trustee
Generally.
Each Regular Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (unless the Property
Trustee also acts as Delaware Trustee) shall be either a natural person who is
at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more
Authorized Officers.
Section 6.5 Initial Trustees.
The initial Regular Trustees shall be:
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William A. Longbrake, Douglas G. Wisdorf and Marito Domingo, the
business address of all of whom is c/o Washington Mutual, Inc., Washington
Mutual Tower, 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 1500, Seattle, Washington 98101.
Section 6.6 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees.
(a) Subject to Section 6.6(b), Trustees may be appointed or removed
without cause at any time:
(i) until the issuance of any Securities, by written
instrument executed by the Sponsor; and
(ii) after the issuance of any Securities, by vote of the
Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common
Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of
the Common Securities.
(b) The Trustee that acts as Property Trustee shall not be removed in
accordance with Section 6.6(a) until a successor Trustee possessing the
qualifications to act as Property Trustee under Section 3.8(h) (a "Successor
Property Trustee") has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by
written instrument executed by such Successor Property Trustee and delivered to
the Regular Trustees and the Sponsor. The Trustee that acts as Delaware Trustee
shall not be removed in accordance with Section 6.6(a) until a successor Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Delaware Trustee under Sections 6.2 and
6.4 (a "Successor Delaware Trustee") has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee
and delivered to the Regular Trustees and the Sponsor.
(c) A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until his or its
successor shall have been appointed, until his death or its dissolution or until
his or its removal or resignation. Any Trustee may resign from office (without
need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing signed by
the Trustee and delivered to the Sponsor and the Trust, which resignation shall
take effect upon such delivery or upon such later date as is specified therein;
provided, however, that:
(i) No such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the
Property Trustee shall be effective:
a. until a Successor Property Trustee has been appointed and
has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such
Successor Property Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the
Sponsor and the resigning Property Trustee; or
b. until the assets of the Trust have been completely
liquidated and the proceeds thereof distributed to the
holders of the Securities; and
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(ii) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the
Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a Successor
Delaware Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment by instrument executed by such Successor
Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and
the resigning Delaware Trustee.
(d) The Holders of the Common Securities shall use their best efforts
to promptly appoint a Successor Delaware Trustee or Successor Property Trustee,
as the case may be, if the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee delivers an
instrument of resignation in accordance with this Section 6.6.
(e) If no Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as
the case may be, shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided
in this Section 6.6 within 60 days after delivery to the Sponsor and the Trust
of an instrument of resignation or removal, the resigning or removed Property
Trustee or Delaware Trustee, as applicable, may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Property Trustee or Successor
Delaware Trustee, as applicable. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing
such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Property Trustee
or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
(f) No Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be liable for the
acts or omissions to act of any Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be.
Section 6.7 Vacancies among Trustees.
If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of
Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 6.1, or if the number of Trustees is
increased pursuant to Section 6.1, a vacancy shall occur. A resolution
certifying the existence of such vacancy by the Regular Trustees or, if there
are more than two, a majority of the Regular Trustees shall be conclusive
evidence of the existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall be filled with a
Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 6.6.
Section 6.8 Effect of Vacancies.
The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall
not operate to annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Regular
Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of a
Regular Trustee in accordance with Section 6.6, the Regular Trustees in office,
regardless of their number, shall have all the powers granted to the Regular
Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Regular Trustees by
this Declaration.
Section 6.9 Meetings.
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If there is more than one Regular Trustee, meetings of the Regular
Trustees shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Regular Trustee.
Regular meetings of the Regular Trustees may be held at a time and place fixed
by resolution of the Regular Trustees. Notice of any in-person meetings of the
Regular Trustees shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing
(including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 48
hours before such meeting. Notice of any telephonic meetings of the Regular
Trustees shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by
facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before
a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time, place and
anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person or by
telephone) of a Regular Trustee at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice
of such meeting except where a Regular Trustee attends a meeting for the express
purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity on the ground that the
meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Unless provided otherwise in
this Declaration, any action of the Regular Trustees may be taken at a meeting
by vote of a majority of the Regular Trustees present (whether in person or by
telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such matter, provided that a
Quorum is present, or without a meeting by the unanimous written consent of the
Regular Trustees. In the event there is only one Regular Trustee, any and all
action of such Regular Trustee shall be evidenced by a written consent of such
Regular Trustee.
Section 6.10 Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Regular Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with
applicable law, delegate to any natural person over the age of 21 his, her or
its power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section
3.6, including any registration statement or amendment thereto filed with the
Commission, or making any other governmental filing.
(b) The Regular Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to
time to such of their number or to officers of the Trust the doing of such
things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or
the names of the Regular Trustees or otherwise as the Regular Trustees may deem
expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or
contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.
Section 6.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.
Any corporation into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, may be merged or converted or with which either may
be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from an merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case
may be, shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially
all the corporate trust business of the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, shall be the successor of the Property Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, hereunder, provided such corporation
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto.
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ARTICLE 7
THE SECURITIES
Section 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities.
(a) The Regular Trustees shall on behalf of the Trust issue a class of
capital securities representing undivided beneficial ownership interests in the
assets of the Trust (the "Capital Securities"), and one class of common
securities representing undivided beneficial ownership interests in the assets
of the Trust (the "Common Securities").
(i) Capital Securities. The Capital Securities of the
Trust have an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to
the assets of the Trust of $300,000,000 and a liquidation
amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $1,000 per
Capital Security. The Capital Security Certificates
evidencing the Capital Securities shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A to the Declaration PROVIDED, that the
Capital Security Certificate shall not contain any of the
provisions following the Trustee's authentication, with such
changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may
be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice or to
conform to the rules of any stock exchange on which the
Capital Securities are listed.
(ii) Common Securities. The Common Securities of the Trust
have an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the
assets of the Trust of $9,000,000 and a liquidation amount
with respect to the assets of the Trust of $1,000 per Common
Security. The Common Security Certificates evidencing the
Common Securities shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit B to the Declaration, with such changes and
additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required
by ordinary usage, custom or practice.
(b) Payment of distributions on, and amounts payable on redemption of,
the Capital Securities and the Common Securities, as applicable, shall be made
Pro Rata based on the liquidation amount of such Capital Securities and Common
Securities; provided, however, that if on any date on which amounts payable on
distribution or redemption an Indenture Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, no payment of any distribution on, or redemption amount of, any
of the Common Securities, and no other payment on account of the redemption,
liquidation or other acquisition of such Common Securities, shall be made unless
payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid distributions on all of
the outstanding Capital Securities for all distribution periods terminating on
or prior thereto, or in the case of amounts payable on redemption the full
amount of such redemption amounts on all of the outstanding Capital Securities
then called for redemption, shall have been made or provided
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for, and all funds available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to
the payment in full in cash of all distributions on, or amounts payable on
redemption of, the Capital Securities then due and payable. The Trust shall
issue no securities or other interests in the assets of the Trust other than the
Capital Securities and the Common Securities.
(c) The Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by a
Regular Trustee. Such signature shall be the manual or facsimile signature of
any present or any future Regular Trustee. In case a Regular Trustee of the
Trust who shall have signed any of the Certificates shall cease to be such
Regular Trustee before the Certificates so signed shall be delivered by the
Trust, such Certificates nevertheless may be delivered as though the person who
signed such Certificates had not ceased to be such Regular Trustee; and any
Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Trust by such persons who, at the
actual date of execution of such Certificate, shall be the Regular Trustees of
the Trust, although at the date of the execution and delivery of the Declaration
any such person was not such a Regular Trustee. Certificates shall be printed,
lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably
acceptable to the Regular Trustees, as evidenced by their execution thereof, and
may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation
and such legends or endorsements as the Regular Trustees may deem appropriate,
or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation of
any stock exchange on which Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage.
A Capital Securities Certificate shall not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized officer of the
Property Trustee. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the
Capital Securities Certificate has been authenticated under this Declaration.
Upon a written order of the Trust signed by one Regular Trustee, the
Property Trustee shall authenticate the Capital Securities Certificates for
original issue. The aggregate number of Capital Securities outstanding at
any time shall not exceed the liquidation amount set forth in Section 7(a)(i).
The Property Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable
to the Trust to authenticate Capital Securities Certificates. An
authenticating agent may authenticate Certificates whenever the Property
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Declaration to authentication by
the Property Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as the Property Trustee to deal with
the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor.
(d) The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance of the
Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust and shall
not constitute a loan to the Trust.
(e) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this Declaration,
the Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
(f) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder or a Capital
Security Beneficial Owner in accordance with the terms of this Declaration,
shall be deemed to have
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expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this
Declaration and the terms of the Securities, the Guarantee, the Indenture and
the Debentures.
(g) The Securities shall have no preemptive rights.
Section 7.2 Distributions.
(a) Holders of Securities shall be entitled to receive cumulative
cash distributions at the rate per annum of ____% of the stated liquidation
amount of $1,000 per Security, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months. For any period shorter than a full
180-day semi-annual period, distributions will be computed on the basis of
the actual number of days elapsed in such 180-day semi-annual period based on
a 30-day month. Subject to Section 7.1(b), distributions shall be made on
the Capital Securities and the Common Securities on a Pro Rata basis.
Distributions on the Securities shall, from the date of original issue,
accrue and be cumulative and shall be payable semi-annually only to the
extent that the Trust has funds available for the payment of such
Distributions in the Property Account. Distributions not paid on the
scheduled payment date will accumulate and compound semi-annually at the rate
of ____% per annum ("Compounded Distributions"). "Distributions" shall mean
ordinary cumulative distributions together with any Compounded Distributions.
If and to the extent that the Debenture Issuer makes a payment of interest
(including Compounded Interest (as defined in the Indenture)), premium and/or
principal on the Debentures held by the Property Trustee (the amount of any
such payment being a "Payment Amount"), the Property Trustee shall and is
directed, to the extent funds are available for that purpose, to make a Pro
Rata distribution (a "Distribution") of the Payment Amount to Holders,
subject to the terms of Section 7.1(b).
(b) Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative, will accrue
from the date of initial issuance and will be payable semi-annually in arrears
on each ________ __ and _________ __, commencing _________ __, 1997, when, as
and if available for payment, by the Property Trustee, except as otherwise
described below. If Distributions are not paid when scheduled, the accrued
Distributions shall be paid to the Holders of record of Securities as they
appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date as determined
under Section 7.2(c).
(c) Distributions on the Securities will be payable to the Holders
thereof as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the relevant
record dates, which relevant record date shall be the 15th of the month prior
to the relevant payment dates. In the event that any date on which
distributions are payable on the Securities is not a Business Day, payment of
the distribution payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
which is a Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of
any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding
calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding
Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date.
Section 7.3 Redemption of Securities.
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(a) Upon the repayment or redemption, in whole or in part, of the
Debentures, the proceeds from such repayment or redemption shall be
simultaneously applied Pro Rata to redeem Securities having an aggregate
liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so
repaid or redeemed for an amount equal to the redemption price paid by the
Debenture Issuer in respect of such Debentures plus an amount equal to accrued
and unpaid Distributions thereon through the date of the redemption or such
lesser amount as shall be received by the Trust in respect of the Debentures so
repaid or redeemed (the "Redemption Price"). Holders will be given not less
than 30 or more than 60 days notice of such redemption.
(b) If fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be so
redeemed, the Common Securities and the Capital Securities will be redeemed Pro
Rata and the Capital Securities to be redeemed will be redeemed as described in
Section 7.4 below.
(c) If, at any time, a Special Event shall occur and be continuing,
the Regular Trustees may elect to, unless the Debentures are redeemed, within 90
days following the occurrence of such Special Event, subject to the receipt of
any necessary regulatory approval, dissolve the Trust upon not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days' notice and, after paying or making reasonable provision to
pay all claims and obligations of the Trust in accordance with Section 3808(e)
of the Business Trust Act, cause the Debentures to be distributed to the holders
of the Capital Securities in liquidation of the Trust.
(d) On the date fixed for any distribution of Debentures, upon
dissolution of the Trust, (i) the Capital Securities and the Common Securities
will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and (ii) certificates representing
Securities will be deemed to represent the Debentures having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the stated liquidation amount of, and bearing accrued
and unpaid distributions equal to accrued and unpaid distributions on, such
Securities until such certificates are presented to the Sponsor or its agent for
transfer or reissuance.
Section 7.4 Redemption Procedures.
(a) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of
Debentures in exchange for, the Securities (a "Redemption/Distribution Notice")
will be given by the Trust by mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed
or exchanged not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for
redemption or exchange thereof which, in the case of a redemption, will be the
date fixed for redemption of the Debentures. For purposes of the calculation of
the date of redemption or exchange and the dates on which notices are given
pursuant to this Section 7.4, a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be deemed
to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to Holders of Securities. Each Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be
addressed to the Holders of Securities at the address of each such Holder
appearing in the books and records of the Trust. No defect in the
Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of either thereof with respect
to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange
proceedings with respect to any other Holder.
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(b) If fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be so
redeemed, the Common Securities and the Capital Securities will be redeemed Pro
Rata and the Capital Securities to be redeemed will be redeemed as described
below. The Trust may not redeem the Securities in part unless all accrued and
unpaid interest has been paid in full on all Securities then outstanding plus
accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption. For all purposes of this
Declaration, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to
the redemption of Capital Securities shall relate, in the case of any Capital
Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the
aggregate liquidation preference of Capital Securities which has been or is to
be redeemed.
(c) If Securities are to be redeemed and the Trust gives a
Redemption/Distribution Notice, which notice may only be issued if the
Debentures are redeemed as set out in this Section 7.4 (which notice will be
irrevocable), then (A) by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the redemption
date, the Property Trustee will deposit irrevocably with the DTC (in the case of
book-entry form Capital Securities) or its nominee (or successor Clearing Agency
or its nominee) funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price with
respect to the Capital Securities and will give the DTC irrevocable instructions
and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders of the Capital
Securities, and (B) with respect to Capital Securities and Common Securities
issued in definitive form, the Property Trustee will pay the relevant Redemption
Price to the Holders of such Securities by check mailed to the address of the
relevant Holder appearing on the books and records of the Trust on the
redemption date. If a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been given and
funds deposited as required, then immediately prior to the close of business on
the date of such deposit, distributions will cease to accrue on the Securities
so called for redemption and all rights of Holders of such Securities will
cease, except the right of the Holders of such Securities to receive the
Redemption Price, but without interest on such Redemption Price. If any date
fixed for redemption of Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the
Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of
any such delay) except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar
year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in
each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date fixed for
redemption. If payment of the Redemption Price in respect of any Securities is
improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Property Trustee or by
the Sponsor as guarantor pursuant to the Capital Securities Guarantee,
Distributions on such Securities will continue to accrue at the then applicable
rate from the original redemption date to the actual date of payment, in which
case the actual payment date will be considered the date fixed for redemption
for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price. For these purposes, the
applicable Redemption Price shall not include Distributions which are being paid
to Holders who were Holders on a relevant record date. Upon satisfaction of the
foregoing conditions, then immediately prior to the close of business on the
date of such deposit or payment, all rights of Holders of such Debentures so
called for redemption will cease, except the right of the Holders to receive the
Redemption Price, but without interest on such Redemption Price, and from and
after the date fixed for redemption, such Debentures will not accrue
distributions or bear interest.
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Neither the Regular Trustees nor the Trust shall be required to
register or cause to be registered the transfer of any Securities that have been
called for redemption.
(d) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law (including, without
limitation, United States Federal securities laws), the Debenture Issuer or its
subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase outstanding Capital
Securities by tender, in the open market or by private agreement.
Section 7.5 Voting Rights of Capital Securities.
(a) Except as provided under this Article VII and as otherwise
required by the Business Trust Act, the Trust Indenture Act and other applicable
law, the Holders of the Capital Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) Subject to the requirement of the Property Trustee obtaining a tax
opinion in certain circumstances set forth in Section 7.5(d) below, the Holders
of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities have the right to
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Property Trustee, or to direct the exercise of any trust or
power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the Declaration, including the
right to direct the Property Trustee, as Holder of the Debentures, to (i)
exercise the remedies available to it under the Indenture as a Holder of the
Debentures or (ii) consent to any amendment or modification of the Indenture or
the Debentures where such consent shall be required; provided, however, that
where a consent or action under the Indenture would require the consent or act
of the Holders of more than a majority of the aggregate liquidation amount of
Debentures affected thereby, only the Holders of the percentage of the aggregate
stated liquidation amount of the Capital Securities which is at least equal to
the percentage required under the Indenture may direct the Property Trustee to
give such consent to take such action.
(c) If the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the
Debentures after a Holder of record of Capital Securities has made a written
request, such Holder of record of Capital Securities may institute a legal
proceeding directly against the Debenture Issuer to enforce the Property
Trustee's rights under the Indenture without first instituting any legal
proceeding against the Property Trustee or any other person or entity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is
continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer
to make any required payment when due under the Indenture, then a Holder of
Capital Securities may directly institute a proceeding against the Debenture
Issuer for enforcement of payment with respect to such Affiliate Investment
Instrument.
(d) The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Capital
Securities of any notice of any Indenture Event of Default received from the
Debenture Issuer with respect to the Debentures. Such notice shall state that
such Indenture Event of Default also constitutes a Trust Enforcement Event.
Except with respect to directing the time, method, and place of
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conducting a proceeding for a remedy, the Property Trustee shall be under no
obligation to take any of the actions described in clause 7.4(b)(i) and (ii)
above unless the Property Trustee has obtained an opinion of independent tax
counsel to the effect that as a result of such action, the Trust will not fail
to be classified as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax
purposes and each Holder will be treated as owning an undivided beneficial
ownership interest in the Debentures.
(e) In the event the consent of the Property Trustee, as the Holder of
the Debentures, is required under the Indenture with respect to any amendment or
modification of the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall request the direction
of the Holders of the Securities with respect to such amendment or modification
and shall vote with respect to such amendment or modification as directed by a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Securities voting together as a single
class; provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require
the consent of the Holders of more than a majority of the aggregate principal
amount of the Debentures, the Property Trustee may only give such consent at the
direction of the Holders of at least the same proportion in aggregate stated
liquidation amount of the Securities. The Property Trustee shall not take any
such action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Securities
unless the Property Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect
that, as a result of such action, the Trust will not be classified as other than
a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes and each Holder
will be treated as owning an undivided beneficial ownership interest in the
Debentures.
