R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed Sale to the Public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

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(1)	Estimated in accordance with Rule 457 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.

(2)	Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or together with other securities registered hereunder.


(3)	Includes such indeterminate number of shares of common stock of R&G Financial Corporation as may be issued in exchange for, or upon conversion of, debt securities or preferred stock of R&G Financial Corporation registered hereunder. No separate consideration will be received by R&G Financial Corporation for any shares of common stock so issued in exchange for or upon conversion of debt securities or preferred stock. Also includes such additional principal amount as may be necessary such that, if debt securities of R&G Financial Corporation are issued with an original issue discount, the aggregate initial offering price of all debt securities will equal the amount registered above less the dollar amount of other securities previously issued. Also includes an indeterminate number of trust preferred securities of R&G Capital Trust VI, R&G Capital Trust VII and R&G Capital Trust VIII (the “Trusts”) as may be issued at indeterminate prices and junior subordinated debt securities that may be issued by R&G Financial Corporation to evidence a loan by one or more Trusts to R&G Financial Corporation of the proceeds from the sale of the trust preferred securities of such Trusts. Junior subordinated debt securities evidencing the loan to R&G Financial Corporation may later be distributed to the holders of a Trust’s trust preferred securities upon dissolution of a trust.

(4)	This registration statement also registers, where required, an indeterminate amount of securities to be offered and sold by affiliates of R&G Financial Corporation, in market-making transactions.

(5)	Omitted pursuant to General Instruction II.D of Form S-3. The proposed maximum offering price per unit will be determined from time to time by the relevant Registrant in connection with the issuance by such Registrant of securities registered hereunder.

(6)	In no event will the aggregate initial offering price of the securities issued under this registration statement exceed the amount registered above or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign currencies or currency units.

(7)	Includes the rights of holders of the trust preferred securities of the Trusts under the trust preferred securities guarantee and certain undertakings, comprising the obligations of R&G Financial Corporation to provide certain indemnities in respect of, and pay and be responsible for certain costs, expenses, debts and liabilities of the Trusts, other than with respect to such trust preferred securities, and such obligations of R&G Financial Corporation as set forth in the amended and restated declaration of trust of each Trust and the junior subordinated indenture, in each case as further described in the registration statement. The guarantees, when taken together with R&G Financial Corporation’s obligations under the junior subordinated debt securities, the junior subordinated indenture and the amended and restated declaration of trust of each Trust, will provide a full and unconditional guarantee on a subordinated basis by R&G Financial Corporation of payments due on the trust preferred securities of each Trust to the extent funds are available therefor. No separate consideration will be received for any guarantee or other debt securities obligations.

The Registrants hereby amend this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

We will amend and complete the information in this prospectus. We may not sell any of these securities or accept your offer to buy any of them until the documentation filed with the SEC relating to these securities has been declared “effective” by the SEC. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities or our solicitation of your offer to buy these securities in any State or other jurisdiction where that would not be permitted or legal.

We may offer from time to time debt securities, preferred stock and common stock. We may also issue debt securities or common stock upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any of the securities listed above.

We will offer the securities in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions at the time of the offering. We will provide the specific terms of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement carefully before you invest.

THESE SECURITIES WILL BE OUR UNSECURED OBLIGATIONS, WILL NOT BE SAVING ACCOUNTS, DEPOSITS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF ANY BANK OR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, AND WILL NOT BE INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE BANK INSURANCE FUND OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED THAT THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

This registration statement contains two forms of base prospectuses to be used in connection with offerings of the following securities:


	–	senior debt securities, subordinated debt securities, junior subordinated debt securities (collectively, “debt securities”), preferred stock and common stock of R&G Financial Corporation, including such debt securities or common stock that may be issued upon conversion, exchange or exercise of these securities; and

	–	Trust preferred securities of R&G Capital Trust VI, R&G Capital Trust VII, and R&G Capital Trust VIII, junior subordinated debt securities of R&G Financial Corporation and guarantees by R&G Financial Corporation in connection with the issuance of the trust preferred securities of R&G Capital Trust VI, R&G Capital Trust VII and R&G Capital Trust VIII.

Each offering of securities made under this registration statement will be made pursuant to one of these two base prospectuses, with the specific terms of the securities offered thereby set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement. The aggregate initial offering price of the securities that may be offered under these two prospectuses will not exceed $500,000,000.

Each of these two base prospectuses may also be used by affiliates of R&G Financial Corporation in market-making transactions in the securities covered by such prospectus.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we and the Trusts filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, utilizing the “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration statement, we may sell, either separately or together, debt securities, preferred stock and common stock in one or more offerings. We may also issue debt securities or common stock upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any of the securities mentioned above. The Trusts may sell trust preferred securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the Trusts to the public and common securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the Trusts to us in one or more offerings. The aggregate amount of securities that we and the Trusts may offer under the registration statement is $500,000,000, denominated in U.S. dollars or the equivalent in foreign currencies, currency units or composite currencies.

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement together with the additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

The registration statement that contains this prospectus, including the exhibits to the registration statement, contains additional information about us and the securities offered under this prospectus. That registration statement can be read at the SEC web site or at the SEC offices mentioned under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

The words “we”, “our”, “us” and “R&G Financial” refer to R&G Financial Corporation, unless we indicate otherwise.

We make certain forward-looking statements in this prospectus and in the information incorporated by reference herein that are based upon our current expectations and projections about current events. We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and we are including this statement for purposes of these safe harbor provisions. The reader can identify these statements from our use of the words “may,” “could,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “hope,” “might,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “assume” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements, implicitly and explicitly, include the assumptions underlying the statements and other information with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, estimates, intentions, financial condition, results of operations, future performance and business, including our expectations and estimates with respect to our revenues, expenses, earnings, return on equity, return on assets, efficiency ratio, asset quality and other financial data and capital and performance ratios.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements involve risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on various important factors (some of which are beyond our control). The following factors, among others, could cause our financial performance to differ materially from our goals, plans, objectives, intentions, expectations and other forward-looking statements:


	•	the strength of the United States economy in general and the strength of the regional and local economies within our markets;

	•	geopolitical conditions, including acts or threats of terrorism, actions taken by the United States or other governments in response to acts or threats of terrorism and/or military conflicts, which could impact business and economic conditions in the United States and abroad;

	•	adverse changes in the local real estate market, as most of the Company’s loans are concentrated in Puerto Rico and Florida and a substantial portion of these loans have real estate as collateral;


	•	the effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;

	•	inflation, interest rate, market and monetary fluctuations;

	•	our timely development of new products and services in a changing environment, including the features, pricing and quality of our products and services compared to the products and services of our competitors;

	•	the willingness of users to substitute competitors’ products and services for our products and services;

	•	the impact of changes in financial services policies, laws and regulations, including laws, regulations and policies concerning taxes, banking, securities and insurance, and the application thereof by regulatory bodies;

	•	technological changes;

	•	changes in consumer spending and savings habits; and

	•	regulatory or judicial proceedings.

If one or more of the factors affecting our forward-looking information and statements proves incorrect, then our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, forward-looking information and statements contained in this prospectus and in the information incorporated by reference herein. Therefore, we caution you not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking information and statements.

We are a Puerto Rico chartered, financial holding company that operates R-G Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, or Premier Bank, a Puerto Rico commercial bank, and R-G Crown Bank, or R-G Crown, a Florida domiciled federal savings bank. We also operate R&G Mortgage Corp, the second largest mortgage company in Puerto Rico, The Mortgage Store of Puerto Rico, Inc., a subsidiary of R&G Mortgage, and Continental Capital Corp., a mortgage banking subsidiary of R-G Crown which does business in the continental United States. We also conduct an insurance agency business and offer broker dealer services in Puerto Rico through Home & Property Insurance Corp. and R-G Investments Corporation, respectively.

In June 2002, we acquired R-G Crown, which operates in the Tampa — St. Petersburg — Clearwater and Orlando metropolitan areas through 15 full-service offices. According to the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, the Orlando market is one of the fastest growing markets in Florida, both generally and for Hispanics in particular (mainly Puerto Rican). Management believes that owning and operating R-G Crown is a cost effective way to access the Hispanic markets in the United States, while providing a strong platform for further expansion in Florida.

We are currently in our 32nd year of operations and we operate our business through our subsidiaries. We provide a full range of banking services, including commercial banking services, corporate real estate and business lending, residential construction lending, consumer lending and credit cards, offer a diversified range of deposit products and, to a lesser extent, trust and investment services through our private banking department and our broker-dealer. We also provide a range of real estate secured lending activities, including the origination, servicing, purchase and sale of mortgages on single-family residences, the securitization and sale of various mortgage-backed and related securities and the holding and financing of mortgage loans and mortgage-backed and related securities for sale or investment and the purchase and sale of servicing rights associated with such mortgage loans.

We have generally sought to achieve long-term financial strength and profitability by increasing the amount and stability of our net interest income and non-interest income. We have sought to implement this strategy by:


	•	expanding our retail banking franchise in order to achieve increased market presence and to increase core deposits;

	•	enhancing our net interest income by increasing our loans held for investment, particularly real estate secured loans, and investment securities;

	•	emphasizing the growth of our mortgage banking activities, including the origination and sale of mortgage loans, and growing our loan servicing operation;

	•	developing new business relationships through an increased emphasis on commercial real estate and commercial business lending;

	•	diversifying our retail products and services, including an increase in consumer loan originations;

	•	meeting the financial needs of our customers through, among other things, the offering of trust and investment services and insurance products;

	•	expanding our operations in the continental United States; and,

	•	emphasizing controlled growth, while pursuing a variety of acquisition opportunities when appropriate.

Our Class B Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RGF.” Our principal executive offices are located at 280 Jesús T. Piñero Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918 and our telephone number is (787) 758-2424.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will use the proceeds from the sale of the securities described in this prospectus for general corporate purposes, and to support our ongoing and future anticipated growth. We expect to contribute most of the proceeds to one or more of our Puerto Rico and/or U.S. subsidiaries to bolster their capital for such future expansion or for their general working capital needs.

The following table shows the ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends of our company, which includes our subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis. For purpose of computing the ratios of earnings to fixed charges, earnings represent income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in 2001, plus fixed charges. Fixed charges represent total interest expense (including interest expense on securities sold under agreements to repurchase, Federal Home Loan Bank advances, trust preferred securities, and notes payable), dividend payments on our outstanding preferred stock and a reasonable approximation of the interest component of rental expense, and is presented both including and excluding interest on deposits.

The debt securities will be our direct unsecured general obligations. The debt securities will be either senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities. The debt securities will be issued under separate indentures to be entered into between R&G Financial and Wilmington Trust Company. Senior debt securities will be issued under a senior debt indenture and subordinated debt securities will be issued under a subordinated debt indenture. The senior debt indenture and the subordinated debt indenture are sometimes referred to in this prospectus individually as an “indenture” and collectively as the “indentures.” The forms of the indentures have been filed with the SEC as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

The following briefly summarizes the material provisions of the indentures and the debt securities, other than pricing and related terms disclosed in the accompanying prospectus supplement. The summary is not complete. Each particular debt security will have financial and other terms specific to it, and the specific terms of each debt security will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. You should read the more detailed provisions of the applicable indenture for provisions that may be important to you. So that you can easily locate these provisions, the numbers in parenthesis below refer to sections in the applicable indenture or, if no indenture is specified, to sections in each of the indentures. Whenever particular sections or defined terms of the applicable indenture are referred to, such sections or defined terms are incorporated into this prospectus by reference, and the statement in this prospectus is qualified by that reference.

The senior debt securities will be unsecured and rank equally with all of R&G Financial’s other senior and unsubordinated debt. The subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and will be subordinated to all of our Senior Indebtedness (as defined below under “— Subordination”). In certain events of insolvency, the subordinated debt securities will also be subordinated to all of our Other Financial Obligations (as defined below under “— Subordination”). As of June 30, 2004, R&G Financial had approximately $8.0 billion of Senior Indebtedness and Other Financial Obligations outstanding.

A prospectus supplement relating to any series of debt securities being offered will include specific terms relating to the offering. These terms will include some or all of the following:


	•	The title of the debt securities and whether the debt securities will be senior or subordinated debt;

	•	The total principal amount of the debt securities;

	•	The percentage of the principal amount at which the debt securities will be issued and any payments due if the maturity of the debt securities is accelerated;

	•	The dates on which the principal of the debt securities will be payable;

	•	Whether the debt security is a fixed-rate debt security, a floating-rate debt security or an indexed debt security, and also whether it is an original issue discount debt security;

	•	If the debt security is a fixed-rate debt security, the rate at which the debt security will bear interest, if any, the regular record dates and the interest payment dates;

	•	If the debt security is a floating-rate debt security, the interest rate basis; any applicable index, currency or maturity, spread or spread multiplier or initial, maximum or minimum rate; the interest reset, determination, calculation, record date and payment dates; and the calculation agent;

	•	If the debt security is an original issue discount debt security, the yield to maturity;

	•	If the debt security is an indexed debt security, the principal amount we will pay you at maturity, the amount of interest, if any, we will pay you on an interest payment date or the formula we will use to calculate these amounts, if any, and whether your debt security will be exchangeable for or payable in our stock;

	•	Any mandatory or optional redemption provisions;


	•	Any sinking fund or other provisions that would obligate us to repurchase or otherwise redeem the debt securities;

	•	Any provisions granting special rights to holders when a specified event occurs;

	•	Any changes to or additional events of defaults or covenants;

	•	Any special tax implications of the debt securities, including provisions for original issue discount securities, if offered; and

	•	Any other terms of the debt securities that are consistent with the provisions of the indentures.

The indentures do not limit the amount of debt securities that may be issued. Each indenture allows debt securities to be issued up to the principal amount that may be authorized by us and may be in any currency or currency unit designated by us. (Sections 3.01 and 3.03.)

The terms on which a series of debt securities may be converted into or exchanged for other securities of R&G Financial will be set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to each series. Such terms will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at our option. The terms may include provisions pursuant to which the securities of R&G Financial to be received by the holders of such series of debt securities may be adjusted.

Unless otherwise provided in the accompanying prospectus supplement, debt securities will be issued in registered form in denominations of $1,000 each and any multiples thereof. (Section 3.02.)

Under the subordinated debt indenture, payment of the principal, interest and any premium on the subordinated debt securities will generally be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness (as defined below). The subordinated debt indenture provides that no payment of principal, interest or any premium on the subordinated debt securities may be made unless we pay in full the principal, interest, any premium or any other amounts on any Senior Indebtedness then due. Also, no payment of principal, interest or any premium on the subordinated debt securities may be made if there shall have occurred and be continuing an event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness permitting the holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof, or if any judicial proceeding shall be pending with respect to any such default.

If there is any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or other similar proceeding relating to us, then all Senior Indebtedness must be paid in full before any payment may be made to any holders of subordinated debt securities. If after payment of the Senior Indebtedness there remains any amounts available for distribution and any person entitled to payment pursuant to the terms of Other Financial Obligations has not been paid in full all amounts due or to become due on the Other Financial Obligations, then these remaining amounts shall first be used to pay in full the Other Financial Obligations before any payment may be made to the holders of subordinated debt securities. Holders of subordinated debt securities must deliver any payments received by them to the holders of senior indebtedness and Other Financial Obligations until all Senior Indebtedness and Other Financial Obligations are paid in full. (Subordinated debt indenture, Section 16.02.)

The subordinated debt indenture will not limit the amount of Senior Indebtedness and Other Financial Obligations that we may incur.

“Senior Indebtedness” means any of the following, whether incurred before or after the execution of the subordinated debt indenture:


	(1) all obligations of R&G Financial for the repayment of borrowed money,

	(2) all obligations of R&G Financial for the deferred purchase price of property, but excluding trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business,


	(3) all capital lease obligations of R&G Financial, and

	(4) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (3) of other persons that R&G Financial has guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal liability;


	(a) the subordinated debt securities; and

	(b) indebtedness that by its terms is subordinated to, or ranks on an equal basis with, the subordinated debt securities.

“Other Financial Obligations” means all obligations of R&G Financial to make payment pursuant to the terms of financial instruments, such as:


	(1) securities contracts and foreign currency exchange contracts,

	(2) derivative instruments, including swap agreements, cap agreements, floor agreements, collar agreements, interest rate agreements, foreign exchange agreements, options, commodity futures contracts and commodity option contracts, and

	(3) similar financial instruments;


	(a) Senior Indebtedness, and

	(b) indebtedness that by its terms is subordinated to, or ranks on an equal basis with, the subordinated debt securities.

Each indenture generally permits a consolidation or merger between us and another corporation. They also permit us to sell all or substantially all of our property and assets. If this happens, the remaining or acquiring corporation shall assume all of our responsibilities and liabilities under the indentures including the payment of all amounts due on the debt securities and performance of the covenants in the indentures.

However, we will only consolidate or merge with or into any other corporation or sell all or substantially all of our assets according to the terms and conditions of the indentures. The remaining or acquiring corporation will be substituted for us in the indentures with the same effect as if it had been an original party to the indenture. Thereafter, the successor corporation may exercise our rights and powers under any indenture, in our name or in its own name. Any act or proceeding required or permitted to be done by our Board of Directors or any of our officers may be done by the board or officers of the successor corporation. If we merge with or into any other corporation or sell all or substantially all of our assets, we shall be released from all liabilities and obligations under the indentures and under the debt securities. (Sections 10.01 and 10.02.)

Under each indenture, our rights and obligations and the rights of the holders may be modified with the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series affected by the modification. No modification of the principal or interest payment terms, and no modification reducing the percentage required for modifications, is effective against any holder without its consent. (Sections 11.01 and 11.02.)

The senior debt indenture provides that an “event of default” regarding any series of senior debt securities will be any of the following:


	•	failure to pay interest on any debt security of such series for 30 days;

	•	failure to pay the principal or any premium on any debt security of such series when due;

	•	failure to deposit any sinking fund payment when due by the terms of a debt security of such series;

	•	failure to perform any other covenant in the indenture that continues for 90 days after being given written notice;

	•	acceleration of the senior debt securities of any other series or any other indebtedness for borrowed money of R&G Financial, in each case exceeding $5,000,000 in aggregate principal amount;

	•	certain events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of R&G Financial; or

	•	any other event of default included in any indenture or supplemental indenture. (Section 5.01.)

The subordinated debt indenture provides that an “event of default” regarding any series of subordinated debt securities will occur only upon certain events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of R&G Financial. A default in the payment of principal or interest or in the performance of any covenant or agreement in the subordinated debt securities of any series or in the subordinated indenture is not an event of default under the subordinated debt indenture and does not provide for any right of acceleration of the payment of principal of a series of subordinated debt securities. However, in the event of a default in the payment of principal or interest, the holder of any debt security shall have the right to institute a suit for the collection of such overdue payment.

An event of default for a particular series of debt securities does not necessarily constitute an event of default for any other series of debt securities issued under an indenture. The trustee may withhold notice to the holders of debt securities of any default (except in the payment of principal or interest) if it considers such withholding of notice to be in the best interests of the holders. (Section 6.02.)

If an event of default for any series of debt securities occurs and continues, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of the series may declare the entire principal of all the debt securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. If this happens, subject to certain conditions, the holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of that series can void the declaration. (Section 5.02.)

Other than its duties in case of a default, a trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under any indenture at the request, order or direction of any holders, unless the holders offer the trustee reasonable indemnity. (Section 6.01.) If they provide this reasonable indemnification, the holders of a majority in principal amount of any series of debt securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding or any remedy available to the trustee, or exercising any power conferred upon the trustee, for each series of debt securities. (Section 5.12.)


	•	pay the principal, interest and any premium on the debt securities when due;

	•	maintain a place of payment;

	•	deliver a report to the trustee at the end of each fiscal year certifying as to the absence of events of default and to our compliance with the terms of the indentures; and

	•	deposit sufficient funds with any paying agent on or before the due date for any principal, interest or any premium.

Principal, interest and any premium on fully registered securities will be paid at designated places. Payment will be made by check mailed to the persons in whose names the debt securities are registered on days specified in the indentures or any prospectus supplement. Debt securities payments in other forms will be paid at a place designated by us and specified in a prospectus supplement. (Section 3.07.)

Fully registered securities may be transferred or exchanged at the corporate trust office of the trustee or at any other office or agency maintained by us for such purposes, without the payment of any service charge except for any tax or governmental charge. (Section 3.05.)

The debt securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global certificates that will be deposited with a depositary identified in a prospectus supplement. Unless it is exchanged in whole or in part for debt securities in definitive form, a global certificate may generally be transferred only as a whole unless it is being transferred to certain nominees of the depositary. (Section 2.03.)

Unless otherwise stated in any prospectus supplement, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”) will act as depositary. Beneficial interests in global certificates will be shown on, and transfers of global certificates will be effected only through records maintained by DTC and its participants.

We will be discharged from our obligations on the senior debt securities of any series at any time if we deposit with the trustee sufficient cash or government securities to pay the principal, interest, any premium and any other sums due to the stated maturity date or a redemption date of the senior debt securities of the series. We must also deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of the senior debt securities of that series will have no federal income tax consequences as a result of such deposit. If this happens, the holders of the senior debt securities of the series will not be entitled to the benefits of the senior debt indenture except for registration of transfer and exchange of senior debt securities and replacement of lost, stolen or mutilated senior debt securities. (Senior debt indenture, Section 15.02.)

The subordinated debt indenture does not contain provisions for the defeasance and discharge of our obligations on the subordinated debt securities and the subordinated indenture.

Wilmington Trust Company will be the trustee under the indentures. It is also the trustee in connection with the issuance of trust preferred securities by R&G Capital Trust I in February 2002, R&G Capital Trust III in October 2003 and R&G Capital Trust V in March 2004. It is also contemplated that Wilmington Trust Company will serve as trustee in connection with the issuance of trust preferred securities, if any, by R&G Capital Trust VI, VII and VIII. The trustee and its affiliates may have other relations with R&G Financial in the ordinary course of business.

The occurrence of any default under either the senior debt indenture or the subordinated debt indenture could create a conflicting interest for the trustee under the Trust Indenture Act. If such default has not been cured or waived within 90 days after the trustee has or acquired a conflicting interest, the trustee would generally be required by the Trust Indenture Act to eliminate such conflicting interest or resign as trustee with respect to R&G Capital Trust I, R&G Capital Trust III, R&G Capital Trust V and R&G Capital Trust VI, VII and VIII, and the debt securities issued under the senior debt indenture or with respect to the subordinated debt securities issued under the subordinated debt indenture. In the event of the trustee’s resignation, we shall promptly appoint a successor trustee with respect to the affected securities.

The Trust Indenture Act also imposes certain limitations on the right of the trustee, as a creditor of R&G Financial, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect to any such claim or otherwise. The trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions with us, provided

This section of the prospectus describes the terms and provisions of our preferred stock. When we offer to sell a particular series of preferred stock, we will describe the specific terms of the securities in a supplement to this prospectus. The prospectus supplement will also indicate whether the terms and provisions described in this prospectus apply to the particular series of preferred stock. Each series of preferred stock will be issued under a certificate of designations, which will be filed with the SEC as an exhibit to a document incorporated by reference in this prospectus concurrently with the offering of such preferred stock. It is also subject to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which is filed as an exhibit to this registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. For a description of R&G Financial’s outstanding preferred stock, see “Description of Capital Stock-Preferred Stock.”

Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes us to issue 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share. Our Board of Directors is authorized to designate any series of preferred stock and the powers, preferences and rights of the preferred stock without further shareholder action. As of June 30, 2004, we had a total of 8,520,000 shares of preferred stock authorized, issued and outstanding consisting of 2,000,000 Series A shares, 1,000,000 Series B shares, 2,760,000 Series C shares and 2,760,000 Series D shares.

Our Board of Directors is authorized to determine or fix the following terms for each series of preferred stock, which will be described in a prospectus supplement:


	•	the designation of such series and the number of shares to constitute such series and the stated value thereof if different from the par value thereof;

	•	the voting rights, if any;

	•	the dividend rate;

	•	whether dividends are cumulative and, if so, the date from which dividends cumulate;

	•	the payment date for dividends;

	•	redemption rights, the applicable redemption prices and such other conditions of redemption;

	•	amounts payable to holders on our liquidation, dissolution or winding up;

	•	the amount of the sinking fund, if any;

	•	whether the shares will be convertible or exchangeable, and, if so, the prices and terms or rate of conversion and such other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange;

	•	whether future shares of the series or any future series or other class of stock is subject to any restrictions, and, if so, the nature of the restrictions;

	•	the conditions or restrictions, if any, upon the creation of indebtedness or upon the issuance of any additional stock; and

	•	any other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof.

The preferred stock will be, when issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Holders of preferred stock will not have any preemptive or subscription rights to acquire more stock of R&G Financial.

The transfer agent, registrar, dividend disbursing agent and redemption agent for shares of each series of preferred stock will be named in the prospectus supplement relating to such series.

The rights of holders of the preferred stock offered may be adversely affected by the rights of holders of any shares of preferred stock that may be issued in the future. The Board of Directors may cause shares of preferred stock to be issued in public or private transactions for any proper corporate purpose. Examples of proper corporate purposes include issuances to obtain additional financing in connection with acquisitions or otherwise, and issuances to our officers, directors and employees and our subsidiaries pursuant to benefit plans or otherwise.

Unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement relating to the shares of any series of preferred stock, such shares will rank on an equal basis with each other series of preferred stock and prior to the common stock as to dividends and distributions of assets.

The holders of each series of preferred stock will be entitled to receive cash dividends if declared by our Board of Directors out of funds we can legally use for payment. The prospectus supplement will indicate the dividend rates and the dates on which we will pay dividends as to each series of preferred stock. The rates may be fixed or variable or both. If the dividend rate is variable, the formula used to determine the dividend rate will be described in the prospectus supplement. We will pay dividends to the holders of record of each series of preferred stock as they appear on the record dates fixed by our Board of Directors.

Our Board of Directors will not declare and pay a dividend on any series of preferred stock unless full dividends for all series of preferred stock ranking equal as to dividends have been declared or paid and sufficient funds are set aside for payment. If dividends are not paid in full, we will declare any dividends pro rata among the preferred stock of each series and any series of preferred stock ranking equal to any other series as to dividends. A “pro rata” declaration means that the dividends we declare per share on each series of preferred stock will bear the same relationship to each other that the full accrued dividends per share on each series of the preferred stock bear to each other.

Unless all dividends on the preferred stock of each series have been paid in full, we will not declare or pay any dividends or set aside sums for payment of dividends or distributions on any common stock or on any class of security ranking junior to a series of preferred stock, except for dividends or distributions paid for with securities ranking junior to the preferred stock. We also will not redeem, purchase, or otherwise acquire any securities ranking junior to a series of preferred stock as to dividends or liquidation preferences, except by conversion into or exchange for stock ranking junior to the series of preferred stock.

R&G Mortgage is a party to a warehousing loan agreement that imposes limitations on its ability to pay dividends to us. The warehousing loan agreement limits the aggregate amounts of cash dividends that R&G Mortgage may pay to us on its common stock during a fiscal year to 50% of its net income for the immediately preceding fiscal year. Furthermore, R&G Mortgage is prohibited from paying cash dividends to us if an event of default has occurred or the payment of such divided would cause an event of default to occur under the warehousing loan agreement. We depend upon dividends from our subsidiaries, including R&G Mortgage, to make payments on our obligations, including our outstanding common stock and preferred stock.

The applicable prospectus supplement for any series of preferred stock will state the terms, if any, on which shares of that series are convertible into shares of another series of preferred stock or debt securities of R&G Financial.

If so determined by our Board of Directors, the holders of shares of preferred stock of any series may be obligated at any time or at maturity to exchange such shares for preferred stock of another series or debt securities of R&G Financial. The terms of any such exchange and any such preferred stock or debt securities will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such series of preferred stock.

If so specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, a series of preferred stock may be redeemable at any time, in whole or in part, at our option of or the holder thereof and may be mandatorily redeemed.

Any partial redemptions of preferred stock will be made in a way that our Board of Directors decides is equitable.

Unless we default in the payment of the redemption price, dividends will cease to accrue after the redemption date on shares of preferred stock called for redemption and all rights of holders of such shares will terminate except for the right to receive the redemption price.

Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of R&G Financial, holders of each series of preferred stock will be entitled to receive distributions upon liquidation in the amount set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to such series of preferred stock. Such distributions will be made before any distribution is made on any securities ranking junior relating to liquidation, including common stock.

If the liquidation amounts payable relating to the preferred stock of any series and any other securities ranking on a parity regarding liquidation rights are not paid in full, the holders of the preferred stock of such series and such other securities will share in any such distribution of available assets of R&G Financial on a ratable basis in proportion to the full liquidation preferences. Holders of such series of preferred stock will not be entitled to any other amounts from R&G Financial after they have received their full liquidation preference.


	•	as otherwise stated in the prospectus supplement;

	•	as otherwise stated in the certificate of designations establishing such series; or

	•	as required by applicable law.

Under regulations adopted by the Federal Reserve Board, if the holders of the preferred stock of any series become entitled to vote for the election of directors because dividends on the preferred stock of such series are in arrears, preferred stock of such series could be deemed a “class of voting securities.” In this instance, a holder of 25% or more of the preferred stock of such series could then be subject to regulation as a bank holding company in accordance with the Bank Holding Company Act. A holder of 5% or more of such series that otherwise exercises a “controlling influence” over R&G Financial could also be subject to regulation under the Bank Holding Company Act. In addition, at any time a series of the preferred stock is deemed a class of voting securities, (1) any other bank holding company may be required to obtain the approval of the Federal Reserve Board to acquire or retain 5% or more of the outstanding shares of such series of preferred stock, and (2) any person other than a bank holding company may be required to file with the Federal Reserve Board under the Change in Bank Control Act to acquire or retain 10% or more of such series.

Section 12 of the Puerto Rico Banking Law requires that the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions of Puerto Rico approve any change of control involving a bank organized under the Banking Law. The Banking Law requires that the Office of the Commissioner be informed not less than 60 days prior to any transfer of voting stock of a Puerto Rico bank that results in any person owning, directly or indirectly, more than 5% of the outstanding voting stock of the bank. For the purposes of Section 12 of the Banking Law, the term “control” means the power to, directly or indirectly, direct or influence decisively the administration or the norms of the bank.