(f) A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default with respect to the
Debentures will constitute a waiver of the corresponding Trust Enforcement
Event.
(g) Any required approval or direction of Holders of Capital
Securities may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Capital Securities
convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities or
pursuant to written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of any
meeting at which Holders of Capital Securities are entitled to vote, or of any
matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to
be mailed to each Holder of record of Capital Securities. Each such notice will
include a statement setting forth the following information: (i) the date of
such meeting or the date by which such action is to be taken; (ii) a description
of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders
are entitled to vote or of such matter upon which written consent is sought; and
(iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or consents.
(h) No vote or consent of the Holders of Capital Securities will be
required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Capital Securities or distribute
Debentures in accordance with the Declaration.
(i) Notwithstanding that Holders of Capital Securities are entitled to
vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the
Securities that are owned at such time by the Debenture Issuer or any entity
directly or indirectly controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control
with, the Debenture Issuer, shall not be entitled to vote or consent and shall,
for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if such Securities were
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not outstanding, provided, however that persons otherwise eligible to vote to
whom the Debenture Issuer or any of its subsidiaries have pledged Capital
Securities may vote or consent with respect to such pledged Capital Securities
under any of the circumstances described herein.
(j) Holders of the Capital Securities will have no rights to appoint
or remove the Trustees, who may be appointed, removed or replaced solely by the
Debenture Issuer, as the Holder of all of the Common Securities.
Section 7.6 Voting Rights of Common Securities.
(a) Except as provided under Section 6.1(b) or this Section 7.6 or as
otherwise required by the Business Trust Act, the Trust Indenture Act or other
applicable law or provided by the Declaration, the Holders of the Common
Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) The Holders of the Common Securities are entitled, in accordance
with Article V of the Declaration, to vote to appoint, remove or replace any
Trustee or to increase or decrease the number of Trustees.
(c) Subject to Section 2.6 of the Declaration and only after all Trust
Enforcement Events with respect to the Capital Securities have been cured,
waived, or otherwise eliminated and subject to the requirement of the Property
Trustee obtaining a tax opinion in certain circumstances set forth in this
paragraph (c), the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common
Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or direct the
exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the
Declaration, including the right to direct the Property Trustee, as Holder of
the Debentures, to (i) exercise the remedies available to it under the Indenture
as a Holder of the Debentures, or (ii) consent to any amendment or modification
of the Indenture or the Debentures where such consent shall be required;
provided, however, that where a consent or action under the Indenture would
require the consent or act of the Holders of more than a majority of the
aggregate liquidation amount of Debentures affected thereby, only the Holders of
the percentage of the aggregate stated liquidation amount of the Common
Securities which is at least equal to the percentage required under the
Indenture may direct the Property Trustee to have such consent or take such
action. Except with respect to directing the time, method, and place of
conducting a proceeding for a remedy, the Property Trustee shall be under no
obligation to take any of the actions described in clause 7.6(c)(i) and (ii)
above unless the Property Trustee has obtained an opinion of independent tax
counsel to the effect that, as a result of such action, for United States
Federal income tax purposes the Trust will not fail to be classified as a
grantor trust and each Holder will be treated as owning an undivided beneficial
ownership interest in the Debentures.
(d) If the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the
Debentures after a Holder of record of Common Securities has made a written
request, such Holder of record of Common Securities may directly institute a
legal proceeding directly against the Debenture Issuer, as sponsor of the Trust,
to enforce the Property Trustee's rights under the Debentures
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without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee or
any other person or entity.
(e) A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default with respect to the
Debentures will constitute a waiver of the corresponding Trust Enforcement
Event.
(f) Any required approval or direction of Holders of Common Securities
may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened for
such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities or pursuant to
written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at
which Holders of Trust Common Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter
on which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to be mailed
to each Holder of record of Common Securities. Each such notice will include a
statement setting forth the following information: (i) the date of such meeting
or the date by which such action is to be taken; (ii) a description of any
resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are
entitled to vote or of such matter upon which written consent is sought; and
(iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or consents.
(g) No vote or consent of the holders Of the Common Securities will be
required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities or to distribute
Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of the Securities.
Section 7.7 Paying Agent.
In the event that any Capital Securities are not in book-entry only
form, the Trust shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York,
State of New York, an office or agency where the Trust Capital Securities may be
presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The Trust may appoint the paying agent
and may appoint one or more additional paying agents in such other locations as
it shall determine. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying
agent. The Trust may change any Paying Agent without prior notice to the
Holders. The Trust shall notify the Property Trustee of the name and address of
any Paying Agent not a party to this Declaration. If the Trust fails to appoint
or maintain another entity as Paying Agent, the Property Trustee shall act as
such. The Trust or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent. The Bank of
New York shall initially act as Paying Agent for the Capital Securities and the
Common Securities.
Section 7.8 Transfer of Securities.
(a) The Trust shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Property Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office being
herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Trust shall provide for the
registration of Capital Securities and of transfers of Capital Securities. The
Property Trustee is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of
registering Capital Securities and transfers of Capital Securities as herein
provided.
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(b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at an
office or agency of the Trust designated for such purpose, the Trust shall
execute, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of
the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.
(c) At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other
Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Trust
shall execute, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
(d) Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Trust or the Property
Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Trust and the Security Registrar duly executed, by
the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(e) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer
or exchange of Securities, but the Trust may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities.
(f) If the Securities are to be redeemed in part, the Trust shall not
be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of
the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for
redemption under Section 1204 and ending at the close of business on the day of
such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of
any Security being redeemed in part.
Section 7.9 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
If:
(a) any mutilated Certificates should be surrendered to the Regular
Trustees, or if the Regular Trustees shall receive evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate; and
(b) there shall be delivered to the Regular Trustees such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to keep each of them, the Sponsor and the
Trust harmless, then, in the absence of notice that such Certificate shall have
been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, any Regular Trustee on behalf of the
Trust shall execute and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
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denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this
Section 7.9, the Regular Trustees may require the payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall
constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in the relevant
Securities, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 7.10 Deemed Security Holders.
The Trustees may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate shall
be registered on the books and records of the Trust as the sole holder of such
Certificate and of the Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes
of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and,
accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such Certificate or in the Securities represented by such
Certificate on the part of any Person, whether or not the Trust shall have
actual or other notice thereof.
Section 7.11 Global Securities.
If the Trust shall establish that the Capital Securities are to be
issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Trust shall
execute and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more
Global Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount
equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of all of the Capital Securities to be
issued in the form of Global Securities and not yet cancelled, (ii) shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Capital
Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, and (iii) shall be delivered by
the Property Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's
instructions. Global Securities shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect:
"This Capital Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the
Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary
or a nominee of a Depositary. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.8,
unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Capital Securities in
definitive registered form, a Global Security representing all or a part of the
Capital Securities may not be transferred in the manner provided in Section 7.8
except as a whole by the Depositary 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
or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Every Capital Security delivered
upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, this Global
Security shall be a Global Security subject to the foregoing, except in the
limited circumstances described above. Unless this certificate is presented by
an authorized representative of DTC to the Trust or its agent for registration
of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in
the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is to be made to Cede & Co. or to such
other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
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VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered
owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein."
Definitive Capital Securities issued in exchange for all or a part of
a Global Security pursuant to this Section 7.11 shall be registered in such
names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Property Trustee. Upon execution and authentication, the Property
Trustee shall deliver such definitive Capital Securities to the persons in whose
names such definitive Capital Securities are so registered.
At such time as all interests in Global Securities have been redeemed,
repurchased or canceled, such Global Securities shall be, upon receipt thereof,
canceled by the Property Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and
instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time
prior to such cancellation, if any interest in Global Securities is exchanged
for definitive Capital Securities, redeemed, canceled or transferred to a
transferee who receives definitive Capital Securities therefor or any definitive
Capital Security is exchanged or transferred for part of Global Securities, the
principal amount of such Global Securities shall, in accordance with the
standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the
Custodian, be reduced or increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement shall
be made on such Global Securities by the Property Trustee or the Custodian, at
the direction of the Property Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase.
The Trust and the Property Trustee may for all purposes, including the
making of payments due on the Capital Securities, deal with the Depositary as
the authorized representative of the Holders for the purposes of exercising the
rights of Holders hereunder. The rights of the owner of any beneficial interest
in a Global Security shall be limited to those established by law and agreements
between such owners and depository participants; PROVIDED, that no such
agreement shall give any rights to any person against the Trust or the Property
Trustee without the written consent of the parties so affected. Multiple
requests and directions from and votes of the Depositary as holder of Capital
Securities in global form with respect to any particular matter shall not be
deemed inconsistent to the extent they do not represent an amount of Capital
Securities in excess of those held in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
If at any time the Depositary for any Capital Securities represented
by one or more Global Securities notifies the Trust that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary for such Capital Securities or if at any time
the Depositary for such Capital Securities shall no longer be eligible under
this Section 7.11, the Trust shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect
to such Capital Securities. If a successor Depositary for such Capital
Securities is not appointed by the Trust within 90 days after the Trust receives
such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Trust's election that
such Capital Securities be represented by one or more Global Securities shall no
longer be effective and the Trust shall execute, and the Property Trustee will
authenticate and deliver Capital Securities in definitive registered form, in
any authorized denominations, in an aggregate liquidation
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amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Capital
Securities representing such Capital Securities in exchange for such Global
Security or Capital Securities.
The Trust may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that
the Capital Securities issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall
no longer be represented by a Global Security or Capital Securities. In such
event the Trust shall execute, and the Property Trustee, shall authenticate and
deliver, Capital Securities in definitive registered form, in any authorized
denominations, in an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the principal amount
of the Global Security or Capital Securities representing such Capital
Securities, in exchange for such Global Security or Capital Securities.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Declaration (other than
the provisions set forth in Section 314(a)), Global Securities may not be
transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary
or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the
Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or
a nominee of such successor Depositary.
Interests of beneficial owners in Global Securities may be transferred
or exchanged for definitive Capital Securities and definitive Capital Securities
may be transferred or exchange for Global Securities in accordance with rules of
the Depositary and the provisions of Section 7.12.
Any Capital Security in global form may be endorsed with or have
incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Declaration as may be required by the
Custodian, the Depositary or by the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. in order for the Capital Securities to comply with the rules and
regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Capital Securities may be
listed or traded or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to
indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Capital
Securities are subject.
Any Capital Security in global form may be endorsed with or have
incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Declaration as may be required by the
Custodian, the Depositary or by the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. in order for the Capital Securities to comply with the rules and
regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Capital Securities may be
listed or traded or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to
indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Capital
Securities are subject.
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ARTICLE 8
DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST
Section 8.1 Dissolution and Termination of Trust.
(a) The Trust shall dissolve upon the earliest of:
(i) the bankruptcy of the Holder of the Common Securities
or the Sponsor;
(ii) the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its
equivalent with respect to the Sponsor; after obtaining the
consent of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Securities to the filing of a certificate of
cancellation with respect to the Trust or the revocation of
the Sponsor's charter and the expiration of 90 days after
the date of revocation without a reinstatement thereof;
(iii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the
Sponsor or the Trust;
(iv) the time when all of the Securities shall have matured
or been called for redemption and the amounts then due shall
have been paid to the Holders in accordance with the terms
of the Securities;
(v) upon the election of the Regular Trustees, following
the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event and
subject to the receipt of any necessary regulatory
approvals; or
(vi) the time when all of the Regular Trustees and the
Sponsor shall have consented to termination of the Trust
provided such action is taken before the issuance of any
Securities.
(b) As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event
referred to in Section 8.1(a) and upon completion of the winding up of the
Trust, the Trustees shall terminate the Trust by filing a certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
(c) The provisions of Section 3.9 and Article 10 shall survive the
termination of the Trust.
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Section 8.2 Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution of the Trust.
(a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the
Trust (each a "Liquidation"), the Holders of the Capital Securities on the date
of the Liquidation will be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the Trust
available for distribution to Holders of Securities after paying or making
reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations of the Trust in
accordance with Section 3808(e) of the Business Trust Act, distributions in cash
or other immediately available funds in an amount equal to the aggregate of the
stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per Security plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation
Distribution"), unless, in connection with such Liquidation, after paying or
making reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations of the Trust in
accordance with Section 3808(e) of the Business Trust Act, Debentures in an
aggregate stated liquidation amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation
amount of, with a distribution rate identical to the distribution rate of, and
accrued and unpaid distributions equal to accrued and unpaid distributions on,
such Securities shall be distributed on a Pro Rata basis to the Holders of the
Securities in exchange for such Securities.
(b) If, upon any such Liquidation, the Liquidation Distribution can be
paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in
full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly
by the Trust on the Securities shall be paid on a Pro Rata basis. The Holders
of the Common Securities will be entitled to receive distributions upon any such
Liquidation Pro Rata with the Holders of the Capital Securities except that if
an Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Capital
Securities shall have a preference over the Common Securities with regard to
such distributions.
ARTICLE 9
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF
HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, DELAWARE TRUSTEES OR OTHERS
Section 9.1 Liability.
(a) Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration, the Capital
Securities Guarantee and the terms of the Securities, the Sponsor:
(i) shall not be personally liable for the return of any
portion of the capital contributions (or any return thereon)
of the Holders of the Securities which shall be made solely
from assets of the Trust; and
(ii) shall not be required to pay to the Trust or to any
Holder of Securities any deficit upon dissolution of the
Trust or otherwise.
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(b) The Holder of the Common Securities shall be liable for all of the
debts and obligations of the Trust (other than with respect to the Securities)
to the extent not satisfied out of the Trust's assets.
(c) Pursuant to Section 3803(a) of the Business Trust Act, the Holders
of the Capital Securities shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal
liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 9.2 Exculpation.
(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable
in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any Covered Person for any loss, damage
or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such
Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner such
Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority
conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration or by law, except that
an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim
incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's gross negligence or willful
misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good
faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions, reports
or statements presented to the Trust by any Person as to matters the Indemnified
Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's professional or expert
competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the
Trust, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value
and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses or any other facts
pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions to
Holders of Securities might properly be paid.
Section 9.3 Fiduciary Duty.
(a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has
duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the
Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this
Declaration shall not be liable to the Trust or to an other Covered Person for
its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The provisions
of this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities
of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity (other than the
duties imposed on the Property Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act), are
agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of
such Indemnified Person.
(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein:
(i) whenever a conflict of interest exists or arises
between any Covered Persons; or
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(ii) whenever this Declaration or any other agreement
contemplated herein or therein provides that an Indemnified
Person shall act in a manner that is, or provides terms that
are, fair and reasonable to the Trust or any Holder of
Securities,
the Indemnified Person shall resolve such conflict of interest, take such action
or provide such terms, considering in each case the relative interest of each
party (including its own interest) to such conflict, agreement, transaction or
situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary
or accepted industry practices and any applicable generally accepted accounting
practices or principles. In the absence of bad faith by the Indemnified Person,
the resolution, action or term so made, taken or provided by the Indemnified
Person shall not constitute a breach of this Declaration or any other agreement
contemplated herein or of any duty or obligation of the Indemnified Person at
law or in equity or otherwise.
(c) Whenever in this Declaration an Indemnified Person is permitted or
required to make a decision:
(i) in its "discretion" or under a grant of similar
authority, the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to
consider such interests and factors as it desires, including
its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to
give any consideration to any interest of or factors
affecting the Trust or any other Person; or
(ii) in its "good faith" or under another express standard,
the Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard
and shall not be subject to any other or different standard
imposed by this Declaration or by applicable law.
Section 9.4 Indemnification.
(a)(i) The Debenture Issuer shall indemnify, to the full extent
permitted by law, any Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Trust) by reason
of the fact that he is or was a Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person against
expenses (including attorney fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust,
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo
contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that
the Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
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(ii) The Debenture Issuer shall indemnify, to the full extent
permitted by law, any Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the Trust to procure a Judgment in its
favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a Debenture Issuer Indemnified
Person against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or
suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust and except that no such
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of
Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses which such Court of Chancery or such other court
shall deem proper.
(iii) Any indemnification under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this
Section 9.4(a) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Debenture Issuer
only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person is proper in the
circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
paragraphs (i) and (ii). Such determination shall be made (1) by the Regular
Trustees by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of such Regular Trustees who
were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, (2) if such a quorum is not
obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested Regular
Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3)
by the Common Security Holder of the Trust.
(iv) Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by a Debenture
Issuer Indemnified Person in defending a civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii)
of this Section 9.4(a) shall be paid by the Debenture Issuer in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Debenture Issuer as authorized in this Section 9.4(a).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the Debenture Issuer
if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Regular Trustees
by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested Regular Trustees, (ii) if such a
quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested
Regular Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion
or (iii) the Common Security Holder of the Trust, that, based upon the facts
known to the Regular Trustees, counsel or the Common Security Holder at the time
such determination is made, such Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person acted in
bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Trust, or, with respect to any criminal
proceeding, that such Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person believed or had
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In no event shall any
advance be made in instances where the Regular Trustees, independent legal
counsel or Common Security
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Holder reasonably determine that such person deliberately breached his duty to
the Trust or its Common or Capital Security Holders.
(v) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Section 9.4(a) shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification and
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors of the Debenture Issuer or Capital
Security Holders of the Trust or otherwise, both as to action in his official
capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. All
rights to indemnification under this Section 9.4(a) shall be deemed to be
provided by a contract between the Debenture Issuer and each Debenture Issuer
Indemnified Person who serves in such capacity at any time while this Section
9.4(a) is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section 9.4(a) shall
not affect any rights or obligations then existing.
(vi) The Debenture Issuer or the Trust may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Debenture Issuer Indemnified
Person against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any
such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
Debenture Issuer would have the power to indemnify him against such liability
under the provisions of this Section 9.4(a).
(vii) For purposes of this Section 9.4(a), references to "the Trust"
shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving entity, any constituent
entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation
or merger, so that any person who is or was a director, trustee, officer or
employee of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such
constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another
entity, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section
9.4(a) with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as he would have with
respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence had continued.
(viii) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by,
or granted pursuant to, this Section 9.4(a) shall, unless otherwise provided
when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such a person. The obligation to indemnify as
set forth in this Section 9.4(a) shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of
this Declaration.
(b) The Debenture Issuer agrees to indemnify the (i) Property Trustee,
(ii) the Delaware Trustee, (iii) an Affiliate of the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee, and (iv) any officers, directors, shareholders, members,
partners, employees, representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (each of the Persons in (i) through
(iv) being referred to as a "Fiduciary Indemnified Person") for, and to hold
each Fiduciary Indemnified Person harmless against, any 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 the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and
expenses) of defending itself against or investigating any
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claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder. The obligation to indemnify as set forth in this
Section 9.4(a) shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Declaration.
Section 9.5 Outside Businesses.
Any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Property
Trustee may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any
nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to
the activities of the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders of Securities shall
have no rights by virtue of this Declaration in and to such independent ventures
or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture,
even if competitive with the activities of the Trust, shall not be deemed
wrongful or improper. No Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee or
the Property Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or
other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that,
if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person,
the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee shall have the right
to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to
recommend to others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any
Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee may engage or be
interested in any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any
Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or
act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of
the Sponsor or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE 10
ACCOUNTING
Section 10.1 Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year ("Fiscal Year") of the Trust shall be the calendar
year, or such other year as is required by the Code.
Section 10.2 Certain Accounting Matters.
(a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the Regular
Trustees shall keep, or cause to be kept, full books of account, records and
supporting documents, which shall reflect in reasonable detail, each transaction
of the Trust. The books of account shall be maintained on the accrual method of
accounting, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The
Trust shall use the accrual method of accounting for United States Federal
income tax purposes. The books of account and the records of the Trust shall be
examined by and reported upon as of the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust by
a firm of independent certified public accountants selected by the Regular
Trustees.
(b) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be prepared and delivered to
each of the Holders of Securities, within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal
Year of the Trust, annual
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financial statements of the Trust, including a balance sheet of the Trust as of
the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related statements of income or loss.
(c) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be duly prepared and delivered
to each of the Holders of Securities, an annual United States Federal income tax
information statement, required by the Code, containing such information with
regard to the Securities held by each Holder as is required by the Code and the
Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right under the Code to deliver any
such statement at a later date, the Regular Trustees shall endeavor to deliver
all such statements within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the
Trust.
(d) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be duly prepared and filed
with the appropriate taxing authority, an annual United States Federal income
tax return, on a Form 1041 or such other form required by United States Federal
income tax law, and any other annual income tax returns required to be filed by
the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust with any state or local taxing
authority.
Section 10.3 Banking.
The Trust shall maintain one or more bank accounts in the name and for
the sole benefit of the Trust; provided, however, that all payments of funds in
respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee shall be made directly to
the Property Account and no other funds of the Trust shall be deposited in the
Property Account. The sole signatories for such accounts shall be designated by
the Regular Trustees; provided, however, that the Property Trustee shall
designate the signatories for the Property Account.
Section 10.4 Withholding.
The Trust and the Regular Trustees shall comply with all withholding
requirements under United States federal, state and local law. The Trust shall
request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust, such forms or certificates
as are necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with respect to each
Holder, and any representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by
the Trust to assist it in determining the extent of, and in fulfilling, its
withholding obligations. The Regular Trustees shall file required forms with
applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from withholding is properly
established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder
to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the Trust is required to
withhold and pay over any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions
or allocations to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a
distribution in the amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of
any claimed over withholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the
applicable jurisdiction. If the amount required to be withheld was not withheld
from actual Distributions made, the Trust may reduce subsequent Distributions by
the amount of such withholding.
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ARTICLE 11
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
Section 11.1 Amendments.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration or by any
applicable terms of the Securities, this Declaration may only be amended by a
written instrument approved and executed by (i) the Regular Trustees (or, if
there are more than two Regular Trustees, a majority of the Regular Trustees)
and (ii) by the Property Trustee if the amendment affects the rights, powers,
duties, obligations or immunities of the Property Trustee; and (iii) by the
Delaware Trustee if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties,
obligations or immunities of the Delaware Trustee.
(b) No amendment shall be made, and any such purported amendment shall
be void and ineffective:
(i) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment, the
Property Trustee shall have first received an Officers'
Certificate from each of the Trust and the Sponsor that such
amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of
this Declaration (including the terms of the Securities);
(ii) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment which
affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or
immunities of the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee
shall have first received:
a. an Officers' Certificate from each of the Trust and the
Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms
to, the terms of this Declaration (including the terms of
the Securities); and
b. an opinion of counsel (who may be counsel to the Sponsor or
the Trust) that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms
to, the terms of this Declaration (including the terms of
the Securities); and
(iii) to the extent the result of such amendment would be to:
a. cause the Trust to be classified other than as a grantor
trust for United States Federal income tax purposes;
b. reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers of the
Property Trustee in contravention of the Trust Indenture
Act; or
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c. cause the Trust to be deemed to be an Investment Company
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.
(c) At such time after the Trust has issued any Securities that remain
outstanding, any amendment that would (i) adversely affect the powers,
preferences or special rights of the Securities, whether by way of amendment to
the Declaration or otherwise or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination
of the Trust other than pursuant to the terms of the Declaration, then the
holders of the Securities voting together as a single class will be entitled to
vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be
effective except with the approval of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount
of the Securities affected thereby; provided that, if any amendment or proposal
referred to in clause (i) above would adversely affect only the Capital
Securities or the Common Securities, then only the affected class will be
entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal
shall not be effective except with the approval of a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of such class of Securities.
(d) Section 7.8(b) and this Section 11.1 shall not be amended without
the consent of all of the Holders of the Securities.
(e) Article 4 shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders
of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities.
(f) The rights of the Holders of the Common Securities under Article 5
to increase or decrease the number of, and appoint and remove Trustees shall not
be amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Common Securities.
(g) Notwithstanding Section 11.1(c), this Declaration may be amended
without the consent of the Holders of the Securities to:
(i) cure any ambiguity;
(ii) correct or supplement any provision in this Declaration
that may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision of this Declaration;
(iii) add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of
the Sponsor;
(iv) to conform to any change in Rule 3a-5 or written change
in interpretation or application of Rule 3a-5 by any
legislative body, court, government agency or regulatory
authority which amendment does not have a material adverse
effect on the rights, preferences or privileges of the
Holders; and
(v) to modify, eliminate and add to any provision of this
Declaration, provided such modification, elimination
or,addition would not adversely
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affect the rights, privileges or preferences of any Holder
of the Securities.
(h) The issuance of a Trustees' Authorization Certificate by the
Regular Trustees for purposes of establishing the terms and form of the
Securities as contemplated by Section 8.1 shall not be deemed an amendment of
this Declaration subject to the provisions of this Section 11.1.
Section 11.2 Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written
Consent.
(a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called
at any time by the Regular Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the
Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of
Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Declaration, the terms of
the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital
Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Regular Trustees shall call
a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at
least 10% in Liquidation Amount of such class of Securities. Such direction
shall be given by delivering to the Regular Trustees one or more calls in a
writing stating that the signing Holders of Securities wish to call a meeting
and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be
called. Any Holders of Securities calling a meeting shall specify in writing
the Certificates held by the Holders of Securities exercising the right to call
a meeting and only those Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of
determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of
this paragraph has been met.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the
Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders of
Securities:
(i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the
Holders of Securities having a right to vote thereat at
least 7 days and not more than 60 days before the date of
such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the
Holders of Securities is permitted or required under this
Declaration or the rules of any stock exchange on which the
Capital Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such
vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the
Holders of Securities. Any action that may be taken at a
meeting of the Holders of Securities may be taken without a
meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so
taken is signed by the Holders of Securities owning not less
than the minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount
that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at
a meeting at which all Holders of Securities having a right
to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of
the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the
Holders of Securities entitled to vote who have not
consented in writing. The Regular Trustees may specify that
any written ballot submitted to the Security Holders for the
purpose of taking any
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action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust
within the time specified by the Regular Trustees;
(ii) each Holder of a Security may authorize any Person to
act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder of
Securities is entitled to participate, including waiving
notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a
meeting. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11
months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in
the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure
of the Holder of Securities executing such proxy. Except as
otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the
giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations
thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and
the Holders of the Securities were stockholders of a
Delaware corporation;
(iii) each meeting of the Holders of the Securities shall be
conducted by the Regular Trustees or by such other Person
that the Regular Trustees may designate; and
(iv) unless the Business Trust Act, this Declaration, the
terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the
listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital
Securities are then listed for trading, otherwise provides,
the Regular Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall
establish all other provisions relating to meetings of
Holders of Securities, including notice of the time, place
or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted
on by any Holders of Securities, waiver of any such notice,
action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a
record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by
proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of
any such right to vote.
ARTICLE 12
REPRESENTATIONS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE
AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 12.1 Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee.
The Trustee that acts as initial Property Trustee represents and
warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and
each Successor Property Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the
Sponsor at the time of the Successor Property Trustee's acceptance of its
appointment as Property Trustee that:
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(a) the Property Trustee is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, with trust power and authority to execute and
deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this
Declaration;
(b) the Property Trustee satisfies the requirements set forth in
Section 6.3(a);
(c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee of
this Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of the Property Trustee. This Declaration has been duly executed and
delivered by the Property Trustee, and it constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Property Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium,
insolvency and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to
general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of
whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law);
(d) the execution, delivery and performance of this Declaration by the
Property Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the articles
of association or incorporation, as the case may be, or the by-laws (or other
similar organizational documents) of the Property Trustee; and
(e) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or
notice to, any State or Federal banking authority is required for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Property Trustee of this Declaration.
Section 12.2 Representations and Warranties of the Delaware Trustee.
The Trustee that acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents and
warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and
each Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the
Sponsor at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its
appointment as Delaware Trustee that:
(a) the Delaware Trustee satisfies the requirements set forth in
Section 6.2 and has the power and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry
out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this Declaration and, if it
is not a natural person, is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization;
(b) the Delaware Trustee has been authorized to perform its
obligations under the Certificate of Trust and this Declaration. This
Declaration under Delaware law constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Delaware Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency and
other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general
principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of whether the
enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
and
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(c) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or
notice to, any State or Federal banking authority is required for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Declaration.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.1 Notices.
All notices provided for in this Declaration shall be in writing, duly
signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or
mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) if given to the Trust, in care of the Regular Trustees at the
Trust's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Trust may
give notice of to the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Holders of
the Securities):
(b) if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing address set forth
below (or such other address as the Delaware Trustee may give notice of to the
Regular Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Holders of the Securities):
White Clay Center, Rte. 273
Newark, DE 19711
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
(c) if given to the Property Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office
(or such other address as the Property Trustee may give notice of to the Regular
Trustees, the Delaware Trustee and the Holders of the Securities).
(d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the mailing
address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the Holder of
the Common Securities may give notice of to the Property Trustee, the Delaware
Trustee and the Trust):
(e) if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on the
books and records of the Trust.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person,
telecopied with receipt confirmed or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid
except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be
delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice
or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such
refusal or inability to deliver.
Section 13.2 Governing Law.
THIS DECLARATION AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
AND ALL RIGHTS AND
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REMEDIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICT OF LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION THAT WOULD
CALL FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF
DELAWARE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER OR THIS DECLARATION ANY PROVISION OF THE LAWS (STATUTORY OR COMMON) OF
THE STATE OF DELAWARE PERTAINING TO TRUSTS THAT RELATE TO OR REGULATE, IN A
MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS HEREOF (A) THE FILING WITH ANY COURT OR
GOVERNMENTAL BODY OR AGENCY OF TRUSTEE ACCOUNTS OR SCHEDULES OF TRUSTEE FEES AND
CHARGES, (B) AFFIRMATIVE REQUIREMENTS TO POST BONDS FOR TRUSTEES, OFFICERS,
AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF A TRUST, (C) THE NECESSITY FOR OBTAINING COURT OR OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL CONCERNING THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF REAL
OR PERSONAL PROPERTY, (D) FEES OR OTHER SUMS PAYABLE TO TRUSTEES, OFFICERS,
AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF A TRUST, (E) THE ALLOCATION OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
TO INCOME OR PRINCIPAL, (F) RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS ON THE PERMISSIBLE
NATURE, AMOUNT OR CONCENTRATION OF TRUST INVESTMENTS OR REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO
THE TITLING, STORAGE OR OTHER MANNER OF HOLDING OR INVESTING TRUST ASSETS OR (G)
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FIDUCIARY OR OTHER STANDARDS OF RESPONSIBILITY OR
LIMITATIONS ON THE ACTS OR POWERS OF TRUSTEES THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE
LIMITATIONS OR LIABILITIES OR AUTHORITIES AND POWERS OF THE TRUSTEES HEREUNDER
AS SET FORTH OR REFERENCED IN THIS DECLARATION. SECTION 3540 OF TITLE 12 OF THE
DELAWARE CODE SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE TRUST.
Section 13.3 Intention of the Parties.
It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust be classified
for United States Federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust. The
provisions of this Declaration shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with
such classification.
Section 13.4 Headings.
Headings contained in this Declaration are inserted for convenience of
reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Declaration or any
provision hereof.
Section 13.5 Successors and Assigns.
Whenever in this Declaration any of the parties hereto is named or
referred to, the successors and assigns of such party shall be deemed to be
included, and all covenants and agreements in this Declaration by the Sponsor
and the Trustees shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective
successors and assigns, whether so expressed.
Section 13.6 Partial Enforceability.
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If any provision of this Declaration, or the application of such
provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of
this Declaration, or the application of such provision to persons or
circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be
affected thereby.
Section 13.7 Counterparts.
This Declaration may contain more than one counterpart of the
signature page and this Declaration may be executed by the affixing of the
signature of each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages.
All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they
shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a
single signature page.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused these presents to be
executed as of the day and year first above written.
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.,
as Sponsor and Common Securities Holder
BY:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Property Trustee
BY:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE)
as Delaware Trustee
BY:
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Name:
Title:
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William A. Longbrake, Regular Trustee
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Douglas G. Wisdorf, Regular Trustee
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Marito Domingo, Regular Trustee
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EXHIBIT A
This Capital Security is a Security Certificate within the meaning of
the Declaration hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (the "Depository"), or a
nominee of the Depository. This Capital Security is exchangeable for Capital
Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its
nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Declaration and no
transfer of this Capital Security (other than a transfer of this Capital
Security as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a
nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the
Depository) may be registered except in limited circumstances.
Unless this Capital Security Certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of the Depository to Washington Mutual Capital I or its agent for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Capital Security
Certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as
registered by an authorized representative of the Depository (and any payment
hereon is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an
authorized representative of the Depository), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
CERTIFICATE NO. 1 NUMBER OF CAPITAL SECURITIES: _____________
CUSIP NO. _______
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING CAPITAL SECURITIES
OF
WASHINGTON MUTUAL CAPITAL I
____% CAPITAL SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1,000 PER CAPITAL SECURITY)
Washington Mutual Capital I, a statutory business trust formed under
the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Cede &
Co. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of ___ capital securities of the
Trust representing undivided beneficial ownership interests in the assets of the
Trust designated the ____% Capital Securities (liquidation amount $1,000 per
Capital Security) (the "Capital Securities"). The Capital Securities are
transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly
authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in
proper form for transfer as provided in the Declaration (as defined below). The
designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and
provisions of the Capital Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in
all respects be subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated as of May __, 1997 (as the same may be
amended from time to time (the "Declaration"), among Washington Mutual, Inc., as
Sponsor, William A. Longbrake, Douglas G. Wisdorf and Marito Domingo, as Regular
Trustees, The Bank of New York, as Property Trustee, and The Bank of New York
(Delaware), as Delaware
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Trustee. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning
given them in the Declaration. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the
Guarantee to the extent described therein. The Sponsor will provide a copy of
the Declaration, the Guarantee and the Indenture to a Holder without charge upon
written request to the Sponsor at its principal place of business.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal
income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Capital Securities
as evidence of undivided indirect beneficial ownership interests in the
Debentures.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this
day of , 1997.
Washington Mutual Capital I
By:
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
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EXHIBIT B
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE
CERTIFICATE NO. 1 NUMBER OF COMMON SECURITIES: ____
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING COMMON SECURITIES
OF
WASHINGTON MUTUAL CAPITAL I
COMMON SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1,000 PER COMMON SECURITY)
Washington Mutual Capital I, a statutory business trust formed under
the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
Washington Mutual, Inc. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of common
securities of the Trust representing an undivided beneficial ownership interest
in the assets of the Trust designated the ____% Common Securities (liquidation
amount $1,000 per Common Security) (the "Common Securities"). The Common
Securities are not transferable and any attempted transfer thereof shall be
void. The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other
terms and provisions of the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and
shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated as of May ___, 1997 (as the same may be
amended from time to time, the "Declaration"), among Washington Mutual, Inc., as
Sponsor, William A. Longbrake, Douglas G. Wisdorf and Marito Domingo, as Regular
Trustees, The Bank of New York, as Property Trustee and The Bank of New York
(Delaware), as Delaware Trustee. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the
Guarantee to the extent described therein. Capitalized terms used herein but
not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Declaration. The Sponsor
will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee and the Indenture to a
Holder without charge upon written request to the Sponsor at its principal place
of business.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal
income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Common Securities as
evidence of an undivided indirect beneficial ownership interest in the
Debentures.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this ____
day of _______, 1997.