Pursuant to the Banking Law, if the Office of the Commissioner receives notice of a proposed transaction that may result in a change of control of R&G Financial, the Office of the Commissioner is required to investigate and determine whether a change of control has occurred. The Office of the Commissioner will

issue an authorization for the transfer of control of Doral Financial if the results of its investigations are in its judgment satisfactory. The decision of the Office of the Commissioner is final and unreviewable.

This section of the prospectus documents the terms and provisions of our common stock. When we offer to sell shares of our common stock, we will describe the specific terms of the offering and the shares in a supplement to the prospectus.

Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes us to issue 200,000,000 shares of common stock consisting of 80,000,000 Class A shares and 120,000,000 Class B shares, par value $.01 per share. As of June 30, 2004, there were 51,102,420 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, consisting of 21,559,584 Class A shares (all of which are held by Mr. Victor J. Galán, our chairman and chief executive officer) and 29,542,836 Class B shares. Each Class A share is convertible into Class B shares at the rate of one Class B share for each Class A share so converted, at the discretion of the holder of Class A shares. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company requires the Company to at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Class B shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the conversion of Class A shares, such number of Class B shares as shall then be issuable upon the conversion of all outstanding Class B shares. The Class B shares do not carry any conversion rights and are otherwise not convertible into Class A shares.

Holders of Class A shares and Class B shares generally vote as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders. Each record holder of Class A shares is entitled to two votes per share and holders of Class B shares are entitled to one vote per share. The Class B shares are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which we refer to as the Exchange Act, and trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RGF.”

All outstanding common stock is, and any stock issued pursuant to this prospectus will be, fully paid and nonassessable. Subject to rights of preferred stockholders, holders of common stock


	•	are entitled to any dividends validly declared; and

	•	will share ratably in our net assets in the event of a liquidation.

The common stock issued pursuant to this prospectus will have no conversion rights. Holders of common stock have no preemptive, subscription, redemption, or call rights related to those shares.

American Stock Transfer & Trust Co. is the transfer agent and registrar for our common stock.

The general terms of our preferred stock are described above under “Description of Preferred Stock.” As of the date of this prospectus, we had outstanding four series of serial preferred stock described below.


(1)	Based on a percentage of the applicable liquidation preference per share.

(2)	See “Liquidation Rights” below for additional information.

(3)	See “Redemption” below for additional information.

(4)	See “Conversion Rights” below for additional information.

(5)	See “Voting Rights” below for additional information.

Dividend Rights and Limitations. The holders of the Series A shares, the Series B shares, the Series C shares and the Series D shares are entitled to receive non-cumulative cash dividends when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, at their respective annual dividend rates payable monthly. The holders of the Series A shares, the Series B shares, the Series C shares and the Series D shares are entitled to receive such dividends prior to any payment of dividends or distribution of assets to holders of our common stock and to any other class of capital stock ranking junior to the Series A shares, the Series B shares, the Series C shares or the Series D shares with respect to the payment of dividends.

Liquidation Rights. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of us, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the Series A shares, the Series B shares, the Series C shares and the Series D shares are entitled to receive out of our assets an amount in cash equal to their liquidation preference per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon for the current monthly dividend period to the date of the distribution. This distribution must be made before any payment may be made to the holders of our common stock or any of our other securities ranking junior to the Series A shares, the Series B shares, the Series C shares or the Series D shares as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation. No distribution of this type or payment on account of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of us may be made to the holders of the shares of any class or series of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A shares, the Series B shares, the Series C shares or the Series D shares as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, unless the holders of the Series A shares, the Series B shares, the Series C shares or the Series D shares receive like amounts ratably in accordance with the full distributive amounts which they and the holders of parity stock are respectively entitled to receive upon this preferential distribution.

After the payment to the holders of the Series A shares, the Series B shares, the Series C shares and the Series D shares of the full preferential amounts provided for above, the holders of such shares will have no right or claim to any of our remaining assets.

Redemption. The Series A shares are subject to redemption in whole or in part, at our option, subject to the approval of the Federal Reserve Board, if required by applicable law, commencing on or after October 1, 2003, and prior to September 30, 2004 at a price of $26.00 per share and after this period, at redemption prices declining to a price of $25.00 per share on or after October 1, 2006.

The Series B shares are subject to redemption in whole or in part, at our option, subject to the approval of the Federal Reserve Board, if required by applicable law, commencing on or after January 1, 2005, and prior to December 31, 2006 at a price of $25.50 per share and after this period, at redemption prices declining to $25.00 per share on or after January 1, 2007.

The Series C shares are subject to redemption in whole or in part, at our option, subject to the approval of the Federal Reserve Board, if required by applicable law, commencing on or after April 1, 2006, and prior to March 31, 2007 at a price of $25.50 per share and after this period, at redemption prices declining to $25.00 per share on or after April 31, 2008.

The Series D shares are subject to redemption in whole or in part, at our option, subject to the approval of the Federal Reserve Board, if required by applicable law, commencing on or after March 1, 2007, and prior to February 29, 2008 at a price of $25.50 per share and after this period, at redemption prices declining to $25.00 per share on or after March 1, 2009.

There is no mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligation with respect to any of the outstanding series of preferred stock.

Conversion Rights. The Series A shares, Series B shares, Series C shares and Series D shares are not convertible into, or exchangeable for any of our other securities.

Voting Rights. The holders of the Series A shares, the Series B shares, the Series C shares and the Series D shares are not entitled to any voting rights except (1) if we do not pay dividends in full on such series for 18 consecutive monthly dividend periods, (2) as required by law or (3) in connection with any changes of the terms or rights of the Series A shares, the Series B shares, the Series C shares or the Series D shares, as the case may be.

Relative Rank. The Series A shares, the Series B shares, the Series C shares and the Series D shares have the same rank as to the payment of dividends and as to the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of us.

We may sell the securities described in this prospectus through agents, underwriters, dealers or directly to purchasers. Any such underwriters, dealers or agents may include our broker-dealer subsidiary, R-G Investments, Inc.

The distribution of the securities may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed from time to time, or at negotiated prices.

For each series of securities, the applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the terms of the offering including:


	•	the initial public offering price;

	•	the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents;

	•	the purchase price of the securities;

	•	the proceeds from the sale of the securities to us;

	•	any underwriting discounts, agency fees, or other compensation payable to underwriters or agents;

	•	any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or repaid to dealers; and

	•	the securities exchanges on which the securities will be listed, if any.

If we use underwriters in the sale, they will buy the securities for their own account. The underwriters may then resell the securities in one or more transactions at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale or thereafter. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to certain conditions. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities offered if they purchase any securities. The initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time. In connection with an offering, underwriters and selling group members and their affiliates may engage in transactions to stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the securities in accordance with applicable law.

If we use dealers in the sale, we will sell securities to such dealers as principals. The dealers may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by such dealers at the time of resale. If we use agents in the sale, they will use their reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases for the period of their appointment. If we sell directly, no underwriters, dealers or agents would be involved. We are not making an offer of securities in any state that does not permit such an offer.

Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in any distribution of securities may be deemed to be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act of 1933. Any discounts, commissions or profit they receive when they resell the securities may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act of 1933. We may have agreements with underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribute with respect to payments that they may be required to make.

We may authorize underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit offers from certain institutions whereby the institution contractually agrees to purchase the securities from us on a future date at a specific price. This type of contract may be made only with institutions that we specifically approve. Such institutions could include banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies and educational and charitable institutions. The underwriters, dealers or agents will not be responsible for the validity or performance of these contracts.

The securities will be new issues of securities with no established trading market and, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, will not be listed on any exchange. It has not presently been established whether the underwriters, if any, of the securities will make a market in the securities. If the underwriters make a market in the securities, such market making may be discontinued at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the securities.

Our broker-dealer subsidiary is a member of the NASD and may participate in distributions of securities. Accordingly, offerings of securities in which R-G Investments, Inc. participates will conform with the provisions of Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the NASD. In accordance with the NASD guidelines, the maximum underwriting compensation to be received in connection with any offering pursuant to this shelf registration will not exceed 8% of the aggregate public offering price of the securities; however, it is anticipated that the maximum commission or discount to be received in any particular offering of securities will be significantly less than this amount.

This prospectus, together with any applicable prospectus supplement, may also be used by our broker-dealer subsidiary in connection with offers and sales of securities in market-making transactions at negotiated prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of sale. Our broker-dealer subsidiary, R-G Investments, Inc., may act as principal or agent in such transactions. Our broker-dealer subsidiaries does not have any obligation to make a market in any of the securities and may discontinue any market-making activities at any time without notice, at its sole discretion.

Underwriters, dealers or agents may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us and our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

Patton Boggs will rely upon the opinion of McConnell Valdes, unless we indicate otherwise in a prospectus supplement. As of the date of this prospectus, certain partners of Patton Boggs LLP owned in the aggregate approximately 19,521 shares of our common stock. The name of the law firm advising any underwriters or agents with respect to certain issues relating to any offering will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm given on the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

This prospectus is a part of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed by us and the Trusts with the SEC under the Securities Act. This prospectus does not contain all the information set forth in the Registration Statement, certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information with respect to us and the securities offered by this prospectus, reference is made to the Registration Statement. Statements contained in this prospectus concerning the provisions of such documents are necessarily summaries of such documents and each such statement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the applicable document filed with the SEC.

We file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You may also inspect and copy these materials a the public reference facilities of the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024, Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of such material can be obtained at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information.

We “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus and information that we file subsequently with the SEC will automatically update this prospectus. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the initial filing of the Registration Statement that contains this prospectus and prior to the time that we sell all the securities offered by this prospectus:


	(a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed on March 15, 2004.

	(b) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K referred to in clause (a) above.

	(c) The description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in the Registrant’s Form 8-A (File No. 000-211137), as filed with the Commission pursuant to Sections 12(b) and 12(g) of the Exchange Act, on August 5, 1996.

The SEC file number for each of these documents is 001-31381. You may request a copy of these filings (other than an exhibit to a filing unless that exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference into that filing) at no cost, by writing to or telephoning us at the following address: 280 Jesús T. Piñero, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918 (787) 758-2424.

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with additional or different information. We may only use this prospectus to sell securities if it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement. We are only offering these securities in states where the offer is permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or the applicable prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the dates on the front of those documents.

The Trusts may offer from time to time trust preferred securities, and we may offer from time to time junior subordinated debt securities and guarantees of the trust preferred securities.

We will offer the securities in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions at the time of the offering. We or the Trusts, as the case may be, will provide the specific terms of these securities as applicable in supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement carefully before you invest.

NEITHER THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES OFFERED BY THE TRUSTS NOR THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES OR GUARANTEES OFFERED BY US WILL BE SAVING ACCOUNTS, DEPOSITS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF ANY BANK OR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION. THESE SECURITIES WILL NOT BE INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE BANK INSURANCE FUND OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we and the Trusts filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, utilizing the “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration statement, the Trusts may sell trust preferred securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the Trusts to the public and common securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the Trusts to us in one or more offerings. In addition, we may sell, either separately or together, debt securities, preferred stock and common stock in one or more offerings. We may also issue debt securities or common stock upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any of the securities mentioned above. The aggregate amount of securities that we and the Trusts may offer under the registration statement is $500,000,000, denominated in U.S. dollars or the equivalent in foreign currencies, currency units or composite currencies.

The words “we”, “our”, “us” and “R&G Financial” refer to R&G Financial Corporation, unless we indicate otherwise.


	•	the strength of the United States economy in general and the strength of the regional and local economies within our markets;

	•	geopolitical conditions, including acts or threats of terrorism, actions taken by the United States or other governments in response to acts or threats of terrorism and/or military conflicts, which could impact business and economic conditions in the United States and abroad;

	•	adverse changes in the local real estate market, as most of the Company’s loans are concentrated in Puerto Rico and Florida and a substantial portion of these loans have real estate as collateral;


	•	the effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;

	•	inflation, interest rate, market and monetary fluctuations;

	•	our timely development of new products and services in a changing environment, including the features, pricing and quality of our products and services compared to the products and services of our competitors;

	•	the willingness of users to substitute competitors’ products and services for our products and services;

	•	the impact of changes in financial services policies, laws and regulations, including laws, regulations and policies concerning taxes, banking, securities and insurance, and the application thereof by regulatory bodies;

	•	technological changes;

	•	changes in consumer spending and savings habits; and

	•	regulatory or judicial proceedings.


	•	expanding our retail banking franchise in order to achieve increased market presence and to increase core deposits;

	•	enhancing our net interest income by increasing our loans held for investment, particularly real estate secured loans, and investment securities;

	•	emphasizing the growth of our mortgage banking activities, including the origination and sale of mortgage loans, and growing our loan servicing operation;

	•	developing new business relationships through an increased emphasis on commercial real estate and commercial business lending;

	•	diversifying our retail products and services, including an increase in consumer loan originations;

	•	meeting the financial needs of our customers through, among other things, the offering of trust and investment services and insurance products;

	•	expanding our operations in the continental United States; and,

	•	emphasizing controlled growth, while pursuing a variety of acquisition opportunities when appropriate.

Each Trust is a statutory trust formed under Delaware law. Each Trust was created pursuant to a separate certificate of trust, which was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and a declaration of trust executed by us, as sponsor, and the Trust’s trustees. A statutory trust is a separate legal entity that can be formed for the purposes of holding property. For federal income tax purposes, each Trust is a grantor trust. Each Trust exists for the exclusive purposes of:

– issuing its trust preferred securities and common securities, which represent undivided beneficial interests in its assets,

– investing the gross proceeds received from the sale of the trust preferred securities and common securities in an equal aggregate principal amount of our junior subordinated debt securities, and

– engaging in only those other activities necessary, appropriate, convenient or incidental thereto.

The public will initially own all of a Trust’s trust preferred securities. We will own all of a Trust’s common securities. When a Trust issues its trust preferred securities, that Trust’s declaration of trust will be amended and restated to set the terms of the trust preferred securities. The common securities will represent an aggregate liquidation amount equal to at least 3% of a Trust’s total capitalization. The trust preferred securities will represent the remaining approximate 97% of a Trust’s total capitalization.

The common securities of a Trust will rank equally, and payments will be made on the common securities on a ratable basis, with the trust preferred securities of the Trust. However, if an event of default under the amended declaration of any Trust exists, the rights of the holders of the common securities of that Trust to receive distributions and payments and upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise will rank junior to the rights of the holders of the trust preferred securities of that Trust.

Pursuant to the amended declaration of a Trust, the Trust will initially have four trustees. Two of the trustees will be our employees or officers, which we refer to as the “administrative trustees.” Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, Delaware will serve as property trustee under the amended declaration of each Trust

and will act as the Delaware trustee for each Trust. The property trustee and the Delaware trustee may at any time be removed or replaced by the holder of the common securities of the applicable Trust. For purposes of compliance with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, Wilmington Trust Company, which is located in Wilmington, Delaware will also act as indenture trustee under our guarantee of the trust preferred securities of each Trust, which we refer to as a “guarantee,” until replaced by the holder of the common securities of that Trust.

The property trustee for each Trust will hold title to the junior subordinated debt securities for the benefit of the Trust and that of the holders of the trust preferred securities and common securities of that Trust and, so long as the Trust holds the junior subordinated debt securities, the property trustee will have the power to exercise all rights, powers, and privileges of a holder of debentures under the indenture. In addition, the property trustee will maintain exclusive control of a segregated non-interest bearing trust account to hold all payments made in respect of the junior subordinated debt securities for the benefit of the holders of the applicable trust preferred securities and common securities, which we refer to as the “property account”. The property account may be held at the property trustee or any paying agent of the property trustee. The property trustee will make payments of distributions and payments on liquidation, redemption and otherwise to the holders of the applicable trust preferred securities and common securities out of funds from the property account. Wilmington Trust Company, which is located in Wilmington, Delaware will hold the guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the trust preferred securities of each Trust.

As the direct or indirect holder of all the common securities of each Trust, we will have the right to appoint, remove or replace any trustee of a Trust and to increase or decrease the number of trustees. We will pay all fees, expenses, debts and obligations, other than with respect to the trust preferred securities and common securities, incurred and associated with each Trust and the offering of the trust preferred securities by any of the Trusts.

The principal executive office of each of the Trusts is c/o R&G Financial Corporation, 280 Jesús T. Piñero Avenue, Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918 and the telephone number of each Trust is (787) 758-2424.

All of the proceeds from the sale of the trust preferred securities together with proceeds of the common securities will be invested by each Trust in the junior subordinated debt securities to be issued by us.

payments on our outstanding preferred stock and a reasonable approximation of the interest component of rental expense, and is presented both including and excluding interest on deposits.

We may issue junior subordinated debt securities from time to time in one or more series under an indenture to be entered into between us and Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, Delaware, as property trustee. We refer to the indenture as supplemented or amended from time to time as the “indenture”. The indenture will be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. The terms of the junior subordinated debt securities will include those in the indenture and those made part of the indenture by the Trust Indenture Act. The following summary of the material terms and provisions of the junior subordinated debt securities is not intended to be complete. You should read the following description together with the indenture to help you understand the terms of the junior subordinated debt securities. A copy of the indenture has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

The junior subordinated debt securities will be issued as unsecured debt under the indenture. The indenture provides that we may issue junior subordinated debt securities from time to time by a resolution of our Board of Directors or a duly appointed committee.

If we issue junior subordinated debt securities to a Trust in connection with the issuance of trust preferred securities and common securities by the Trust, the junior subordinated debt securities may be distributed ratably to the holders of such trust preferred securities and common securities in connection with the dissolution of the Trust as described in the applicable prospectus supplement. We will issue only one series of junior subordinated debt securities to a Trust in connection with a Trust’s issuance of its trust preferred securities and common securities.

A prospectus supplement relating to a series of junior subordinated debt securities being offered will include specific terms relating to the offering. These terms may include some or all of the following:


	•	the title of the junior subordinated debt securities;

	•	any limit on total principal amount of the subordinated debt securities;

	•	the maturity date or dates on the subordinated debt securities;

	•	the rate or rates of interest on the junior subordinated debt securities, which may be fixed or variable, at which the junior subordinated debt securities will bear interest, or the method of determining such rate or rates, if any;

	•	the date or dates from which interest, if any, will accrue;

	•	the date or dates on which interest will be payable, or the method of determining such interest payment date or dates, and the related record dates;

	•	the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the junior subordinated debt securities will be payable;

	•	the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of such extension;


	•	any redemption dates, prices, rights, obligations and restrictions on the junior subordinated debt securities;

	•	the denominations in which the junior subordinated debt securities will be issuable;

	•	the currency or currency unit in which principal, premium, if any, and interest will be paid if other than U.S. dollars;

	•	any events of default with respect to the junior subordinated debt securities, if not set forth in the indenture;

	•	the form of the junior subordinated debt securities, including the form of the certificate of authentication;

	•	any trustee, authenticating or paying agent, warrant agent, transfer agent or registrar with respect to the junior subordinated debt securities;

	•	whether the junior subordinated debt securities will be issued as global securities and, in such case, the depositary for such global securities, and certain other matters relating to such global securities; and

	•	any other material terms of such series of junior subordinated debt securities not specified in this prospectus.

The indenture does not contain provisions that would afford holders of the junior subordinated debt securities protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction, reorganization, restructuring, merger or similar transaction in which we are involved that may adversely affect such holders.

Unless the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, we will issue the junior subordinated debt securities in fully registered form, without coupons. Holders of junior subordinated debt securities will not pay any service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange of the junior subordinated debt securities. We may, however, require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other government charge payable in connection with such registration or transfer.

Unless the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, principal, premium, if any, and interest will be payable, and the junior subordinated debt securities will be transferable, at the corporate trust office of the property trustee as paying and authenticating agent, except that, at our option, interest may be paid:


	•	by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to such interest as it appears in the security register, or

	•	by wire transfer to an account maintained by the person entitled to such interest as specified in the applicable security register.

We may issue junior subordinated debt securities of a series in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities that will be deposited with a depositary or its nominee identified in the applicable prospectus supplement. In such case, one or more global securities will be issued in an aggregate denomination equal to the portion of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding junior subordinated debt securities to be represented by such global security. Until it is exchanged in whole or in part for subordinated debt securities in definitive registered form, a global security may not be registered for transfer or exchange except as a whole by the depositary to its nominee and except in the circumstances described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The specific terms of any depositary arrangement and a description of the depositary will be provided in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The junior subordinated debt securities will rank junior to certain of our other debt, which may include both senior and subordinated indebtedness for money borrowed, to the extent described in the applicable prospectus supplement.


	•	declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of our capital stock;

	•	make any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on, or repay, repurchase or redeem any of our debt securities that rank equal or junior to the junior subordinated debt securities; or

	•	make any guarantee payment with respect to any guarantee by us of debt securities of any of our subsidiaries if such guarantee ranks equal or junior to the junior subordinated debt securities;


	(1) an event of default exists under the indenture, which we refer to as an “event of default,” and we have not taken reasonable steps to cure the event of default;

	(2) if such junior subordinated debt securities are held by the property trustee, we have defaulted on our payment obligations under the guarantee of such Trust; or

	(3) we have deferred the payment of interest on such junior subordinated debt securities as permitted under the indenture.


	•	dividends, distributions, redemptions, purchases or acquisitions made by us by issuing our capital stock (or options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for our capital stock),

	•	dividends declared in connection with implementing a shareholders’ rights plan, issuing stock under the plan or redeeming or repurchasing rights pursuant to the plan,

	•	payments under the guarantee or guarantee of common securities,

	•	the purchase of fractional shares resulting from a reclassification of our capital stock,

	•	the purchase of fractional interests in shares of our capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged,

	•	purchases of common stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights under any of our director, officer or employee benefit plans, and

	•	obligations under any of our dividend reinvestment or stock purchase plans.

For so long as such trust preferred securities and common securities of a Trust remain outstanding, we will:


	•	maintain, directly or indirectly, 100% ownership of the common securities of the Trust,

	•	use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trust to remain a grantor trust, and to continue to be classified as a grantor trust, for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes, and

	•	not to cause or permit the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust except in connection with a distribution of the junior subordinated debt securities as provided in the amended declaration of the Trust, or in connection with certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations.

We may not consolidate with, or merge into, any corporation or convey or transfer our properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any person unless:


	•	the successor entity expressly assumes our obligations under the indenture, and

	•	after giving effect to the transaction, no indenture event of default exists and no event that with notice or lapse of time would become an indenture event of default has occurred.

Under the indenture, the following events will constitute an event of default with respect to each series of junior subordinated debt securities:


	•	we fail for 30 days to pay any interest on the junior subordinated debt securities of that series when due; or

	•	we fail to pay all or any part of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the junior subordinated debt securities of that series when due either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration of acceleration of maturity or otherwise; or

	•	we fail to perform or materially breach any other covenant in the indenture for 60 days after written notice to us by the property trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the junior subordinated debt securities of that series; or

	•	certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization relating to us occur; or

	•	any other indenture event of default provided with respect to such series of junior subordinated debt securities as described in the related prospectus supplement.

The indenture provides that the property trustee may withhold notice of an indenture event of default to the holders of a series of junior subordinated debt securities, except a default in payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on such junior subordinated debt securities, if the property trustee considers it in the interest of such holders to do so.

The indenture provides that if an indenture event of default with respect to any series of junior subordinated debt securities exists, either the property trustee or the holders of 25% in principal amount of the outstanding junior subordinated debt securities of the series may declare the principal of all junior subordinated debt securities of the series to be due and payable immediately. In certain instances, the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the junior subordinated debt securities of such series may annul such declaration or waive such defaults, except defaults in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the junior subordinated debt securities.

The holders of a majority in the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the junior subordinated debt securities of any series affected may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee under the indenture with respect to such series, provided the holders have offered to the trustee reasonable indemnity against expenses and liabilities. The indenture also provides that a holder of any junior subordinated debt security may institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on such junior subordinated debt security on the stated maturity or upon repayment or redemption of such junior subordinated debt security and that this right may not be impaired without such holder’s consent. Under the indenture, we must file annually with the property trustee a certificate as to the absence of certain defaults under the indenture.

We and the property trustee may, with the consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the junior subordinated debt securities of all affected series, amend or modify the indenture. No amendment or modification may, without the consent of each affected holder:


	•	change the fixed maturity date of any junior subordinated debt securities,

	•	reduce the principal amount of the junior subordinated debt securities,

	•	reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest on the junior subordinated debt securities,

	•	make the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the junior subordinated debt securities payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in the junior subordinated debt securities,

	•	impair or affect the right of any holder of junior subordinated debt securities to institute suit for the payment thereof or reduce any amount payable on prepayment, or

	•	reduce the percentage of junior subordinated debt securities for which the consent of the holders is required for any such modification.

If junior subordinated debt securities of a series are held by a Trust or a trustee, any amendment or modification of the indenture requiring consent as described above will also require the consent of the holders of all or a majority in liquidation amount of the trust preferred securities and common securities of the applicable Trust, as the case may be. As a result of these pass-through voting rights with respect to amendments and modifications to the indenture, no amendment or modification to the indenture will be effective until the holders of all or a majority in liquidation amount of the trust preferred securities and common securities consent to the amendment or modification.

The indenture provides that we may discharge our obligations to holders of any series of junior subordinated debt securities that either have or will within one year become due and payable by irrevocably depositing with the trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay in full all of the outstanding junior subordinated debt securities of such series. In such event, the indenture will no longer be effective with respect to that series, except as to our obligations to pay all other sums due with respect to that series, and we will have satisfied and discharged the indenture with respect to that series.

The indenture and the junior subordinated debt securities will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

Each Trust may issue from time to time one series of trust preferred securities pursuant to an amended and restated declaration of trust, which we refer to as an “amended declaration”, which we will enter into with Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, Delaware. Each amended declaration will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. The terms of the trust preferred securities of a Trust will include those in the applicable amended declaration and those made a part of the amended declaration by the Trust Indenture Act. You should read the following description together with the applicable amended declaration to help you understand the terms of the trust preferred securities. A copy of each amended declaration will be filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

The terms of the trust preferred securities issued by any Trust will mirror the terms of the junior subordinated debt securities purchased by the Trust, which will be described in the applicable prospectus

supplement. The prospectus supplement relating to the trust preferred securities being offered will include specific terms relating to the offering. These terms may include some or all of the following:


	•	the designation of the trust preferred securities;

	•	the number and the initial public offering price of the trust preferred securities;

	•	the annual distribution rate, or method of determining such rate, the date or dates upon which such distributions shall be payable and the date or dates from which distributions will accrue;

	•	whether distributions will be cumulative, and, if so, the date or dates or method of determining the date or dates from which distributions on the trust preferred securities will be cumulative;

	•	the amount that will be paid out of the assets of such Trust to the holders of trust preferred securities upon dissolution, winding-up or termination of such Trust;

	•	whether the applicable Trust may redeem the trust preferred securities and the redemption price or prices and other terms and conditions relative to the redemption rights;

	•	any voting rights;

	•	the terms and conditions, if any, upon which junior subordinated debt securities may be distributed to holders of trust preferred securities;

	•	any conversion rights;

	•	if applicable, any securities exchange upon which the trust preferred securities will be listed; and

	•	any other relevant rights, preferences, privileges, limitations or restrictions of trust preferred securities issued by such Trust not inconsistent with the amended declaration or with applicable law.

We will guarantee all trust preferred securities to the extent set forth below under “Description of Guarantees.” Certain United States federal income and Puerto Rico tax considerations applicable to any offering of trust preferred securities will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

In connection with the issuance of trust preferred securities by a Trust, the Trust will issue one series of common securities, which will have the terms set forth in the amended declaration. Except for voting rights, the terms of the common securities issued by a Trust will be identical to the terms of the trust preferred securities issued by such Trust, and the common securities will rank equally, and payments will be made on the common securities on a ratable basis, with the trust preferred securities. If an event of default under the amended declaration exists, which we refer to as an “event of default,” the rights of the holders of the common securities to receive distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise will rank junior to the rights of the holders of the trust preferred securities. Except in limited circumstances, the common securities will also have the right to vote to appoint, remove or replace any of the trustees of a Trust. We will own all of the common securities of each Trust.

If a declaration event of default exists, the holders of trust preferred securities of the applicable Trust will rely on the indenture trustee’s enforcement of its rights against us as a holder of the subordinated debt securities issued to such Trust. In addition, the holders of a majority in liquidation amount of the trust preferred securities of such Trust may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the indenture trustee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the indenture trustee under the applicable amended declaration, including the right to direct the indenture trustee to exercise the remedies available to it as a holder of the subordinated debt securities. If the indenture trustee fails to enforce its rights under the applicable series of subordinated debt securities, a holder of the applicable trust preferred securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against us to enforce the indenture trustee’s rights without first instituting any legal proceeding against the indenture trustee or any other person or entity.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a declaration event of default exists due to our failure to make payments on the applicable subordinated securities when due, then a holder of applicable trust preferred securities may bring a direct action. This means that a holder may directly sue for enforcement of payment to such holder of amounts due on the subordinated debt securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the trust preferred securities of such holder. Such holder need not first:


	•	direct the indenture trustee to enforce the terms of the subordinated debt securities or

	•	sue us to enforce the indenture trustee’s rights under the subordinated debt securities.

In connection with any direct action, as holder of the common securities, we will be subrogated to the rights of such holder of trust preferred securities under the applicable amended declaration to the extent of any payment made by us to such holder.

The amended declaration and the trust preferred securities will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

In connection with the issuance by a Trust of any trust preferred securities, we will execute and deliver a guarantee for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the trust preferred securities. Each guarantee will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. Wilmington Trust Company, Wilmington, Delaware, which we refer to as the “guarantee trustee,” will act as trustee under each guarantee for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act. The terms of the guarantee will include those in the guarantee and those made a part of the guarantee by the Trust Indenture Act. The following summary of the material terms and provisions of the guarantee is not intended to be complete. You should read the following description together with the guarantee to help you understand the terms of the guarantee. A copy of the guarantee has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

Pursuant to each guarantee, we will irrevocably and unconditionally agree, to the extent set forth in such guarantee, to pay in full, to the holders of the applicable trust preferred securities, the guarantee payments when due. The following payments, to the extent not paid by the relevant Trust, constitute “guarantee payments”:


	•	any accrued and unpaid distributions required to be paid on such trust preferred securities;

	•	the redemption price with respect to any trust preferred security called for redemption; and

	•	upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the applicable Trust, other than in connection with the distribution of subordinated debt securities to the holders of trust preferred securities or the redemption of all of the trust preferred securities upon maturity or redemption, the lesser of:


	(1) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accrued and unpaid distributions on such trust preferred securities to the date of payment, and

	(2) the amount of assets of such Trust remaining available for distribution to holders of such trust preferred securities in liquidation of such Trust.

The redemption price and liquidation amount will be fixed at the time the trust preferred securities are issued.

We will guarantee payments of distributions and other payments due on the trust preferred securities to the extent funds are available therefor. If we do not make a required payment on the related junior subordinated debt securities, a Trust will not have sufficient funds to make the related payment on the trust

preferred securities. The guarantee does not cover payments on any trust preferred securities when the applicable Trust does not have sufficient funds to make such payments. Our obligation to make a guarantee payment may be satisfied by our paying or causing the relevant Trust to pay the required amount directly to the holders of trust preferred securities.

The guarantee, when taken together with our obligations under the junior subordinated debt securities, the indenture and the amended declaration, including our obligations as issuer of the junior subordinated debt securities to pay costs, expenses, debts and liabilities of the Trusts, other than with respect to the trust preferred securities and common securities, will provide a full and unconditional guarantee, on a subordinated basis, by us of payments due on the trust preferred securities.

The holders of at least a majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding trust preferred securities of a Trust may amend the relevant guarantee. No such approval will be required, however, with respect to amendments that do not adversely affect the rights of holders of such trust preferred securities. The manner of obtaining any such approval will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

We will also guarantee irrevocably and unconditionally each Trust’s obligations with respect to the common securities to the same extent as the guarantees, except that upon an event of default, holders of trust preferred securities will have priority over holders of common securities with respect to distributions and payments on liquidation, redemption or otherwise.


	•	upon full payment of the redemption price of all trust preferred securities of the applicable Trust,

	•	upon distribution of the junior subordinated debt securities held by the applicable Trust to the holders of the trust preferred securities of such Trust, or

	•	upon full payment of the amounts payable upon liquidation in accordance with the applicable amended declaration.

Each guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if, at any time, any holder of the applicable trust preferred securities is required to restore payment of any sums paid under such trust preferred securities or such guarantee.

An event of default under a guarantee will occur if we fail to perform any of our payment or other obligations under the guarantee. The holders of a majority in liquidation amount of the trust preferred securities relating to such guarantee 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 such trust preferred securities. If the guarantee trustee fails to enforce such guarantee, any holder of trust preferred securities relating to such guarantee may institute a legal proceeding directly against us to enforce the guarantee trustee’s rights under such guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the relevant Trust, the guarantee trustee or any other person or entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if we have failed to make a guarantee payment, a holder of trust preferred securities may directly institute a proceeding against us to enforce the guarantee for such payment.

Unless the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, the guarantees will constitute our unsecured obligations and will rank:


	•	junior to certain of our other liabilities, which may include both senior and subordinated indebtedness for money borrowed, to the extent set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement,

	•	equally with any guarantee entered into by us in respect of any other Delaware statutory trust or other similar financing vehicle sponsored by us, and

	•	senior to all of our capital stock and to any guarantee we have or will enter into in respect of any of our capital stock.

The terms of the trust preferred securities provide that each holder, by acceptance of such preferred securities, agrees to the subordination provisions and other terms of the guarantee relating thereto as described in the applicable prospectus supplement. The guarantees will constitute a guarantee of payment and not of collection. A guarantee of payment entitles the guaranteed party to institute a legal proceeding directly against the guarantor to enforce its rights under the guarantee without instituting a legal proceeding against any other person or entity.

The guarantee trustee, prior to the occurrence of a default with respect to a guarantee, undertakes to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in such guarantee and, after default, will exercise the same degree of care as a prudent individual would exercise in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the guarantee trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by a guarantee at the request of any holder of trust preferred securities unless offered reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred in connection with such action.

The guarantees will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

As set forth in the applicable amended declaration, each Trust exists for the sole purpose of:


	•	issuing its trust preferred securities and common securities, which represent undivided beneficial interests in its assets,

	•	investing the gross proceeds received from the sale of the trust preferred securities and common securities in an equal aggregate principal amount of our junior subordinated debt securities, and

	•	engaging in only those other activities necessary, appropriate, convenient or incidental thereto.

As long we make payments when due on the junior subordinated debt securities held by a given Trust, the payments will be sufficient to cover payments due on the trust preferred securities and common securities of such Trust because of the following factors:


	•	the aggregate principal amount of such junior subordinated debt securities will equal the sum of the aggregate stated liquidation amount of the trust preferred securities and common securities;

	•	the interest rate and payment dates for the junior subordinated debt securities will match the distribution rate and payment dates for the trust preferred securities; and

	•	as issuer of the junior subordinated debt securities, we will pay, and the applicable Trust will not be obligated to pay, directly or indirectly, all costs, expenses, debts, and obligations of the applicable Trust, other than with respect to the trust preferred securities and common securities.

We will guarantee payments due on the trust preferred securities to the extent funds are available for these payments, as set forth under “Description of Guarantees.” If we do not make interest payments on the junior subordinated debt securities purchased by the applicable Trust, the Trust will not have sufficient funds to pay distributions on its trust preferred securities. A guarantee does not apply to any payment of distributions when a Trust does not have sufficient funds to pay such distributions. A guarantee covers the payment of distributions and other payments on the related trust preferred securities only if, and to the extent that, we have made a payment of interest or principal on the junior subordinated debt securities held by such Trust.

If we do not make payments on the junior subordinated debt securities held by a Trust when due, the holders of the trust preferred securities may direct the institutional trustee to enforce its rights under such junior subordinated debt securities. If the institutional trustee fails to enforce its rights, a holder of trust preferred securities may institute a legal proceeding against us to enforce the institutional trustee’s rights under the junior subordinated debt securities without first instituting any legal proceeding against the institutional trustee or any other person or entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an event of default exists due to our failure to make payments on the junior subordinated debt securities when due, then a holder of trust preferred securities may institute a direct action for payment on or after the respective due date specified in the junior subordinated debt securities. In connection with such direct action, we will be subrogated to the rights of such holder of trust preferred securities to the extent of any payment made by us to such holder in such direct action.

Under each guarantee, we acknowledge that the guarantee trustee will enforce the guarantee on behalf of the holders of the related trust preferred securities. If we do not make payments under a guarantee, the guarantee provides a mechanism whereby the holders of the related trust preferred securities may direct the guarantee trustee to enforce its rights thereunder. Any holder of trust preferred securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against us to enforce the guarantee trustee’s rights under the related guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against the applicable Trust, the guarantee trustee, or any other person or entity.

We believe that the above mechanisms and obligations, taken together, provide a full and unconditional guarantee by us on a subordinated basis of payments due on trust preferred securities. See “Description of Guarantees — General.”

Each Trust’s trust preferred securities evidence a beneficial interest in the Trust, and each Trust exists for the sole purpose of issuing its trust preferred securities and common securities and investing the proceeds in our corresponding junior subordinated debt securities. A principal difference between the rights of a holder of a trust preferred security and a holder of a corresponding junior subordinated debt security is that a holder of a corresponding junior subordinated debt security is entitled to receive from us the principal amount of and interest accrued on corresponding junior subordinated debt securities held, while a holder of trust preferred securities is entitled to receive distributions from the trust (or from us under the applicable guarantee) if and to the extent the trust has funds available for the payment of such distributions.

Upon any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding up or liquidation of the Trusts involving the liquidation of the corresponding junior subordinated debt securities, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, the holders of the related trust preferred securities will be entitled to receive, out of the assets held by the Trust, the liquidation distribution in cash. Upon our voluntary or involuntary liquidation or bankruptcy, the property trustee, as holder of the corresponding junior subordinated debt securities, would be our subordinated creditor, subordinated in right of payment to all senior debt as set forth in the indenture, but entitled to receive payment in full of principal and interest before any of our stockholders receive distributions. Since we are the guarantor under the guarantee and have agreed to pay for all costs, expenses and liabilities of the Trust, other than the Trust’s obligations to the holders of its trust preferred securities and common securities, the positions of a holder of such trust preferred securities and a holder of such corresponding junior

The Trusts may sell the securities described in this prospectus through agents, underwriters, dealers or directly to purchasers. Any such underwriters, dealers or agents may include our broker-dealer subsidiary, R-G Investments, Inc.

The distribution of the securities may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed from time to time, or at negotiated prices.

For each series of securities, the applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the terms of the offering including:


	•	the initial public offering price;

	•	the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents;

	•	the purchase price of the securities;

	•	the proceeds from the sale of the securities to us;

	•	any underwriting discounts, agency fees, or other compensation payable to underwriters or agents;

	•	any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or repaid to dealers; and

	•	the securities exchanges on which the securities will be listed, if any.

If the Trusts use underwriters in the sale, they will buy the securities for their own account. The underwriters may then resell the securities in one or more transactions at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale or thereafter. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to certain conditions. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities offered if they purchase any securities. The initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time. In connection with an offering, underwriters and selling group members and their affiliates may engage in transactions to stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the securities in accordance with applicable law.

If the Trusts use dealers in the sale, we will sell securities to such dealers as principals. The dealers may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by such dealers at the time of resale. If the Trusts use agents in the sale, they will use their reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases for the period of their appointment. If the Trusts sell directly, no underwriters, dealers or agents would be involved. The Trusts are not making an offer of securities in any state that does not permit such an offer.

Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in any distribution of securities may be deemed to be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act of 1933. Any discounts, commissions or profit they receive when they resell the securities may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act of 1933. We and the Trusts may have agreements with underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribute with respect to payments that they may be required to make.

We and the Trusts may authorize underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit offers from certain institutions whereby the institution contractually agrees to purchase the securities from us on a future date at a specific price. This type of contract may be made only with institutions that we specifically approve. Such institutions could include banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies and educational and charitable institutions. The underwriters, dealers or agents will not be responsible for the validity or performance of these contracts.

established whether the underwriters, if any, of the securities will make a market in the securities. If the underwriters make a market in the securities, such market making may be discontinued at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the securities.

Underwriters, dealers or agents may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us and our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, D.C., will pass upon certain legal matters with respect to the securities offered by us, unless we indicate otherwise in a prospectus supplement. As to matters of Puerto Rico law, Patton Boggs will rely upon the opinion of McConnell Valdes, unless we indicate otherwise in a prospectus supplement. As to matters of Delaware law, Patton Boggs will rely upon the opinion of Richards Layton & Finger, unless we indicate otherwise in a prospectus supplement. As of the date of this prospectus, certain partners of Patton Boggs LLP owned in the aggregate approximately 19,521 shares of our common stock. The name of the law firm advising any underwriters or agents with respect to certain issues relating to any offering will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.


	(a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed on March 15, 2004.

	(b) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K referred to in clause (a) above.

	(c) The description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in the Registrant’s Form 8-A (File No. 000-211137), as filed with the Commission pursuant to Sections 12(b) and 12(g) of the Exchange Act, on August 5, 1996.

We have not included or incorporated by reference into this prospectus any separate financial statements of the Trusts. We do not believe that these financial statements would be material to holders of trust preferred securities because:


	•	We will own, directly or indirectly, all of the voting securities of the Trusts and we are a reporting company under the Exchange Act,

	•	the Trusts have no independent operations and exist for the sole purpose of issuing trust preferred securities and investing the proceeds in our junior subordinated debt securities, and

	•	our obligations under the indenture, the declaration of trust, the guarantee of the trust preferred securities and the junior subordinated debt securities purchased by each Trust, taken together, constitute a full and unconditional guarantee of payments due on the trust preferred securities.

See “Description of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities” and “Description of Guarantees.”

The Trusts are not and will not be subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act.

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement. Neither we nor the trusts have authorized anyone else to provide you with additional or different information. We and the trusts may only use this prospectus to sell securities if it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement. We and the trusts are only offering these securities in states where the offer is permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or the applicable prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the dates on the front of those documents.

(a) The Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any 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 Company) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the written request of the Company as a director, officer, employer or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ 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 matter he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, provided that the Company shall not be liable for any amounts which may be due to any person in connection with a settlement of any action, suit or proceeding effected without our prior written consent or any action, suit or proceeding initiated by any person seeking indemnification hereunder without our prior written consent. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or our equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the 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 Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that such person had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

(b) The Company shall indemnify any 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 Company to procure a judgment in our favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the written request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise 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 Company, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Company unless and only to the extent that 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 expense which such court shall deem proper.

(c) To the extent that a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 6.1(a) or Section 6.1(b)

of this Article VI, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

(d) Any indemnification under Section 6.1(a) or Section 6.1(b) of this Article VI (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth therein. Such determination shall be made (a) by our Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (b) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the stockholders.

(e) The Company shall not be liable for any amounts which may be due to any person in connection with a settlement of any action, suit or proceeding initiated by any person seeking indemnification under this Article VI without our prior written consent.

6.2 Advancement of Expenses. Reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding described in Section 6.1 may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by our Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in this Article VI.

6.3 Other Rights and Remedies. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to actions in their official capacity and as to actions in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

6.4 Insurance. By action of our Board of Directors, notwithstanding any interest of the directors in the action, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance, in such amounts as our Board of Directors deems appropriate, on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the written request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power or would be required to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article VI or of the General Corporation Law of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or of the laws of any other State or political dependency of the United States or foreign country as may be applicable.

6.5 Modification. The duties of the Company to indemnify and to advance expenses to a director, officer, employee or agent provided in this Article VI shall be in the nature of a contract between the Company and each such person, and no amendment or repeal of any provision of this Article VI shall alter, to the detriment of such person, the right of such person to the advance of expenses or indemnification related to a claim based on an act or failure to act which took place prior to such amendment or repeal.

Article 4.08 of the General Corporation Law of 1996 of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico provides:

(a) A corporation may compensate any person who is, has been a party, or is under threat of becoming a party to any imminent, pending or resolved civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding (except an action initiated by the corporation or initiated to protect the interests of the corporation), because the person has been or is a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or had been or is functioning at the request of the corporation as director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or any other enterprise. The compensation may include the expenses incurred in a reasonable manner, including attorneys’ fees, adjudication or judgments, fines and amounts paid upon settling such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably deemed consistent with the best interests of the


	corporation and not opposed thereto, and that with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any legal action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or by a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not of itself create the presumption that the person did not act in good faith nor in a manner which he reasonably believed to be consistent with the best interests of the corporation or not opposed thereto and that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

	(b) A corporation may compensate any person who is, has been a party, or is under threat of becoming a party to any imminent, pending or resolved action, suit or proceeding initiated by the corporation or initiated to protect the interests of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor because the person is or has been a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or has been in office at the request of the corporation as director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or any other enterprise. The compensation may include the expenses incurred in a reasonable manner, including attorneys’ fees, with respect to the defense or settlement of such action or suit, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably deemed consistent with the best interests of the corporation and not opposed thereto.

No compensation shall be made with respect to a claim, matter or controversy in which it has been determined that such person is liable to the corporation, except that through a motion to that effect, the court presiding in such action or suit determines that notwithstanding the adjudication of liability against, and in light of all of the circumstances of the case, such person has the fair and reasonable right to be compensated for those expenses which the court deems proper and only to the extent which said court so deems.

(c) To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has prevailed on the merits, or otherwise, in the defense of the action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in the defense of any claim, matter or controversy relating thereto, he shall be compensated for reasonable expenses incurred (including attorneys’ fees) by reason of such action, suit or proceeding.

(d) All compensation pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section (except that ordered by the court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case, after determining that the compensation to the director, officer, employee or agent is proper under the circumstances because he has met the applicable norms of conduct established in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made:


	(1) By the Board of Directors, through a majority vote of the directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even if such directors constitute less than the quorum; or

	(2) if there are no such directors or if such directors so determine, by independent legal counsel through a written opinion to that effect, or

	(3) by the stockholders.

(e) Prior to final resolution of such action, suit or proceeding, the corporation may pay the expenses incurred by a director or officer in the defense of a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding, in advance, after obtaining a payment commitment by or on behalf of such director or officer that he will reimburse such amount if it is finally determined that he is not entitled to such compensation by the corporation, as authorized in this section. The expenses incurred by other employees and agents may be paid in this manner, pursuant to the terms and conditions which the Board of Directors deems convenient.

(f) The compensation and advance of expenses provided in this section shall not be deemed to exclude any other right which those seeking the compensation or advance may have, pursuant to any bylaws, agreement, vote of uninvolved stockholders or directors, or otherwise, with regard to their actions, both in their official capacity or otherwise.

(g) Every corporation shall be empowered to purchase and maintain insurance in the name of any person who is or has been a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or who is or has been serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or any other

enterprise at the request of the corporation, against any liability assertible against such person, or which he has incurred in such capacity, or which arises out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation has the power to compensate such person against such liability pursuant to this section.

(h) For purposes of this section, it shall be deemed that “the corporation” includes in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation of a consolidation or merger which is absorbed in a consolidation or merger, which, if it had continued its independent legal existence, would have had the power and the authority to compensate its officers, directors, employees and agents. Therefore, every person who is or has been a director, officer, employee or agent of any constituent corporation of a consolidation or merger, or is or has been serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or any other enterprise, at the request of the corporation, is, pursuant to this section, in identical position with respect to the resulting or originating corporation as such person would have been in relation to the original corporation had the independent juridical personality thereof continued.

(i) For purposes of this section, the term “other enterprises” shall include employee-benefit plans. The term “fines” shall include taxes imposed upon any person with regard to any plan of benefits or for the employees. The term “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on such director, officer, employee or agent, or implies services rendered by them in relation with an employee pension plan, its participants or beneficiaries. In addition, it shall be deemed that every person who has acted in good faith and in a manner which appeared to be consistent with the interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee pension plan has, acts in a manner which “is not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,” as used in this section.


**	To be filed, as applicable, by amendment or as an exhibit to a document incorporated by reference herein for the specific offering of securities, if any, to which it relates.


	(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement; (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of 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; provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrants pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this 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 the registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

Each of the undersigned Registrants hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each filing of a 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 this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of each undersigned Registrant pursuant to the provisions, or

otherwise, each Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by each undersigned Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer of controlling person of each Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, each Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by the 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.

For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Juan, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on the tenth day of September, 2004.


	By:	/s/ VICTOR J. GALAN



	Víctor J. Galan
	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each of the directors and/or officers of the Registrant whose signature appears below hereby appoints Víctor J. Galán, Ramón Prats and Joseph R. Sandoval, and each of them severally, as his or her attorney-in-fact to sign in his or her name and behalf, in any and all capacities stated below and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and any Registration Statement relating to the same Offering as this Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, making such changes in the Registration Statement as appropriate, and generally to do all such things in their behalf in their capacities as directors and/or officers to enable the Registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned Trusts certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on the tenth day of September, 2004.


**	To be filed, as applicable, by amendment or as an exhibit to a document incorporated by reference herein for the specific offering of securities, if any, to which it relates.

II-9 EX-4.1 2 g90857exv4w1.txt EX-4.1 FORM OF INDENTURE FOR SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES EXHIBIT 4.1 R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION TO WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE INDENTURE DATED AS OF ___________ __, 200__ SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 AND INDENTURE DATED AS OF _____ __, 200__ CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

Note: This reconciliation and tie sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money.................................................................. 40 ARTICLE V REMEDIES............................................................................................... 40 Section 5.01 Events of Default........................................................................... 40 Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.......................................... 42 Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee............................. 43 Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................................................ 44 Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt Securities............................ 44 Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected.............................................................. 45 Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits......................................................................... 45 Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest................... 46 Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.......................................................... 46 Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.............................................................. 46 Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver................................................................ 46 Section 5.12 Control by Holders.......................................................................... 47 Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults..................................................................... 47 Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs....................................................................... 47 Section 5.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws............................................................ 48 ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE........................................................................................... 48 Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities......................................................... 48 Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults.......................................................................... 49 Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee................................................................... 50 Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt Securities................................. 51 Section 6.05 May Hold Debt Securities.................................................................... 51 Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust......................................................................... 51 Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement.............................................................. 52 Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests..................................................... 52 Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility..................................................... 58 Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor........................................... 58 Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor...................................................... 60 Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business................................. 61 Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company........................................... 61 Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent......................................................... 65 ARTICLE VII HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.................................................... 66 Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders................................... 66 Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders....................................... 67 Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee.......................................................................... 68 Section 7.04 Reports by Company.......................................................................... 70 ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE HOLDERS.............................................................................. 71 Section 8.01 Acts of Holders............................................................................. 71

- 4 - Section 8.02 Proof of Ownership; Proof of Execution of Instruments by Holder............................. 71 Section 8.03 Persons Deemed Owners....................................................................... 72 Section 8.04 Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound................................................ 72 ARTICLE IX HOLDERS' MEETINGS..................................................................................... 73 Section 9.01 Purposes of Meetings........................................................................ 73 Section 9.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee................................................................. 73 Section 9.03 Call of Meetings by Company or Holders...................................................... 74 Section 9.04 Qualifications for Voting................................................................... 74 Section 9.05 Regulations................................................................................. 74 Section 9.06 Voting...................................................................................... 75 Section 9.07 No Delay of Rights by Meeting............................................................... 75 ARTICLE X CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE................................................... 75 Section 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms........................................ 75 Section 10.02 Successor Substituted....................................................................... 76 ARTICLE XI SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES............................................................................... 76 Section 11.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.......................................... 76 Section 11.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders............................................. 78 Section 11.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures........................................................ 79 Section 11.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures........................................................... 79 Section 11.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act......................................................... 79 Section 11.06 Reference in Debt Securities to Supplemental Indentures..................................... 80 Section 11.07 Notice of Supplemental Indenture............................................................ 80 ARTICLE XII COVENANTS............................................................................................ 80 Section 12.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.................................................. 80 Section 12.02 Officer's Certificate as to Default......................................................... 80 Section 12.03 Maintenance of Office or Agency............................................................. 81 Section 12.04 Money for Debt Securities; Payments to Be Held in Trust..................................... 82 Section 12.05 Corporate Existence......................................................................... 83 Section 12.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants................................................................. 83 ARTICLE XIII REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES....................................................................... 84 Section 13.01 Applicability of Article.................................................................... 84 Section 13.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee....................................................... 84 Section 13.03 Selection by Trustee or Authenticating Agent of Debt Securities to Be Redeemed.............. 84 Section 13.04 Notice of Redemption........................................................................ 85 Section 13.05 Deposit of Redemption Price................................................................. 86 Section 13.06 Debt Securities Payable on Redemption Date.................................................. 86

- 5 - Section 13.07 Debt Securities Redeemed in Part............................................................ 87 ARTICLE XIV SINKING FUNDS........................................................................................ 87 Section 14.01 Applicability of Article.................................................................... 87 Section 14.02 Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities........................ 88 Section 14.03 Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund.............................................. 88 ARTICLE XV DEFEASANCE............................................................................................ 90 Section 15.01 Applicability of Article.................................................................... 90 Section 15.02 Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations............................ 90 Section 15.03 Deposited Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust........................ 92 Section 15.04 Repayment to Company........................................................................ 92 EXHIBIT A........................................................................................................ 1 EXHIBIT B........................................................................................................ 1