Washington Mutual Capital I
By:
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Name:
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Title: Regular Trustee
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AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
Washington Mutual Capital I
Dated as of May ___, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS................... 1
Section 1.1 Interpretation and Definitions............................. 1
Affiliate............................................................... 2
Authorized Officer...................................................... 2
Business Day............................................................ 2
Business Trust Act...................................................... 2
Capital Security........................................................ 2
Certificate............................................................. 2
Certificate of Trust.................................................... 2
Closing Date............................................................ 2
Code.................................................................... 2
Commission.............................................................. 3
Common Securities Holder................................................ 3
Common Security......................................................... 3
Common Security Certificate............................................. 3
Corporate Trust Office.................................................. 3
Covered Person.......................................................... 3
Debenture Issuer........................................................ 3
Debenture Issuer Indemnified Person..................................... 3
Debenture Trustee....................................................... 3
Debentures.............................................................. 3
Delaware Trustee........................................................ 3
Depositary.............................................................. 3
Distribution............................................................ 3
DTC..................................................................... 3
Exchange Act............................................................ 4
Federal Reserve......................................................... 4
Fiduciary Indemnified Person............................................ 4
Fiscal Year............................................................. 4
Global Security......................................................... 4
Guarantee............................................................... 4
Holder.................................................................. 4
Indemnified Person...................................................... 4
Indenture............................................................... 4
Investment Company...................................................... 4
Investment Company Act.................................................. 4
Investment Company Event................................................ 4
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Legal Action............................................................ 4
List of Holders......................................................... 5
Majority in Liquidation Amount.......................................... 5
Officers' Certificate................................................... 5
Paying Agent............................................................ 5
Payment Amount.......................................................... 5
Person.................................................................. 5
Property Account........................................................ 5
Property Trustee........................................................ 6
Property Trustee Account................................................ 6
Pro Rata................................................................ 6
Quorum.................................................................. 6
Regular Trustee......................................................... 6
Regulatory Capital Event................................................ 6
Related Party........................................................... 6
Responsible Officer..................................................... 6
Rule 3a-5............................................................... 6
Securities.............................................................. 7
Securities Act.......................................................... 7
Special Event........................................................... 7
Sponsor................................................................. 7
Successor Delaware Trustee.............................................. 7
Successor Entity........................................................ 7
Successor Property Trustee.............................................. 7
Successor Security...................................................... 7
Super Majority.......................................................... 7
Tax Event............................................................... 7
10% in Liquidation Amount............................................... 7
Treasury Regulations.................................................... 8
Trust Enforcement Event................................................. 8
Trust Indenture Act..................................................... 8
Trustee" or "Trustees................................................... 8
Trustees' Authorization Certificate..................................... 8
ARTICLE 2
TRUST INDENTURE ACT........................ 8
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application........................... 8
Section 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities............................. 8
Section 2.3 Reports by the Property Trustee............................ 9
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to the Property Trustee................... 9
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent........... 9
Section 2.6 Trust Enforcement Events; Waiver........................... 9
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Section 2.7 Trust Enforcement Event; Notice............................ 11
ARTICLE 3
ORGANIZATION............................ 12
Section 3.1 Name and Organization...................................... 12
Section 3.2 Office..................................................... 12
Section 3.3 Purpose.................................................... 12
Section 3.4 Authority.................................................. 12
Section 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust............................. 13
Section 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Regular Trustees.................. 13
Section 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees....... 16
Section 3.8 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee.................. 17
Section 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the
Property Trustee......................................... 19
Section 3.10 Certain Rights of Property Trustee........................ 21
Section 3.11 Delaware Trustee.......................................... 23
Section 3.12 Execution of Documents.................................... 23
Section 3.13 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.... 24
Section 3.14 Duration of Trust......................................... 24
Section 3.15 Mergers................................................... 24
Section 3.16 Property Trustee May File Proofs of Claim................. 26
ARTICLE 4
SPONSOR.............................. 27
Section 4.1 Responsibilities of the Sponsor............................ 27
Section 4.2 Indemnification and Expenses of the Trustee................ 27
ARTICLE 5
TRUST COMMON SECURITIES HOLDER................... 28
Section 5.1 Debenture Issuer's Purchase of Common Securities........... 28
Section 5.2 Covenants of the Common Securities Holder.................. 28
ARTICLE 6
TRUSTEES.............................. 28
Section 6.1 Number of Trustees......................................... 28
Section 6.2 Delaware Trustee........................................... 28
Section 6.3 Property Trustee; Eligibility.............................. 29
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Section 6.4 Qualifications of Regular Trustees and
Delaware Trustee Generally.............................. 30
Section 6.5 Initial Trustees........................................... 30
Section 6.6 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees........... 30
Section 6.7 Vacancies among Trustees................................... 31
Section 6.8 Effect of Vacancies........................................ 32
Section 6.9 Meetings................................................... 32
Section 6.10 Delegation of Power....................................... 32
Section 6.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business................................................ 33
ARTICLE 7
THE SECURITIES........................... 33
Section 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities.................... 33
Section 7.2 Distributions.............................................. 35
Section 7.3 Redemption of Securities................................... 36
Section 7.4 Redemption Procedures...................................... 36
Section 7.5 Voting Rights of Capital Securities........................ 38
Section 7.6 Voting Rights of Common Securities......................... 40
Section 7.7 Paying Agent............................................... 41
Section 7.8 Transfer of Securities..................................... 42
Section 7.9 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.......... 42
Section 7.10 Deemed Security Holders................................... 43
Section 7.11 Global Securities......................................... 43
ARTICLE 8
DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST................ 46
Section 8.1 Dissolution and Termination of Trust....................... 46
Section 8.2 Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution of the Trust..... 47
ARTICLE 9
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF
HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, DELAWARE TRUSTEES OR OTHERS......... 47
Section 9.1 Liability.................................................. 47
Section 9.2 Exculpation................................................ 48
Section 9.3 Fiduciary Duty............................................. 48
Section 9.4 Indemnification............................................ 49
Section 9.5 Outside Businesses......................................... 52
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ARTICLE 10
ACCOUNTING............................ 52
Section 10.1 Fiscal Year............................................... 52
Section 10.2 Certain Accounting Matters................................ 52
Section 10.3 Banking................................................... 53
Section 10.4 Withholding............................................... 53
ARTICLE 11
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS...................... 53
Section 11.1 Amendments................................................ 53
Section 11.2 Meetings of the Holders of Securities;
Action by Written Consent............................... 56
ARTICLE 12
REPRESENTATIONS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE
AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE........................ 57
Section 12.1 Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee.... 57
Section 12.2 Representations and Warranties of the Delaware Trustee.... 58
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS........................... 58
Section 13.1 Notices................................................... 59
Section 13.2 Governing Law............................................. 59
Section 13.3 Intention of the Parties.................................. 60
Section 13.4 Headings.................................................. 60
Section 13.5 Successors and Assigns.................................... 60
Section 13.6 Partial Enforceability.................................... 60
Section 13.7 Counterparts.............................................. 60
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This INDENTURE is dated as of ________ __, 1997, between WASHINGTON
MUTUAL, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Washington (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office
at Washington Mutual Tower, 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 1500, Seattle, Washington
98101, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee
(herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance of its ____% Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2027 (the
"Securities").
WHEREAS, Washington Mutual Capital I (the "Trust") has offered to the
public $300,000,000 aggregate liquidation amount of its ____% Trust Capital
Securities (the "Capital Securities") representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust and proposes to invest the proceeds from
such offering and the proceeds from the issuance of its Common Securities in
$_______________ aggregate principal amount of the Securities.
WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities
are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized
the execution of this Indenture.
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement
of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular and the
masculine as well as the feminine;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
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(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(4) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision;
(5) a reference to any Person shall include its successor and
assigns;
(6) a reference to any agreement or instrument shall mean such
agreement or instrument as supplemented, modified, amended or amended and
restated and in effect from time to time;
(7) a reference to any statute, law, rule or regulation, shall
include any amendments thereto applicable to the relevant Person, and any
successor statute, law, rule or regulation; and
(8) a reference to any particular rating category shall be deemed to
include any corresponding successor category, or any corresponding rating
category issued by a successor or subsequent rating agency.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
"Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Redemption Date,
the Treasury Rate plus (i) 1.25% if such Redemption Date occurs on or before
________________, 1997 or (ii) 0.50% if such Redemption Date occurs after
________________, 1997.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of that board as the context requires.
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"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day
on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required
by law or executive order to remain closed or a day on which the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, or the principal office of the Property Trustee, under
the Declaration, is closed for business.
"Capital Securities" has the meaning specified in the Recitals to this
instrument.
"Closing Date" means May __, 1997.
"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 of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Securities" means the common securities issued by the Trust.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer or an Executive Vice President or a Senior Vice
President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means with respect to any Redemption Date
the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a
maturity comparable to the Remaining Life that would be utilized, at the time of
selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the Remaining
Life. If no United States treasury security has a maturity which is within a
period from three months before to three months after ___________, 2007, the two
most closely corresponding United States Treasury securities shall be used as
the Comparable Treasury Issue, and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or
extrapolated on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month using such
securities.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means (A) the average of five Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest
and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the Indenture
Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all such Quotations.
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"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee in
the City of New York, at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered and which at the date of this Indenture is
located at [ADDRESS].
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 403.
"Declaration" means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust
between the Company, as Sponsor and the Trustee, The Bank of New York
(Delaware), a Delaware corporation, William A. Longbrake, Douglas G. Wisdorf and
Marito Domingo as trustees, dated as of May __, 1997.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities issuable in whole or in
part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such
Securities.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time, and any successor legislation.
"Extension Period" has the meaning specified in Section 301.
"Federal Reserve" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
"Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities and is authenticated and delivered to, and registered in the name of,
the Depositary for such Securities or a nominee thereof.
"Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of May __, 1997,
made by the Company in favor of The Bank of New York as trustee thereunder for
the benefit of the Holders (as defined therein) of the Capital Securities and
the holder of the Common Securities.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, whether recourse is
to all or a portion of the assets of such Person and whether or not contingent,
(i) every obligation of such Person for money borrowed, (ii) every obligation
of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition
of property, assets or businesses, (iii) every reimbursement obligation of such
Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or similar
facilities issued
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for the account of such Person, (iv) every obligation of such Person issued or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (but excluding
trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business), (v) every capital lease obligation of such Person, (vi) every
obligation of such person for claims (as defined in Section 101(4) of the United
States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended) in respect of derivative products
such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts and
similar arrangements and (vii) every obligation of the type referred to in
clauses (i) through (vi) of another person and all dividends of another person
the payment of which, in either case, such person has guaranteed or is
responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor or otherwise; PROVIDED
that "Indebtedness" shall not include (i) any obligations which, by their terms,
are expressly stated to rank PARI PASSU in right of payment with, or to not be
superior in right of payment to, the Securities, (ii) any Indebtedness of the
Company which when incurred and without respect to any election under Section
1111(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, was without
recourse to the Company, (iii) any Indebtedness of the Company to any of its
subsidiaries, (iv) Indebtedness to any employee of the Company or (v) any
indebtedness in respect of debt securities issued to any trust, or a trustee of
such trust, partnership or other entity affiliated with the Company that is a
financing entity of the Company in connection with the issuance of such
financing entity of securities that are similar to the Capital Securities.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any installment of
interest on a Security, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed
date on which an installment of interest with respect to the Securities is due
and payable.
"Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an
Opinion of Counsel having a recognized securities practice to the effect that,
as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a change in
interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body,
court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"),
the Trust is or will be considered an "investment company" that is required to
be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, which Change
in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after the date of original issuance of
the Securities.
"Junior Subordinated Securities" has the meaning specified in the
Recitals to this instrument.
"Legal Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 402.
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"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity (which may be extended as
therein or herein provided) or by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed on behalf of the
Company by the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Offficer or
an Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company,
and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers'
Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive,
financial or accounting officer of the Company. Any Officers' Certificate
delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for
in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers' Certificate on
behalf of the Company has read the covenant or condition and the definitions
relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation undertaken by each officer on behalf of the Company in rendering
the Officers' Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company (and who may be an employee of the Company), and who
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. An opinion of counsel may rely
on certificates as to matters of fact.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except: (i) Securities cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation; (ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money
in the necessary amount has been deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent
(other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the
Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holder of
such Securities; PROVIDED that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of
such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision
therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and (iii) Securities which
have been paid pursuant to Section 306, or in exchange or for in lieu of which
other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have
been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are
held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company.
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"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Property Trustee" has the meaning set forth in the Declaration.
"Quotation Agent" means (i) Lehman Brothers, Inc. and their respective
successors; provided, however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a primary
U.S. Governmental securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury
Dealer"), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer;
and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Trustee after
consultation with the Company.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by
the Indenture Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Indenture Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m.
New York City time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date means the 15th day of the month prior to the relevant Interest Payment
Date.
"Regular Trustee" has the meaning set forth in the Declaration.
"Regulatory Capital Event" means that the Company shall have received
an opinion of independent bank regulatory counsel experienced in such matters to
the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to or change (including any
announced prospective change) in the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the
United States or any rules, guidelines or policies of the appropriate regulatory
authorities or (b) any official administrative
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pronouncement or judicial decision for interpreting or applying such laws or
regulations which amendment or change is effective or such pronouncement or
decision is announced on or after the date of original issuance of the Capital
Securities, the Capital Securities do not constitute, or within 90 days of the
date thereof, will not constitute Tier I capital or its then equivalent, applied
as if the Company were a bank holding company (as that concept is used in the
guidelines or regulations issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System as of the date of this Indenture); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
distribution of the Securities in connection with the liquidation of the Trust
by the Company shall not in and of itself constitute a Regulatory Capital Event
unless such liquidation shall have occurred in connection with a Tax Event or an
Investment Company Event.
"Remaining Life" has the meaning specified in Section 1201.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means
the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any
vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman
of the trust committee, the president, any Vice President, the secretary, any
assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer
or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect
to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
"Securities" has the meaning specified in the Recitals to this
instrument.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Event" means either an Investment Company Event, a Regulatory
Capital Event or a Tax Event.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as
the date on which the principal, together with any accrued and unpaid interest,
of such Security or such installment of interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding
voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one
or more other Subsidiaries or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries.
For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock which ordinarily
has voting power for the election of
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directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has
such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Trust of an Opinion of Counsel,
rendered by a law firm having a recognized tax practice, to the effect that, as
a result of any amendment to, change in or announced proposed change in the laws
(or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or as a result of any
official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or
applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is adopted or which
pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the date of issuance of the
Capital Securities under the Declaration, there is more than an insubstantial
risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such
opinion, subject to United States federal income tax with respect to income
received or accrued on the Securities, (ii) interest payable by the Company on
the Securities is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion, will not
be, deductible by the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal
income tax purposes, or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the
date of such opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes,
duties or other governmental charges.
"Treasury Rate" means (i) the yield, under the heading which
represents the average for the immediately prior week, appearing in the most
recently published statistical release designated "H.15(519)" or any successor
publication which is published weekly by the Federal Reserve and which
establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities", for the
maturity corresponding to the Remaining Life (if no maturity is within three
months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published
maturities most closely corresponding to the Remaining Life shall be determined
and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on
a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release
(or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the
calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to
the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for
such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third
business day preceding the Redemption Date.
"Trust" means Washington Mutual Capital I, a statutory business trust
declared and established pursuant to the Delaware Business Trust Act by the
Declaration.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean such successor Trustee.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date,
"Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
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"U.S. Government Obligations" has the meaning specified in Section
404.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title "vice president."
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of
an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirement set forth in
this Indenture.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
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SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee at the address specified in Section 105 and, where it is hereby
expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to
as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where
such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act, fix any day as the record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, or to vote on any action, authorized or
permitted to be given or taken by Holders. If not set by the Company prior to
the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such
action, or, in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, the record date
for any such action or vote shall be the 30th day (or, if later, the date of the
most recent list of Holders required to be provided pursuant to Section 701)
prior to such first solicitation or vote, as the case may be.
With regard to any record date, only the Holders on such date (or
their duly designated proxies) shall be entitled to give or take, or vote on,
the relevant action.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
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Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Security.
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and the Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or
with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust
Trustee Administration; or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it
at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the
Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders
is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice
in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to
receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with
the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity
of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 107. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a
provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a
part of and govern this Indenture, the provision of the Trust Indenture Act
shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or
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excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as to
modified or so be excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, the holders of Indebtedness, the holders of Capital Securities (to
the extent provided herein) and the Holders of Securities, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS
OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. THIS INDENTURE IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE
TRUST INDENTURE ACT THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THIS INDENTURE AND SHALL, TO
THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, BE GOVERNED BY SUCH PROVISIONS.
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of interest or
principal of the Securities need not be made on such date, but may be made on
the next succeeding Business Day (except that, if such Business Day is in the
next succeeding calendar year, such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Stated Maturity, as the case may be, shall be the immediately preceding Business
Day) with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, PROVIDED that no interest shall
accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
The Securities in definitive form shall be in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A.
If the Securities are distributed to the holders of Capital Securities
and Common Securities, the record holder (including any Depositary) of any
Capital Securities or Common Securities shall be issued Securities in
definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto, with the legends in substantially the form of the
legends existing on the security representing the Capital Securities or Common
Securities to be exchanged (with such changes thereto as the officers executing
such Securities determine to be necessary or appropriate, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities) and such other legends as may be applicable thereto
(including any legend required by Section 313 hereof), duly executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee or the authenticating agent as provided
herein, which Securities, if to be held in global form by any Depositary, may be
deposited on behalf of the holders of the Securities represented thereby with
the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of a
nominee of the Depositary.
Any Global Security shall represent such of the outstanding Securities
as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the
aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon
and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may
from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect transfers or exchanges
permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of
any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities represented
thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the
Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the holder of such
Securities in accordance with the Indenture. Payment of principal of and
interest and premium, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the holder
of such Global Security.
The Securities shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply
with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved
or produced by any combination of these or other methods, all as determined by
the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Title and Terms.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited to $309,000,000
except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer
of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 304,
305, 306, 906 or 1208.
The Securities' Stated Maturity shall be May __, 2027.
The Securities shall bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum,
from ________ __, 1997 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, payable
semi-annually (subject to deferral as set forth herein), in arrears, on
____________ ___ and _______________ __ of each year, commencing
[_______________ __, 1997], until the principal thereof is paid or made
available for payment. Interest will compound semi-annually and will accrue at
the rate of ____% per annum on any interest installment in arrears for more than
one semi-annual period or during an extension of an interest payment period as
set forth below in this Section 301. In the event that any date on which
interest is payable on the Securities is not a Business Day, then a payment of
the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which
is a Business Day except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding
calendar year, such payment of interest will be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of
any such delay).
The Company shall have the right, at any time during the term of the
Securities, from time to time, to defer payment of interest on such Security for
up to 10 consecutive semi-annual periods (an "Extension Period") PROVIDED that
no Extension Period may extend past the Maturity of the Security. There may be
multiple Extension Periods of varying lengths during the term of the Securities.