- 6 - INDENTURE dated as of ______ ___, 200___ between R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Puerto Rico corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal executive office at 280 Jesus T. Pinero Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee (hereinafter called the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890. RECITALS OF THE COMPANY WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (herein generally called the "Debt Securities"), to be issued in one or more series, as provided in 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, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of Debt Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of Debt Securities or of Debt Securities of any series, as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION Section 1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular; (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such computation; and (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. - 1 - Certain terms, used principally in Article Three or Article Six, are defined in those respective Articles. "Act" when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 8.01. "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. "Affiliated Corporation" means any corporation which is controlled by the Company but which is not a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the definition of the term "Subsidiary". "Authenticating Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 6.14. "Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper or financial journal in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day, and customarily published for at least five days in each calendar week, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day in such city. "Bearer Security" means any Debt Security (with or without Coupons), in the form established pursuant to Section 2.01, which is payable to bearer (including any Global Note payable to bearer) and title to which passes by delivery only, but does not include any Coupons. "Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company, or any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder or any director or directors and/or officer or officers of the Company to whom that board or committee shall have delegated its authority. "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" when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law to close, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof. - 2 - "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date. "Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(b). "Commonwealth" means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. "Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person. "Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman, its President, its Chief Financial Officer or an Executive Vice President, and by its Treasurer, its Chief Accounting Officer, its Controller, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee. "Component Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i). "Conversion Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(e). "Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, or (ii) any Currency Unit for the purposes for which it was established. "Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this instrument is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890. "Corporation" and "corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies (including joint stock companies and limited liability companies) and business trusts. "Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to any Debt Security. "Coupon Security" means any Bearer Security authenticated and delivered with one or more Coupons appertaining thereto. "Currency" means Dollars or Foreign Currency or Currency Unit. "Currency Determination Agent" means the New York Clearing House bank, if any, from time to time selected by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01; provided that such agent shall accept such appointment in writing and the terms of such appointment shall be acceptable to the - 3 - Company and shall, in the opinion of the Company and the Trustee at the time of such appointment, require such agent to make the determinations required by this Indenture by a method consistent with the method provided in this Indenture for the making of such decision or determination. "Currency Unit" means a composite currency or currency unit the value of which is determined by reference to the value of the currencies of any group of countries. "Debt Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Debt Securities (including any Global Notes) authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07. "Discharged" has the meaning specified in Section 15.02. "Discount Security" means any Debt Security which is issued with "original issue discount" within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code and the regulations thereunder. "Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(h). "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(g). "Election Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i). "Euroclear Operator" means the operator of the Euroclear System. "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01. "Exchange Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(b). "Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate" means a telex or a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar, Foreign Currency or Currency Unit amounts of principal, premium, if any, and any interest respectively (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Debt Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section 3.02 in the relevant Currency or Currency Unit), payable on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate sent (in the case of a telex) or signed (in the case of a certificate) by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company. "Fixed Rate Security" means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a fixed rate. - 4 - "Floating Rate Security" means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference to an interest rate index or any other index specified pursuant to Section 3.01. "Foreign Currency" means a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States or a composite currency or currency unit the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the currencies of any group of countries. "Global Note" means a Registered or Bearer Security evidencing all or part of a series of Debt Securities, including, without limitation, any temporary or permanent Global Note. "Holder" means, with respect to a Registered Security, the Registered Holder, and with respect to a Bearer Security or a Coupon, the bearer thereof. "Indebtedness" means (1) any obligation of a Person for (a) the repayment of borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other written instruments or for the payment of the deferred purchase price of property or assets (other than Trade Payables), or (b) for the payment of money relating to a lease that is required to be classified as a capitalized lease obligation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) any liability of others described in the preceding clause (1) that the Person has guaranteed, that is recourse to such Person or that is otherwise its legal liability; and (3) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above. "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed, or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, unless the context otherwise requires, shall include the terms of a particular series of Debt Securities as established pursuant to Section 3.01. "Interest," when used with respect to a Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a Bearer Security, includes any additional amounts payable on such Bearer Security, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01. "Interest Payment Date" with respect to any Debt Security means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Debt Security. "Market Exchange Rate" means (i) for any conversion involving a Currency Unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant Currency Unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated at noon New York time, on the Valuation Date by the method specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York time) buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with - 5 - the Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located in either New York City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency. In the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) the Company shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City, London or other principal market for such Currency or Currency Unit in question, or such other quotations as the Company shall deem appropriate, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part. Unless otherwise specified by the Currency Determination Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any Currency or Currency Unit by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such Currency or Currency Unit shall be that as determined by the Currency Determination Agent, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, upon which a nonresident issuer of securities designated in such Currency or Currency Unit would purchase such Currency or Currency Unit in order to make payments in respect of such securities. "Maturity" when used with respect to any Debt Security means the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder thereof or otherwise. "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or an Executive Vice President, and by the Treasurer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Controller or the Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee. "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (including an employee of the Company) and who shall be satisfactory to the Trustee, which is delivered to the Trustee. "Outstanding" when used with respect to Debt Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: (i) Debt Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (ii) Debt Securities with respect to which payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Debt Securities and any Coupons thereto pertaining; provided, however, that if such Debt 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) Debt Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and - 6 - delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof reasonably satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Debt Securities Outstanding have performed any Act hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such Act, only Debt Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have performed any Act hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 and the principal amount of a Debt Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.10(k). "Overdue Rate", when used with respect to any series of the Debt Securities, means the rate designated as such in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the supplemental indenture, as the case may be, relating to such series as contemplated by Section 3.01. "Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities on behalf of the Company. "Permanent Global Note" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.04(b). "Person" means any individual, Corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. "Place of Payment" when used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to Section 3.01. "Predecessor Security" of any particular Debt Security means every previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or a Debt Security to which a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or the Debt Security to which the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Coupon appertains, as the case may be. - 7 - "Redemption Date" means the date fixed for redemption of any Debt Security pursuant to this Indenture. "Redemption Price" means, in the case of a Discount Security, the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the Redemption Date upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 or any other redemption specified pursuant to Section 3.01, and in the case of any other Debt Security, the principal amount thereof, plus, in each case, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date. "Registered Holder" means the Person in whose name a Registered Security is registered in the Security Register. "Registered Security" means any Debt Security in the form established pursuant to Section 2.01 which is registered as to principal and interest in the Security Register. "Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on the Registered Securities of any series on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 3.01 for such Interest Payment Date. "Responsible Officer" means when used with respect to the Trustee any officer within the Corporate Trust Office including any Vice President, Managing Director, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, any Financial Services Officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge and familiarity with the particular subject. "Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05(a). "Significant Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary, including its Subsidiaries, which meets any of the following conditions: (i) the Company's and its other Subsidiaries' investments in and advances to the Subsidiary exceed 10 percent of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year; (ii) the Company's and its other Subsidiaries' proportionate share of the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of the Subsidiary exceeds 10 percent of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year; or (iii) the Company's and its other Subsidiaries' equity in the income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles of the Subsidiary exceeds 10 percent of such income of the Company and its Subsidiaries consolidated for the most recently completed fiscal year. "Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07. "Specified Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i). - 8 - "State" means any of the various States of the United States of America. "Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Debt Security or any installment of principal thereof or premium thereon or interest thereon means the date specified in such Debt Security or the Coupon, if any, representing such installment of interest, as the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or such installment of principal, premium or interest is due and payable. "Subsidiary" means any Corporation of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation, irrespective of whether or not, at the time, stock of any other class or classes of such Corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency, is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by the Company or by one or more Subsidiaries thereof, or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries thereof. "Temporary Global Note" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.04(b). "Trade Payables" means accounts payable or any other indebtedness or monetary obligations to trade creditors created or assumed in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services. "Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of such series. "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as amended and as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 11.05. "United States" means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), and its possessions, which include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands. "U.S. Depositary" means a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, which shall in either case be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor U.S. Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "U.S. Depositary" shall mean or include each Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "U.S. Depositary" as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of that series. "U.S. Government Obligations" has the meaning specified in Section 15.02. - 9 - "U.S. Person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a Corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, or an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source. "Valuation Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(d). "Vice President" includes with respect to the Company and the Trustee, any Vice President of the Company or the Trustee, as the case may be, whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or after the title "Vice President." Section 1.02 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 an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Every Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than certificates provided pursuant to Section 12.02) shall include: (1) a statement that each individual signing such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. Section 1.03 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 - 10 - 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. Section 1.04 Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any 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 (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Services. (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 or airmail postage prepaid if sent from outside the United States, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, to the attention of its Treasurer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. Any such Act or other document shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication. Section 1.05 Notice to Holders; Waiver. When this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, (1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Registered Holders (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to such Registered Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within the time prescribed, and (2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities or Coupons (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if published at least twice in an Authorized Newspaper or Newspapers in The City of New York and, if Debt Securities of such series are then listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, in a daily newspaper or - 11 - financial journal or in such city or cities specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any Debt Security on Business Days, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and not later than two Business Days prior to the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice; provided, however, that, in any case, any notice to Holders of Floating Rate Securities regarding the determination of a periodic rate of interest, if such notice is required pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be sufficiently given if given in the manner specified pursuant to Section 3.01. In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder. In the event of suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by publication, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder. 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 on such waiver. 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, and any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. In any case where notice to Holders is given by publication, any defect in any notice so published as to any particular Holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice which is published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. Section 1.06 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed on any person by the provisions of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such duties imposed by the Trust Indenture Act shall control. Section 1.07 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and in the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. Section 1.08 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. - 12 - Section 1.09 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Section 1.10 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent and their successors hereunder, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. Section 1.11 Governing Law. This Indenture, the Debt Securities and the Coupons shall be deemed to be contracts made and to be performed entirely in the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of said State without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State. Section 1.12 Legal Holidays. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any Debt Security, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Debt Security of any series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of that series, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities or Coupons) payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day. Section 1.13 No Security Interest Created. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or Coupons, express or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest or mortgage or other pledge of collateral under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation or real property laws, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect in any jurisdiction where property of the Company or its Subsidiaries is or may be located. Section 1.14 Liability Solely Corporate. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or the interest on any Debt Securities or Coupons, or any part thereof, or of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, against any - 13 - incorporator, or against any stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company (or any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director of any predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or through the Company (or any such predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and all the Debt Securities and Coupons are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company (or any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director of any such predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or indirectly through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, because of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants, promises or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or Coupons or to be implied herefrom or therefrom; and that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of Debt Securities; provided, however, that nothing herein or in the Debt Securities or Coupons contained shall be taken to prevent recourse to and the enforcement of the liability, if any, of any stockholder or subscriber to capital stock upon or in respect of the shares of capital stock not fully paid. ARTICLE II DEBT SECURITY FORMS Section 2.01 Forms Generally. The Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of each series shall be substantially in one of the forms (including global form) established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and 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 or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which any series of the Debt Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons. If the form of a series of Debt Securities or Coupons (or any Global Note) is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee, together with an Officers' Certificate setting forth the form of such series, at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities (or any such Global Note) or Coupons. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, Debt Securities in bearer form (other than in global form) shall have Coupons attached. - 14 - The definitive Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of each series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons. Section 2.02 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The form of the Trustee's certificate of authentication to be borne by the Debt Securities shall be substantially as follows: This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein issued under the within-mentioned Indenture. Dated: Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee By: ________________________________ Authorized Signatory Section 2.03 Securities in Global Form. If any Debt Security of a series is issuable in global form, the Global Note so issued may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified in such Global Note. Any instructions by the Company with respect to a Global Note, after its initial issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02. Global Notes may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Permanent Global Notes will be issued in definitive form. ARTICLE III THE DEBT SECURITIES Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. - 15 - The Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series: (1) the title of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Debt Securities of such series from all other series of Debt Securities); (2) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 11.06 or 13.07); (3) the percentage of the principal amount at which the Debt Securities will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof or the method by which such portion shall be determined; (4) the date or dates on which or periods during which the Debt Securities of the series may be issued, and the date or dates (or the method of determination thereof) on which the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Debt Securities of such series are or may be payable (which, if so provided in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of the series issued from time to time); (5) the rate or rates (or the method of determination thereof) at which the Debt Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, and the dates from which such interest shall accrue (which, in either case or both, if so provided in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of the series issued from time to time); and the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable (or the method of determination thereof), and, in the case of Registered Securities, the Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on such Interest Payment Dates and, in the case of Floating Rate Securities, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of interest and the manner of giving such notice; (6) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Debt Securities of the series shall be payable; the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on any Global Note on an Interest Payment Date will be paid, if other than in the manner provided in Section 3.07; the extent, if any, to which the provisions of the last sentence of Section 12.01 shall apply to the Debt Securities of the series; and the manner in which any principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Global Note will be paid, if other than as set forth elsewhere herein; - 16 - (7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder and the period or periods within which or the dates on which, the prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; (8) the right, if any, of the Company to redeem the Debt Securities of such series, in whole or in part, at its option and the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may be redeemed, if any, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise; (9) if the coin or Currency in which the Debt Securities shall be issuable is in Dollars, the denominations of such Debt Securities if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof (except as provided in Section 3.04); (10) whether the Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Debt Securities may be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02; (11) provisions, if any, for the defeasance of the Debt Securities of such series or certain of the Company's obligations with respect to the Debt Securities; (12) whether Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Registered Securities or Bearer Securities or both, and, if Bearer Securities are issued, whether Coupons will be attached thereto, whether Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the series, as provided in Section 3.05(b) or otherwise and the circumstances under which and the place or places at which any such exchanges, if permitted, may be made; (13) whether provisions for payment of additional amounts or tax redemptions shall apply and, if such provisions shall apply, such provisions; and, if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issued, whether a procedure other than that set forth in Section 3.04(b) shall apply and, if so, such other procedure, and if the procedure set forth in Section 3.04(b) shall apply, the forms of certifications to be delivered under such procedure; (14) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or Currencies or Currency Unit in which Debt Securities of the series shall be denominated or in which payment of the principal of (and/or premium, if any) and/or interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be made, and the particular provisions applicable thereto and, if applicable, the amount of Debt Securities of the series which entitles the Holder of a Debt Security of the series or its proxy to one vote for purposes of Section 9.06; - 17 - (15) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which the Debt Securities are denominated or payable without such election, in addition to or in lieu of the provisions of Section 3.10, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made and the time and the manner of determining the exchange rate or rates between the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities are denominated or payable without such election and the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities are to be paid if such election is made; (16) the date as of which any Debt Securities of the series shall be dated, if other than as set forth in Section 3.03; (17) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, including, but not limited to, an index based on a Currency or Currencies other than that in which the Debt Securities are denominated or payable, or any other type of index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; (18) if the Debt Securities of the series are denominated or payable in a Foreign Currency, any other terms concerning the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or any interest on such Debt Securities (including the Currency or Currencies of payment thereof); (19) the designation of the original Currency Determination Agent, if any; (20) the applicable Overdue Rate, if any; (21) if the Debt Securities of the series do not bear interest, the applicable dates for purposes of Section 7.01; (22) any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Events of Default or covenants provided for with respect to Debt Securities of the series; (23) if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issued, (x) whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Debt Security in global form (representing all of the Outstanding Bearer Securities of the series) payable in respect of any Interest Payment Date prior to the exchange of such temporary Debt Security for definitive Debt Securities of the series shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Debt Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date, (y) the terms upon which interests in such temporary Debt Security in global form may be exchanged for interests in a permanent Global Note or for definitive Debt Securities of the series and the terms upon which interests in a permanent Global Note, if any, may be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities of the series and (z) - 18 - the cities in which the Authorized Newspapers designated for the purposes of giving notices to Holders are published; (24) whether the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the U.S. Depositary or any Common Depositary for such Global Note or Notes; and if the Debt Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the manner in which and the circumstances under which Global Notes representing Debt Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in addition to, the manner and circumstances specified in Section 3.04(c); (25) the designation, if any, of the U.S. Depositary; and the designation of any trustees (other than the Trustee), depositaries, Authenticating Agents, Paying Agents, Security Registrars, or any other agents with respect to the Debt Securities of such series; (26) if the Debt Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issuance or upon exchange of a temporary Debt Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions; and (27) any other terms of the series (which other terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture). All Debt Securities of any one series and Coupons, if any, shall be substantially identical to all other debt securities of such series except as to denomination, rate of interest, Stated Maturity and the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue, which, as set forth above, may be determined by the Company from time to time as to Debt Securities of a series if so provided in or established pursuant to the authority granted in a Board Resolution or in any such indenture supplemental hereto, and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth in such Officers' Certificate, or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Debt Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional Debt Securities of such series. If any of the terms of a series of Debt Securities is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the series. Section 3.02 Denominations. In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable only as Registered Securities in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and shall be payable only in Dollars. - 19 - Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of any series shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman, its President, one of its Executive Vice Presidents, its Chief Accounting Officer or its Treasurer, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers may be manual or facsimile. Debt Securities and Coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons or did not hold such offices at the date of such Debt Securities and Coupons. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities, with appropriate Coupons, if any, of any series, executed by the Company, to the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons and the Trustee or Authenticating Agent in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities and Coupons, subject, in the case of Bearer Securities, to Section 3.04(b); provided, however, that, in connection with its sale during the "restricted period" (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury Regulations), no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and provided, further, that a Bearer Security (other than a temporary Global Note in bearer form) may be delivered outside the United States in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished to the Euroclear Operator or to Cedelbank a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture and if the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank has furnished the Trustee or Authenticating Agent a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B. If all the Debt Securities of any one series are not to be issued at one time and if a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee or Authenticating Agent for the issuance of such Debt Securities and other matters which are subject to variation, such as interest rate, Stated Maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest, if any, shall accrue. If any Debt Security shall be represented by a permanent Global Note, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 3.04, the notation by the Common Depositary of a beneficial owner's interest therein upon original issuance of such Debt Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Note shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with the original issuance of such beneficial owner's interest in such permanent Global Note. Except as permitted by Section 3.06 or 3.07, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all Coupons for interest then matured have been detached and canceled. The Trustee or Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, prior to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series, (i) the supplemental indenture or the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which the form and terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been approved, (ii) the - 20 - certificates and opinions required pursuant to Section 1.02 and (iii) one or more Opinions of Counsel substantially to the effect that: (1) all instruments furnished by the Company to the Trustee or Authenticating Agent in connection with the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons conform to the requirements of this Indenture and constitute sufficient authority hereunder for the Trustee or Authenticating Agent to authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities and Coupons; (2) the forms and terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; (3) in the event that the forms or terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been established in a supplemental indenture, the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, such supplemental indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee or Authenticating Agent, is a valid and binding obligation enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law); (4) the execution and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and such Debt Securities and Coupons have been duly executed by the Company and, assuming due authentication by the Trustee or Authenticating Agent and delivery by the Company, are valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, entitled to the benefit of the Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and subject to such other exceptions as counsel shall reasonably request and as to which the Trustee shall not reasonably object; and (5) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, all governmental consents, authorizations and approvals which are required for the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the Debt Securities under all applicable Federal, Commonwealth and State of New York laws, and any other applicable law, if any, have been received other than such as may be required by the securities or blue sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Debt Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding two paragraphs, if not all of the Debt Securities of any series are to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate required by Section 3.01 or the Opinion of Counsel otherwise required by clause (iii) of the preceding paragraph prior to or at the time of issuance of each Debt Security of such series, but such documents shall be delivered prior to or at the time of delivery of the first Debt Security of such series. - 21 - For purposes of this opinion, such counsel may rely as to factual matters upon certificates or written statements from officers or other appropriate representatives of the Company or upon certificates of public officials and such opinion may contain assumptions, limitations, exceptions and restrictions which are reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and its counsel. The Trustee or Authenticating Agent shall not be required to authenticate such Debt Securities and Coupons if the issuance of such Debt Securities and Coupons pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt Securities and this Indenture in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer Security (including any temporary or permanent or other definitive Bearer Security in global form) shall be dated as of the date of original issuance of the first Debt Security of such series to be issued, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Bearer Securities of any series. No Debt Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Debt Security a certificate of authentication substantially in one of the forms provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent, and such certificate upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Debt Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Debt Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.08 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.02) stating that such Debt Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Debt Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Section 3.04 Temporary Debt Securities; Exchange of Temporary Global Notes for Definitive Bearer Securities; Global Notes Representing Registered Securities. (a) Pending the preparation of definitive Registered Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee or Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Registered Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination for Registered Securities of such series, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Registered Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Registered Securities. Every such temporary Registered Security shall be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued. In the case of any series issuable as Bearer Securities, such temporary Debt Securities may be in global form, representing such of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series as shall be specified therein. - 22 - Except in the case of temporary Debt Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of such series, the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such series, of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and provisions, upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for such series, without charge to the Holder, except as provided in Section 3.05 in connection with a transfer. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured Coupons), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of a like Stated Maturity and like terms and provisions; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a definitive Bearer Security (including a permanent Bearer Security in global form) shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 3.03. Until so exchanged, the temporary Registered Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Registered Securities of such series. (b) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, all Bearer Securities of a series shall be initially issued in the form of a single temporary Bearer Security in global form (a "temporary Global Note"). The Company shall execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee (or other agent specified under Section 3.01) shall authenticate, any temporary Global Note and any permanent Bearer Security in global form (as described below, a "permanent Global Note") upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as definitive Bearer Securities, and the temporary or permanent Global Note, as the case may be, shall, unless otherwise specified therein, be delivered by the Trustee (or such other agent) to the London office of a depositary or common depositary (the "Common Depositary"), for the benefit of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, for credit to the account of the Company (in the case of sales of Bearer Securities by the Company directly to investors) or the managing underwriter (in the case of sales of Bearer Securities by the Company to underwriters) or such other accounts as the Company or the managing underwriter, respectively, may direct in writing. On or after the date specified in or determined pursuant to the terms of any temporary Global Note which (subject to any applicable laws and regulations) shall be at least 40 days after the issue date of a temporary Global Note (the "Exchange Date"), the Debt Securities represented by such temporary Global Note may be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (subject to the second succeeding paragraph) or Debt Securities to be represented thereafter by one or more permanent Global Notes in definitive form without Coupons. On or after the Exchange Date such temporary Global Note shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee (or such other agent as is specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 3.01), as the Company's agent for such purpose at such place specified outside the United States pursuant to Section 3.01 and following such surrender, the Trustee (or such other agent) shall (1) endorse the temporary Global Note to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by an equal aggregate - 23 - principal amount of such Debt Security, (2) endorse the applicable permanent Global Note, if any, to reflect the initial amount, or an increase in the amount of Debt Securities represented thereby, (3) manually authenticate such definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), (4) deliver such definitive Debt Securities to the Holder thereof or, if such definitive Debt Security is a permanent Global Note, deliver such permanent Global Note to the Common Depositary to be held outside the United States for the accounts of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, for credit to the respective accounts at Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, designated by or on behalf of the beneficial owners of such Debt Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct) and (5) redeliver such temporary Global Note to the Common Depositary, unless such temporary Global Note shall have been canceled in accordance with Section 3.08 hereof; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Note, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary Global Note shall be accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by the Euroclear Operator, as to the portion of such temporary Global Note held for its account then to be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Cedelbank, as to the portion of such temporary Global Note held for its account then to be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), each substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture. Each certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, shall be based on certificates of the account holders listed in the records of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, as being entitled to all or any portion of the applicable temporary Global Note. An account holder of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, desiring to effect the exchange of an interest in a temporary Global Note for an interest in definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note) shall instruct the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, to request such exchange on its behalf and shall deliver to the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and dated no earlier than 10 days prior to the Exchange Date. Until so exchanged, temporary Global Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note) of the same series authenticated and delivered hereunder, except as to payment of interest, if any. The delivery to the Company, its agent or the Trustee by the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank of any certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto may be relied upon by the Company, its agent and the Trustee as conclusive evidence that a corresponding certificate or certificates has or have been delivered to the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. On or prior to the Exchange Date, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee (or such other agent as may be specified as the Company's agent for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.01) definitive Debt Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary Global Note, executed by the Company. At any time, on or after the Exchange Date, upon 30 days' notice to the Trustee (or such other agent as may be specified as the Company's agent for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.01) by the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, acting at the request of or on behalf of the beneficial owner, a Debt Security - 24 - represented by a temporary Global Note or a permanent Global Note, as the case may be, may be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities without charge and the Trustee (or such agent) shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary Global Note or such permanent Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, as the portion of such temporary Global Note or such permanent Global Note to be exchanged, which, unless the Debt Securities of the series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as contemplated by Section 3.01, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of the temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note only in compliance with the requirements of the second preceding paragraph. On or prior to the forty-fifth day following receipt by the Trustee (and such agent as may be specified as the Company's agent for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.01) of such notice with respect to a Debt Security, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, the temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, as the case may be, shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee (or such other agent as may be specified as the Company's agent for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.01), as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities without charge following such surrender, upon the request of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, and the Trustee (or such agent) shall (1) endorse the applicable temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount of such Debt Security, (2) cause the terms of such Debt Security and Coupons, if any, to be entered on a definitive Debt Security, (3) manually authenticate such definitive Debt Security, and (4) if a Bearer Security is to be delivered, deliver such definitive Debt Security outside the United States to the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, for or on behalf of the beneficial owner thereof, in exchange for a portion of such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, except that a Person receiving definitive Debt Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Debt Securities in person at the offices of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank. Definitive Debt Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall be delivered only outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of redemption or acceleration of all or any part of a temporary Global Note prior to the Exchange Date, a permanent Global Note or definitive Bearer Securities, as the case may be, will not be issuable in respect of such temporary Global Note or such portion thereof, and payment thereon will instead be made as provided in such temporary Global Note. Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, any temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of the same series and tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, - 25 - except that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, interest payable on such temporary Global Note on an Interest Payment Date for Debt Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank to the Trustee (or such agent as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01) of a certificate or certificates substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture, for credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Note on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture. Any definitive Bearer Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee (or such agent) in exchange for a portion of a temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall not bear a coupon for any interest which shall theretofore have been duly paid by the Trustee to the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, or by the Company to the Trustee (or such agent) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.04. With respect to Exhibits A and B to this Indenture, the Company may, in its discretion and if required or desirable under applicable law, substitute one or more other forms of such Exhibits for such Exhibits, eliminate the requirement that any or all certificates be provided, or change the time that any certificate may be required, provided that such substitute form or forms or notice of elimination or change of such certification requirement have theretofore been delivered to the Trustee (and any agent of the Company appointed pursuant to Section 3.01 and referred to above) with a Company Request and such form or forms, elimination or change is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee (and any such agent). (c) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Registered Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 3.03 and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Notes in temporary or permanent form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by one or more Global Notes, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note or Notes or the nominee of such depositary, and (iii) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: "This Debt Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary, unless and until this Debt Security is exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities in definitive form." Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 3.05, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Registered Securities in definitive form, a Global Note representing all or a portion of the Registered Securities of a series may not be transferred except - 26 - as a whole by the U.S. Depositary for such series to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee of such depositary to such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to a successor U.S. Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor depositary. If at any time the U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series or if at any time the U.S. Depositary for Debt Securities of a series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered and in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. If a successor U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes. The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Registered Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Notes shall no longer be represented by such Global Note or Notes. In such event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes. If the Registered Securities of any series shall have been issued in the form of one or more Global Notes and if an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company will promptly execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes. If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to Registered Securities of a series, the U.S. Depositary for such series of Registered Securities may surrender a Global Note for such series of Debt Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Registered Securities of such series in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge: (i) to each Person specified by the U.S. Depositary a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Global Note; and - 27 - (ii) to the U.S. Depositary a new Global Note in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Note and the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities delivered to Holders thereof. Upon the exchange of a Global Note for Registered Securities in definitive form, such Global Note shall be canceled by the Trustee. Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Debt Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are so registered. Section 3.05 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. (a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or such other office designated under Section 3.01) a register (the registers maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment 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 Registered Securities and of transfers and exchanges of Registered Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Registered Securities and registering transfers and exchanges of Registered Securities as herein provided; provided, however, that the Company may appoint co-Security Registrars and separate Registrars under Section 3.01. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount of such denominations as are authorized for Registered Securities of such series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.04 and this Section 3.05, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. (b) If and to the extent specified pursuant to Section 3.01, the provisions of this Section 3.05(b) shall be applicable to Debt Securities of any series which are Bearer Securities. At the option of the Holder thereof, to the extent permitted by law, any Bearer Security of any series which by its terms is registrable as to principal and interest may be exchanged for a Registered Security of such series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions upon surrender of such Bearer Security at the Corporate Trust Office or at any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 3.01 for the purpose of making any such exchanges. Any Coupon Security surrendered for exchange shall be surrendered with all unmatured Coupons and any matured Coupons in - 28 - default attached thereto. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee or Authenticating Agent if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, interest represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions after the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. The Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Security or Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exchange of Bearer Securities for Registered Securities will be subject to the provisions of United States income tax laws and regulations applicable to Debt Securities in effect at the time of such exchange. (c) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, in no event may Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, be exchanged for Bearer Securities. (d) All Debt Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Debt Securities surrendered for such transfer or exchange. Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for transfer or 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. - 29 - No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities except as provided in Section 3.04(b) or 3.06. 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, transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, other than those expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Company's own expense or without expense or without charge to the Holders. The Company shall not be required (i) to register, transfer or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission of a notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 13.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such transmission, or (ii) to register, transfer or exchange any Debt Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in part. Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt Securities. If (i) any mutilated Debt Security or any mutilated Coupon with the Coupon Security to which it appertains (and all unmatured Coupons attached thereto) is surrendered to the Trustee or Authenticating Agent, or (ii) the Company and the Trustee or Authenticating Agent receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Debt Security or any Coupon, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee or Authenticating Agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives notice that such Debt Security or Coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon Company Request the Trustee or Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or in exchange for the Coupon Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertained, a new Debt Security of the same series of like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions and like principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with such Coupons attached thereto that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such exchange or substitution. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or Coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Debt Security, pay the amount due on such Debt Security or Coupon in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 or except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.06, any interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the Coupons appertaining thereto. Upon the issuance of any new Debt 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 respect thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. - 30 - Every new Debt Security or Coupon of any series issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities or Coupons of that series 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 Debt Securities or Coupons. Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. (a) Interest on any Registered 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 such Registered Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Registered Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Regular Record Date. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, payment of interest on Registered Securities shall be made at the place or places specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or, if provided pursuant to Section 3.01, by wire transfer to an account designated by the Registered Holder. (b) Interest on any Coupon Security which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, be paid to the Holder of the Coupon which has matured on such Interest Payment Date upon surrender of such Coupon on such Interest Payment Date at an office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment located outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 3.01. Interest on any Bearer Security (other than a Coupon Security) which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder of the Bearer Security upon presentation of such Bearer Security and notation thereon on such Interest Payment Date at an office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment located outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 3.01. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, at the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in Dollars, payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by check or, if agreeable to the Trustee (or the Paying Agent specified pursuant to Section 3.01), by wire transfer to a Dollar account maintained by such Holder outside the United States. If such payment at the offices of all Paying Agents outside the United States becomes illegal or is effectively precluded because of the imposition of exchange controls or similar restrictions on the full payment or receipt of such amounts in Dollars, the Company will appoint an office or agent in the United States at which such payment may be made. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, at the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in a Foreign Currency, payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by a check drawn on a bank outside the United States or, if acceptable to the Trustee or - 31 - such Paying Agent, by wire transfer to an appropriate account maintained by such Holder outside the United States. Except as provided in this paragraph, no payment on any Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by mail to an address in the United States or by wire transfer to an account in the United States. (c) Any interest on any Debt Security which is payable but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall, if such Debt Security is a Registered Security, forthwith cease to be payable to the Registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such Registered 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 such Registered 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, at least 25 days prior to the date of the proposed payment, notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the Currency or Currency Unit in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) 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 is 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 date shall be not more than 20 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 the Holders of such Registered Securities at their addresses as they appear 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 mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Registered Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Registered Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. - 32 - (d) Any Defaulted Interest payable in respect of Bearer Securities of any series shall be payable pursuant to such procedures as may be satisfactory to the Trustee in such manner that there is no discrimination between the Holders of Registered Securities (if any) and Bearer Securities of such series, and notice of the payment date therefor shall be given by the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 1.05 not more than 20 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment. (e) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debt Security delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Debt Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Debt Security. Section 3.08 Cancellation. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, all Debt Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or credit against any sinking fund and all Coupons surrendered for payment or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Registered Securities and matured Coupons so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. All Bearer Securities and unmatured Coupons so delivered shall be held by the Trustee and, upon instruction by the Company Order, shall be canceled or held for reissuance. Bearer Securities and unmatured Coupons held for reissuance may be reissued only in exchange for Bearer Securities of the same series and of like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions pursuant to Section 3.05 or in replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Bearer Securities of the same series and of like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions or the related Coupons pursuant to Section 3.06. All Bearer Securities and unmatured Coupons held by the Trustee pending such cancellation or reissuance shall be deemed to be delivered for cancellation for all purposes of this Indenture and the Debt Securities. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities or Coupons previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and the Company may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Debt Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued, and all Debt Securities or Coupons so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Debt Securities or Coupons shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Debt Securities or Coupons canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Debt Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and a certificate of destruction shall be delivered to the Company upon Company Request. The acquisition of any Debt Securities or Coupons by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Debt Securities or Coupons are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. In the case of any temporary Global Note which shall be destroyed if the entire aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities represented thereby has been exchanged, the certificate of destruction shall state that all certificates required pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof and substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, to be given by the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, have been duly presented to the Trustee by the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as - 33 - the case may be. Permanent Global Notes shall not be destroyed until exchanged in full for definitive Debt Securities or until payment thereon is made in full. Section 3.09 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, interest on the Debt Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Section 3.10 Currency of Payments in Respect of Debt Securities. (a) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Bearer Securities of any series, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Bearer Securities of such series denominated in any Currency will be made in such Currency. (b) With respect to Registered Securities of any series not permitting the election provided for in paragraph (c) below or the Holders of which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (c) below, except as provided in paragraph (e) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on any Registered Security of such series will be made in the Currency in which such Registered Security is payable. (c) It may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (e) and (f) below, to receive payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on such Registered Securities in any of the Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee a written election, to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election will remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or such transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but any such change must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment date and no such change or election may be made with respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or notice of redemption has been given by the Company pursuant to Article Thirteen). Any Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee by the close of business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section 3.10. (d) If the election referred to in paragraph (c) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01, then not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment date, the Trustee or agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.01 will deliver to the Company a written notice specifying, in the Currency in which each series of the Registered Securities is payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the Registered Securities to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts so payable in respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered Securities denominated in any Currency shall - 34 - have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above. If the election referred to in paragraph (c) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01 and if at least one Holder has made such election, then, on the second Business Day preceding each payment date, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate in respect of the Currency payments to be made on such payment date. The Currency amount receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above shall be determined by the Company on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the "Valuation Date") immediately preceding each payment date. (e) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency or any other Currency Unit in which any of the Debt Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (c) above, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the applicable Debt Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency or such other Currency Unit occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency or such other Currency Unit was used (the "Conversion Date"), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each such payment date. The Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the Trustee and by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Debt Securities with respect to such payment date shall be the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a Currency Unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Currency Determination Agent, in the manner provided in paragraph (g) or (h) below. (f) If the Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election. If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 3.10. (g) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent, and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date. (h) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (i) below, shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to each payment. (i) For purposes of this Section 3.10 the following terms shall have the following meanings: - 35 - A "Component Currency" shall mean any Currency which, on the Conversion Date, was a component Currency of the relevant Currency Unit. A "Specified Amount" of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were represented in the relevant Currency Unit on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single Currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be divided into two or more Currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or more Currencies with appropriate Dollar equivalents at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the Dollar equivalent of the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate on such date, and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such Currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If after the Conversion Date of the relevant Currency Unit, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this definition of "Specified Amount") occurs with respect to any Component Currency of such Currency Unit, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency. "Election Date" shall mean the record date with respect to any payment date, and with respect to the Maturity shall mean the record date (if within 16 or fewer days prior to the Maturity) immediately preceding the Maturity, and with respect to any series of Debt Securities whose record date immediately preceding the Maturity is more than 16 days prior to the Maturity or any series of Debt Securities for which no record dates are provided with respect to interest payments, shall mean the date which is 16 days prior to the Maturity. (j) All decisions and determinations of the Currency Determination Agent, if any, regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit and the Market Exchange Rate shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders of the Debt Securities denominated or payable in the relevant Currency. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to any Currency Unit in which Debt Securities are denominated or payable, the Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give written - 36 - notice in the manner provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event of any subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above, the Company, after learning thereof, will similarly give written notice to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it from the Company and the Currency Determination Agent, if any, and may, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, conclusively assume that no Conversion Event or other event of which it is entitled to notice hereunder has occurred unless it receives written notice thereof as provided herein, and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine such information independently. (k) For purposes of any provision of this Indenture where the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities may perform an Act which requires that a specified percentage of the Outstanding Debt Securities of all series perform such Act and for purposes of any decision or determination by the Trustee of amounts due and unpaid for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of all series in respect of which moneys are to be disbursed ratably, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency will be the amount in Dollars based upon the Market Exchange Rate for Debt Securities of such series, as of the date for determining whether the Holders entitled to perform such Act have performed it, or as of the Business Day immediately prior to the date of such decision or determination by the Trustee, as the case may be. Section 3.11 Judgments. If for the purpose of obtaining a judgment in any court with respect to any obligation of the Company hereunder or under any Debt Security, it shall become necessary to convert into any other Currency any amount in the Currency due hereunder or under such Debt Security, then such conversion shall be made at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date the Company shall make payment to any Person in satisfaction of such judgment. If pursuant to any such judgment, conversion shall be made on a date other than the date payment is made and there shall occur a change between such Market Exchange Rate and the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of payment, the Company agrees to pay such additional amounts (if any) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid is equal to the amount in such other Currency which, when converted at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of payment or distribution, is the amount then due hereunder or under such Debt Security. Any amount due from the Company under this Section 3.11 shall be due as a separate debt and is not to be affected by or merged into any judgment being obtained for any other sums due hereunder or in respect of any Debt Security. In no event, however, shall the Company be required to pay more in the Currency or Currency Unit due hereunder or under such Debt Security at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect when payment is made than the amount of Currency stated to be due hereunder or under such Debt Security so that in any event the Company's obligations hereunder or under such Debt Security will be effectively maintained as obligations in such Currency, and the Company shall be entitled to withhold (or be reimbursed for, as the case may be) any excess of the amount actually realized upon any such conversion over the amount due and payable on the date of payment or distribution. - 37 - Section 3.12 Exchange Upon Default. If default is made in the payments referred to in Section 12.01, the Company hereby undertakes that upon presentation and surrender of a permanent Global Note to the Trustee (or to any other Person or at any other address as the Company may designate in writing), on any Business Day on or after the maturity date thereof the Company will issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the bearer of such permanent Global Note duly executed and authenticated definitive Debt Securities with the same issue date and maturity date as set out in such permanent Global Note. Section 3.13 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Debt 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 Debt 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 Debt Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series (if all series issued under this Indenture are not to be affected), shall upon Company Request, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange or conversion of such Debt Securities herein expressly provided for or expressly provided in the terms of the Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.01, and rights to receive payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (1) either (A) all Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Debt Securities and Coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06, (ii) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived under Section 3.05, (iii) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 13.06, and (iv) Debt Securities and Coupons of such series 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 - 38 - discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 12.04) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (B) all Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, (i) have become due and payable, or (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) of this subclause (B), has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Debt Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the deposited money to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Debt Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged; (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; (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 with respect to such series have been complied with; and (4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that such deposit and discharge will not cause Holders of the Debt Securities of the series to recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14, the obligations of the Company under Section 12.01, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 12.04, shall - 39 - survive. If, after the deposit referred to in subclause (B) of clause 1 of this Section has been made, (x) the Holder of a Debt Security is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.10(c), to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which deposit was made, or (y) if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which deposit was made or elected to be received by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.10(c), then the indebtedness represented by such Debt Security shall be fully discharged to the extent that deposit made with respect to such Debt Security shall be converted into the Currency in which such payment is made. Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. ARTICLE V REMEDIES Section 5.01 Events of Default. "Event of Default" wherever used herein with respect to Debt Securities of any series means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security or any payment with respect to the Coupons, if any, of such series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or (2) default in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Security of such series at its Maturity; or (3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Debt Security of such series; or (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or any covenant or warranty which expressly has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Debt Securities of a series other than such series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the - 40 - Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or (5) a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed (including a default with respect to Debt Securities of any series other than that series) or under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in excess of $5,000,000 (including this Indenture), whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default 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, without such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company or the Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, to cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; provided, however, that if such default shall be remedied or cured by the Company or the Significant Subsidiary or waived by the holders of such indebtedness, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without any action on the part of the Trustee or any of the Holders; or (6) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State of Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or a decree or order adjudging the Company or any Significant Subsidiary a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary under any applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (7) the commencement by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of a voluntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or the consent by it to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as - 41 - they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action; or (8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.01. Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series at that time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Discount Securities as may be specified in the terms of such Discount Securities) of all the Debt Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon, any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) plus accrued and unpaid interest (and premium, if any), shall become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amount in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10), all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate. At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, 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 in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay (A) all overdue installments of interest on all Debt Securities or all overdue payments with respect to any Coupons of such series, (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Debt Securities, (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest on each Debt Security of such series or upon overdue payments on any Coupons of such series at the Overdue Rate, 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; provided, however, that all sums payable under this clause (D) shall be paid in Dollars; and - 42 - (2) All Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Debt Securities of such series which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13. No such rescission and annulment shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if (1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Debt Security or any payment with respect to any Coupons when such interest or payment becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, (2) default is made in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Debt Security at the Maturity thereof, or (3) default is made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund payment or analogous obligation when the same becomes due pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of any series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Debt Securities or of such Coupons, (i) the amount then due and payable on such Debt Securities or matured Coupons for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, (ii) to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue installments of interest, at the Overdue Rate, and (iii) 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 the Company fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities and Coupons, and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities and Coupons wherever situated. If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. - 43 - Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceedings, or any voluntary or involuntary case under the applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, as now or hereafter constituted, relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of a particular series or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of such Debt Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or, if the Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be due and payable with respect to such series pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 5.02) (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series and to file such other papers or documents and take such other actions, including participating as a member, voting or otherwise, of any committee of creditors appointed in the matter, as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders of such Debt Securities and Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and (ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each such 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 such 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 6.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Debt Securities and any Coupons of such series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Debt Securities or Coupons or the production thereof in any - 44 - proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name, as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities or Coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Debt Securities or Coupons of any series in respect of which money has been collected 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 6.07. SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities or Coupons of such series, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Debt Securities or Coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto. Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Debt Security or Coupon of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver 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 with respect to such series; (2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series; - 45 - it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons of any other series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 5.07, each and every Holder of Debt Securities or Coupons of any series and the Trustee for such series shall be entitled to such relief as can be given at law or in equity. Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Debt Security or of any Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Debt Security or Coupon on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and interest thereon, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Indenture, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder 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 any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Indenture 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. - 46 - Section 5.12 Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, provided, that (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; (2) subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series not joining in any such direction; (3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and (4) this provision shall not affect the rights of the Trustee set forth in Section 6.01(c)(4). Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Debt Securities of any such series waive, by notice to the Trustee and the Company, any past default or Event of Default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default (1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment or analogous obligation with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, or (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which pursuant to Article Eleven cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of the Debt Securities of such series under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Debt Security or any Coupon by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit - 47 - against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit other than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder or group of Holders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of a Debt Security or Coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security or the payment of any Coupon on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date). Section 5.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, (1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture. (b) In case an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall, with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, - 48 - exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. (c) Subject to Section 6.04, no provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that (1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section; (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Debt Securities of any series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; (4) the Trustee shall not be required 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; and (5) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default or any other act or circumstance upon the occurrence of which the Trustee may be required to take action unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee obtains actual knowledge of such default, Event of Default, act or circumstance or unless written notice referencing this Indenture or the Debt Securities is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office. (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series, the Trustee shall give notice to all Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons of such series of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security or Coupon of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Debt - 49 - Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Debt Securities and of Coupons of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.01(4) with respect to Debt Securities of such series no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series. Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.02 with respect to Registered Securities shall be transmitted by mail: (1) to all Registered Holders, as the names and addresses of the Registered Holders appear in the Security Register; (2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; and (3) to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a) of this Indenture; and (4) to the Company. Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.02 with respect to Bearer Securities shall be transmitted in the manner set forth in Section 1.05. Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01: (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 shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; (c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate; - 50 - (d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; (e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Debt Securities of any series 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 be under no obligation to act as Authenticating Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or as any other agent with respect to Foreign Currency Debt Securities or Bearer or Coupon Debt Securities; (g) 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 (h) 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 (including any agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.10(j)) or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder. Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the Debt 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 Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Debt Securities or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of any statements in any registration statement relating to the Debt Securities. Section 6.05 May Hold Debt Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities or Coupons, and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, 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. Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust. Money in any Currency held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company. - 51 - Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees: (1) to pay in Dollars to the Trustee from time to time such compensation in Dollars as the Company and the Trustee shall from time 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 in Dollars upon its request for all reasonable expenses in Dollars, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in connection with the administration of the trusts herein set forth (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 in Dollars the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, damage, claims or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by income of the Trustee), of any kind and nature whatsoever incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section and in addition to its rights under Section 5.06, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust pursuant to Section 15.03 hereof or for the payment of amounts due on particular Debt Securities and Coupons. The fees and expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with any bankruptcy of the Company shall constitute fees and expenses of administration; provided, however, that this shall not affect the Trustee's rights as set forth in the preceding sentence or Section 5.06. Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. (a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this Section with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, then, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, and if the default (as hereinafter defined) to which such conflicting interest relates has not been cured or duly waived or otherwise eliminated before the end of such 90- day period, the Trustee shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or, except as otherwise provided below, resign with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, and the Company shall take prompt steps to have a successor appointed, in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. (b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Trustee shall, within 10 - 52 - days after the expiration of such 90-day period, transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities of such series notice of such failure. Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.08(b) with respect to Registered Securities shall be transmitted by mail: (1) to all Registered Holders, as the names and addresses of the Registered Holders appear in the Security Register; (2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have, within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; (3) to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a) of this Indenture; and (4) to the Company. Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.08(b) with respect to Bearer Securities shall be transmitted in the manner set forth in Section 1.05. (c) For the purposes of this Section, the Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, if there shall exist an Event of Default (as such term is defined herein, but exclusive of any period of grace or requirement of notice) with respect to such Debt Securities and (1) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series other than that series or is trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the Company are outstanding, unless such other indenture is a collateral trust indenture under which the only collateral consists of Debt Securities issued under this Indenture, provided that there shall be excluded from the operation of this paragraph this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of any series other than that series and any other indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding, if (i) this Indenture and such other indenture or indentures (and all series of securities issuable thereunder) are wholly unsecured and rank equally and such other indenture or indentures are hereafter qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, unless the Commission shall have found and declared by order pursuant to Section 305(b) or Section 307(c) of the Trust Indenture Act that differences exist between the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and one or more other series or the provisions of such other indenture or indentures which are so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary, in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to the - 53 - Debt Securities of such series and such other series or under such other indenture or indentures, or (ii) the Company shall have sustained the burden of proving, on application to the Commission and after opportunity for hearing thereon, that trusteeship under this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and such other series or such other indenture or indentures is not so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and such other series or under such other indenture or indentures; (2) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is an underwriter for the Company; (3) the Trustee directly or indirectly controls or is directly or indirectly controlled by or is under direct or indirect common control with an underwriter for the Company; (4) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is a director, officer, partner, employee, appointee or representative of the Company, or of an underwriter (other than the Trustee itself) for the Company who is currently engaged in the business of underwriting, except that (i) one individual may be a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Trustee and a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Company but may not be at the same time an executive officer of both the Trustee and the Company; (ii) if and so long as the number of directors of the Trustee in office is more than nine, one additional individual may be a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Trustee and a director of the Company; and (iii) the Trustee may be designated by the Company or by any underwriter for the Company to act in the capacity of transfer agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent, escrow agent, or depositary or in any other similar capacity, or, subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection, to act as trustee, whether under an indenture or otherwise; (5) 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by the Company or by any director, partner or executive officer thereof, or 20% or more of such voting securities is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more of such persons; or 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by an underwriter for the Company or by any director, partner or executive officer thereof or is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more such persons; (6) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this subsection defined), (i) 5% or more of the voting securities, or 10% or more of any other class of security, of the Company not including the Debt Securities issued under this Indenture and securities issued under any other indenture under which the Trustee is also trustee, or (ii) 10% or more of any class of security of an underwriter for the Company; - 54 - (7) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default, 5% or more of the voting securities of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 10% or more of the voting securities of, or controls directly or indirectly or is under direct or indirect common control with, the Company; (8) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default, 10% or more of any class of security of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 50% or more of the voting securities of the Company; (9) the Trustee owns, on the date of such Event of Default or any anniversary of such Event of Default while such Event of Default remains outstanding, in the capacity of executor, administrator, testamentary or inter vivos trustee, guardian, committee or conservator, or in any other similar capacity, an aggregate of 25% or more of the voting securities, or of any class of security, of any person, the beneficial ownership of a specified percentage of which would have constituted a conflicting interest under paragraph (6), (7) or (8) of this subsection. As to any such securities of which the Trustee acquired ownership through becoming executor, administrator or testamentary trustee of an estate which included them, the provisions of the preceding sentence shall not apply, for a period of not more than two years from the date of such acquisition, to the extent that such securities included in such estate do not exceed 25% of such voting securities or 25% of any such class of security. Promptly after the dates of any such Event of Default and annually in each succeeding year that such Event of Default continues, the Trustee shall make a check of its holdings of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of such dates. If the Company fails to make payment in full of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities when and as the same becomes due and payable, and such failure continues for 30 days thereafter, the Trustee shall make a prompt check of its holdings of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of the date of the expiration of such 30-day period, and after such date, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all such securities so held by the Trustee, with sole or joint control over such securities vested in it, shall be considered as though beneficially owned by the Trustee for the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) of this subsection; or (10) except under the circumstances described in paragraph (1), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of Section 6.13(b) of this Indenture, the Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor of the Company. For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the term "series of securities" or "series" means a series, class or group of securities issuable under an indenture pursuant to whose terms holders of one such series may vote to direct the Trustee, or otherwise take action pursuant to a vote of such holders, separately from holders of another series; provided, that "series of securities" or "series" shall not include any series of securities issuable under an indenture if all such series rank equally and are wholly unsecured. - 55 - The specification of percentages in paragraphs (5) to (9), inclusive, of this subsection shall not be construed as indicating that the ownership of such percentages of the securities of a person is or is not necessary or sufficient to constitute direct or indirect control for the purposes of paragraph (3) or (7) of this subsection. For the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7), (8) and (9) of this subsection only, (i) the terms "security" and "securities" shall include only such securities as are generally known as corporate securities, but shall not include any note or other evidence of indebtedness issued to evidence an obligation to repay moneys lent to a person by one or more banks, trust companies or banking firms, or any certificate of interest or participation in any such note or evidence of indebtedness; (ii) an obligation shall be deemed to be "in default" when a default in payment of principal shall have continued for 30 days or more and shall not have been cured; and (iii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to be the owner or holder of (A) any security which it holds as collateral security, as trustee or otherwise, for an obligation which is not in default as defined in clause (ii) above, or (B) any security which it holds as collateral security under this Indenture, irrespective of any default hereunder, or (C) any security which it holds as agent for collection, or as custodian, escrow agent or depositary, or in any similar representative capacity. (d) For the purposes of this Section: (1) The term "underwriter" when used with reference to the Company means every person who, within one year prior to the time as of which the determination is made, has purchased from the Company with a view to, or has offered or sold for the Company in connection with, the distribution of any security of the Company outstanding at such time, or has participated or has had a direct or indirect participation in any such undertaking, or has participated or has had a participation in the direct or indirect underwriting of any such undertaking, but such term shall not include a person whose interest was limited to a commission from an underwriter or dealer not in excess of the usual and customary distributors' or sellers' commission. (2) The term "director" means any director of a corporation, or any individual performing similar functions with respect to any organization whether incorporated or unincorporated. (3) The term "person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an estate, an unincorporated organization, or a government or political subdivision thereof. As used in this paragraph, the term "trust" shall include only a trust where the interest or interests of the beneficiary or beneficiaries are evidenced by a security. (4) The term "voting security" means any security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a person, or any security issued under or pursuant to any trust, agreement or arrangements whereby a trustee or trustees or agent or agents for the owner or holder of such security are presently entitled to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a person. - 56 - (5) The term "Company" means any obligor upon the Debt Securities of any series. (6) The term "executive officer" means the president, every vice president, every trust officer, the cashier, the secretary, and the treasurer of a corporation, and any individual customarily performing similar functions with respect to any organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, but shall not include the chairman of the board of directors. (e) The percentages of voting securities and other securities specified in this Section shall be calculated in accordance with the following provisions: (1) A specified percentage of the voting securities of the Trustee, the Company or any other person referred to in this Section (each of whom is referred to as a "person" in this paragraph) means such amount of the outstanding voting securities of such person as entitles the holder or holders thereof to cast such specified percentage of the aggregate votes which the holders of all the outstanding voting securities of such person are entitled to cast in the direction or management of the affairs of such person. (2) A specified percentage of a class of securities of a person means such percentage of the aggregate amount of securities of the class outstanding. (3) The term "amount", when used with regard to securities means the principal amount if relating to evidences of indebtedness, the number of shares if relating to capital shares, and the number of units if relating to any other kind of security. (4) The term "outstanding" means issued and not held by or for the account of the issuer. The following securities shall not be deemed outstanding within the meaning of this definition: (i) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund relating to securities of the issuer of the same class; (ii) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund relating to another class of securities of the issuer, if the obligation evidenced by such other class of securities is not in default as to principal or interest or otherwise; (iii) securities pledged by the issuer thereof as security for an obligation of the issuer not in default as to principal or interest or otherwise; and (iv) securities held in escrow if placed in escrow by the issuer thereof; provided, however, that any voting securities of an issuer shall be deemed outstanding if any person other than the issuer is entitled to exercise the voting rights thereof. (5) A security shall be deemed to be of the same class as another security if both securities confer upon the holder or holders thereof substantially the same rights and - 57 - privileges; provided, however, that, in the case of secured evidences of indebtedness, all of which are issued under a single indenture, differences in the interest rates or maturity dates of various series thereof shall not be deemed sufficient to constitute such series different classes; and provided, further, that, in the case of unsecured evidences of indebtedness, differences in the interest rates or maturity dates thereof shall not be deemed sufficient to constitute them securities of different classes, whether or not they are issued under a single indenture. (f) Except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Debt Security of any series, or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment, the Trustee shall not be required to resign as provided by this Section if the Trustee shall have sustained the burden of proving, on application to the Commission and after opportunity for hearing thereon, that: (1) the Event of Default may be cured or waived during a reasonable period and under the procedures described in such application; and (2) a stay of the Trustee's duty to resign will not be inconsistent with the interests of Holders of the Debt Securities. The filing of such an application shall automatically stay the performance of the duty to resign until the Commission orders otherwise. Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Commonwealth or District of Columbia authority and eligible to act as Trustee hereunder in compliance with Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee upon any Debt Securities. Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.11. (b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of - 58 - such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, and a successor Trustee appointed, by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. (d) If at any time: (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08(a) with respect to the Debt Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months, or (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series 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 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 with respect to all Debt Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of any series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series. (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of such series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, the resigning Trustee or any Holder who has - 59 - been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and the address of its corporate trust office. Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (a) In the case of an appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Debt Securities, each such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee, but, on 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, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 6.07. (b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Debt Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in any such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any other trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of any such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and - 60 - duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. (c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be. (d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article. Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that 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 Debt 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 Debt Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Debt Securities. In case any Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee. Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this Section, if the Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor, directly or indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Company within three months prior to a default, as defined in subsection (c) of this Section, or subsequent to such default, then, unless and until such default shall be cured, the Trustee shall set apart and hold in a special account for the benefit of the Trustee individually, the Holders of the Debt Securities and of the Coupons, if any, and the holders of other indenture securities (as defined in subsection (c) of this Section): (1) an amount equal to any and all reductions in the amount due and owing upon any claim as such creditor in respect of principal or interest, effected after the beginning of such three-month period and valid as against the Company and its other creditors, except any such reduction resulting from the receipt or disposition of any property described in paragraph (2) of this subsection, or from the exercise of any right of - 61 - set-off which the Trustee could have exercised if a voluntary or involuntary case had been commenced in respect of the Company under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law upon the date of such default; and (2) all property received by the Trustee in respect of any claim as such creditor, either as security therefor, or in satisfaction or composition thereof, or otherwise, after the beginning of such three-month period, or an amount equal to the proceeds of any such property, if disposed of, subject, however, to the rights, if any, of the Company and its other creditors in such property or such proceeds. Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the Trustee: (A) to retain for its own account (i) payments made on account of any such claim by any Person (other than the Company) who is liable thereon, and (ii) the proceeds of the bona fide sale of any such claim by the Trustee to a third Person, and (iii) distributions made in cash, securities or other property in respect of claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings or reorganization pursuant to the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law; (B) to realize, for its own account, upon any property held by it as security for any such claim, if such property was so held prior to the beginning of such three-month period; (C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the extent of the claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property held by it as security for any such claim, if such claim was created after the beginning of such three-month period and such property was received as security therefor simultaneously with the creation thereof, and if the Trustee shall sustain the burden of proving that at the time such property was so received the Trustee had no reasonable cause to believe that a default, as defined in subsection (c) of this Section, would occur within three months, or (D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in paragraph (B) or (C) against the release of any property held as security for such claim as provided in paragraph (B) or (C), as the case may be, to the extent of the fair value of such property. For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property substituted after the beginning of such three-month period for property held as security at the time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the fair value of the property released, have the same status as the property released, and, to the extent that any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is created in renewal of or in substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or refunding any pre-existing claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such claim shall have the same status as such pre-existing claim. If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and property held in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be apportioned among the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities in such manner that the Trustee, the Holders and the holders - 62 - of other indenture securities realize, as a result of payments from such special account and payments of dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, the same percentage of their respective claims, figured before crediting to the claim of the Trustee anything on account of the receipt by it from the Company of the funds and property in such special account and before crediting to the respective claims of the Trustee and the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, but after crediting thereon receipts on account of the indebtedness represented by their respective claims from all sources other than from such dividends and from the funds and property so held in such special account. As used in this paragraph, with respect to any claim, the term "dividends" shall include any distribution with respect to such claim, in bankruptcy or receivership or proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, whether such distribution is made in cash, securities, or other property, but shall not include any such distribution with respect to the secured portion, if any, of such claim. The court in which such bankruptcy, receivership or proceedings for reorganization is pending shall have jurisdiction (i) to apportion among the Trustee and the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, the funds and property held in such special account and proceeds thereof, or (ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in whole or in part, to give to the provisions of this paragraph due consideration in determining the fairness of the distributions to be made to the Trustee and the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities with respect to their respective claims, in which event it shall not be necessary to liquidate or to appraise the value of any securities or other property held in such special account or as security for any such claim, or to make a specific allocation of such distributions as between the secured and unsecured portions of such claim, or otherwise to apply the provisions of this paragraph as a mathematical formula. Any Trustee which has resigned or been removed after the beginning of such three-month period shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection as though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any Trustee has resigned or been removed prior to the beginning of such three-month period, it shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection if and only if the following conditions exist: (i) the receipt of property or reduction of claim, which would have given rise to the obligation to account, if such Trustee had continued as Trustee, occurred after the beginning of such three-month period; and (ii) such receipt of property or reduction of claim occurred within three months after such resignation or removal. (b) There shall be excluded from the operation of subsection (a) of this Section a creditor relationship arising from: - 63 - (1) the ownership or acquisition of securities issued under any indenture, or any security or securities having a maturity of one year or more at the time of acquisition by the Trustee; (2) advances authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of competent jurisdiction or by this Indenture, for the purpose of preserving any property which shall at any time be subject to the Lien of this Indenture or of discharging tax liens or other prior liens or encumbrances thereon, if notice of such advances and of the circumstances surrounding the making thereof is given to the Holders at the time and in the manner provided in this Indenture; (3) disbursements made in the ordinary course of business in the capacity of trustee under an indenture, transfer agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent or depositary, or other similar capacity; (4) an indebtedness created as a result of services rendered or premises rented, or an indebtedness created as a result of goods or securities sold in a cash transaction as defined in subsection (c) of this Section; (5) the ownership of stock or of other securities of a corporation organized under the provisions of Section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, which is directly or indirectly a creditor of the Company; and (6) The acquisition, ownership, acceptance or negotiation of any drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances or obligations which fall within the classification of self-liquidating paper as defined in subsection (c) of this Section. (c) For the purposes of this Section only: (1) the term "default" means any failure to make payment in full of the principal of or interest on any of the Debt Securities or upon the other indenture securities when and as such principal or interest becomes due and payable; (2) the term "other indenture securities" means securities upon which the Company is an obligor outstanding under any other indenture (i) under which the Trustee is also trustee, (ii) which contains provisions substantially similar to the provisions of this Section, and (iii) under which a default exists at the time of the apportionment of the funds and property held in such special account; (3) the term "cash transaction" means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks and payable upon demand; (4) the term "self-liquidating paper" means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage - 64 - or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation; and (5) the term "Company" means any obligor upon the Debt Securities. Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. As long as any Debt Securities of a series remain Outstanding, upon a Company Request, there shall be an authenticating agent (the "Authenticating Agent") appointed, for such period as the Company shall elect, by the Trustee for such series of Debt Securities to act as its agent on its behalf and subject to its direction in connection with the authentication and delivery of each series of Debt Securities for which it is serving as Trustee. Debt Securities of each such series authenticated by such Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by such Trustee. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities of any series by the Trustee for such series or to the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee for such series by an Authenticating Agent for such series and a Certificate of Authentication executed on behalf of such Trustee by such Authenticating Agent. Such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or Commonwealth authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section. Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted, or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the Authenticating Agent with respect to all series of Debt Securities for which it served as Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee for such series or such Authenticating Agent. Any Authenticating Agent may at any time, and if it shall cease to be eligible shall, resign by giving written notice of resignation to the applicable Trustee and to the Company. - 65 - Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 with respect to one or more or all series of Debt Securities, the Trustee for such series shall upon Company Request appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, and the Company shall provide notice of such appointment to all Holders of Debt Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein. The Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series agrees to pay to the Authenticating Agent for such series from time to time reasonable compensation for its services, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payment, subject to the provisions of Section 6.07. The Authenticating Agent for the Debt Securities of any series shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such in good faith and without negligence at the direction of the Trustee for such series. If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Debt Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form: This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within mentioned Indenture. _____________________________________, As Trustee Dated By: _________________________________ As Authenticating Agent By: __________________________________ Authorized Signatory ARTICLE VII HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to Registered Securities of each series for which it acts as Trustee: - 66 - (a) semi-annually on a date not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date, if any, for the Registered Securities of such series (or on semi-annual dates in each year to be determined pursuant to Section 3.01 if the Registered Securities of such series do not bear interest), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Registered Holders as of the date 15 days next preceding each such Regular Record Date (or such semi-annual dates, as the case may be); and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 15 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for such series, no such list need be furnished. The Company shall also be required to furnish to the Trustee at all such times set forth above all information in the possession or control of the Company or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Bearer Securities of all series; provided, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to investigate any matter relating to any Holders of Bearer Securities of any series. Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder, and filed with it within the two preceding years pursuant to Section 7.03(c)(2). The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished, destroy any information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon delivering to itself as Trustee, not earlier than 45 days after an Interest Payment Date, a list containing the names and addresses of the Holders obtained from such information since the delivery of the next previous list, if any, destroy any list delivered to itself as Trustee which was compiled from information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon the receipt of a new list so delivered, and destroy not earlier than two years after filing, any information filed with it pursuant to Section 7.03(c)(2). (b) If three or more Holders (hereinafter referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Debt Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of Debt Securities of a particular series (in which case the applicants must hold Debt Securities of such series) or with all Holders of Debt Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication - 67 - which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either (i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), or (ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of Debt Securities of such series or of all Debt Securities, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, specified in such application. If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon written request of such applicants, mail to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or all Holders, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or all Holders, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application. (c) Every Holder of Debt Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing of any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.02(b). Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after _____ ___ of each year, commencing _____ ___, 200__, the Trustee shall, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act, transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities of any series with respect to which it acts as Trustee, in the manner hereinafter provided in this Section 7.03, a brief report dated as of such date with respect to any of the - 68 - following events which may have occurred within the previous 12 months (but if no such event has occurred within such period no report need be transmitted): (1) any change to its eligibility under Section 6.09 and its qualifications under Section 6.08; (2) the creation of or any material change to a relationship specified in paragraph (1) through (10) of Section 6.08(c) of this Indenture; (3) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Debt Securities of such series, on any property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than 1/2 of 1% of the principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the date of such report; (4) any change to the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all other indebtedness owing by the Company (or any other obligor on the Debt Securities of such series) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner described in Section 6.13(b)(2), (3), (4) or (6); (5) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically in the possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report; (6) any additional issue of Debt Securities which the Trustee has not previously reported; and (7) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Debt Securities of such series, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02. (b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Debt Securities of any series (whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02 (a)) for which it acts as the Trustee, as hereinafter provided, a brief report with respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this Indenture) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Debt Securities of such series, on property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this subsection, except that the Trustee for each series shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate - 69 - 10% or less of the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series Outstanding at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time. (c) Reports pursuant to this Section 7.03 with respect to Registered Securities shall be transmitted by mail: (1) to all Holders of Registered Securities, as the names and addresses of such Holders of Registered Securities appear in the Security Register; (2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have, within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; and (3) except in the cases of reports pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 7.03, to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a). Reports pursuant to this Section 7.03 with respect to Bearer Securities shall be published in accordance with Section 1.05. (d) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Debt Securities of such series are listed, with the Commission and also with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any series of Debt Securities are listed on any stock exchange. Section 7.04 Reports by Company. The Company will: (1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be required from time to time in such rules and regulations; (2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions - 70 - and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and (3) transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 7.03, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission. ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE HOLDERS Section 8.01 Acts of Holders. 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 or proxy 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, 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. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may take any Act, the fact that the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by the instrument or instruments executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Nine, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders. Section 8.02 Proof of Ownership; Proof of Execution of Instruments by Holder. The ownership of Registered Securities of any series shall be proved by the Security Register for such series or by a certificate of the Security Registrar for such series. The ownership of Bearer Securities shall be proved by production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any bank or trust company, which certificate shall be dated and shall state that on the date thereof a Bearer Security bearing a specified identifying number or other mark was deposited with or exhibited to the person executing such certificate by the person named in such certificate, or by any other proof of possession reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding by the person named in any such certificate of any Bearer Security specified therein shall be presumed to continue for a period of one year unless at the time of determination of such holding (1) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security shall be produced, (2) such Bearer Security shall be produced by some other person, (3) such Bearer Security shall have been registered on the Security Register, if, - 71 - pursuant to Section 3.01, such Bearer Security can be so registered, or (4) such Bearer Security shall have been canceled or paid. Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01, 6.03 and 9.05, proof of the execution of a writing appointing an agent or proxy and of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the following manner: The fact and date of the execution by any such person of any instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public, or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, that the person executing such instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation, association or partnership, as the case may be, or by any other person acting in a representative capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The record of any Holders' meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.06. The Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section so long as the request is a reasonable one. Section 8.03 Persons Deemed Owners. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest, if any, on such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered 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. The Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Holder of any Bearer Security or of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Bearer Security or Coupon for the purposes of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Bearer Security or Coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to any Holder, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon such Debt Security or Coupon. Section 8.04 Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any Act by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such Act, any Holder of a Debt Security the number, letter or other distinguishing symbol of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the Holders of which have consented to such - 72 - Act may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of ownership as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such Act so far as it concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid, any such Act taken by the Holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.08, upon all future Holders of such Debt Security and all past, present and future Holders of Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto and of any Debt Securities and Coupons issued on transfer or in lieu thereof or in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debt Security or Coupons or such other Debt Securities or Coupons. ARTICLE IX HOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 9.01 Purposes of Meetings. A meeting of Holders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Nine for any of the following purposes: (1) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee for such series, or to give any directions to the Trustee for such series, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Five; (2) to remove the Trustee for such series and appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article Six; (3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.02; or (4) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law. Section 9.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee for any series may at any time call a meeting of Holders of such series to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time or times and at such place or places as the Trustee for such series shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given to Holders of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05. Such notice shall be given not less than 20 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. - 73 - Section 9.03 Call of Meetings by Company or Holders. In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of a series or of all series, as the case may be, shall have requested the Trustee for such series to call a meeting of Holders of any or all such series by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting within 20 days after the receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time or times and the place or places for such meetings and may call such meetings to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by giving notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02. Section 9.04 Qualifications for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall be (a) a Holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as agent or proxy by such Holder. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee for the series with respect to which such meeting is being held and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel. Section 9.05 Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee for any series may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of such series, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of such series as provided in Section 9.03, in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by a majority vote of the meeting. Subject to the provisos in the definition of "Outstanding," at any meeting each Holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (or such other amount as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01) of Debt Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debt Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Outstanding Debt Securities of such series held by him or instruments in writing duly designating him as the person to vote on behalf of Holders of Debt Securities of such series. Any - 74 - meeting of Holders with respect to which a meeting was duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or 9.03 may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of such Holders present and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice. Section 9.06 Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders with respect to which such meeting is being held shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of such Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial number or numbers of the Debt Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be taken and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was transmitted as provided in Section 9.02. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debt Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated. Section 9.07 No Delay of Rights by Meeting. Nothing contained in this Article Nine shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to any Holder under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series. ARTICLE X CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE Section 10.01 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 all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to the Company, unless: (1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or - 75 - the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof, the Commonwealth 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 on all the Debt 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 occurred and be continuing; and (3) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Company would become subject to a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance which would not be permitted by this Indenture, the Company or such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the Debt Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all Indebtedness secured thereby; and (4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with. Section 10.02 Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 10.01, 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 thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Debt Securities. ARTICLE XI SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES Section 11.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without prior notice to or 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 - 76 - more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes: (1) to evidence the succession of another Corporation to the rights of the Company and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and other obligations of the Company herein and in the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, contained; or (2) to add to the covenants of the Company, for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series), or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or (3) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be applicable to less than all series, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely to be applicable to such series); or (4) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable, and with or without Coupons, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in uncertificated form, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of any series or any related Coupons in any material respect; or (5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Outstanding Debt Security or Coupon of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply; or (6) to secure the Debt Securities; or (7) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four or Fifteen, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or any other series of Debt Securities or any related Coupons in any material respect; or (8) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or (9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or - 77 - facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11; or (10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, to eliminate any conflict between the terms of this Indenture or the Debt Securities and the Trust Indenture Act or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with any provision of this Indenture; provided such other provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture in any material respect; or (11) to alter the provisions of Section 3.10(e) hereof and establish any other provisions in respect of Debt Securities issued in a Foreign Currency; provided that any such change shall become effective only when there is no Outstanding Debt Security or Coupon of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provisions and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply. Section 11.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. With the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture voting separately, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture of such Debt Securities or Coupons, if any; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each such series affected thereby, (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or installment of interest, if any, on, any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Stated Maturity of or reduce the amount of any payment to be made with respect to any Coupon, or change the Currency or Currencies in which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security is denominated or payable, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or adversely affect the right of repayment or repurchase, if any, at the option of the Holder, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, any payment under any sinking fund or analogous provisions for any Debt Security, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or limit the obligation of the Company to maintain a paying agency outside the United States for payment on Bearer Securities as provided in Section 12.03; or - 78 - (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults or Events of Default hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 12.06, 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 Debt Security of each series affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 12.06, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and 11.01(7). 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. A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture with respect to one or more particular series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any other series. Section 11.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) 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 and that all conditions have been met. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a material way. Section 11.04 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 Debt Securities and Coupons theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. Section 11.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. - 79 - Section 11.06 Reference in Debt Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Debt Securities and Coupons of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Debt Securities and Coupons of such series. Section 11.07 Notice of Supplemental Indenture. Promptly after the execution by the Company and the appropriate Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 11.02, the Company shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05, to all Holders of any series of the Debt Securities affected thereby, a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. ARTICLE XII COVENANTS Section 12.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms of the Debt Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Debt Securities or except as otherwise provided in Section 3.06, any interest due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. If so provided in the terms of any series of Debt Securities established as provided in Section 3.01, the interest, if any, due in respect of any temporary Global Note or permanent Global Note, together with any additional amounts payable in respect thereof, as provided in the terms and conditions of such Debt Security, shall be payable only upon presentation of such Debt Security to the Trustee for notation thereon of the payment of such interest. Section 12.02 Officer's Certificate as to Default. The Company will deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more than four months after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (which on the date hereof is the calendar year) ending after the date hereof, a certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is in compliance with all covenants and conditions under this Indenture, and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature thereof of which such signer may have knowledge. For purposes of this Section, such - 80 - compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. Section 12.03 Maintenance of Office or Agency. If Debt Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain or cause to be maintained in each Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or redemption, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Debt Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York, an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series, if any, may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange or redemption, where Debt Securities of that series that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related Coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise), (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series and related Coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any additional amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01); provided, however, that if the Debt Securities of that series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Debt Securities of that series in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Debt Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the locations, and any change in the locations, of such offices or agencies. 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, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related Coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment at the offices specified in the applicable Debt Security, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee, or in the case of Bearer Securities, such other agent as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01, as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. No payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the - 81 - United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, that, if the Debt Securities of a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Bearer Security (including any additional amounts payable on Securities of such series, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01) shall be made at the office of the Trustee or the Company's Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium, interest or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions. The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency. Section 12.04 Money for Debt Securities; Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities and Coupons, it will, by or on each due date of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities of such series, deposit with any such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. The Company will cause each Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will: (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; - 82 - (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of such series; and (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Debt Security or Coupon shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may, in its sole discretion, at the expense of the Company cause to be transmitted in the manner and to the extent provided by Section 1.05, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. Section 12.05 Corporate Existence. Subject to the provisions of Article Ten hereof, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or of the applicable Significant Subsidiary and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders. Section 12.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 12.05 (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.01, any other covenant not set forth herein and specified pursuant to Section 3.01 to be applicable to the Debt - 83 - Securities of any series, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01) with respect to the Debt Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series 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 such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent expressly so 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. ARTICLE XIII REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES Section 13.01 Applicability of Article. Debt Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article. Section 13.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem (or, in the case of Discount Securities, to permit the Holders to elect to surrender for redemption) any Debt Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Debt Securities of any series pursuant to Section 13.03, the Company shall, at least 60 days before the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Debt Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Debt Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restrictions. Section 13.03 Selection by Trustee of Debt Securities to Be Redeemed. Except in the case of a redemption in whole of the Bearer Securities or the Registered Securities of such series, if less than all the Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed at the election of the Company, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee or agent authorized pursuant to Section 3.01 shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series in a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.02 in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated. The portions of the principal amount of Debt Securities so selected for partial - 84 - redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized denominations for Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.02 in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated or any integral multiple thereof, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable form of Debt Securities. In any case when more than one Registered Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee or authorized agent in its discretion may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Registered Security of such series. The Trustee or authorized agent shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Debt Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities shall relate, in the case of any Debt Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Debt Security which has been or is to be redeemed. Section 13.04 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption 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, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the Holders of Debt Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part pursuant to this Article Thirteen, in the manner provided in Section 1.05. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the Holder of any other Debt Security of such series. All notices of redemption shall state: (1) the Redemption Date; (2) the Redemption Price; (3) that Debt Securities of such series are being redeemed by the Company pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of the Debt Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture establishing such series, if such be the case, together with a brief statement of the facts permitting such redemption; (4) if less than all Outstanding Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed; (5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Debt Security to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date; - 85 - (6) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Coupon Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption, failing which the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price; (7) the Place or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; (8) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 3.05(b) or otherwise, the last date on which such exchanges may be made; and (9) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case. Section 13.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to the Redemption Date for any Debt Securities, 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 12.04) an amount of money in the Currency or Currencies in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Debt Securities or such amount or any portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date. Section 13.06 Debt Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Debt Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Debt Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Debt Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons for such interest; and provided, further, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, installments of interest on Registered Securities which have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Debt Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such Debt Securities and the provisions of Section 3.07. If any Debt Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Debt Security. - 86 - If any Coupon Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all Coupons appertaining thereto maturing on or after the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price for such Coupon Security may be reduced by an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing Coupons. If thereafter the Holder of such Coupon shall surrender to any Paying Agent outside the United States any such missing Coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted. The surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee, if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. Section 13.07 Debt Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Debt Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office or such other office or agency of the Company as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Registered Securities) and at an office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of the Company outside the United States as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Bearer Securities) with, if the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, 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 Debt Security so surrendered, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with appropriate Coupons attached. In the case of a Debt Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof. ARTICLE XIV SINKING FUNDS Section 14.01 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Debt Securities of a series except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of such series. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series, the amount of any cash sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 14.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the - 87 - redemption of Debt Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of such series. Section 14.02 Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities. In lieu of making all or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option, at any time no more than sixteen months and no less than 45 days prior to the date on which such sinking fund payment is due, deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of such series (together with the unmatured Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, except Debt Securities of such series which have been redeemed through the application of mandatory sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order instructing the Trustee to credit such sinking fund payment and stating that the Debt Securities of such series were originally issued by the Company by way of bona fide sale or other negotiation for value, provided that such Debt Securities shall not have been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. Section 14.03 Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debt Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 14.02 and whether the Company intends to exercise its rights to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for such series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the right to deliver or credit Debt Securities as provided in Section 14.02 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series at such time. Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) on the sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date immediately following the date of such payment) to the redemption of Debt - 88 - Securities of such series at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities with respect to the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) to the redemption of Debt Securities shall be added to the next sinking fund payment received by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.04) for such series and, together with such payment (or such amount so segregated), shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.04) on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt Securities of such series and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities of such series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent), together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited (or segregated) sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Debt Securities of such series at Maturity. The Trustee shall select or cause to be selected the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 13.03 and the Company shall cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 13.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 13.06. On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.04) in cash a sum, in the Currency or Currencies in which Debt Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10), equal to the principal and any interest accrued to the Redemption Date for Debt Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section. Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall redeem any Debt Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund for such series during the continuance of a default in payment of interest, if any, on any Debt Securities of such series or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, except that if the notice of redemption shall have been provided in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee (or the Company, if the Company is then acting as its own Paying Agent) shall redeem such Debt Securities if cash sufficient for that purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee (or segregated by the Company) for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Article. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter paid into such sinking fund shall, during the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series; provided, however, that in case such default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived as provided herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on or prior to the next sinking fund payment date for the Debt Securities of such series on which such moneys may be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section. - 89 - ARTICLE XV DEFEASANCE Section 15.01 Applicability of Article. If, pursuant to Section 3.01, provision is made for the defeasance of Debt Securities of a series, and if the Debt Securities of such series are Registered Securities and denominated and payable only in Dollars (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01) then the provisions of this Article shall be applicable except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of such series. Defeasance provisions, if any, for Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency or Currencies or for Bearer Securities may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01. Section 15.02 Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations. At the Company's option, either (a) the Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to Debt Securities of any series ("legal defeasance option") or (b) if so specified pursuant to Section 3.01, the Company shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any obligation of the Company or restrictive covenant added for the benefit of such series pursuant to Section 3.01) ("covenant defeasance option"), in either case at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied: (1) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations (as defined below) which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to (i) and (ii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including any mandatory sinking fund payments) of and premium, if any, and interest on, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and premium are due; (2) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that series to have a conflicting interest as defined in Section 6.08 and for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to the Debt Securities of any series; (3) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; (4) if the Debt Securities of such series are then listed on any national securities exchange, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of - 90 - Counsel or a letter or other document from such exchange to the effect that the Company's exercise of its option under this Section would not cause such Debt Securities to be delisted; (5) no Event of Default or event (including such deposit) which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and, with respect to the legal defeasance option only, no Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after such date; and (6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that such deposit, defeasance or the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance or Discharge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option and an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default under Section 5.01(5) or Section 5.01(6) shall have occurred and be continuing on the 91st day after the date of such deposit, the obligations of the Company referred to under the definition of covenant defeasance option with respect to such Debt Securities shall be reinstated. Money and securities held in trust pursuant to a legal defeasance shall not be subject to Article Sixteen. "Discharged" means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Debt Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Debt Securities of such series (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of Holders of Debt Securities of such series to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (1) above, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to the Debt Securities of such series under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 6.07, 12.03 and 15.03 and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder. "U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount - 91 - payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. Section 15.03 Deposited Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust. All moneys and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 15.02 in respect of Debt Securities of a series shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Debt 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 Holders of such Debt Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Section 15.04 Repayment to Company. The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall promptly pay or return to the Company upon Company Request any moneys or U.S. Government Obligations held by them at any time that are not required for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of any series for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.02. The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04 shall apply to any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent under this Article that remains unclaimed for two years after the Maturity of any series of Debt Securities for which money or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited pursuant to Section 15.02. - 92 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written. R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION By _____________________________________ Name: Title: Attest: ______________________________________ Name: Title: Seal WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE By _____________________________________ Name: Title: Attest: ______________________________________ Name: Title: Seal - 93 - EXHIBIT A [FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY OR INTEREST PRIOR TO AN EXCHANGE DATE] CERTIFICATE [Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered] This is to certify that as of the date hereof and except as set forth below principal amount of the above captioned Debt Securities held by you for our account (i) is owned by person(s) that are not United States person(s) (as defined below), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations) ("financial institutions") purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Debt Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Debt Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may advise the Company or the Company's agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury regulations), and in addition if the owner of the Debt Securities is a United States or foreign financial institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) this is to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Debt Securities for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions. We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the beneficial interest in the temporary global Security held by you for our account in accordance with your operating procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date. This certificate excepts and does not relate to ________ principal amount of Debt Securities held by you for our account as to which we are not able to provide a certificate in this form. We understand that exchange of such portion of the temporary global Note for definitive Bearer Securities or interests in a permanent global Note cannot be made until we are able to provide a certificate in this form. We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations of the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or 1 threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings. "United States person" means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. "United States" means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its "possessions" which include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands. Dated: _____________, 200__ [To be dated no earlier than the 10th day before the Exchange Date] By:________________________ As, or as agent for, the beneficial owner(s) of the portion of the temporary Global Note to which this certificate relates. 2 EXHIBIT B [FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY [EUROCLEAR] AND [CEDELBANK, S.A.] IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE] CERTIFICATE [Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered] The undersigned certifies that, based solely on certifications we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from member organizations appearing in our records as persons being entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our "Member Organizations") substantially to the effect set forth in the Indenture as of the date hereof, _________ principal amount of the above-captioned Debt Securities (i) is owned by person(s) that are not United States person(s) (as defined below), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations) ("financial institutions") purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Debt Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Debt Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise the Company or the Company's agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury regulations), and in addition United States or foreign financial institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Debt Securities for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions. We further certify (i) that we are not making available for exchange or collection of any interest any portion of the temporary Global Note excepted in such certifications and (ii) that as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange or collection of any interest are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof. We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations of the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings. "United States person" means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United 1 States and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. "United States" means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its "possessions" which include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands. Dated: _________________________, 200_ [To be dated no earlier than the Exchange Date] By: ___________________________________ [Operator of the Euroclear System] [Cedelbank] 2 EX-4.2 3 g90857exv4w2.txt EX-4.2 FORM OF INDENTURE FOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES EXHIBIT 4.2 R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION TO WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE INDENTURE DATED AS OF _____ __, 200__ SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 AND INDENTURE DATED AS OF _____ __, 200__
TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION Section 310 (a)(1)...................................................... 6.09 (a)(2)...................................................... 6.09 (a)(3)...................................................... Not Applicable (a)(4)...................................................... Not Applicable (b)......................................................... 6.08 6.10 Section 311 (a)......................................................... 6.13 (b)......................................................... 6.13 Section 312 (a)......................................................... 7.01 7.02(a) (b)......................................................... 7.02(b) (c)......................................................... 7.02(c) Section 313 (a)......................................................... 7.03(a) (b)......................................................... 7.03(b) (c)......................................................... 7.03(c) (d)......................................................... 7.03(d) Section 314 (a)......................................................... 7.04 (a)(4)...................................................... 12.02 (b)......................................................... Not Applicable (c)(1)...................................................... 1.02 (c)(2)...................................................... 1.02 (c)(3)...................................................... Not Applicable (d)......................................................... Not Applicable (e)......................................................... 1.02 Section 315 (a)......................................................... 6.01 (b)......................................................... 6.02 (c)......................................................... 6.01 (d)......................................................... 6.01 (e)......................................................... 5.14 Section 316 (a)......................................................... 1.01 (a)(1)(A)................................................... 5.02 5.12 (a)(1)(B)................................................... 5.13 (a)(2)...................................................... Not Applicable (b)......................................................... 5.08 Section 317 (a)(1)...................................................... 5.03 (a)(2)...................................................... 5.04 (b)......................................................... 12.04 Section 318 (a)......................................................... 1.06
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Page ---- ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION........................................................................................... 1 Section 1.01 Definitions.............................................................................. 1 Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions..................................................... 10 Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee................................................... 11 Section 1.04 Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company.................................................... 11 Section 1.05 Notice to Holders; Waiver................................................................ 12 Section 1.06 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act........................................................ 12 Section 1.07 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents................................................. 13 Section 1.08 Successors and Assigns................................................................... 13 Section 1.09 Separability Clause...................................................................... 13 Section 1.10 Benefits of Indenture.................................................................... 13 Section 1.11 Governing Law............................................................................ 13 Section 1.12 Legal Holidays........................................................................... 13 Section 1.13 No Security Interest Created............................................................. 14 Section 1.14 Liability Solely Corporate............................................................... 14 ARTICLE II DEBT SECURITY FORMS................................................................................... 14 Section 2.01 Forms Generally.......................................................................... 14 Section 2.02 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.......................................... 15 Section 2.03 Securities in Global Form................................................................ 15 ARTICLE III THE DEBT SECURITIES.................................................................................. 16 Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series..................................................... 16 Section 3.02 Denominations............................................................................ 19 Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating........................................... 20 Section 3.04 Temporary Debt Securities; Exchange of Temporary Global Notes for Definitive Bearer Securities; Global Notes Representing Registered Securities....................................................... 22 Section 3.05 Registration, Transfer and Exchange...................................................... 28 Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt Securities.................................... 30 Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved........................................... 30 Section 3.08 Cancellation............................................................................. 32 Section 3.09 Computation of Interest.................................................................. 33 Section 3.10 Currency of Payments in Respect of Debt Securities....................................... 33 Section 3.11 Judgments................................................................................ 37 Section 3.12 Exchange Upon Default.................................................................... 37 Section 3.13 CUSIP Numbers............................................................................ 37 ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE............................................................................ 38 Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.................................................. 38 Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money............................................................... 39 ARTICLE V REMEDIES............................................................................................... 40 Section 5.01 Events of Default........................................................................ 40 Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment....................................... 40
Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.......................... 41 Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim......................................................... 42 Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt Securities......................... 43 Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected........................................................... 43 Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits...................................................................... 44 Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest................ 44 Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies....................................................... 45 Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative........................................................... 45 Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver............................................................. 45 Section 5.12 Control by Holders....................................................................... 45 Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.................................................................. 46 Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs.................................................................... 46 Section 5.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws......................................................... 46 ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE........................................................................................... 47 Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities...................................................... 47 Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults....................................................................... 48 Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee................................................................ 49 Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt Securities.............................. 49 Section 6.05 May Hold Debt Securities................................................................. 50 Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust...................................................................... 50 Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement........................................................... 50 Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.................................................. 51 Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.................................................. 56 Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor........................................ 57 Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor................................................... 58 Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.............................. 59 Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company........................................ 59 Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent...................................................... 63 ARTICLE VII HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.................................................... 64 Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders................................ 64 Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders.................................... 65 Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee....................................................................... 66 Section 7.04 Reports by Company....................................................................... 68 ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE HOLDERS.............................................................................. 69 Section 8.01 Acts of Holders.......................................................................... 69 Section 8.02 Proof of Ownership; Proof of Execution of Instruments by Holder.......................... 69 Section 8.03 Persons Deemed Owners.................................................................... 70 Section 8.04 Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound............................................. 70 ARTICLE IX HOLDERS' MEETINGS..................................................................................... 71 Section 9.01 Purposes of Meetings..................................................................... 71 Section 9.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee.............................................................. 71 Section 9.03 Call of Meetings by Company or Holders................................................... 71 Section 9.04 Qualifications for Voting................................................................ 72 Section 9.05 Regulations.............................................................................. 72