At the end of each Extension Period, if any, the Company shall pay all interest
then accrued and unpaid, together with interest thereon, compounded
semi-annually at the rate specified on this Security to the extent permitted by
applicable law. During any such Extension Period, the Company may not, and may
not permit any Subsidiary of the Company to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or
distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment
with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock or (ii) make any payment of
principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any
debt securities of the Company that rank PARI PASSU with or junior in interest
to the Securities or make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee
by the Company of the debt securities of any Subsidiary of the Company if such
guarantee ranks PARI PASSU or junior in interest to the Securities (other than
(a) dividends or distributions in common stock of the Company, (b) payments
under the Guarantee, (c) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the
implementation of a stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock under
any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights
pursuant
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thereto, and (d) purchases of common stock related to the issuance of common
stock or rights under any of the Company's benefit plans). Prior to the
termination of any such Extension Period, the Company may further extend the
interest payment period, PROVIDED that no Extension Period may exceed 10
consecutive semi-annual periods or extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the
Securities. Upon the termination of any such Extension Period and the payment
of all amounts then due on any Interest Payment Date, the Company may elect to
begin a new Extension Period subject to the above requirements. No interest
shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof.
The Company shall give the Property Trustee, the Regular Trustees and the
Trustee notice of its election of such Extension Period at least one Business
Day prior to the record date for the related interest payment.
The Trustee shall promptly give notice of the Company's election of
such Extension Period to the Holders of the Capital Securities.
The principal of and interest on the Securities shall be payable at
the office or agency of the Paying Agent in the United States maintained for
such purpose and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for
such purpose in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such office or agency, in the case of either the Paying
Agent or the Company, is not located in the state of Washington; and PROVIDED
FURTHER, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made (i)
by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately
available funds at such place and to such account as may be designated by the
Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.
The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to
Indebtedness as provided in Article Eleven.
The Securities shall be redeemable as provided in Article Twelve.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form, without
coupons, and only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer or one of its
Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents, attested by its Secretary
or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on
the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that
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such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at
the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to
the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities; and the Trustee in accordance
with such Company Order shall authenticate and make available for delivery such
Securities as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may
execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at any office
or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 1002, without charge to
the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Securities the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of
authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities.
SECTION 305. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency designated pursuant to Section 1002 being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The
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Trustee is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at an
office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 1002 for such
purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other
Securities of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Sections 304, 906 or 1208 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be
required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of
the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for
redemption under Section 1204 and ending at the close of business on the day of
such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of
any Security being redeemed in part.
The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any Global
Security, which does not involve the issuance of a definitive Security or the
transfer of interests to another Global Security, shall be effected through the
Depositary (but not the Trustee or the Custodian) in accordance with this
Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth herein) and the
procedures of the Depositary therefor. Neither the Trustee nor the Custodian
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(in such respective capacities) will have any responsibility for the transfer
and exchange of beneficial interests in such Global Security that does not
involve the issuance of a definitive Security or the transfer of interests to
another Global Security.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
in exchange therefor a new Security of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security
and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to
the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a
new Security of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in
whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
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Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
"Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the
relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following
manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such
money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which
shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of
the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee
of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each Holder at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so
mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and if so listed, upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. Subject to the
foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any
other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to
accrue which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall treat
the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment
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of principal of and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security and for
all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee,
be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company
may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be
promptly cancelled by the Trustee and returned to the Company. No Securities
shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as
provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All
cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a
Company Order.
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months. The amount of interest payable for any period
shorter than a full semi-annual period for which interest is computed will be
computed on the basis of actual number of days elapsed in such period, based on
a 30-day month.
SECTION 311. Right of Set-off.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, the Company
shall have the right to set-off any payment it is otherwise required to make
thereunder to the extent the Company has theretofore made, or is concurrently on
the date of such payment making, a related payment under the Guarantee.
SECTION 312. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices
of redemption as a convenience to Holders; PROVIDED that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected
by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
SECTION 313. Global Securities.
If the Securities are distributed to the holders of Capital
Securities, Securities distributed in respect of Capital Securities that are
held in global form by a Depositary will initially be issued as a Global
Security, unless such transfer cannot be effected through book-
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entry settlement. If the Company shall establish that the Securities are to be
issued in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 303 and the Company
Order, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities that (i) shall
represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of all of the Securities to be issued in the form of Global Securities
and not yet cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary
for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, and
(iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such
Depositary's instructions. Global Securities shall bear a legend substantially
to the following effect:
"This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the
Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary
or a nominee of a Depositary. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 305,
unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in
definitive registered form, a Global Security representing all or a part of the
Securities may not be transferred in the manner provided in Section 305 except
as a whole by the Depositary 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 or a nominee of
such successor Depositary. Every Security delivered upon registration or
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, this Global Security shall be a
Global Security subject to the foregoing, except in the limited circumstances
described above. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"),
to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment,
and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such
other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any
payment is to be made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by
an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the
registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein."
Definitive Securities issued in exchange for all or a part of a Global
Security pursuant to this Section 313 shall be registered in such names and in
such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from
its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee.
Upon execution and authentication, the Trustee shall deliver such definitive
Securities to the persons in whose names such definitive Securities are so
registered.
At such time as all interests in Global Securities have been redeemed,
repurchased or canceled, such Global Securities shall be, upon receipt thereof,
canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions
existing between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such
cancellation, if any interest in Global Securities is exchanged for definitive
Securities, redeemed, canceled or transferred to a transferee who receives
definitive Securities therefor or any definitive Security is exchanged or
transferred for part of Global Securities, the principal amount of such Global
Securities shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions
existing between the Depositary
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and the Custodian, be reduced or increased, as the case may be, and an
endorsement shall be made on such Global Securities by the Trustee or the
Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction or
increase.
The Company and the Trustee may for all purposes, including the making
of payments due on the Securities, deal with the Depositary as the authorized
representative of the Holders for the purposes of exercising the rights of
Holders hereunder. The rights of the owner of any beneficial interest in a
Global Security shall be limited to those established by law and agreements
between such owners and depository participants; PROVIDED, that no such
agreement shall give any rights to any person against the Company or the Trustee
without the written consent of the parties so affected. Multiple requests and
directions from and votes of the Depositary as holder of Securities in global
form with respect to any particular matter shall not be deemed inconsistent to
the extent they do not represent an amount of Securities in excess of those held
in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
If at any time the Depositary for any Securities represented by one or
more Global Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Securities or if at any time the Depositary for
such Securities shall no longer be eligible under this Section 313, the Company
shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Securities. If a
successor Depositary for such Securities is not appointed by the Company within
90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such
ineligibility, the Company's election that such Securities be represented by one
or more Global Securities shall no longer be effective and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication
and delivery of definitive Securities, will authenticate and deliver Securities
in definitive registered form, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or
Securities representing such Securities in exchange for such Global Security or
Securities.
The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that
the Securities issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no
longer be represented by a Global Security or Securities. In such event the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order or an
Officers' Certificate for the authentication and delivery of definitive
Securities, shall authenticate and deliver, Securities in definitive registered
form, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such
Securities, in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture (other than the
provisions set forth in Section 314(a)), Global Securities may not be
transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary
or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the
Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or
a nominee of such successor Depositary.
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Interests of beneficial owners in Global Security may be transferred
or exchanged for definitive Securities and definitive Securities may be
transferred or exchanged for Global Securities in accordance with rules of the
Depositary and the provisions of Section 315.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein
expressly provided for), and the Trustee, on written demand of and at the
expense of the Company, shall execute instruments supplied by the Company
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (1) either (A)
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in
trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from
such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or (B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, or (ii) will become
due and payable at their Maturity within one year, or (iii) if redeemable at the
option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption
by the Trustee in the name, and of the expense, of the Company and the Company,
in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee as funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay
and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the
date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable) or to the Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; (2) the
Company has paid or ceased to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company; and (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under
Section 607 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee
under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. Legal Defeasance.
In addition to discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section 401, in
the case of any Securities with respect to which the exact amount described in
subparagraph (a) of Section 404 can be determined at the time of making the
deposit referred to in such subparagraph (a),
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the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness
on all the Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 404 are satisfied, and the provisions of this
Indenture with respect to the Securities shall no longer be in effect (except as
to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange of Securities, (ii)
substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, (iii)
rights of Holders of Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described
in subparagraph (a) of Section 404, payments of principal thereof and interest,
if any, thereon upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon
acceleration), (iv) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder, (v) this Section 402 and (vi) the rights of the Holders of
Securities as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited
with the Trustee payable to all or any of them) (hereinafter called "Legal
Defeasance"), and the Trustee, at the cost and expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging the same.
SECTION 403. Covenant Defeasance.
In the case of any Securities with respect to which the exact amount
described in subparagraph (a) of Section 404 can be determined at the time of
making the deposit referred to in such subparagraph (a), (i) the Company shall
be released from its obligations under any covenants specified in or pursuant to
this Indenture (except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange
of Securities, (ii) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or
stolen Securities, (iii) rights of Holders of Securities to receive, from the
Company pursuant to Section 1001, payments of principal thereof and interest, if
any, thereon upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon
acceleration), (iv) the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and (v) the rights of the Holders of Securities as
beneficiaries hereof with respect to the property so deposited with the Trustee
payable to all or any of them), and (ii) the occurrence of any event specified
in Section 501(3) (with respect to any of the covenants specified in or pursuant
to this Indenture) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default,
in each case with respect to the Outstanding Securities as provided in this
Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 404 are
satisfied (hereinafter called "Covenant Defeasance"), and the Trustee, at the
cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
the same. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the Company may
omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant (to the extent so
specified in the case of Section 501(3)), whether directly or indirectly by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of
any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other
document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities shall be
unaffected thereby.
SECTION 404. Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section
402 or 403 to the Outstanding Securities:
(a) with reference to Section 402 or 403, the Company has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee as funds in
trust, specifically
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pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of
Securities (i) cash in an amount, (ii) 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, if any, at such times and in such amounts
as will ensure the availability of cash, (iii) obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the
United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally
guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America, or (iv) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge the
principal of and interest, if any, on all Securities on each date that such
principal or interest, if any, is due and payable;
(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance under Section 402, the Company has
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel based on the fact that (x) the
Company 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 United States 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 will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes
as a result of such deposit and Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal
income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such deposit and Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance under Section 403, the Company
has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, and such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities will not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit
and Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amount in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such deposit and Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(d) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; and
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent contemplated by this provision have been complied with.
SECTION 405. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 401 shall be held in trust and such money and all money from such U.S.
Government Obligations shall be applied by it, in accordance with the provisions
of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through
any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the
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principal and interest for whose payment such money and U.S. Government
Obligations has been deposited with the Trustee.
SECTION 406. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 404 or the principal or interest received in
respect of such obligations other than any such tax, fee or other charge that by
law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default" wherever used herein, means any one of the
following events that has occurred and is continuing (whatever the reason for
such Event of Default and whether it shall be occasioned by the provisions of
Article Eleven or be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law
or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) failure for 30 days to pay any interest on the Securities when
due (subject to the deferral of any due date in the case of an Extension
Period); or
(2) failure to pay any principal on the Securities when due, whether
at Maturity, upon redemption, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise;
(3) failure to observe or perform in any material respect any other
covenant herein that continues 90 days after written notice to the Company from
the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities; or
(4) entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the
Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect
of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, at appointing a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company or of substantially all of the property of the
Company, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or
order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
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(5) (A) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or (B) the consent by the Company or to the
entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of itself in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or
insolvency case or proceeding against the Company, or (C) the filing by the
Company of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief
under any applicable Federal or State law, or (D) the consent by the Company to
the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company or of all or substantially all of the property
of the Company, or (E) the making by the Company of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then and in every
such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities shall have the right to declare the principal of and
the interest on all the Securities and any other amounts payable hereunder to be
due and payable immediately, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if upon an Event of
Default, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Securities fail to declare the payment of all amounts
on the Securities to be immediately due and payable, the holders of at least 25%
in aggregate liquidation preference of Capital Securities then outstanding shall
have such right, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if
given by Holders or the holders of Capital Securities) and upon any such
declaration such principal and all accrued interest shall become immediately due
and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made and
before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by
the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article, the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the
Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if (1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay (A) all overdue interest on all Securities, (B) the principal
of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities which have become due otherwise than
by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne by
the Securities, (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate borne by the Securities, and (D) all
sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal of
Securities which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration,
have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513. No such rescission shall
affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security
when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of any Security
at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and interest, and, to the extent that payment thereof
shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and on any
overdue interest, at the rate borne by the Securities, and, in addition thereto,
such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in
its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee may File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other similar judicial
proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities),
its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions
authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders
and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee
shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian,
receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such
payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the
making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any
amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 607. No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to
authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of
any Holder any plan of reorganizations, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
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SECTION 505. Trustee may Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trust without the possession of any of the
Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any
such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as
trustee of any express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Subject to Article Eleven, any money collected by the Trustee pursuant
to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates
fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account
of principal, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of
the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid;
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
607; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the
benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable as such
Securities for principal and interest, respectively.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security shall have any right to institute any
proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
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(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities; it being understood and intended
that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by
virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain
priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all the Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest;
Capital Security Holders' Rights.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and (subject to Section 307) interest on
such Security on the Stated Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case
of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent
of such Holder.
If an Event of Default constituting the failure to pay interest or
principal on the Securities on the date such interest or principal is otherwise
payable has occurred and is continuing, then a holder of Capital Securities may
directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such holder
directly of the principal of or interest on the Securities having a principal
amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities as
such holder on or after the respective due date specified in the Securities.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
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SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph
of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law
to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising
any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture; and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Sections 902 and 1008 hereof, the Holders of not less than
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may on behalf of
the Holders of all the Securities waive any past default hereunder and its
consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security
(unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest and principal due otherwise than by acceleration has
been deposited with the Trustee); or
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(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such waiver or modification to such waiver shall not be
effective until the holders of a majority in liquidation preference of Capital
Securities shall have consented to such waiver or modification to such waiver;
PROVIDED FURTHER, that if the consent of the Holder of each of the Outstanding
Securities is required, such waiver shall not be effective until each holder of
the Capital Securities shall have consented to such waiver.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, effective as
of the date specified in such waiver (and effective retroactively to the date of
default, if so specified) and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.
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, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and any assess costs against
any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; PROVIDED, that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act
shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make
such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or the Trustee or in
any suit for the enforcement of the right to receive the principal of and
interest on any Security.
SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE SIX
TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder,
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.
The Trustee shall give the Holders notice of any default hereunder as
and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or interest
on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if
and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust
committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith
determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders
of Securities; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that in the case of any default of the
character specified in Section 501(3), no such notice to Holders shall be given
until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this
Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default. For purposes of this
Section, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a default unless
the Trustee has actual knowledge of such default or has received written notice
of such default in the manner contemplated by Section 105.
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution
of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
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(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice and the
written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture,
note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to
make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder.
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities, the Trustee shall not be accountable for the use
or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
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SECTION 605. Trustee and Other Agents may Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar, or any other
agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledge of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may
otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar, or such other agent. Money held
by the Trustee in trust hereunder shall not be invested by the Trustee pending
distribution thereof to the holders of the Securities.
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
SECTION 607. Compensation; Reimbursement; and Indemnity.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such reasonable
compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from tine to time agree in
writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not
be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of
an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this
Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for,
and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or
expense, including taxes (other than taxes based on the income, revenues or
gross receipts of the Trustee) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
this trust or the trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of
defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the
Trustee, to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and
advances and to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee shall constitute
additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture. As security for the performance of such
obligations of the Company, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the
Securities upon
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all property and lands held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds
held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premiums, if any, on) or
interest on particular Securities.
SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a
Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture and to act as such and
has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and has its Corporate
Trust Office in New York, New York. If such Person publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 611.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of
such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the
giving of such notice of removal, the removed Trustee may petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
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(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any
such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board
Resolution may remove the Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the
Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. If,
within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
delivered to the Company and the Retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the
successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the
Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all
Holders in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the
name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
Every successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further
act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee; PROVIDED that, on request of the Company or
the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder. Upon request of any such successor Trustee,
the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts.
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No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or becomes a creditor of the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against
the Company (or any such other obligor).
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a)
semiannually, not later than June 30 and December 31 in each year, a list, in
such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of
the Holders to the extent the Company has knowledge thereof as of a date not
more than 15 days prior to the delivery thereof, and (b) at such other times as
the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the
Company of any such, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more
than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, excluding from any such
list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar.
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to
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the Trustee as provided in Section 701, and the names and addresses of Holders
received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may
destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a
new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the
corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be provided by the Trust
Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee
nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any
disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which the
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and
transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the
times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; PROVIDED that any such
information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to
be filed with the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, unless:
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(1) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
is merged or the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which
leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety
shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America or any State or the District of
Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the
due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
(including any additional interest) on all the Securities and the performance of
every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or
observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;
(3) for so long as Securities registered on the Securities Register
in the name of the Trust (or the Property Trustee) are outstanding, such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease is permitted under the
Declaration and the Guarantee and does not give rise to any breach or violation
of the Declaration or the Guarantee;
(4) any such lease shall provide that it will remain in effect so
long as any Securities are Outstanding; and
(5) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and any such supplemental indenture complies with
this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such transaction have been complied with; and the Trustee, subject to Section
601, may rely upon such Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that such transaction complies with this Section 801.
SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other
Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the Company of its properties
and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section
801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person
had been named as the Company herein; and in the event of any
such conveyance, transfer or lease the Company shall be discharged from all
obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the Securities and may be
dissolved and liquidated.