Section 9.06 Voting................................................................................... 72 Section 9.07 No Delay of Rights by Meeting............................................................ 73 ARTICLE X CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE................................................... 73 Section 10.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms..................................... 73 Section 10.02 Successor Substituted.................................................................... 74 ARTICLE XI SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES............................................................................... 74 Section 11.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders....................................... 76 Section 11.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.......................................... 77 Section 11.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures..................................................... 77 Section 11.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures........................................................ 77 Section 11.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act...................................................... 77 Section 11.06 Reference in Debt Securities to Supplemental Indentures.................................. 77 Section 11.07 Notice of Supplemental Indenture......................................................... 78 Section 11.08 Effect on Senior Indebtedness............................................................ 78 ARTICLE XII COVENANTS............................................................................................ 78 Section 12.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest............................................... 78 Section 12.02 Officer's Certificate as to Default...................................................... 78 Section 12.03 Maintenance of Office or Agency.......................................................... 79 Section 12.04 Money for Debt Securities; Payments to Be Held in Trust.................................. 80 Section 12.05 Corporate Existence...................................................................... 81 Section 12.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants.............................................................. 81 ARTICLE XIII REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES....................................................................... 82 Section 13.01 Applicability of Article................................................................. 82 Section 13.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.................................................... 82 Section 13.03 Selection by Trustee or Authorized Agent of Debt Securities to Be Redeemed............... 82 Section 13.04 Notice of Redemption..................................................................... 83 Section 13.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.............................................................. 84 Section 13.06 Debt Securities Payable on Redemption Date............................................... 84 Section 13.07 Debt Securities Redeemed in Part......................................................... 84 ARTICLE XIV SINKING FUNDS........................................................................................ 85 Section 14.01 Applicability of Article................................................................. 85 Section 14.02 Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities..................... 85 Section 14.03 Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund........................................... 86 ARTICLE XV [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]............................................................................... 87 ARTICLE XVI SUBORDINATION........................................................................................ 87 Section 16.01 Agreement to Subordinate................................................................. 87 Section 16.02 Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and Reorganization; Subrogation of Debt Securities........................................................... 88 Section 16.03 No Payment on Debt Securities in Event of Default on Senior Indebtedness...................................................................... 90 Section 16.04 Payments on Debt Securities Permitted.................................................... 91 Section 16.05 Authorization of Holders to Trustee to Effect Subordination.............................. 91 Section 16.06 Notices to Trustee....................................................................... 91 Section 16.07 Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness................................................. 92 Section 16.08 Modifications of Terms of Senior Indebtedness............................................ 92