Such successor Person may cause to be signed, and may issue either in
its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities
issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person
instead of the Company and subject to all the terms,
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conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall
authenticate and shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have been
signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for
authentication pursuant to such provisions and any Securities which such
successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the
Trustee on its behalf for the purpose pursuant to such provisions. All the
Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit
under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had
been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and
in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
or
(3) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture,
provided that such action pursuant to this clause (3) shall not adversely affect
the interests of the Holders of the Securities or, so long as any of the Capital
Securities shall remain outstanding, the holders of the Capital Securities; or
(4) to comply with the requirement of the Commission in order to
effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by Act of said Holders delivered
to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of
modifying
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in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) except to the extent permitted and subject to the conditions set
forth in Section 301 with respect to the extension of the Stated Maturity of the
Securities, change the Stated Maturity of, the principal of, or any installment
of interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate
of interest thereon, or change the place of payment where, or the coin or
currency in which, any Security or interest thereon is payable, or impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the
Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date), or modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the
subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders,
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental
indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of
compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults
hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1008, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain
other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; PROVIDED,
that, so long as any of the Capital Securities remains outstanding, no such
amendment shall be made that adversely affects the holders of the Capital
Securities, and no termination of this Indenture shall occur, and no waiver of
any Event of Default or compliance with any covenant under this Indenture shall
be effective, without the prior consent of the holders of at least a majority of
the aggregate liquidation preference of the outstanding Capital Securities
unless and until the principal of and any premium on the Securities and all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon have been paid in full.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trust created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
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SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the
Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Securities.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal and Interest.
The Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest
on the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this
Indenture.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in The City of New York an office or agency
where Securities may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange, where Securities may be surrendered for conversion and where notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this
Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and any change in location, of such office or agency.
If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or
agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the
Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
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The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies in the United States where the Securities may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in the United States for such purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any
change in the location of any such other office or agency.
SECTION 1003. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it will,
on, or at the option of the Company, or before each due date of the principal of
or interest on any of the Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal or
interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of
its action or failure so to act. In such case the Company shall not invest the
amount so segregated and held in trust pending the distribution thereof.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, on
or prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities,
deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be
held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is
the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such deposit on a due date shall
be initiated prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) in same-day funds.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that
such Paying Agent will (i) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (ii) during the continuance of any
default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making
of any payment in respect of the Securities, upon the written request of the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying
Agent as such.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
the trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the
Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the
Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal or interest has become
due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then
held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured
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general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money,
and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 1004. Statements by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers'
Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof
the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the
material terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to
any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the
Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and
status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
SECTION 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence,
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the
Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders and, while
any Capital Securities are outstanding, the holders of the Capital Securities.
SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will cause all properties used 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 Company may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any such properties if such discontinuance is, in
the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
SECTION 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (2)
all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by
law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary that
comprise more than 10% of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
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taken as a whole; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company 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.
SECTION 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities, the Company may, with respect to the Securities, omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in
any covenant provided pursuant to Section 901(2) for the benefit of the Holders
if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall, by Act of such Holders,
either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with
such term, provision or condition, but no waiver shall extend to or affect such
term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and,
until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the
duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 1009. Payment of the Trust's Costs and Expenses.
Since the Trust is being formed solely to facilitate an investment in
the Securities, the Company, as borrower, hereby covenants to pay all debts and
obligations (other than with respect to the Capital Securities and Common
Securities) and all costs and expenses of the Trust (including, but not limited
to, all costs and expenses relating to the organization of the Trust, the fees
and expenses of the Trustees and all costs and expenses relating to the
operation of the Trust) and to pay any and all taxes, duties, assessments or
governmental charges of whatever nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed
on the Trust by the United States, or any other taxing authority, so that the
net amounts received and retained by the Trust and the Property Trustee after
paying such expenses will be equal to the amounts the Trust and the Property
Trustee would have received had no such costs or expenses been incurred by or
imposed on the Trust. The foregoing obligations of the Company are for the
benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, any person to whom any such debts,
obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (each, 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
irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that any such Creditor take
any action against the Trust or any other person before proceeding against the
Company. The Company shall execute such additional agreements as may be
necessary or desirable to give full effect to the foregoing.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 1101. Securities Subordinate to Indebtedness.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by
his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and
in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article (subject to Article Four),
the payment of the principal of and interest on each and all of the Securities
are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the
prior payment in full in cash of all Indebtedness.
This Article Eleven shall constitute a continuing offer to all persons
who become holders of, or continue to hold, Indebtedness, and such provisions
are made for the benefit of the holders of Indebtedness and such holders are
made obligees hereunder and any one or more of them may enforce such provisions.
Holders of Indebtedness need not prove reliance on the subordination provisions
hereof.
SECTION 1102. Default on Indebtedness.
In the event and during the continuation of any default in the payment
of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any Indebtedness, or
in the event that any event of default with respect to any Indebtedness shall
have occurred and be continuing and shall have resulted in such Indebtedness
becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would
otherwise have become due and payable (unless and until such event of default
shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist and such
acceleration shall have been rescinded or annulled) or in the event any judicial
proceeding shall be pending with respect to any such default in payment or such
event of default, then no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to
the principal (including redemption payments) of, or interest on, the
Securities.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be
received by the Trustee or any Holder when such payment is prohibited by the
preceding paragraph of this Section 1102, such payment shall be held in trust
for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of
Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees
under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Indebtedness may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to the extent that
the holders of the Indebtedness (or their representative or representatives or a
trustee) notify the Trustee within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then
due and owing on the Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice
to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders of Indebtedness.
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SECTION 1103. Prior Payment of Indebtedness Upon Acceleration of Securities.
In the event that the Securities are declared due and payable before
their Stated Maturity, then and in such event the holders of the Indebtedness
outstanding at the time such Securities so become due and payable shall be
entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts then due on or in respect of
such Indebtedness (including any amounts due upon acceleration), or provision
shall be made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a
manner satisfactory to the holders of Indebtedness, before the Holders of the
Securities are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or
character, whether in cash, properties or securities, by the Company on account
of the principal of or interest on the Securities or on account of the purchase
or other acquisition of Securities by the Company or any Subsidiary; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that holders of Indebtedness shall not be entitled to receive payment
of any such amounts to the extent that such holders would be required by the
subordination provisions of such Indebtedness to pay such amounts over to the
obligees on trade accounts payable or other liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of the Company's business.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be
received by the Trustee or any Holder when such payment is prohibited by the
preceding paragraph of this Section 1103, such payment shall be held in trust
for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of
Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees
under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Indebtedness may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to the extent that
the holders of the Indebtedness (or their representative or representatives or a
trustee) notify the Trustee within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then
due and owing on the Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice
to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders of Indebtedness.
SECTION 1104. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
Upon any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to
creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of
the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other proceedings, all principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest due or to become due upon all Indebtedness (including interest after
the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other
proceedings at the rate specified in the applicable Indebtedness, whether or not
such interest is an allowable claim in any such proceeding) shall first be paid
in full, or payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with its terms,
before any payment is made on account of the principal or interest on the
Securities; and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or
reorganization any payment by the Company, or distribution of substantially all
of the assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property
or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be
entitled, except for the provisions of this Article Eleven, shall be paid by the
Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders of the
Securities or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or
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it, directly to the holders of Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the
basis of the respective amounts of Indebtedness held by such holders, as
calculated by the Company) or their representative or representatives, or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments
evidencing any Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests
may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Indebtedness in full (including
interest after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other proceedings at the rate specified in the applicable Indebtedness, whether
or not such interest is in an allowable claim in any such proceeding) or to
provide for such payment in money in accordance with its terms, after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of
Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the Holders of
Securities or to the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such holders of
Indebtedness shall not be entitled to receive payment of any such amounts to the
extent that such holders would be required by the subordination provisions of
such Indebtedness to pay such amounts over to the obligees on trade accounts
payable or other liabilities arising in the ordinary course of the Company's
business.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the
Trustee or the Holders of the Securities before all Indebtedness is paid in full
(including interest after commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other proceedings at the rate specified in the applicable
Indebtedness, whether or not such interest is an allowable claim in any such
proceeding), or provision is made for such payment in money in accordance with
its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit
of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of Indebtedness or their
representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Indebtedness may have
been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the
Company, for application to the payment of all Indebtedness remaining unpaid to
the extent necessary to pay all Indebtedness in full in money in accordance with
its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or
for the holders of such Indebtedness.
Any holder of Indebtedness may file any proof of claim or similar
instrument on behalf of the Trustee and the Holders if such instrument has not
been filed by the date which is 30 days prior to the date specified for filing
thereof.
For purposes of this Article Eleven, the words "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation
provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which
is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article Eleven with
respect to the Securities to the payment of all Indebtedness that may at the
time be outstanding, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) the Indebtedness is assumed by
the new corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or
readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of the Indebtedness are not,
without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or
readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company
following
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the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as
an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for
in Article Eight hereof shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 1104 if such
other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or
transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article Eight hereof. Nothing in
Section 1102 or in this Section 1104 shall apply to claims of, or payments to,
the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 607.
SECTION 1105. Subrogation.
Subject to the payment in full of all Indebtedness, the rights of the
Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of
Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or
securities of the Company applicable to the Indebtedness until the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full; and,
for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the
holders of the Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the
Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the
provisions of this Article Eleven, shall, as between the Company, its creditors
other than holders of Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed
to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Indebtedness. It is
understood that the provisions of this Article Eleven are and are intended
solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the
Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Indebtedness on the other
hand.
Nothing contained in this Article Eleven or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the
Company, its creditors other than the holders of Indebtedness, and the Holders
of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall
become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or
shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors
of the Company other than the holders of the Indebtedness, nor shall anything
herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under
this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Eleven of the
holders of Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the
Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to
in this Article Eleven, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601,
and the Holders of the Securities, shall be entitled to rely upon any order or
decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a
certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent
or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or
to the Holders of the Securities, for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons
entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Indebtedness
and other indebtedness of the Company, the
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amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed
thereon and all other or to this Article Eleven.
SECTION 1106. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder of a Security by acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the Trustee on such Holder's behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article Eleven and
appoints the Trustee such Holder's attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
SECTION 1107. Notice by the Company.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making
of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities
pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Article Eleven or any other provision of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts that
would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in
respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article Eleven,
unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee from the
Company or a holder or holders of Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and
before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Section 601, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no
such facts exist; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Trustee shall not have received
the notice provided for in this Section 1107 at least two Business Days prior to
the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any
purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Security), then, anything herein contained
to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority
to receive such money and to apply the same to the purposes for which they were
received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary that may be
received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, shall be
entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person
representing himself to be a holder of Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of
such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of
Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. 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 Indebtedness to participate in
any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Eleven, the Trustee may
request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Trustee as to the amount of Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to
which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and
any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article
Eleven, and if such evidence is not furnished the Trustee may defer any payment
to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to
receive such payment.
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SECTION 1108. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Indebtedness.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article Eleven in respect of any Indebtedness at any
time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Indebtedness, and
nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such
holder.
With respect to the holders of Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to
perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Article Eleven, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Indebtedness shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any
fiduciary duty to the holders of Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of
Section 601, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Indebtedness if it
shall pay over or deliver to holders of Securities, the Company or any other
Person money or assets to which any holder of Indebtedness shall be entitled by
virtue of this Article Eleven or otherwise.
SECTION 1109. Subordination may not be Impaired.
No right of any present or future holder of any Indebtedness to
enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company
or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any
noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this
Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or
otherwise be charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph,
the holders of Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to time, without the
consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, without
incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities and without impairing
or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the obligations
hereunder of the Holders of the Securities to the holders of Indebtedness, do
any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of
payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Indebtedness or
otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Indebtedness or any instrument
evidencing the same or any agreement under which Indebtedness is outstanding;
(ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged,
mortgaged or otherwise securing Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in
any manner for the collection of Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from
exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person.
ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 1201. Optional Redemption; Conditions to Optional Redemption.
At any time on or after ________ __, 2007, the Company shall have the
right, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 1201 and to the receipt of
any necessary prior regulatory approval, to redeem the Securities, in whole or
in part, from time to time, at the Redemption Prices (expressed as a percentage
of the principal amount of such Securities) set forth below, plus any accrued
but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month
period beginning on the ________ __ of the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
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2007 %
2008 %
2009 %
2010 %
2011 %
2012 %
2013 %
2014 %
2015 %
2016 %
On or after ________ __, 2017, the Redemption Price will be 100%, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.
Prior to ________ __, 2007, if a Special Event shall occur and be
continuing, the Company shall have the right, subject to the last paragraph of
this Section 1201 and to the receipt of any necessary prior regulatory approval,
to redeem, upon not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days notice, the
Securities in whole, but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater
of (i) 100% of the principal amount of Securities then outstanding and (ii) as
determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the principal
amount and premium payable with respect to an optional redemption on such
Securities on ________ __, 2007, together with scheduled payments of interest
from the Redemption Date to ________ __, 2007 (the "Remaining Life") discounted
to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in each case,
accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date.
For so long as the Trust is the Holder of all Securities Outstanding,
the proceeds of any redemption described in this Section 1201 shall be used by
the Trust to redeem Common Securities and Capital Securities in accordance with
their terms. The Company shall not redeem the Securities in part unless all
accrued and unpaid interest has been paid in full on all Securities outstanding
for all semi-annual interest periods terminating on or prior to the Redemption
Date.
SECTION 1202. Applicability of Article.
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Redemption of Securities at the election of the Company, as permitted
by Section 1201, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this
Article.
SECTION 1203. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem Securities pursuant to Section
1201 shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the
election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 30 days and no more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company, notify the Trustee of
such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed
and provide a copy of the notice of redemption given to Holders of Securities to
be redeemed pursuant to Section 1205.
SECTION 1204. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed (unless such
redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be
redeemed shall be selected by lot (or such other method of selection as the
Trustee may customarily employ) not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities not previously called for
redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with
respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than
the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 1205. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in
the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed
(including CUSIP number) and shall state:
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(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and that interest thereon
will cease to accrue on and after said date, and
(4) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered
for payment of the Redemption Price.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1206. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of
money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption
Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities
which are to be redeemed on that date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such deposit
on a Redemption Date shall be initiated prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York time) in
same-day funds.
SECTION 1207. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the
Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as
such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their
terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest
from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security.
SECTION 1208. Securities Redeemed in Part.
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Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at a place of payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder therefor or his
attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without
service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By:
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Name:
Title:
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WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
TO
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
a New York banking corporation, Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of May ___, 1997
___% Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2027
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION............ 1
SECTION 101. Definitions................................................... 1
Act..................................................................... 2
Adjusted Treasury Rate.................................................. 2
Affiliate............................................................... 2
Authenticating Agent.................................................... 2
Board of Directors...................................................... 2
Board Resolution........................................................ 3
Business Day............................................................ 3
Capital Securities...................................................... 3
Closing Date............................................................ 3
Commission.............................................................. 3
Common Securities....................................................... 3
Company................................................................. 3
Company Request......................................................... 3
Company Order........................................................... 3
Corporate Trust Office.................................................. 4
Covenant Defeasance..................................................... 4
Declaration............................................................. 4
Defaulted Interest...................................................... 4
Depositary.............................................................. 4
Event of Default........................................................ 4
Exchange Act............................................................ 4
Extension Period........................................................ 4
Federal Reserve......................................................... 4
Global Security......................................................... 4
Guarantee............................................................... 4
Holder.................................................................. 4
Indebtedness............................................................ 5
Indenture............................................................... 5
Interest Payment Date................................................... 5
Investment Company Event................................................ 5
Junior Subordinated Securities.......................................... 6
Legal Defeasance........................................................ 6
Maturity................................................................ 6
Officers' Certificate................................................... 6
Opinion of Counsel...................................................... 6
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Outstanding............................................................. 6
Paying Agent............................................................ 7
Person.................................................................. 7
Predecessor Security.................................................... 7
Property Trustee........................................................ 7
Quotation Agent......................................................... 7
Redemption Date......................................................... 7
Redemption Price........................................................ 7
Regular Record Date..................................................... 8
Regular Trustee......................................................... 8
Regulatory Capital Event................................................ 8
Remaining Life.......................................................... 8
Responsible Officer..................................................... 8
Securities.............................................................. 8
Securities Act.......................................................... 8
Security Register....................................................... 8
Security Registrar...................................................... 8
Special Event........................................................... 8
Special Record Date..................................................... 8
Stated Maturity......................................................... 9
Subsidiary.............................................................. 9
Tax Event............................................................... 9
Treasury Rate........................................................... 9
Trust................................................................... 9
Trustee................................................................. 10
Trust Indenture Act..................................................... 10
U.S. Government Obligations............................................. 10
Vice President.......................................................... 10
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.......................... 10
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee........................ 10
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates................................. 11
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and the Company...................... 12
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver..................................... 12
SECTION 107. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act............................. 12
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents...................... 13
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SECTION 109. Separability Clause........................................... 13
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture......................................... 13
SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW................................................. 13
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays................................................ 13
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS............................................ 14
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES............................................ 15
SECTION 301. Title and Terms............................................... 15
SECTION 302. Denominations................................................. 16
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating................ 17
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.......................................... 17
SECTION 305. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange........... 18
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.............. 19
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved................ 20
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners......................................... 21
SECTION 309. Cancellation.................................................. 21
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest....................................... 21
SECTION 311. Right of Set-off.............................................. 21
SECTION 312. CUSIP Numbers................................................. 22
SECTION 313. Global Securities............................................. 22
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE........................... 24
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture........................ 24
SECTION 402. Legal Defeasance............................................... 25
SECTION 403. Covenant Defeasance............................................ 25
SECTION 404. Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.......... 26
SECTION 405. Application of Trust Money..................................... 27
SECTION 406. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations...................... 27
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES................................................. 27
SECTION 501. Events of Default.............................................. 27
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment............. 28
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
29
SECTION 504. Trustee may File Proofs of Claim............................... 30
SECTION 505. Trustee may Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.... 30
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected................................. 30
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits............................................ 31
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest;
Capital Security Holders' Rights.............................. 31
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................. 32
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................. 32
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SECTION 511. Delay or Omission not Waiver................................... 32
SECTION 512. Control by Holders............................................. 32
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults........................................ 33
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.......................................... 33
SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws............................... 34
ARTICLE SIX
TRUSTEE.................................................. 34
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities............................ 34
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults............................................. 34
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee...................................... 35
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities......... 36
SECTION 605. Trustee and Other Agents may Hold Securities................... 36
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust............................................ 36
SECTION 607. Compensation; Reimbursement; and Indemnity..................... 36
SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests........................ 37
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility........................ 37
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.............. 37
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor......................... 39
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.... 39
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.............. 39
ARTICLE SEVEN
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HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.................. 40
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders...... 40
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders......... 40
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee............................................. 40
SECTION 704. Reports by Company............................................. 40
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE................ 41
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms........... 41
SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted................................... 42
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES...................................... 42
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders............. 42
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders................ 43
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures........................... 44
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.............................. 44
SECTION 905. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act............................ 44
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures............. 44
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS................................................ 45
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal and Interest............................. 45
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency............................... 45
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SECTION 1003. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust............... 45
SECTION 1004. Statements by Officers as to Default.......................... 46
SECTION 1005. Existence..................................................... 46
SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties..................................... 47
SECTION 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims............................. 47
SECTION 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants................................... 47
SECTION 1009. Payment of the Trust's Costs and Expenses..................... 47
ARTICLE ELEVEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES................................... 48
SECTION 1101. Securities Subordinate to Indebtedness........................ 48
SECTION 1102. Default on Indebtedness....................................... 48
SECTION 1103. Prior Payment of Indebtedness Upon Acceleration of Securities. 49
SECTION 1104. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.......................... 49
SECTION 1105. Subrogation................................................... 51
SECTION 1106. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination........................... 52
SECTION 1107. Notice by the Company......................................... 52
SECTION 1108. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Indebtedness................ 53
SECTION 1109. Subordination may not be Impaired............................. 53
ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES..................................... 54
SECTION 1201. Optional Redemption; Conditions to Optional Redemption........ 54
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SECTION 1202. Applicability of Article...................................... 55
SECTION 1203. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee......................... 55
SECTION 1204. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed............. 55
SECTION 1205. Notice of Redemption.......................................... 56
SECTION 1206. Deposit of Redemption Price................................... 56
SECTION 1207. Securities Payable on Redemption Date......................... 57
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Sections 310 through 318 of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
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Section 310(a)(1) ..........................................................609
(a)(2) .................................................................609
(a)(3) ......................................................Not Applicable
(a)(4) ......................................................Not Applicable
(b) ...............................................................608, 610
Section 311(a) .............................................................613
(b) ....................................................................613
Section 312(a) .............................................................701
(b) .................................................................702(b)
(c) .................................................................702(c)
Section 313(a) ..........................................................703(a)
(a)(4) ...........................................................101, 1004
(b) .................................................................703(a)
(c) .................................................................703(a)
(d) .................................................................703(b)
Section 314(a) .............................................................704
(b) .........................................................Not Applicable
(c)(1) .................................................................102
(c)(2) .................................................................102
(c)(3) ......................................................Not Applicable
(d) .........................................................Not Applicable
(e) ....................................................................102
Section 315(a) .............................................................601
(b) ....................................................................602
(c) ....................................................................601
(d) ....................................................................601
(e) ....................................................................514
Section 316(a) .............................................................101
(a)(1)(A) ..............................................................502
(a)(1)(B) ..............................................................513
(a)(2) ......................................................Not Applicable
(b) ....................................................................508
(c) .................................................................104(c)
Section 317(a)(1) ..........................................................503
(a)(2) .................................................................504
(b) ...................................................................1003
Section 318(a) .............................................................107
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EXHIBIT A
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
Junior Subordinated Debenture due 2027
$________
No.________
CUSIP No. ________
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Washington (herein called the "Company", which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ________________, or
registered assigns, the principal sum of ________ DOLLARS ($__________) on
________ __, 2027, and to pay interest on said principal sum from ________ __,
1996 or from the most recent interest payment date (each such date, an "Interest
Payment Date") to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semi-annually (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on June 1 and
December 1 of each year, commencing _______ __, 1997, at the rate of ____% per
annum until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and on any
overdue principal and (without duplication and to the extent that payment of
such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of
interest at the same rate per annum. The amount of interest payable for any
period will be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year.
The amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full semi-annual
period for which interest is computed, will be computed on the basis of actual
number of days elapsed in such 180-day period based on a 30-day month. In the
event that any date on which interest is payable on this Security is not a
Business Day, then a payment of the interest payable on such date will be made
on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day except that, if such Business
Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment of interest will be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day (and without any interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay), with the same force and effect as
if made on the date the payment was originally payable. A "Business Day" shall
mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York are authorized or required by law or
executive order to remain closed or a day on which the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee, or the principal office of the Property Trustee under the
Declaration, is closed for business. The interest installment so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name the Securities
(or one or more Predecessor Securities, as defined in the Indenture) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest
installment, which shall be the 15th day of the month prior to such Interest
Payment Date. Any such interest installment not so punctually paid or duly
provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name the Securities or
one or more Predecessor Securities is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by
the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be
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listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in said Indenture.
The Company shall have the right at any time during the term of this
Security, from time to time, to defer payment of interest on such Security for
up to 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, (an "Extension Period"), provided that
no Extension Period may extend past the Maturity of this Security. There may be
multiple Extension Periods of varying lengths during the term of this Security.
At the end of each Extension Period, if any, the Company shall pay all interest
then accrued and unpaid, together with interest thereon, compounded
semi-annually at the rate specified on this Security to the extent permitted by
applicable law. During any such Extension Period, the Company may not, and may
not permit any subsidiary of the Company to, (i) declare or pay any dividends or
distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment
with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock or (ii) make any payment of
principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any
debt securities of the Company that rank PARI PASSU with or junior in interest
to the Securities or make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee
by the Company of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the Company if such
guarantee ranks PARI PASSU or junior in interest to the Securities (other than
(a) dividends or distributions in common stock of the Company, (b) payments
under the Guarantee, (c) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the
implementation of a stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock under
any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights
pursuant thereto and (d) purchases of common stock related to the issuance of
common stock or rights under any of the Company's benefit plans). Prior to the
termination of any such Extension Period, the Company may further extend the
interest payment period, provided that no Extension Period may exceed 10
consecutive semi-annual periods or extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the
Securities. Upon the termination of any such Extension Period and the payment
of all amounts then due on any Interest Payment Date, the Company may elect to
begin a new Extension Period subject to the above requirements. No interest
shall be due and payable during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof.
The Company shall give the Property Trustee, the Regular Trustees and the
Trustee notice of its election of such Extension Period at least one Business
Day prior to the record date for the related interest payment.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be made
at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for that purpose in the
United States, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at
the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be
made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer in
immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be
designated by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided
in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Indebtedness, and this Security is issued subject to the
provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security,
by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions, (b)
authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as
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may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided and
(c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Each Holder hereof, by his acceptance hereof, waives all notice of the
acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture
by each holder of Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred,
and waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of the Indenture
summarized on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Washington Mutual, Inc. has caused this instrument
to be duly executed.
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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[Form of Reverse of Security]
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC. (the "Company"), designated as its ____% Junior
Subordinated Debentures due 2027 (herein called the "Securities"), limited in
aggregate principal amount to $________ issued under an Indenture, dated as of
________ __, 1997 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the
"Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the
Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
At any time on or after ________ __, 2007, the Company shall have the
right, subject to the terms and conditions of Article Twelve of the Indenture,
to redeem this Security at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at
the Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of such
securities) set forth below, plus accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption
Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on ________ __ of
the years indicated below:
Year Percentage
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2007 %
2008 %
2009 %
2010 %
2011 %
2012 %
2013 %
2014 %
2015 %
2016 %
On or after ________ __, 2017, the Redemption Price will be 100%, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.
Prior to ________ __, 2007, if a Special Event as defined in Article
Twelve of the Indenture shall occur and be continuing, the Company shall have
the right, subject to the terms and conditions of Article Twelve of the
Indenture, to redeem this Security at the option of the Company, without premium
or penalty, in whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater
of (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof and (ii) as determined by a
Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the principal amount and
premium payable with respect to an optional redemption on such Securities on
________ __, 2007, together with
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scheduled payments of interest from the Redemption Date to ________ __,
2007 (the "Remaining Life") discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual
basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of 30-day months) at the Adjusted
Treasury Rate, plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon to the Redemption
Date. Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph will be made upon not less than
30 nor more than 60 days notice, at the Redemption Price. If the Securities are
only partially redeemed by the Company, the Securities will be redeemed by lot
(or such other method of selection as the Trustee may customarily employ). In
the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or
Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall occur and
be continuing, the principal of the Securities may be declared due and payable
in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge or
legal defeasance of the entire indebtedness of this Security and for the
defeasance of certain covenants under the Indenture at any time upon compliance
by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities affected by such modification, to modify
the Indenture in a manner affecting the rights of the Holders of the Securities;
PROVIDED that no such modification may, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected thereby, (i) except to the extent permitted
and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture with respect to the
extension of the Maturity of the Security, change the maturity of, the principal
of, or any installment of interest on, the Security or reduce the principal
amount thereof, or the rate of payment of interest thereon, or change the place
of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, this Security or interest
thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
such payment on or after the Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on
or after the Redemption Date), or modify the provisions of the Indenture with
respect to the subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse to the
Holders, (ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, the consent of whose Holders is required for such supplemental
Indenture or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of
compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain defaults
hereunder and their consequences) provided for in the Indenture, or (iii) modify
any of the provisions of Section 513, Section 902 or Section 1008 of the
Indenture, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain
other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, PROVIDED
that, so long as any of the Securities remains Outstanding, no such amendment
shall be made that adversely affects the holders of the Securities, and no
termination of the Indenture shall occur, and no waiver of an Event of Default
or compliance with any covenant under this Indenture shall be effective, without
the prior consent of the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate
liquidation preference of the Outstanding Securities unless and until the
principal of and any premium on the Securities and all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon have been paid in full.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this
Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in New York, New York, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities,
of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge shall be
made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
THE SECURITIES AND THE INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF
LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Guarantee"), dated as of May __, 1997,
is executed and delivered by Washington Mutual, Inc., a Washington corporation
(the "Guarantor"), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as
trustee (the "Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined
herein) of the Securities (as defined herein) of Washington Mutual Capital I, a
Delaware statutory business trust (the "Trust").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Declaration (as defined herein), the Trust is
issuing on the date hereof $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of capital
securities, having a liquidation amount of $1,000 per Capital Security,
designated the ___% Capital Securities (the "Capital Securities") and $9,000,000
aggregate principal amount of common securities, having a liquidation amount of
$1,000 per Common Security, designated the ___% Common Securities (the "Common
Securities"; together with the Capital Securities, the "Securities");
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Securities, the
Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set
forth in this Guarantee, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the Guarantee
Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and
conditions set forth herein; and that if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred
and is continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Securities to receive
payments under the Common Securities Guarantee are subordinated to the rights of
Holders of Capital Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under this
Guarantee.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of
Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the
Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee for the benefit of
the Holders.
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS. In this Guarantee,
unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Guarantee but not defined in the
preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in this
Section 1.1;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Guarantee has the same meaning
throughout;
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(c) all references to "the Guarantee" or "this Guarantee" are to this
Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
(d) all references in this Guarantee to Articles and Sections are to
Articles and Sections of this Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;
(e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when
used in this Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in this Guarantee or
unless the context otherwise requires; and
(f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa and
a reference to the masculine includes, as applicable, the feminine.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereunder.
"Business Day" has the meaning given to such term in the Indenture.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Guarantee Trustee at
which the corporate trust business of the Guarantee Trustee shall at any
particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of
execution of this Guarantee is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 21 West, New
York, NY 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
"Covered Person" means any Holder or beneficial owner of Securities.
"Debentures" means the series of subordinated deferrable interest
debentures to be issued by the Guarantor, designated the ___% Junior
Subordinated Debentures due 2027 held by the Property Trustee (as defined in the
Declaration) of the Trust.
"Declaration" means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust,
dated as of May __, 1997, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time, among the trustees of the Trust named therein, the Guarantor, as sponsor,
and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial ownership interests in
the assets of the Trust.
"Guarantee Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any
of its payment or other obligations under this Guarantee.
"Guarantee Trustee" means The Bank of New York, until a successor
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant
to the terms of this Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor
Guarantee Trustee.
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions,
without duplication, with respect to the Securities, to the extent not paid or
made by the Trust: (i) any accumulated and unpaid Distributions (as defined in
the Declaration) that are required to be paid on such Securities to the extent
the Trust shall have sufficient funds available therefor at
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the time, (ii) the redemption price, including all accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date of redemption with respect to any Securities called
for redemption by the Trust, to the extent the Trust shall have sufficient funds
available therefor at the time, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust (other than in connection
with the distribution of Debentures to the Holders in exchange for Securities as
provided in the Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation
amount and all accrued and unpaid Distributions on the Securities to the date of
payment, and (b) the amount of assets of the Trust remaining available for
distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Trust (in either case, the
"Liquidation Distribution"). If a Trust Enforcement Event (as defined in the
Declaration) has occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of the Common
Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under this Guarantee are subordinated
to the rights of Holders of the Capital Securities to receive payments
hereunder.
"Holder" shall mean any holder of Securities, as registered on the
books and records of the Trust; provided, however, that, in determining whether
the Holders of the requisite percentage of Capital Securities have given any
request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder" shall not include the
Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor or any other obligor on the Capital
Securities; and provided further, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite liquidation amount of Capital Securities have voted on any matter
provided for in this Guarantee, then for the purpose of such determination only
(and not for any other purpose hereunder), if the Capital Securities remain in
the form of one or more Global Certificates (as defined in the Declaration), the
term "Holders" shall mean the holder of the Global Certificate acting at the
direction of the Capital Security Beneficial Owners (as defined in the
Declaration).
"Indemnified Person" means the Guarantee Trustee, any Affiliate of the
Guarantee Trustee, and any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners,
employees, representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of the Guarantee
Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of May __, 1997, among the
Guarantor (the "Company") and The Bank of New York, as trustee, and any
indenture supplemental thereto pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued
to the Property Trustee (as defined in the Declaration) of the Trust.
"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Securities" means, except as
provided in the terms of the Securities or by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s)
of outstanding Securities, voting separately as a class, who are the record
holders of more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the
stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus
accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages
are determined) of all outstanding Securities. In determining whether the
Holders of the requisite amount of Securities have voted, Securities which are
owned by the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor shall be disregarded
for the purpose of any such determination.
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"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed on behalf of such Person by two Authorized Officers (as
defined in the Declaration) of such Person. Any Officers' Certificate delivered
with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Guarantee shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers' Certificate
has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation undertaken by each officer on behalf of such Person in
rendering the Officers' Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such
officer on behalf of such Person to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer
acting on behalf of such Person, such condition or covenant has been
complied with.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Guarantee Trustee,
any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Guarantee Trustee,
including any vice president, any assistant vice president, the secretary, any
assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or other officer of
the Corporate Trust Office of the Guarantee Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and
also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Successor Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Guarantee Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
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ARTICLE 2
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 TRUST INDENTURE ACT; APPLICATION. (a) This Guarantee is
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be
part of this Guarantee and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions.
(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Guarantee limits,
qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 2.2 LISTS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. (a) The Guarantor shall
provide the Guarantee Trustee with a list, in such form as the Guarantee Trustee
may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of the
Securities ("List of Holders"), (i) semi-annually, not later than June 30 and
December 31 of each year and current as of such date, and (ii) at such other
times as the Guarantee Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days of receipt
by the Guarantor of a written request from the Guarantee Trustee for a List of
Holders as of a date no more than 15 days before such List of Holders is given
to the Guarantee Trustee; excluding from any such list names and addresses
received by the Guarantee Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (as
defined in the Indenture). The Guarantee Trustee shall preserve, in as current
a form as is reasonably practicable, all information contained in Lists of
Holders given to it, provided that it may destroy any List of Holders previously
given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Sections 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.3 REPORTS BY GUARANTEE TRUSTEE. Within 60 days after May
15 of each year (commencing with the year of the first anniversary of the
issuance of the Securities), the Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders
of the Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act (if any) in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of
the Trust Indenture Act. The Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the
requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.4 PERIODIC REPORTS TO GUARANTEE TRUSTEE. The Guarantor
shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such documents, reports and information
as required by Section 314 (if any) of the Trust Indenture Act and the
compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in the
form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.5 EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. The
Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance
with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Guarantee that
relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be
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given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in the form of an
Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 2.6 GUARANTEE EVENT OF DEFAULT; WAIVER. The Holders of a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Securities may, by vote or written
consent, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities, waive any past
Guarantee Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such
Guarantee Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Guarantee Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or Guarantee Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 2.7 GUARANTEE EVENT OF DEFAULT; NOTICE. (a) The Guarantee
Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a Guarantee Event of
Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders of the
Securities, notices of all Guarantee Events of Default actually known to a
Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, unless such defaults have been
cured before the giving of such notice; provided, that the Guarantee Trustee
shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible
Officer of the Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding
of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
Guarantee Event of Default unless the Guarantee Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof or a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee charged
with the administration of the Declaration shall have obtained actual knowledge
thereof.
SECTION 2.8 CONFLICTING INTERESTS. The Declaration shall be deemed
to be specifically described in this Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of
the first provision contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.9 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. The disclosure of information
as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Securities in accordance
with Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived, shall not be deemed to be a violation of any
existing law, or any law hereafter enacted which does not specifically refer to
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall the Guarantee Trustee be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.10 GUARANTEE TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. Upon the
occurrence of a Guarantee Event of Default, the Guarantee Trustee is hereby
authorized to (a) recover judgment, in its own name and as trustee of an express
trust, against the Guarantor for the whole amount of any Guarantee Payments
remaining unpaid and (b) file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have its claims and those of the
Holders of the Securities allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the
Guarantor, its creditors or its property.
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ARTICLE 3
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1 POWERS AND DUTIES OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE.
(a) This Guarantee shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee on behalf of
the Trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, and the Guarantee
Trustee shall not transfer this Guarantee to any Person except a Holder of
Securities exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.4(b) or to a
Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee.
The right, title and interest of the Guarantee Trustee in and to this Guarantee
shall automatically vest in any Successor Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting
and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents
have been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor
Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If a Guarantee Event of Default actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Guarantee
Trustee shall enforce this Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities.
(c) The Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Guarantee
Event of Default and after the curing of all Guarantee Events of Default that
may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be read
into this Guarantee against the Guarantee Trustee. In case a Guarantee Event of
Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6)
and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee Trustee, the
Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise
thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(d) No provision of this Guarantee shall be construed to relieve the
Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent
failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Guarantee Event of Default
and after the curing or waiving of all such Guarantee Events of
Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Guarantee Trustee
shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Guarantee, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except
for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Guarantee, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Guarantee
against the Guarantee Trustee; and
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(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Guarantee; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee,
the Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of
this Guarantee;
(ii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Guarantee Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such judgment
was made;
(iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Securities relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee; and
(iv) no provision of this Guarantee shall require the Guarantee
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Guarantee Trustee
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such
funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of
this Guarantee or indemnify, reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantee
Trustee, against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it.
SECTION 3.2 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF GUARANTEE TRUSTEE. (a) Subject to the
provisions of Section 3.1:
(i) The Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall
be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by
it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the
proper party or parties.
(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by
this Guarantee shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers'
Certificate.
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(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Guarantee, the
Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established before taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder,
the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and
conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of
such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor.
(iv) The Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any
recording, filing or registration or any instrument (or any
rerecording, refiling or registration thereof).
(v) The Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel, and the
advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to legal matters shall
be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with such advice or opinion. Such counsel may be counsel
to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of its
employees. The Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to
seek instructions concerning the administration of this Guarantee from
any court of competent jurisdiction.
(vi) The Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Guarantee at
the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have
provided to the Guarantee Trustee such security and indemnity,
reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantee Trustee, against the costs,
expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses and the expenses of
the Guarantee Trustee's agents, nominees or custodians) and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such
request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be
requested by the Guarantee Trustee; provided, that nothing contained
in this Section 3.2(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Guarantee
Trustee, upon the occurrence of a Guarantee Event of Default, of its
obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this
Guarantee.
(vii) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Guarantee Trustee, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit.
(viii) The Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by
or through agents, nominees, custodians or attorneys, and the
Guarantee Trustee
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shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part
of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(ix) Any action taken by the Guarantee Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Holders of the Securities, and the signature
of the Guarantee Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and
effective to perform any such action. No third party shall be
required to inquire as to the authority of the Guarantee Trustee to so
act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and provisions of
this Guarantee, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the
Guarantee Trustee's or its agent's taking such action.
(x) Whenever in the administration of this Guarantee the
Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with
respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action
hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (i) may request instructions from the
Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Securities, (ii)
may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other
action until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall be
protected in conclusively relying on or acting in accordance with such
instructions.
(b) No provision of this Guarantee shall be deemed to impose any duty
or obligation on the Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise
any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Guarantee Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Guarantee Trustee
shall be construed to be a duty.
SECTION 3.3 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF GUARANTEE.
The recitals contained in this Guarantee shall be taken as the statements of the
Guarantor, and the Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for
their correctness. The Guarantee Trustee makes no representations as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Guarantee.
ARTICLE 4
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 GUARANTEE TRUSTEE; ELIGIBILITY.
(a) There shall be at all times a Guarantee Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
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(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof
or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted
by the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional
trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus
of at least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District
of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of
the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then, for
the purposes of this Section 4.1(a)(ii), the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published.
(b) If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible
to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign
in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).
(c) If the Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting
interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions
of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 4.2 APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF GUARANTEE
TRUSTEE.
(a) Subject to Section 4.1(b), the Guarantee Trustee may be appointed
or removed with or without cause at any time by the Guarantor.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with
Section 4.2(a) until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor
Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.
(c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold such office
until a Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until its
removal or resignation. The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without
need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by
the Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall
not take effect until a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by such Successor
Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Guarantee
Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and
accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 30 days after
delivery to the Guarantor of an instrument of removal or resignation, the
removed or resigning Guarantee
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Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a
Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such
notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Guarantee Trustee.
(e) No Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to
act of any Successor Guarantee Trustee.
(f) Upon termination of this Guarantee or removal or resignation of
the Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Guarantor shall pay to
the Guarantee Trustee all amounts owing for fees and reimbursement of expenses
which have accrued to the date of such termination, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE 5
GUARANTEE
SECTION 5.1 GUARANTEE.
The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to
the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore
paid by the Trust), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off
or counterclaim that the Trust may have or assert. The Guarantor's obligation
to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required
amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Trust to pay such
amounts to the Holders.
SECTION 5.2 WAIVER OF NOTICE AND DEMAND.
The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guarantee and
of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for
payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Trust or any other
Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment,
notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Guarantor retains all of
its rights under the Indenture to (i) extend the interest payment period on the
Debentures and the Guarantor shall not be obligated hereunder to make any
Guarantee Payments during any Extended Interest Payment Period (as defined in
the Indenture) with respect to the Distributions (as defined in the Declaration)
on the Securities, and (ii) change the maturity date of the Debentures to the
extent permitted by the Indenture.
SECTION 5.3 OBLIGATIONS NOT AFFECTED.
The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor
under this Guarantee shall be absolute and unconditional and shall remain in
full force and effect until the entire liquidation amount of all outstanding
Securities shall have been paid and such obligation shall in no way be affected
or impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any
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event, including without limitation, the following, whether or not with notice
to, or the consent of, the Guarantor:
(a) The release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the
performance or observance by the Trust of any express or implied agreement,
covenant, term or condition relating to the Securities to be performed or
observed by the Trust;
(b) The extension of time for the payment by the Trust of all or any
portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price (as defined in the
Indenture), Liquidation Distribution or any other sums payable under the
terms of the Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any
other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with the
Securities (other than an extension of time for payment of Distributions,
Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or other sum payable that
results from the extension of any interest payment period on the Debentures
or any change to the maturity date of the Debentures permitted by the
Indenture);
(c) Any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of
the Property Trustee or the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any
right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Property Trustee or the
Holders pursuant to the terms of the Securities, or any action on the part
of the Trust granting indulgence or extension of any kind;
(d) The voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of
any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or
readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Trust
or any of the assets of the Trust;
(e) Any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Securities;
(f) The settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby
or hereby incurred; or
(g) Any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute
a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the
intent of this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Guarantee Trustee or the Holders
to give notice to, or obtain consent of the Guarantor or any other Person with
respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.
No setoff, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any obligation, or
any defense of any kind or nature that the Guarantor has or may have against any
Holder shall be
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available hereunder to the Guarantor against such Holder to reduce the payments
to it under this Guarantee.
SECTION 5.4 RIGHTS OF HOLDERS.
(a) The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Securities
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Guarantee
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this
Guarantee.
(b) If the Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce this Guarantee, then
any Holder of Securities may, subject to the subordination provisions of Section
6.2, institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the
Guarantee Trustee's rights under this Guarantee without first instituting a
legal proceeding against the Trust, the Guarantee Trustee or any other person or
entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Guarantor has failed to make a
Guarantee Payment, a Holder of Securities may, subject to the subordination
provisions of Section 6.2, directly institute a proceeding against the Guarantor
for enforcement of the Guarantee for such payment to the Holder of the
Securities of the principal of or interest on the Debentures on or after the
respective due dates specified in the Debentures, and the amount of the payment
will be based on the Holder's pro rata share of the amount due and owing on all
of the Securities. The Guarantor hereby waives any right or remedy to require
that any action on this Guarantee be brought first against the Trust or any
other person or entity before proceeding directly against the Guarantor.
SECTION 5.5 GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT.
This Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection.
SECTION 5.6 SUBROGATION.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the
Holders of Securities against the Trust in respect of any amounts paid to such
Holders by the Guarantor under this Guarantee; provided, however, that the
Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of
law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right that it may acquire by way of
subrogation of any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as
a result of payment under this Guarantee, if at the time of any such payment,
any amounts are due and unpaid under this Guarantee. If any amount shall be
paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor
agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount
to the Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders.
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SECTION 5.7 INDEPENDENT OBLIGATIONS.
The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are
independent of the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Securities, and
that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make
Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee notwithstanding the
occurrence of any event referred to in subsections 5.3(a) through 5.3(g),
inclusive, hereof.
ARTICLE 6
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
SECTION 6.1 LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS.
So long as any Securities remain outstanding, if there shall have
occurred a Guarantee Event of Default or a Trust Enforcement Event, then the
Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any subsidiary of the Guarantor, to
(i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase,
acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, the Guarantor's capital
stock or (ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or
repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities that rank pari passu with or
junior to the Debentures or make any guarantee payments with respect to any
guarantee by the Guarantor of the debt securities of any subsidiary of the
Guarantor if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior to the Debentures
(other than (a) dividends or distributions in common stock of the Guarantor, (b)
payments under this Guarantee and (c) any declaration of a dividend in
connection with the implementation of a stockholders' rights plan, or the
issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or
repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, and (d) purchases of common
stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights under any of the
Company's benefit plans).
SECTION 6.2 RANKING.
This Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of the
Guarantor and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other
liabilities of the Guarantor, except those liabilities of the Guarantor made
pari passu or subordinate by their terms.
If a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing under the
Declaration, the rights of the holders of the Common Securities to receive
Guarantee Payments hereunder shall be subordinated to the rights of the holders
of the Securities to receive payment of all amounts due and owing hereunder.
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ARTICLE 7
TERMINATION
SECTION 7.1 TERMINATION.
This Guarantee shall terminate upon (i) full payment of the Redemption
Price of all Securities, (ii) upon the distribution of the Debentures to the
Holders of all the Securities or (iii) upon full payment of the amounts payable
in accordance with the Declaration upon liquidation of the Trust.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee will continue to be effective or
will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder of Securities
must restore payment of any sums paid under the Securities or under this
Guarantee.
ARTICLE 8
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 8.1 EXCULPATION.
(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable
in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for any loss,
damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted
by such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with this Guarantee and
in a manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the
scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Guarantee or
by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss,
damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's negligence or
willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good
faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to matters the
Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care
by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information, opinions, reports or
statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits,
losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from
which Distributions to Holders of Securities might properly be paid.
SECTION 8.2 INDEMNIFICATION.
The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to
hold each Indemnified Person harmless against any loss, liability or expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or
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administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and
expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself
against, or investigating, any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The
obligation to indemnify as set forth in this Section 8.2 shall survive the
termination of this Guarantee.
ARTICLE 9
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All guarantees and agreements contained in this Guarantee shall bind
the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the
Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Securities then
outstanding.
SECTION 9.2 AMENDMENTS.
Except with respect to any changes that do not adversely affect the
rights of the Holders (in which case no consent of the Holders will be
required), this Guarantee may only be amended with the prior approval of the
Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Securities. The
provisions of Section 11.2 of the Declaration with respect to meetings of, and
action by written consent of the Holders of the Securities apply to the giving
of such approval.
SECTION 9.3 NOTICES.
All notices provided for in this Guarantee shall be in writing, duly
signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or
mailed by registered or certified mail, as follows:
(a) If given to the Guarantee Trustee, at the Guarantee Trustee's
mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantee
Trustee may give notice of to the Guarantor and the Holders of the
Securities):
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, Floor 21 West,
New York, NY 10286
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Fax: (212) 815-5915
(b) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing addresses
set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of
to the Guarantee Trustee and the Holders of the Securities):
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Washington Mutual, Inc.
Washington Mutual Tower
1201 Third Avenue
Suite 1500
Seattle, Washington 98101
Attn: William A. Longbrake
Fax: (206) 461-5739
(c) If given to any Holder of Securities, at the address set forth on
the books and records of the Trust.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid, except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery
or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was
given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 9.4 BENEFIT.
This Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is not separately transferable from
the Securities.
SECTION 9.5 GOVERNING LAW.
THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Guarantee is executed as of the day and year
first above written.
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.,
as Guarantor
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Guarantee Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON MUTUAL CAPITAL I
DATED AS OF _________ __, 1997
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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE*
Section of Trust
Indenture Act of Section of
1939, as amended Agreement
310(a)....................................................................4.1(a)
310(b)....................................................................4.1(c)
310(c)..............................................................Inapplicable
311(a)....................................................................2.2(b)
311(b)....................................................................2.2(b)
311(c)..............................................................Inapplicable
312(a)....................................................................2.2(a)
312(b)....................................................................2.2(b)
312(c).......................................................................2.9
313(a).......................................................................2.3
313(b).......................................................................2.3
313(c).......................................................................2.3
313(d).......................................................................2.3
314(a).......................................................................2.4
314(b)..............................................................Inapplicable
314(c).......................................................................2.5
314(d)..............................................................Inapplicable
314(e).......................................................................2.5
314(f)..............................................................Inapplicable
315(a)............................................................3.1(d); 3.2(a)
315(b)....................................................................2.7(a)
315(c)....................................................................3.1(c)
315(d)....................................................................3.1(d)
316(a)...............................................................2.6; 5.4(a)
317(a).................................................................2.10; 5.4
318(a)....................................................................2.1(b)
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* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Agreement and
shall not have any bearing upon the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS............................... 1
SECTION 1.1 Interpretation and Definitions.......................... 1
ARTICLE 2
TRUST INDENTURE ACT........................ 4
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application........................ 4
SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities.......................... 5
SECTION 2.3 Reports by Guarantee Trustee............................ 5
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Guarantee Trustee................... 5
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent........ 5
SECTION 2.6 Guarantee Event of Default; Waiver...................... 5
SECTION 2.7 Guarantee Event of Default; Notice...................... 6
SECTION 2.8 Conflicting Interests................................... 6
SECTION 2.9 Disclosure of Information............................... 6
SECTION 2.10 Guarantee Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.............. 6
ARTICLE 3
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE......................... 7
SECTION 3.1 Powers and Duties of Guarantee Trustee.................. 7
SECTION 3.2 Certain Rights of Guarantee Trustee..................... 8
SECTION 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee.. 10
ARTICLE 4
GUARANTEE TRUSTEE........................ 10
SECTION 4.1 Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility......................... 10
SECTION 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee
Trustee................................................ 11
ARTICLE 5
GUARANTEE............................ 12
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SECTION 5.1 Guarantee...............................................12
SECTION 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand.............................12
SECTION 5.3 Obligations Not Affected................................12
SECTION 5.4 Rights of Holders.......................................13
SECTION 5.5 Guarantee of Payment....................................14
SECTION 5.6 Subrogation.............................................14
SECTION 5.7 Independent Obligations.................................14
ARTICLE 6
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION...............15
SECTION 6.1 Limitation of Transactions..............................15
SECTION 6.2 Ranking.................................................15
ARTICLE 7
TERMINATION............................15
SECTION 7.1 Termination.............................................15
ARTICLE 8
INDEMNIFICATION..........................16
SECTION 8.1 Exculpation.............................................16
SECTION 8.2 Indemnification.........................................16
ARTICLE 9
MISCELLANEOUS...........................16
SECTION 9.1 Successors and Assigns..................................16
SECTION 9.2 Amendments..............................................17
SECTION 9.3 Notices.................................................17
SECTION 9.4 Benefit.................................................17
SECTION 9.5 Governing Law...........................................18
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
The calculation of the Company's consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed
charges and consolidated ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and
preferred stock dividend requirements were as follows:
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Three Months Ended
March 31, Year Ended December 31,
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1997 1996 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
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Earnings before income taxes, extraordinary
items, cumulative effect of change in tax
accounting method, and minority interest $184,184 $142,029 $223,455 $425,488 $363,323 $387,011 $322,620
Interest expense
Deposits $257,712 $274,050 $1,060,823 $1,134,818 $852,666 $868,178 $987,639
Borrowings 252,068 203,570 897,406 788,618 482,692 343,718 314,850
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$509,780 $477,620 $1,958,229 $1,923,436 $1,335,358 $1,211,896 $1,302,489
Preferred stock dividend requirements
Paid dividends $2,504 $4,605 $18,419 $18,584 $18,584 $13,588 $4,875
Pre-tax earnings necessary to pay dividends 4,039 7,085 32,193 25,867 26,555 18,991 6,954
Ratio of earnings (as defined above) to fixed
charges
Excluding interest on deposits
Earnings before fixed charges $436,252 $345,599 $1,120,861 $1,214,106 $846,015 $730,729 $637,470
Fixed charges 252,068 203,570 897,406 788,618 482,692 343,718 314,850
Ratio 1.73x 1.70x 1.25x 1.54x 1.75x 2.13x 2.02x
Including interest on deposits
Earnings before fixed charges $693,964 $619,649 $2,181,684 $2,348,924 $1,698,681 $1,598,907 $1,625,109
Fixed charges 509,780 477,620 1,958,229 1,923,436 1,335,358 1,211,896 1,302,489
Ratio 1.36x 1.30x 1.11x 1.22x 1.27x 1.32x 1.25x
Ratio of earnings (as defined above) to fixed
charges and preferred stock dividend
requirements
Excluding interest on deposits
Earnings before fixed charges $436,252 $345,599 $1,120,861 $1,214,106 $846,015 $730,729 $637,470
Fixed charges 256,107 210,655 929,599 814,485 509,247 362,709 321,804
Ratio 1.70x 1.64x 1.21x 1.49x 1.66x 2.01x 1.98x
Including interest on deposits
Earnings before fixed charges $693,964 $619,649 $2,181,684 $2,348,924 $1,698,681 $1,598,907 $1,625,109
Fixed charges 513,819 484,705 1,990,422 1,949,303 1,361,913 1,230,887 1,309,443
Ratio 1.35x 1.28x 1.10x 1.21x 1.25x 1.30x 1.24x
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EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of
Washington Mutual, Inc. on Form S-3 of our report dated February 14, 1997,
appearing on the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Washington Mutual, Inc. for the
year ended December 31, 1996 and to the reference to us under the heading
"Independent Auditors" in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration
Statement.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Seattle, Washington
May 19, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.2
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-3 of Washington Mutual, Inc., relating to Trust Capital Securities, of
our report dated January 26, 1996, except as to Note 27 to the consolidated
financial statements, which is as of February 8, 1996, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheet of Keystone Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1995, and the related consolidated statements of earnings,
stockholder's equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year
period ended December 31, 1995, which report appears in the 1996 Annual
Report on Form 10-K/A of Washington Mutual, Inc., and to the reference to our
firm under the heading "Independent Auditors" in the prospectus.
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Los Angeles, California
May 16, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.3
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 Washington
Mutual, Inc. of our report dated January 22, 1997, except as to Note 28, which
is as of March 7, 1997, appearing on page 105 of Great Western Financial
Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 1996.
We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Prospectus.
/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP
Los Angeles, California
May 16, 1997
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We hereby consent to the references to our firm in the sections of the
Prospectus entitled "Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences"
and "Legal Matters" included in the Registration Statement on Form S-3.
/s/ Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC
Seattle, Washington
May 19, 1997