Section 16.09 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent........................... 92 Section 16.10 Article Sixteen Not to Prevent Events of Default......................................... 93 Section 16.11 Payment of Proceeds in Certain Cases..................................................... 93

INDENTURE dated as of _____ __, 200__, between R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Puerto Rico corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal executive office at 280 Jesus T. Pinero Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918 and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (hereinafter called the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890. RECITALS OF THE COMPANY The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured and subordinated debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (herein generally called the "Debt Securities"), to be issued in one or more series, as provided in this Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of Debt Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of Debt Securities or of Debt Securities of any series, as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION Section 1.01 Section 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular; (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such computation; and (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. Certain terms, used principally in Article Three or Article Six, are defined in those respective Articles. 1 "Act" when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 8.01. "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. "Affiliated Corporation" means any corporation which is controlled by the Company but which is not a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the definition of the term "Subsidiary." "Authenticating Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 6.14. "Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper or financial journal in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day, and customarily published for at least five days in each calendar week, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day in such city. "Bearer Security" means any Debt Security (with or without Coupons), in the form established pursuant to Section 2.01, which is payable to bearer (including any Global Note payable to bearer) and title to which passes by delivery only, but does not include any Coupons. "Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company, or any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder or any director or directors and/or officer or officers of the Company to whom that board or committee shall have delegated its authority. "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" when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law to close, except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and as in effect on the date hereof. "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties 2 now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date. "Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(b). "Commonwealth" means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. "Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person. "Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman, its President, its Chief Financial Officer or an Executive Vice President, and by its Treasurer, its Chief Accounting Officer, its Controller, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. "Component Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i). "Conversion Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(e). "Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking community, or (ii) any Currency Unit for the purposes for which it was established. "Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of execution of this instrument is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890. "Corporation" or "corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies (including joint stock companies and limited liability companies) and business trusts. "Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to any Debt Security. "Coupon Security" means any Bearer Security authenticated and delivered with one or more Coupons appertaining thereto. "Currency" means Dollars or Foreign Currency or Currency Unit. "Currency Determination Agent" means the New York Clearing House bank, if any, from time to time selected by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01; provided that such agent shall accept such appointment in writing and the terms of such appointment shall be acceptable to the Company and shall, in the opinion of the Company and the Trustee at the time of such appointment, require such agent to make the determinations required by this Indenture by a method consistent with the method provided in this Indenture for the making of such decision or determination. 3 "Currency Unit" means a composite currency or currency unit the value of which is determined by reference to the value of the currencies of any group of countries. "Debt Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Debt Securities (including any Global Notes) authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07. "Discount Security" means any Debt Security which is issued with "original issue discount" within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code and the regulations thereunder. "Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(h). "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(g). "Election Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i). "Entitled Persons" means any person entitled to payment pursuant to the terms of Other Financial Obligations. "Euroclear Operator" means the operator of the Euroclear System. "Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01. "Excess Proceeds" has the meaning specified in Section 16.11(a). "Exchange Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(b). "Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate" means a telex or a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar, Foreign Currency or Currency Unit amounts of principal, premium, if any, and any interest respectively (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Debt Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section 3.02 in the relevant Currency or Currency Unit), payable on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate sent (in the case of a telex) or signed (in the case of a certificate) by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company. "Fixed Rate Security" means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a fixed rate. 4 "Floating Rate Security" means a Debt Security which provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference to an interest rate index or any other index specified pursuant to Section 3.01. "Foreign Currency" means a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States. "Global Note" means a Registered or Bearer Security evidencing all or part of a series of Debt Securities, including, without limitation, any temporary or permanent Global Note. "Holder" means, with respect to a Registered Security, the Registered Holder, and with respect to a Bearer Security or a Coupon, the bearer thereof. "Indebtedness" means (1) any obligation of a Person for (a) the repayment of borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other written instruments or for the payment of the deferred purchase price of property or assets (other than Trade Payables), or (b) for the payment of money relating to a lease that is required to be classified as a capitalized lease obligation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (2) any liability of others described in the preceding clause (1) that the Person has guaranteed, that is recourse to such Person or that is otherwise its legal liability; and (3) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above. "Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Debt Securities" means all Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of the execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, which specifically by its terms ranks equally with and not prior to the Debt Securities in right of payment. "Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Debt Securities" means all Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of the execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, which specifically by its terms ranks junior to and not equally with or prior to the Debt Securities in right of payment. "Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed, or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and, unless the context otherwise requires, shall include the terms of a particular series of Debt Securities as established pursuant to Section 3.01. The term "interest," when used with respect to a Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a Bearer Security, includes any additional amounts payable on such Bearer Security, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01. "Interest Payment Date" with respect to any Debt Security means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Debt Security. 5 "Market Exchange Rate" means (i) for any conversion involving a Currency Unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant Currency Unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated for noon, New York time, on the Valuation Date by the method specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for the securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York time) buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located in either New York City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency. In the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) the Company, shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City, London or other principal market for such Currency or Currency Unit in question, or such other quotations as the Company shall deem appropriate, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part. Unless otherwise specified by the Currency Determination Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any Currency or Currency Unit by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such Currency or Currency Unit shall be that, as determined by the Currency Determination Agent, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, upon which a nonresident issuer of securities designated in such Currency or Currency Unit would purchase such Currency or Currency Unit in order to make payments in respect of such securities. "Maturity" when used with respect to any Debt Security means the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder thereof or otherwise. "Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or an Executive Vice President, and by the Treasurer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Controller or the Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee. "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (including an employee of the Company) and who shall be satisfactory to the Trustee, which is delivered to the Trustee. "Other Financial Obligations" means, unless otherwise determined with respect to any series of Debt Securities pursuant to Section 3.01, all obligations to make payment pursuant to the terms of financial instruments, such as (i) securities contracts and currency and foreign exchange rate contracts, (ii) derivative instruments, such as swap agreements (including interest rate and currency and foreign exchange rate swap agreements), cap agreements, floor agreements, collar agreements, interest rate agreements, foreign exchange agreements, options, commodity futures contracts, commodity options contracts and (iii) similar financial instruments; provided that the term Other Financial Obligations shall not include (A) obligations on account of Senior Indebtedness and (B) obligations on account 6 of Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Debt Securities and Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Debt Securities. "Outstanding" when used with respect to Debt Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: (i) Debt Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (ii) Debt Securities with respect to which payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Debt Securities and any Coupons thereto pertaining; provided, however, that if such Debt 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) Debt Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof reasonably satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Debt Securities Outstanding have performed any Act hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such Act, only Debt Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have performed any Act hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 and the principal amount of a Debt Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount calculated pursuant to Section 3.10(k). "Overdue Rate," when used with respect to any series of the Debt Securities, means the rate designated as such in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the supplemental indenture, as the case may be, relating to such series as contemplated by Section 3.01. 7 "Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities on behalf of the Company. "Permanent Global Note" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.04(b). "Person" means any individual, Corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. "Place of Payment" when used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to Section 3.01. "Predecessor Security" of any particular Debt Security means every previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or a Debt Security to which a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security or the Debt Security to which the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Coupon appertains, as the case may be. "Redemption Date" means the date fixed for redemption of any Debt Security pursuant to this Indenture. "Redemption Price" means, in the case of a Discount Security, the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the Redemption Date upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 or any other redemption specified pursuant to Section 3.01, and in the case of any other Debt Security, the principal amount thereof, plus, in each case, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date. "Registered Holder" means the Person in whose name a Registered Security is registered in the Security Register. "Registered Security" means any Debt Security in the form established pursuant to Section 2.01 which is registered as to principal and interest in the Security Register. "Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on the Registered Securities of any series on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 3.01 for such Interest Payment Date. "Responsible Officer" means when used with respect to the Trustee any officer within the Corporate Trust Office including any Vice President, Managing Director, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, any Financial Services Officer or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge and familiarity with the particular subject. 8 "Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05(a). "Senior Indebtedness" means, unless otherwise determined with respect to any series of Debt Securities pursuant to Section 3.01, all Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of the execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred except for (i) the Debt Securities, (ii) Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Debt Securities and (iii) Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Debt Securities. "Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07. "Specified Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i). "State" means any of the various States of the United States of America. "Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Debt Security or any installment of principal thereof or premium thereon or interest thereon means the date specified in such Debt Security or the Coupon, if any, representing such installment of interest, as the date on which the principal of such Debt Security or such installment of principal, premium or interest is due and payable. "Subsidiary" means any Corporation of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such Corporation, irrespective of whether or not, at the time, stock of any other class or classes of such Corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency, is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by the Company or by one or more Subsidiaries thereof, or by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries thereof. "Temporary Global Note" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.04(b). "Trade Payables" means accounts payable or any other indebtedness or monetary obligations to trade creditors created or assumed in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services. "Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of such series. "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as amended and as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 11.05. "United States" means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), and its possessions, which include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands. 9 "U.S. Depositary" means a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, which shall in either case be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor U.S. Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "U.S. Depositary" shall mean or include each Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "U.S. Depositary" as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities of that series. "U.S. Person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a Corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, or an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source. "Valuation Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(d). "Vice President" includes with respect to the Company and the Trustee, any Vice President of the Company or the Trustee, as the case may be, whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or after the title "Vice President." "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of which all of the outstanding voting stock (other than directors' qualifying shares) is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by the Company, or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Company or by the Company and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Company. Section 1.02 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 an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Every Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than certificates provided pursuant to Section 12.02) shall include: (1) a statement that each individual signing such Certificate or Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 10 (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. Section 1.03 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. Section 1.04 Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any 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 (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Services. (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 or airmail postage prepaid if sent from outside the United States, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, to the attention of its Treasurer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. Any such Act or other document shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication. 11 Section 1.05 Notice to Holders; Waiver. When this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, (1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Registered Holders (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to such Registered Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, within the time prescribed, and (2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities or Coupons (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if published at least twice in an Authorized Newspaper or Newspapers in The City of New York and, if Debt Securities of such series are then listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, in a daily newspaper or financial journal in such other city or cities specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any Debt Security on Business Days, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and not later than two Business Days prior to the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice; provided, however, that, in any case, any notice to Holders of Floating Rate Securities regarding the determination of a periodic rate of interest, if such notice is required pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be sufficiently given if given in the manner specified pursuant to Section 3.01. In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder. In the event of suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by publication, such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder. 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 on such waiver. 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, and any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. In any case where notice to Holders is given by publication, any defect in any notice so published as to any particular Holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders, and any notice which is published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given. Section 1.06 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed on any person by the provisions of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such duties imposed by the Trust Indenture Act shall control. 12 Section 1.07 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and in the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. Section 1.08 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of their permitted successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. Section 1.09 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Section 1.10 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent and their successors hereunder, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. Section 1.11 Governing Law. This Indenture, the Debt Securities and the Coupons shall be deemed to be contracts made and to be performed entirely in the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of said State without regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State. Section 1.12 Section 1.12. Legal Holidays. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or in any Debt Security, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Debt Security of any series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of that series, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities or Coupons) payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but any such payment may be made at such Place of Payment on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to such Business Day if such payment is made or duly provided for on such Business Day. 13 Section 1.13 No Security Interest Created. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or Coupons, express or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest or mortgage or other pledge of collateral under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation or real property laws, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect in any jurisdiction where property of the Company or its Subsidiaries is or may be located. Section 1.14 Liability Solely Corporate. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or the interest on any Debt Securities or Coupons, or any part thereof, or of the indebtedness represented thereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, against any incorporator, or against any stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company (or any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director of any predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or through the Company (or any such predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Indenture and all the Debt Securities and Coupons are solely corporate obligations, and that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, or be incurred by, any such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company (or any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director of any such predecessor or successor corporation), either directly or indirectly through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, because of the indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants, promises or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or Coupons or to be implied herefrom or therefrom; and that any such personal liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of Debt Securities; provided, however, that nothing herein or in the Debt Securities or Coupons contained shall be taken to prevent recourse to and the enforcement of the liability, if any, of any stockholder or subscriber to capital stock upon or in respect of the shares of capital stock not fully paid. ARTICLE II DEBT SECURITY FORMS Section 2.01 Forms Generally. The Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of each series shall be substantially in one of the forms (including global form) established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and 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 or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which any series of the Debt Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage, all as 14 determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons. If the form of a series of Debt Securities or Coupons (or any Global Note) is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee, together with an Officers' Certificate setting forth the form of such series, at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities (or any such Global Note) or Coupons. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, Debt Securities in bearer form (other than in global form) shall have Coupons attached. The definitive Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of each series shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons. Section 2.02 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The form of the Trustee's certificate of authentication to be borne by the Debt Securities shall be substantially as follows: TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein issued under the within-mentioned Indenture. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee Dated: By: _________________________ Authorized Signatory Section 2.03 Securities in Global Form. If any Debt Security of a series is issuable in global form, the Global Note so issued may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee and in such manner as shall be specified in such Global Note. Any instructions by the Company with respect to a Global Note, after its initial issuance, shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02. 15 Global Notes may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Permanent Global Notes will be issued in definitive form. ARTICLE III THE DEBT SECURITIES Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series: (1) the title of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Debt Securities of such series from all other series of Debt Securities); (2) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 11.06 or 13.07); (3) the percentage of the principal amount at which the Debt Securities will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof or the method by which such portion shall be determined; (4) the date or dates on which or periods during which the Debt Securities of the series may be issued, and the date or dates (or the method of determination thereof) on which the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Debt Securities of such series are or may be payable (which, if so provided in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of the series issued from time to time); (5) the rate or rates (or the method of determination thereof) at which the Debt Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, and the dates from which such interest shall accrue (which, in either case or both, if so provided in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, may be determined by the Company from time to time and set forth in the Debt Securities of the series issued from time to time); and the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable (or the method of determination thereof), and, in the case of Registered Securities, the Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on such Interest Payment Dates and, in the case of Floating Rate Securities, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of interest and the manner of giving such notice; 16 (6) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Debt Securities of the series shall be payable; the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on any Global Note on an Interest Payment Date will be paid, if other than in the manner provided in Section 3.07; the extent, if any, to which the provisions of the last sentence of Section 12.01 shall apply to the Debt Securities of the series; and the manner in which any principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Global Note will be paid, if other than as set forth elsewhere herein; (7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder and the period or periods within which or the dates on which, the prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; (8) the right, if any, of the Company to redeem the Securities of such series, in whole or in part, at its option and the period or periods within which, or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may be redeemed, if any, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise; (9) if the coin or Currency in which the Debt Securities shall be issuable is in Dollars, the denominations of such Debt Securities if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof (except as provided in Section 3.04); (10) whether the Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such Debt Securities may be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02; (11) provisions, if any, for the defeasance of the Debt Securities of such series or certain of the Company's obligations with respect to the Debt Securities; (12) whether Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Registered Securities or Bearer Securities or both, and, if Bearer Securities are issued, whether Coupons will be attached thereto, whether Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the series, as provided in Section 3.05(b) or otherwise and the circumstances under which and the place or places at which any such exchanges, if permitted, may be made; (13) whether provisions for payment of additional amounts or tax redemptions shall apply and, if such provisions shall apply, such provisions; and, if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issued, whether a procedure other than that set forth in Section 3.04(b) shall apply and, if so, such other procedure, and if the procedure set forth in Section 3.04(b) shall apply, the forms of certifications to be delivered under such procedure; (14) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or Currencies or Currency Unit in which Debt Securities of the series shall be denominated or in which payment of the principal of (and/or premium, if any) and/or interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be made, and the particular provisions applicable thereto and, if applicable, the amount of Debt Securities of 17 the series which entitles the Holder of a Debt Security of the series or its proxy to one vote for purposes of Section 9.06; (15) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which the Debt Securities are denominated or payable without such election, in addition to or in lieu of the provisions of Section 3.10, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made and the time and the manner of determining the exchange rate or rates between the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities are denominated or payable without such election and the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities are to be paid if such election is made; (16) the date as of which any Debt Securities of the series shall be dated, if other than as set forth in Section 3.03; (17) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, including, but not limited to, an index based on a Currency or Currencies other than that in which the Debt Securities are denominated or payable, or any other type of index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; (18) if the Debt Securities of the series are denominated or payable in a Foreign Currency, any other terms concerning the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or any interest on such Debt Securities (including the Currency or Currencies of payment thereof); (19) the designation of the original Currency Determination Agent, if any; (20) the applicable Overdue Rate, if any; (21) if the Debt Securities of the series do not bear interest, the applicable dates for purposes of Section 7.01; (22) any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Events of Default or covenants provided for with respect to Debt Securities of the series; (23) if Bearer Securities of the series are to be issued, (x) whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Debt Security in global form (representing all of the Outstanding Bearer Securities of the series) payable in respect of any Interest Payment Date prior to the exchange of such temporary Debt Security for definitive Debt Securities of the series shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Debt Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date, (y) the terms upon which interests in such temporary Debt Security in global form may be exchanged for interests in a permanent Global Note or for definitive Debt Securities of the series and the terms upon which interests in a permanent Global Note, if any, may be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities of the series and (z) the cities in which the Authorized Newspapers designated for the purposes of giving notices to Holders are published; 18 (24) whether the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the U.S. Depositary or any Common Depositary for such Global Note or Notes; and if the Debt Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the manner in which and the circumstances under which Global Notes representing Debt Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in addition to, the manner and circumstances specified in Section 3.04(c); (25) the designation, if any, of the U.S. Depositary; and the designation of any trustees (other than the Trustee), depositaries, Authenticating Agents, Paying Agents, Security Registrars, or any other agents with respect to the Debt Securities of such series; (26) if the Debt Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issuance or upon exchange of a temporary Debt Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions; (27) if other than as specified in Article Sixteen, the subordination provisions applicable with respect to the Debt Securities of the series, including a different definition of the terms "Senior Indebtedness" or "Other Financial Obligations"; and (28) any other terms of the series (which other terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture). All Debt Securities of any one series and Coupons, if any, shall be substantially identical to all other debt securities of such series except as to denomination, rate of interest, Stated Maturity and the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue, which, as set forth above, may be determined by the Company from time to time as to Debt Securities of a series if so provided in or established pursuant to the authority granted in a Board Resolution or in any such indenture supplemental hereto, and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth in such Officers' Certificate, or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Debt Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuance of additional Debt Securities of such series. If any of the terms of a series of Debt Securities is established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the series. Section 3.02 Denominations. In the absence of any specification pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable only as Registered Securities in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and shall be payable only in Dollars. 19 Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of any series shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman, its President, one of its Executive Vice Presidents, its Chief Accounting Officer or its Treasurer, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers may be manual or facsimile. Debt Securities and Coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons or did not hold such offices at the date of such Debt Securities and Coupons. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities, with appropriate Coupons, if any, of any series, executed by the Company, to the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons and the Trustee or Authenticating Agent in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities and Coupons, subject, in the case of Bearer Securities, to Section 3.04(b); provided, however, that, in connection with its sale during the "restricted period" (as defined in Section 1.1635(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury Regulations), no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and provided, further, that a Bearer Security (other than a temporary Global Note in bearer form) may be delivered outside the United States in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished to the Euroclear Operator or to Cedelbank a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture and if the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank has furnished the Trustee or Authenticating Agent a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B. If all the Debt Securities of any one series are not to be issued at one time and if a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee or Authenticating Agent for the issuance of such Debt Securities and other matters which are subject to variation, such as interest rate, Stated Maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest, if any, shall accrue. If any Debt Security shall be represented by a permanent Global Note, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 3.04, the notation by the Common Depositary of a beneficial owner's interest therein upon original issuance of such Debt Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Note shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with the original issuance of such beneficial owner's interest in such permanent Global Note. Except as permitted by Section 3.06 or 3.07, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all Coupons for interest then matured have been detached and canceled. The Trustee or Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, prior to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series, (i) the supplemental indenture or the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which the form and terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been approved, (ii) the certificates and opinions required pursuant to Section 1.02 and (iii) one or more Opinions of Counsel substantially to the effect that: 20 (1) all instruments furnished by the Company to the Trustee or Authenticating Agent in connection with the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons conform to the requirements of this Indenture and constitute sufficient authority hereunder for the Trustee or Authenticating Agent to authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities and Coupons; (2) the forms and terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; (3) in the event that the forms or terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been established in a supplemental indenture, the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, such supplemental indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee or Authenticating Agent, is a valid and binding obligation enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law); (4) the execution and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and such Debt Securities and Coupons have been duly executed by the Company and, assuming due authentication by the Trustee or Authenticating Agent and delivery by the Company, are valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, entitled to the benefit of the Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and subject to such other exceptions as counsel shall reasonably request and as to which the Trustee shall not reasonably object; and (5) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, all governmental consents, authorizations and approvals which are required for the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the Debt Securities under all applicable Federal, Commonwealth and State of New York laws, and any other applicable law, if any, have been received other than such as may be required by the securities or blue sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Debt Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding two paragraphs, if not all of the Debt Securities of any series are to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate required by Section 3.01 or the Opinion of Counsel otherwise required by clause (iii) of the preceding paragraph prior to or at the time of issuance of each Debt Security of such series, but such documents shall be delivered prior to or at the time of delivery of the first Debt Security of such series. For purposes of this opinion, such counsel may rely as to factual matters upon certificates or written statements from officers or other appropriate representatives of the Company or upon certificates of public officials and such opinion may contain assumptions, limitations, exceptions and restrictions which are reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and its counsel. 21 The Trustee or Authenticating Agent shall not be required to authenticate such Debt Securities and Coupons if the issuance of such Debt Securities and Coupons pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt Securities and this Indenture in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer Security (including any temporary or permanent or other definitive Bearer Security in global form) shall be dated as of the date of original issuance of the first Debt Security of such series to be issued, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Bearer Securities of any series. No Debt Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Debt Security a certificate of authentication substantially in one of the forms provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent, and such certificate upon any Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Debt Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Debt Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.08 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.02) stating that such Debt Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Debt Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Section 3.04 Temporary Debt Securities; Exchange of Temporary Global Notes for Definitive Bearer Securities; Global Notes Representing Registered Securities. (a) Pending the preparation of definitive Registered Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee or Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Registered Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination for Registered Securities of such series, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Registered Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Registered Securities. Every such temporary Registered Security shall be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Registered Securities in lieu of which they are issued. In the case of any series issuable as Bearer Securities, such temporary Debt Securities may be in global form, representing such of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series as shall be specified therein. Except in the case of temporary Debt Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of such series, the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt 22 Securities of such series, of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and provisions, upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for such series, without charge to the Holder, except as provided in Section 3.05 in connection with a transfer. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured Coupons), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of a like Stated Maturity and like terms and provisions; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a definitive Bearer Security (including a permanent Bearer Security in global form) shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 3.03. Until so exchanged, the temporary Registered Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Registered Securities of such series. (b) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, all Bearer Securities of a series shall be initially issued in the form of a single temporary Bearer Security in global form (a "temporary Global Note"). The Company shall execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee (or other agent specified under Section 3.01) shall authenticate, any temporary Global Note and any permanent Bearer Security in global form (as described below, a "permanent Global Note") upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as definitive Bearer Securities, and the temporary or permanent Global Note, as the case may be, shall, unless otherwise specified therein, be delivered by the Trustee (or such other agent) to the London office of a depositary or common depositary (the "Common Depositary"), for the benefit of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, for credit to the account of the Company (in the case of sales of Bearer Securities by the Company directly to investors) or the managing underwriter (in the case of sales of Bearer Securities by the Company to underwriters) or such other accounts as the Company or the managing underwriter, respectively, may direct in writing. On or after the date specified in or determined pursuant to the terms of any temporary Global Note which (subject to any applicable laws and regulations) shall be at least 40 days after the issue date of a temporary Global Note (the "Exchange Date"), the Debt Securities represented by such temporary Global Note may be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (subject to the second succeeding paragraph) or Debt Securities to be represented thereafter by one or more permanent Global Notes in definitive form without Coupons. On or after the Exchange Date such temporary Global Note shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee (or such other agent as is specified for the purpose pursuant to Section 3.01), as the Company's agent for such purpose, at such place specified outside the United States pursuant to Section 3.01 and following such surrender, the Trustee (or such other agent) shall (1) endorse the temporary Global Note to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by an equal aggregate principal amount of such Debt Security, (2) endorse the applicable permanent Global Note, if any, to reflect the initial amount, or an increase in the amount of Debt Securities represented thereby, (3) manually authenticate such definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), (4) deliver such definitive Debt Securities to the Holder thereof or, if such definitive Debt Security is a permanent Global Note, deliver such permanent Global Note to the Common Depositary to be held outside the United States for the accounts of the Euroclear 23 Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, for credit to the respective accounts at Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, designated by or on behalf of the beneficial owners of such Debt Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct) and (5) redeliver such temporary Global Note to the Common Depositary, unless such temporary Global Note shall have been canceled in accordance with Section 3.08 hereof; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Note, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary Global Note shall be accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by the Euroclear Operator, as to the portion of such temporary Global Note held for its account then to be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Cedelbank, as to the portion of such temporary Global Note held for its account then to be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note), each substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture. Each certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, shall be based on certificates of the account holders listed in the records of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, as being entitled to all or any portion of the applicable temporary Global Note. An account holder of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, desiring to effect the exchange of an interest in a temporary Global Note for an interest in definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note) shall instruct the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, to request such exchange on its behalf and shall deliver to the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and dated no earlier than 10 days prior to the Exchange Date. Until so exchanged, temporary Global Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities (including any permanent Global Note) of the same series authenticated and delivered hereunder, except as to payment of interest, if any. The delivery to the Company, its agent or the Trustee by the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank of any certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto may be relied upon by the Company, its agent and the Trustee as conclusive evidence that a corresponding certificate or certificates has or have been delivered to the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. On or prior to the Exchange Date, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee (or such other agent as may be specified as the Company's agent for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.01) definitive Debt Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary Global Note, executed by the Company. At any time, on or after the Exchange Date, upon 30 days' notice to the Trustee (and such other agents as may be specified for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.01) by the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, acting at the request of or on behalf of the beneficial owner, a Debt Security represented by a temporary Global Note or a permanent Global Note, as the case may be, may be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities without charge and the Trustee (or such agent) shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary Global Note or such permanent Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, as the portion of such temporary Global Note or such permanent Global Note to be exchanged, which, unless the Debt Securities of the series are not issuable 24 both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as contemplated by Section 3.01, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of the temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note only in compliance with the requirements of the second preceding paragraph. On or prior to the forty-fifth day following receipt by the Trustee (and such agent as may be specified as the Company's agent for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.01) of such notice with respect to a Debt Security, or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, the temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, as the case may be, shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee (or such other agent as may be specified as the Company's agent for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.01), as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Debt Securities without charge following such surrender, upon the request of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, and the Trustee (or such agent) shall (1) endorse the applicable temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount of such Debt Security, (2) cause the terms of such Debt Security and Coupons, if any, to be entered on a definitive Debt Security, (3) manually authenticate such definitive Debt Security, and (4) if a Bearer Security is to be delivered, deliver such definitive Debt Security outside the United States to the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, for or on behalf of the beneficial owner thereof, in exchange for a portion of such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note, except that a Person receiving definitive Debt Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Debt Securities in person at the offices of the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank. Definitive Debt Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall be delivered only outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of redemption or acceleration of all or any part of a temporary Global Note prior to the Exchange Date, a permanent Global Note or definitive Bearer Securities, as the case may be, will not be issuable in respect of such temporary Global Note or such portion thereof, and payment thereon will instead be made as provided in such temporary Global Note. Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, any temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of the same series and tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, interest payable on such temporary Global Note on an Interest Payment Date for Debt Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank to the Trustee (or such agent as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01) of a certificate or certificates substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Indenture, for credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Note on such Interest Payment Date and 25 who have each delivered to the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be, a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture. Any definitive Bearer Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee (or such agent) in exchange for a portion of a temporary Global Note or the permanent Global Note shall not bear a coupon for any interest which shall theretofore have been duly paid by the Trustee to the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, or by the Company to the Trustee (or such agent) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.04. With respect to Exhibits A and B to this Indenture, the Company may, in its discretion and if required or desirable under applicable law, substitute one or more other forms of such Exhibits for such Exhibits, eliminate the requirement that any or all certificates be provided, or change the time that any certificate may be required, provided that such substitute form or forms or notice of elimination or change of such certification requirement have theretofore been delivered to the Trustee (and any agent of the Company appointed pursuant to Section 3.01 and referred to above) with a Company Request and such form or forms, elimination or change is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee (and any such agent). (c) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Registered Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 3.03 and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Notes in temporary or permanent form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by one or more Global Notes, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note or Notes or the nominee of such depositary, and (iii) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: "This Debt Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary, unless and until this Debt Security is exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities in definitive form." Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 3.05, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Registered Securities in definitive form, a Global Note representing all or a portion of the Registered Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the U.S. Depositary for such series to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee of such depositary to such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to a successor U.S. Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor depositary. If at any time the U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series or if at any time the U.S. Depositary for Debt Securities of a series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered and in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor U.S. Depositary 26 with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. If a successor U.S. Depositary for the Debt Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes. The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Registered Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Notes shall no longer be represented by such Global Note or Notes. In such event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes. If the Registered Securities of any series shall have been issued in the form of one or more Global Notes and if an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company will promptly execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Registered Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note or Notes representing such series in exchange for such Global Note or Notes. If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to Registered Securities of a series, the U.S. Depositary for such series of Registered Securities may surrender a Global Note for such series of Debt Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Registered Securities of such series in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge: (i) to each Person specified by the U.S. Depositary a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Global Note; and (ii) to the U.S. Depositary a new Global Note in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Note and the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities delivered to Holders thereof. Upon the exchange of a Global Note for Registered Securities in definitive form, such Global Note shall be canceled by the Trustee. Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Note pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the U.S. Depositary for such Global Note, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Debt Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are so registered. 27 Section 3.05 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. (a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or such other office designated under Section 3.01) a register (the registers maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment 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 Registered Securities and of transfers and exchanges of Registered Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Registered Securities and registering transfers and exchanges of Registered Securities as herein provided; provided, however, that the Company may appoint co-Security Registrars and separate Registrars under Section 3.01. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount of such denominations as are authorized for Registered Securities of such series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.04 and this Section 3.05, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. (b) If and to the extent specified pursuant to Section 3.01, the provisions of this Section 3.05(b) shall be applicable to Debt Securities of any series which are Bearer Securities. At the option of the Holder thereof, to the extent permitted by law, any Bearer Security of any series which by its terms is registrable as to principal and interest may be exchanged for a Registered Security of such series of like aggregate principal amount and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions upon surrender of such Bearer Security at the Corporate Trust Office or at any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 3.01 for the purpose of making any such exchanges. Any Coupon Security surrendered for exchange shall be surrendered with all unmatured Coupons and any matured Coupons in default attached thereto. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee or Authenticating Agent if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, interest represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of 28 any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and of a like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions after the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. The Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Security or Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exchange of Bearer Securities for Registered Securities will be subject to the provisions of United States income tax laws and regulations applicable to Debt Securities in effect at the time of such exchange. (c) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, in no event may Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, be exchanged for Bearer Securities. (d) All Debt Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Debt Securities surrendered for such transfer or exchange. Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for transfer or 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 will be made for any transfer or exchange of Debt Securities except as provided in Section 3.04(b) or 3.06. 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, transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, other than those expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Company's own expense or without expense or without charge to the Holders. The Company shall not be required (i) to register, transfer or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission of a notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 13.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such transmission, or (ii) to register, transfer or exchange any Debt Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt Security being redeemed in part. 29 Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Debt Securities. If (i) any mutilated Debt Security or any mutilated Coupon with the Coupon Security to which it appertains (and all unmatured Coupons attached thereto) is surrendered to the Trustee or Authenticating Agent, or (ii) the Company and the Trustee or Authenticating Agent receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Debt Security or any Coupon, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee or Authenticating Agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives notice that such Debt Security or Coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon Company Request the Trustee or Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or in exchange for the Coupon Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertained, a new Debt Security of the same series of like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions and like principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with such Coupons attached thereto that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such exchange or substitution. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or Coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Debt Security, pay the amount due on such Debt Security or Coupon in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 or except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.06, any interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the Coupons appertaining thereto. Upon the issuance of any new Debt 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 respect thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Every new Debt Security or Coupon of any series issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities or Coupons of that series 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 Debt Securities or Coupons. Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. (a) Interest on any Registered 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 such Registered Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business 30 on the Regular Record Date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Registered Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Regular Record Date. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, payment of interest on Registered Securities shall be made at the place or places specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or, if provided pursuant to Section 3.01, by wire transfer to an account designated by the Registered Holder. (b) Interest on any Coupon Security which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03, be paid to the Holder of the Coupon which has matured on such Interest Payment Date upon surrender of such Coupon on such Interest Payment Date at an office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment located outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 3.01. Interest on any Bearer Security (other than a Coupon Security) which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder of the Bearer Security upon presentation of such Bearer Security and notation thereon on such Interest Payment Date at an office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment located outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 3.01. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, at the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in Dollars, payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by check or, if agreeable to the Trustee (or the Paying Agent specified pursuant to Section 3.01), by wire transfer to a Dollar account maintained by such Holder outside the United States. If such payment at the offices of all Paying Agents outside the United States becomes illegal or is effectively precluded because of the imposition of exchange controls or similar restrictions on the full payment or receipt of such amounts in Dollars, the Company will appoint an office or agent in the United States at which such payment may be made. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, at the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in a Foreign Currency, payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by a check drawn on a bank outside the United States or, if acceptable to the Trustee or such Paying Agent, by wire transfer to an appropriate account maintained by such Holder outside the United States. Except as provided in this paragraph, no payment on any Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by mail to an address in the United States or by wire transfer to an account in the United States. (c) Any interest on any Debt Security which is payable but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall, if such Debt Security is a Registered Security, forthwith cease to be payable to the Registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such Registered 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 such Registered 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 31 Company shall, at least 25 days prior to the date of the proposed payment, notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the Currency or Currency Unit in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) 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 date shall be not more than 20 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 the Holders of such Registered Securities at their addresses as they appear 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 mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Registered Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Registered Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. (d) Any Defaulted Interest payable in respect of Bearer Securities of any series shall be payable pursuant to such procedures as may be satisfactory to the Trustee in such manner that there is no discrimination between the Holders of Registered Securities (if any) and Bearer Securities of such series, and notice of the payment date therefor shall be given by the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 1.05 not more than 20 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment. (e) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debt Security delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Debt Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Debt Security. Section 3.08 Cancellation. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, all Debt Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or credit against any 32 sinking fund and all Coupons surrendered for payment or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Registered Securities and matured Coupons so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. All Bearer Securities and unmatured Coupons so delivered shall be held by the Trustee and, upon instruction by the Company Order, shall be canceled or held for reissuance. Bearer Securities and unmatured Coupons held for reissuance may be reissued only in exchange for Bearer Securities of the same series and of like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions pursuant to Section 3.05 or in replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Bearer Securities of the same series and of like Stated Maturity and with like terms and conditions or the related Coupons pursuant to Section 3.06. All Bearer Securities and unmatured Coupons held by the Trustee pending such cancellation or reissuance shall be deemed to be delivered for cancellation for all purposes of this Indenture and the Debt Securities. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities or Coupons previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and the Company may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Debt Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued, and all Debt Securities or Coupons so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Debt Securities or Coupons shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Debt Securities or Coupons canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Debt Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and a certificate of destruction shall be delivered to the Company upon Company Request. The acquisition of any Debt Securities or Coupons by the Company shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby unless and until such Debt Securities or Coupons are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. In the case of any temporary Global Note which shall be destroyed if the entire aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities represented thereby has been exchanged, the certificate of destruction shall state that all certificates required pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof and substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, to be given by the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, have been duly presented to the Trustee by the Euroclear Operator or Cedelbank, as the case may be. Permanent Global Notes shall not be destroyed until exchanged in full for definitive Debt Securities or until payment thereon is made in full. Section 3.09 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series, interest on the Debt Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months. Section 3.10 Currency of Payments in Respect of Debt Securities. (a) Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Bearer Securities of any series, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Bearer Securities of such series denominated in any Currency will be made in such Currency. (b) With respect to Registered Securities of any series not permitting the election provided for in paragraph (c) below or the Holders of which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (c) below, except as provided in paragraph (e) below, payment of the principal 33 of (and premium, if any) and any interest on any Registered Security of such series will be made in the Currency in which such Registered Security is payable. (c) It may be provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (e) and (f) below, to receive payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on such Registered Securities in any of the Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee a written election, to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election will remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or such transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but any such change must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment date and no such change or election may be made with respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or notice of redemption has been given by the Company pursuant to Article Thirteen). Any Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee by the close of business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section 3.10. (d) If the election referred to in paragraph (c) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01, then not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment date, the Trustee or agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.01 will deliver to the Company a written notice specifying, in the Currency in which each series of the Registered Securities is payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the Registered Securities to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts so payable in respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered Securities denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above. If the election referred to in paragraph (c) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 3.01 and if at least one Holder has made such election, then, on the second Business Day preceding each payment date, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate in respect of the Currency payments to be made on such payment date. The Currency amount receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above shall be determined by the Company on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the "Valuation Date") immediately preceding each payment date. (e) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency or any other Currency Unit in which any of the Debt Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (c) above, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on the applicable Debt Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency or such other Currency Unit occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency or such other Currency Unit was used (the "Conversion Date"), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each such payment date. The Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the Trustee and by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Debt Securities with respect to such payment date 34 shall be the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a Currency Unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Currency Determination Agent, in the manner provided in paragraph (g) or (h) below. (f) If the Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (c) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election. If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 3.10. (g) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent, and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Valuation Date. (h) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" shall be determined by the Currency Determination Agent, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (i) below, shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to each payment. (i) For purposes of this Section 3.10 the following terms shall have the following meanings: A "Component Currency" shall mean any Currency which, on the Conversion Date, was a component Currency of the relevant Currency Unit. A "Specified Amount" of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were represented in the relevant Currency Unit on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single Currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be divided into two or more Currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or more Currencies with appropriate Dollar equivalents at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the Dollar equivalent of the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate on such date, and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such Currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If after the Conversion Date of the relevant Currency Unit, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this definition of "Specified Amount") occurs with respect to any 35 Component Currency of such Currency Unit, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Valuation Date of such Component Currency. "Election Date" shall mean the record date with respect to any payment date, and with respect to the Maturity shall mean the record date (if within 16 or fewer days prior to the Maturity) immediately preceding the Maturity, and with respect to any series of Debt Securities whose record date immediately preceding the Maturity is more than 16 days prior to the Maturity or any series of Debt Securities for which no record dates are provided with respect to interest payments, shall mean the date which is 16 days prior to the Maturity. (j) All decisions and determinations of the Currency Determination Agent, if any, regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit and the Market Exchange Rate shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders of the Debt Securities denominated or payable in the relevant Currency. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the event of a Conversion Event with respect to any Currency Unit in which Debt Securities are denominated or payable, the Company, after learning thereof, will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give written notice in the manner provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event of any subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above, the Company, after learning thereof, will similarly give written notice to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it from the Company and the Currency Determination Agent, if any and may, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, conclusively assume that no Conversion Event or other event of which it is entitled to notice hereunder has occurred unless it receives written notice thereof as provided herein, and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine such information independently. (k) For purposes of any provision of this Indenture where the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities may perform an Act which requires that a specified percentage of the Outstanding Debt Securities of all series perform such Act and for purposes of any decision or determination by the Trustee of amounts due and unpaid for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of all series in respect of which moneys are to be disbursed ratably, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Debt Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency will be the amount in Dollars based upon the Market Exchange Rate for Debt Securities of such series, as of the date for determining whether the Holders entitled to perform such Act have performed it, or as of the Business Day immediately prior to the date of such decision or determination by the Trustee, as the case may be. 36 Section 3.11 Judgments. If for the purpose of obtaining a judgment in any court with respect to any obligation of the Company hereunder or under any Debt Security, it shall become necessary to convert into any other Currency any amount in the Currency due hereunder or under such Debt Security, then such conversion shall be made at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date the Company shall make payment to any Person in satisfaction of such judgment. If pursuant to any such judgment, conversion shall be made on a date other than the date payment is made and there shall occur a change between such Market Exchange Rate and the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of payment, the Company agrees to pay such additional amounts (if any) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount paid is equal to the amount in such other Currency which, when converted at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect on the date of payment or distribution, is the amount then due hereunder or under such Debt Security. Any amount due from the Company under this Section 3.11 shall be due as a separate debt and is not to be affected by or merged into any judgment being obtained for any other sums due hereunder or in respect of any Debt Security. In no event, however, shall the Company be required to pay more in the Currency or Currency Unit due hereunder or under such Debt Security at the Market Exchange Rate as in effect when payment is made than the amount of Currency stated to be due hereunder or under such Debt Security so that in any event the Company's obligations hereunder or under such Debt Security will be effectively maintained as obligations in such Currency, and the Company shall be entitled to withhold (or be reimbursed for, as the case may be) any excess of the amount actually realized upon any such conversion over the amount due and payable on the date of payment or distribution. Section 3.12 Exchange Upon Default. If default is made in the payments referred to in Section 12.01, the Company hereby undertakes that upon presentation and surrender of a permanent Global Note to the Trustee (or to any other Person or at any other address as the Company may designate in writing), on any Business Day on or after the maturity date thereof the Company will issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the bearer of such permanent Global Note duly executed and authenticated definitive Debt Securities with the same issue date and maturity date as set out in such permanent Global Note. Section 3.13 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Debt 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 Debt 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 Debt Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. 37 ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series (if all series issued under this Indenture are not to be affected), shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange or conversion of such Debt Securities herein expressly provided for or expressly provided in the terms of the Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.01, and rights to receive payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on such Debt Securities) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (1) either (A) all Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Debt Securities and Coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06, (ii) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived under Section 3.05, (iii) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 13.06, and (iv) Debt Securities and Coupons of such series 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 12.04) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (B) all Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, (i) have become due and payable, or (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) of this subclause (B), has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Debt Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may 38 be; provided, however, in the event a petition for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, is filed with respect to the Company within 91 days after the deposit and the Trustee is required to return the deposited money to the Company, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to such Debt Securities shall not be deemed terminated or discharged; (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; (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 with respect to such series have been complied with; and (4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that such deposit and discharge will not cause Holders of the Debt Securities of the series to recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14, the obligations of the Company under Section 12.01, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 12.04, shall survive. If, after the deposit referred to in subclause (B) of clause 1 of this Section has been made, (x) the Holder of a Debt Security is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.10(c), to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which such deposit was made, or (y) if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which such deposit was made or elected to be received by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.10(c), then the indebtedness represented by such Debt Security shall be fully discharged to the extent that such deposit made with respect to such Debt Security shall be converted into the Currency in which such payment is made. Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.04, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee. 39 ARTICLE V REMEDIES Section 5.01 Events of Default. "Event of Default" wherever used herein with respect to Debt Securities of any series means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law, pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): (1) the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or 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, State or Commonwealth law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (2) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or the consent by it to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or (3) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.01. Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series at that time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Discount Securities as may be specified in the terms of such Discount Securities) of all the Debt Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount), plus accrued and unpaid 40 interest (and premium, if any), shall become immediately due and payable. Upon payment of such amount in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10), all obligations of the Company in respect of the payment of principal of the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate. At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, 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 in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay (A) all overdue installments of interest on all Debt Securities or all overdue payments with respect to any Coupons of such series, (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debt Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Debt Securities, (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest on each Debt Security of such series or upon overdue payments on any Coupons of such series at the Overdue Rate, 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; provided, however, that all sums payable under this clause (D) shall be paid in Dollars; and (2) All Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Debt Securities of such series which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13. No such rescission and annulment shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon. Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if (1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Debt Security or any payment with respect to any Coupons when such interest or payment becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, (2) default is made in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Debt Security at the Maturity thereof, or 41 (3) default is made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund payment or analogous obligation when the same becomes due pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of any series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Debt Securities or of such Coupons, (i) the amount then due and payable on such Debt Securities or matured Coupons for the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, (ii) to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue installments of interest, at the Overdue Rate, and (iii) thereafter, 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 the Company fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities and Coupons, and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Debt Securities and Coupons wherever situated. If any default in the payments referred to in Section 12.01 or Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceedings, or any voluntary or involuntary case under the applicable federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, as now or hereafter constituted, relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of a particular series or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of such Debt Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (or, if the Debt Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be due and payable with respect to such series pursuant to a declaration in accordance with Section 5.02) (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series and to file such other papers or documents and take such other actions, including participating as a member, voting or otherwise, of any committee of creditors appointed in the matter, as may be necessary or 42 advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders of such Debt Securities and Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and (ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any receiver, assignee, trustee, custodian, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each such 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 such 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 6.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Debt Securities and any Coupons of such series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Debt Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Debt Securities or Coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name, as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities or Coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (and premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Debt Securities or Coupons of any series in respect of which money has been collected 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 6.07. SECOND: Subject to Article Sixteen, to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities or Coupons of such series, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Debt Securities or Coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and 43 THIRD: Subject to Article Sixteen, the balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto. Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Debt Security or Coupon of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver 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 with respect to such series; (2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60 day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons of any other series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 5.07, each and every Holder of Debt Securities or Coupons of any series and the Trustee for such series shall be entitled to such relief as can be given at law or in equity. Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Debt Security or of any Coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Debt Security or Coupon on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and interest thereon, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 44 Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Indenture, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default or default in the payments referred to in Section 12.01 shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Indenture 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 5.12 Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, provided, that (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; (2) subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series not joining in any such direction; (3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and (4) this provision shall not affect the rights of the Trustee set forth in Section 6.01(c)(4). 45 Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Debt Securities of any such series waive, by notice to the Trustee and the Company, any past default or Event of Default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default (1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment or analogous obligation with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, or (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which pursuant to Article Eleven cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of the Debt Securities of such series under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Debt Security or any Coupon by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit other than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant, but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder or group of Holders holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of a Debt Security or Coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security or the payment of any Coupon on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date). Section 5.15 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. 46 ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Except during the continuance of a default in the payments referred to in Section 12.01 or an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, (1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture. (b) In case a default in the payments referred to in Section 12.01 or an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall, with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. (c) Subject to Section 6.04, no provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that (1) this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsection (a) of this Section; (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; (3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Debt Securities of any series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; (4) the Trustee shall not be required 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 47 believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it; and (5) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default or any other act or circumstance upon the occurrence of which the Trustee may be required to take action unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee obtains actual knowledge of such default, Event of Default, act or circumstance or unless written notice referencing this Indenture or the Debt Securities is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office. (d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series, the Trustee shall give notice to all Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons of such series of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security or Coupon of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Debt Securities and of Coupons of such series. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series. Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.02 with respect to Registered Securities shall be transmitted by mail: (1) to all Registered Holders, as the names and addresses of the Registered Holders appear in the Security Register; (2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; (3) to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a) of this Indenture; and (4) to the Company. Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.02 with respect to Bearer Securities shall be transmitted in the manner set forth in Section 1.05. 48 Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01: (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 shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; (c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate; (d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; (e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Debt Securities of any series 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 be under no obligation to act as Authenticating Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or as any other agent with respect to Foreign Currency Debt Securities or Bearer or Coupon Debt Securities; (g) 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 (h) 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 (including any agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.10(j)) or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder. Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Debt Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the Debt 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 Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Debt 49 Securities or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of any statements in any registration statement relating to the Debt Securities. Section 6.05 May Hold Debt Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities or Coupons, and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, 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. Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust. Money in any Currency held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be under any liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company. Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees: (1) to pay in Dollars to the Trustee from time to time such compensation in Dollars as the Company and the Trustee shall from time 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 in Dollars the Trustee in Dollars upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in connection with the administration of the trusts herein set forth (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 in Dollars the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, damage, claims or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by income of the Trustee), of any kind and nature whatsoever incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section and in addition to its rights under Section 5.06, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of amounts due on particular Debt Securities and Coupons. The fees and expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with any bankruptcy of the Company shall constitute fees and expenses of administration; provided, however, that this shall not affect the Trustee's rights as set forth in the preceding sentence or Section 5.06. 50 Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. (a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this Section with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, then, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, and if the default (as hereinafter defined) to which such conflicting interest relates has not been cured or duly waived or otherwise eliminated before the end of such 90 day period, the Trustee shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or, except as otherwise provided below, resign with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, and the Company shall take prompt steps to have a successor appointed, in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. (b) In the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Trustee shall, within 10 days after the expiration of such 90 day period, transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities of such series notice of such failure. Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.08(b) with respect to Registered Securities shall be transmitted by mail: (1) to all Registered Holders, as the names and addresses of the Registered Holders appear in the Security Register; (2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have, within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; (3) to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a) of this Indenture; and (4) to the Company. Notice given pursuant to this Section 6.08(b) with respect to Bearer Securities shall be transmitted in the manner set forth in Section 1.05. (c) For the purposes of this Section, the Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, if there shall exist an Event of Default (as such term is defined herein, but exclusive of any period of grace or requirement of notice) or a default in the payments referred to in Section 12.01 with respect to such Debt Securities and (1) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series other than that series or is trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the Company are outstanding, unless such other indenture is a collateral trust indenture under which the only collateral consists of Debt Securities issued under this Indenture, provided that there shall be excluded from the operation of this paragraph this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of any series other than that series and 51 any other indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding, if (i) this Indenture and such other indenture or indentures (and all series of securities issuable thereunder) are wholly unsecured and rank equally and such other indenture or indentures are hereafter qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, unless the Commission shall have found and declared by order pursuant to Section 305(b) or Section 307(c) of the Trust Indenture Act that differences exist between the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and one or more other series or the provisions of such other indenture or indentures which are so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary, in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and such other series or under such other indenture or indentures, or (ii) the Company shall have sustained the burden of proving, on application to the Commission and after opportunity for hearing thereon, that trusteeship under this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and such other series or such other indenture or indentures is not so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and such other series or under such other indenture or indentures; (2) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is an underwriter for the Company; (3) the Trustee directly or indirectly controls or is directly or indirectly controlled by or is under direct or indirect common control with an underwriter for the Company; (4) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is a director, officer, partner, employee, appointee or representative of the Company, or of an underwriter (other than the Trustee itself) for the Company who is currently engaged in the business of underwriting, except that (i) one individual may be a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Trustee and a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Company but may not be at the same time an executive officer of both the Trustee and the Company; (ii) if and so long as the number of directors of the Trustee in office is more than nine, one additional individual may be a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Trustee and a director of the Company; and (iii) the Trustee may be designated by the Company or by any underwriter for the Company to act in the capacity of transfer agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent, escrow agent, or depositary or in any other similar capacity, or, subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection, to act as trustee, whether under an indenture or otherwise; 52 (5) 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by the Company or by any director, partner or executive officer thereof, or 20% or more of such voting securities is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more of such persons; or 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by an underwriter for the Company or by any director, partner or executive officer thereof or is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more such persons; (6) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this subsection defined), (i) 5% or more of the voting securities, or 10% or more of any other class of security, of the Company not including the Debt Securities issued under this Indenture and securities issued under any other indenture under which the Trustee is also trustee, or (ii) 10% or more of any class of security of an underwriter for the Company; (7) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default, 5% or more of the voting securities of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 10% or more of the voting securities of, or controls directly or indirectly or is under direct or indirect common control with, the Company; (8) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default, 10% or more of any class of security of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 50% or more of the voting securities of the Company; (9) the Trustee owns, on the date of such Event of Default or any anniversary of such Event of Default while such Event of Default remains outstanding, in the capacity of executor, administrator, testamentary or inter vivos trustee, guardian, committee or conservator, or in any other similar capacity, an aggregate of 25% or more of the voting securities, or of any class of security, of any person, the beneficial ownership of a specified percentage of which would have constituted a conflicting interest under paragraph (6), (7) or (8) of this subsection. As to any such securities of which the Trustee acquired ownership through becoming executor, administrator or testamentary trustee of an estate which included them, the provisions of the preceding sentence shall not apply, for a period of not more than two years from the date of such acquisition, to the extent that such securities included in such estate do not exceed 25% of such voting securities or 25% of any such class of security. Promptly after the dates of any such Event of Default and annually in each succeeding year that such Event of Default continues, the Trustee shall make a check of its holdings of such securities in any of the abovementioned capacities as of such dates. If the Company fails to make payment in full of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities when and as the same becomes due and payable, and such failure continues for 30 days thereafter, the Trustee shall make a prompt check of its holdings of such securities in any of the abovementioned capacities as of the date of the expiration of such 30 day period, and after such date, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all such securities so held by the Trustee, with sole or joint control over such securities vested in it, shall be considered as though beneficially owned by the Trustee for the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) of this subsection; or 53 (10) except under the circumstances described in paragraph (1), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of Section 6.13(b) of this Indenture, the Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor of the Company. For the purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the term "series of securities" or "series" means a series, class or group of securities issuable under an indenture pursuant to whose terms holders of one such series may vote to direct the Trustee, or otherwise take action pursuant to a vote of such holders, separately from holders of another series; provided, that "series of securities" or "series" shall not include any series of securities issuable under an indenture if all such series rank equally and are wholly unsecured. The specification of percentages in paragraphs (5) to (9), inclusive, of this subsection shall not be construed as indicating that the ownership of such percentages of the securities of a person is or is not necessary or sufficient to constitute direct or indirect control for the purposes of paragraph (3) or (7) of this subsection. For the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7), (8) and (9) of this subsection only, (i) the terms "security" and "securities" shall include only such securities as are generally known as corporate securities, but shall not include any note or other evidence of indebtedness issued to evidence an obligation to repay moneys lent to a person by one or more banks, trust companies or banking firms, or any certificate of interest or participation in any such note or evidence of indebtedness; (ii) an obligation shall be deemed to be "in default" when a default in payment of principal shall have continued for 30 days or more and shall not have been cured; and (iii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to be the owner or holder of (A) any security which it holds as collateral security, as trustee or otherwise, for an obligation which is not in default as defined in clause (ii) above, or (B) any security which it holds as collateral security under this Indenture, irrespective of any default hereunder, or (C) any security which it holds as agent for collection, or as custodian, escrow agent or depositary, or in any similar representative capacity. (d) For the purposes of this Section: (1) The term "underwriter" when used with reference to the Company means every person who, within one year prior to the time as of which the determination is made, has purchased from the Company with a view to, or has offered or sold for the Company in connection with, the distribution of any security of the Company outstanding at such time, or has participated or has had a direct or indirect participation in any such undertaking, or has participated or has had a participation in the direct or indirect underwriting of any such undertaking, but such term shall not include a person whose interest was limited to a commission from an underwriter or dealer not in excess of the usual and customary distributors' or sellers' commission. (2) The term "director" means any director of a corporation, or any individual performing similar functions with respect to any organization whether incorporated or unincorporated. (3) The term "person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an estate, an unincorporated organization, or a 54 government or political subdivision thereof. As used in this paragraph, the term "trust" shall include only a trust where the interest or interests of the beneficiary or beneficiaries are evidenced by a security. (4) The term "voting security" means any security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a person, or any security issued under or pursuant to any trust, agreement or arrangements whereby a trustee or trustees or agent or agents for the owner or holder of such security are presently entitled to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a person. (5) The term "Company" means any obligor upon the Debt Securities of any series. (6) The term "executive officer" means the president, every vice president, every trust officer, the cashier, the secretary, and the treasurer of a corporation, and any individual customarily performing similar functions with respect to any organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, but shall not include the chairman of the board of directors. (e) The percentages of voting securities and other securities specified in this Section shall be calculated in accordance with the following provisions: (1) A specified percentage of the voting securities of the Trustee, the Company or any other person referred to in this Section (each of whom is referred to as a "person" in this paragraph) means such amount of the outstanding voting securities of such person as entitles the holder or holders thereof to cast such specified percentage of the aggregate votes which the holders of all the outstanding voting securities of such person are entitled to cast in the direction or management of the affairs of such person. (2) A specified percentage of a class of securities of a person means such percentage of the aggregate amount of securities of the class outstanding. (3) The term "amount," when used with regard to securities, means the principal amount if relating to evidences of indebtedness, the number of shares if relating to capital shares, and the number of units if relating to any other kind of security. (4) The term "outstanding" means issued and not held by or for the account of the issuer. The following securities shall not be deemed outstanding within the meaning of this definition: (i) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund relating to securities of the issuer of the same class; (ii) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund relating to another class of securities of the issuer, if the obligation evidenced by such other class of securities is not in default as to principal or interest or otherwise; (iii) securities pledged by the issuer thereof as security for an obligation of the issuer not in default as to principal or interest or otherwise; and 55 (iv) securities held in escrow if placed in escrow by the issuer thereof; provided, however, that any voting securities of an issuer shall be deemed outstanding if any person other than the issuer is entitled to exercise the voting rights thereof. (5) A security shall be deemed to be of the same class as another security if both securities confer upon the holder or holders thereof substantially the same rights and privileges; provided, however, that, in the case of secured evidences of indebtedness, all of which are issued under a single indenture, differences in the interest rates or maturity dates of various series thereof shall not be deemed sufficient to constitute such series different classes; and provided, further, that, in the case of unsecured evidences of indebtedness, differences in the interest rates or maturity dates thereof shall not be deemed sufficient to constitute them securities of different classes, whether or not they are issued under a single indenture. (f) Except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Debt Security of any series, or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment, the Trustee shall not be required to resign as provided by this Section if the Trustee shall have sustained the burden of proving, on application to the Commission and after opportunity for hearing thereon, that: (1) the Event of Default or default in the payments referred to in Section 12.01 may be cured or waived during a reasonable period and under the procedures described in such application; and (2) a stay of the Trustee's duty to resign will not be inconsistent with the interests of Holders of the Debt Securities. The filing of such an application shall automatically stay the performance of the duty to resign until the Commission orders otherwise. Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof, the Commonwealth or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Commonwealth or District of Columbia authority and eligible to act as Trustee hereunder in compliance with Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee upon any Debt Securities. 56 Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.11. (b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, and a successor Trustee appointed, by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. (d) If at any time: (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08(a) with respect to the Debt Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months, or (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series 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 with respect to all Debt Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of any series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series. (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series 57 shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of such series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, the resigning Trustee or any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of such series for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series. (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05 to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series and the address of its corporate trust office. Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (a) In the case of an appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Debt Securities, each such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee, but, on 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, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 6.07. (b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Debt Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in any 58 such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any other trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of any such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. (c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be. (d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article. Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that 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 Debt 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 Debt Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Debt Securities. In case any Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Debt Securities, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee. Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this Section, if the Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor, directly or indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Company within three months prior to a default, as defined in subsection (c) of this Section, or subsequent to such default, then, unless and until such default shall be cured, the Trustee shall set apart and hold in a special account for the benefit of the Trustee individually, the Holders of the Debt Securities and of the Coupons, if any, and the holders of other indenture securities (as defined in subsection (c) of this Section): 59 (1) an amount equal to any and all reductions in the amount due and owing upon any claim as such creditor in respect of principal or interest, effected after the beginning of such three-month period and valid as against the Company and its other creditors, except any such reduction resulting from the receipt or disposition of any property described in paragraph (2) of this subsection, or from the exercise of any right of set-off which the Trustee could have exercised if a voluntary or involuntary case had been commenced in respect of the Company under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law upon the date of such default; and (2) all property received by the Trustee in respect of any claim as such creditor, either as security therefor, or in satisfaction or composition thereof, or otherwise, after the beginning of such three-month period, or an amount equal to the proceeds of any such property, if disposed of, subject, however, to the rights, if any, of the Company and its other creditors in such property or such proceeds. Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the Trustee: (A) to retain for its own account (i) payments made on account of any such claim by any Person (other than the Company) who is liable thereon, and (ii) the proceeds of the bona fide sale of any such claim by the Trustee to a third Person, and (iii) distributions made in cash, securities or other property in respect of claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings or reorganization pursuant to the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law; (B) to realize, for its own account, upon any property held by it as security for any such claim, if such property was so held prior to the beginning of such three-month period; (C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the extent of the claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property held by it as security for any such claim, if such claim was created after the beginning of such three-month period and such property was received as security therefor simultaneously with the creation thereof, and if the Trustee shall sustain the burden of proving that at the time such property was so received the Trustee had no reasonable cause to believe that a default, as defined in subsection (c) of this Section, would occur within three months, or (D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in paragraph (B) or (C) against the release of any property held as security for such claim as provided in paragraph (B) or (C), as the case may be, to the extent of the fair value of such property. For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property substituted after the beginning of such three-month period for property held as security at the time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the fair value of the property released, have the same status as the property released, and, to the extent that any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is created in renewal of or 60 in substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or refunding any pre-existing claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such claim shall have the same status as such pre-existing claim. If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and property held in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be apportioned among the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities in such manner that the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities realize, as a result of payments from such special account and payments of dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, the same percentage of their respective claims, figured before crediting to the claim of the Trustee anything on account of the receipt by it from the Company of the funds and property in such special account and before crediting to the respective claims of the Trustee and the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, but after crediting thereon receipts on account of the indebtedness represented by their respective claims from all sources other than from such dividends and from the funds and property so held in such special account. As used in this paragraph, with respect to any claim, the term "dividends" shall include any distribution with respect to such claim, in bankruptcy or receivership or proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal, State or Commonwealth bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, whether such distribution is made in cash, securities, or other property, but shall not include any such distribution with respect to the secured portion, if any, of such claim. The court in which such bankruptcy, receivership or proceedings for reorganization is pending shall have jurisdiction (i) to apportion among the Trustee and the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, the funds and property held in such special account and proceeds thereof, or (ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in whole or in part, to give to the provisions of this paragraph due consideration in determining the fairness of the distributions to be made to the Trustee and the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities with respect to their respective claims, in which event it shall not be necessary to liquidate or to appraise the value of any securities or other property held in such special account or as security for any such claim, or to make a specific allocation of such distributions as between the secured and unsecured portions of such claim, or otherwise to apply the provisions of this paragraph as a mathematical formula. Any Trustee which has resigned or been removed after the beginning of such three-month period shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection as though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any Trustee has resigned or been removed prior to the beginning of such three-month period, it shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection if and only if the following conditions exist: (i) the receipt of property or reduction of claim, which would have given rise to the obligation to account, if such Trustee had continued as Trustee, occurred after the beginning of such three-month period; and 61 (ii) such receipt of property or reduction of claim occurred within three months after such resignation or removal. (b) There shall be excluded from the operation of subsection (a) of this Section a creditor relationship arising from: (1) the ownership or acquisition of securities issued under any indenture, or any security or securities having a maturity of one year or more at the time of acquisition by the Trustee; (2) advances authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of competent jurisdiction or by this Indenture, for the purpose of preserving any property which shall at any time be subject to the Lien of this Indenture or of discharging tax liens or other prior liens or encumbrances thereon, if notice of such advances and of the circumstances surrounding the making thereof is given to the Holders at the time and in the manner provided in this Indenture; (3) disbursements made in the ordinary course of business in the capacity of trustee under an indenture, transfer agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent or depositary, or other similar capacity; (4) an indebtedness created as a result of services rendered or premises rented, or an indebtedness created as a result of goods or securities sold in a cash transaction as defined in subsection (c) of this Section; (5) the ownership of stock or of other securities of a corporation organized under the provisions of Section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, which is directly or indirectly a creditor of the Company; and (6) The acquisition, ownership, acceptance or negotiation of any drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances or obligations which fall within the classification of self-liquidating paper as defined in subsection (c) of this Section. (c) For the purposes of this Section only: (1) The term "default" means any failure to make payment in full of the principal of or interest on any of the Debt Securities or upon the other indenture securities when and as such principal or interest becomes due and payable. (2) The term "other indenture securities" means securities upon which the Company is an obligor outstanding under any other indenture (i) under which the Trustee is also trustee, (ii) which contains provisions substantially similar to the provisions of this Section, and (iii) under which a default exists at the time of the apportionment of the funds and property held in such special account. (3) The term "cash transaction" means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or 62 securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks and payable upon demand. (4) The term "self-liquidating paper" means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation. (5) The term "Company" means any obligor upon the Debt Securities. Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. As long as any Debt Securities of a series remain Outstanding, upon a Company Request, there shall be an authenticating agent (the "Authenticating Agent") appointed, for such period as the Company shall elect, by the Trustee for such series of Debt Securities to act as its agent on its behalf and subject to its direction in connection with the authentication and delivery of each series of Debt Securities for which it is serving as Trustee. Debt Securities of each such series authenticated by such Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by such Trustee. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Debt Securities of any series by the Trustee for such series or to the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee for such series by an Authenticating Agent for such series and a Certificate of Authentication executed on behalf of such Trustee by such Authenticating Agent. Such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State or the Commonwealth, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or Commonwealth authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section. Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted, or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business of any Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be the Authenticating Agent with respect to all series of Debt Securities for which it served as Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part 63 of the Trustee for such series or such Authenticating Agent. Any Authenticating Agent may at any time, and if it shall cease to be eligible shall, resign by giving written notice of resignation to the applicable Trustee and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14 with respect to one or more or all series of Debt Securities, the Trustee for such series shall upon Company Request appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, and the Company shall provide notice of such appointment to all Holders of Debt Securities of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein. The Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series agrees to pay to the Authenticating Agent for such series from time to time reasonable compensation for its services, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payment, subject to the provisions of Section 6.07. The Authenticating Agent for the Debt Securities of any series shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such in good faith and without negligence at the direction of the Trustee for such series. If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Debt Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form: This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within mentioned Indenture. ______________________________, As Trustee Dated: By: _________________________ As Authenticating Agent By: __________________________ Authorized Signatory ARTICLE VII HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to Registered Securities of each series for which it acts as Trustee: 64 (a) semi-annually on a date not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date with respect to an Interest Payment Date, if any, for the Registered Securities of such series (or on semiannual dates in each year to be determined pursuant to Section 3.01 if the Registered Securities of such series do not bear interest), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Registered Holders as of the date 15 days next preceding each such Regular Record Date (or such semiannual dates, as the case may be); and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 15 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for such series, no such list need be furnished. The Company shall also be required to furnish to the Trustee at all such times set forth above all information in the possession or control of the Company or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Bearer Securities of all series; provided, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to investigate any matter relating to any Holders of Bearer Securities of any series. Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communication to Holders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder, and filed with it within the two preceding years pursuant to Section 7.03(c)(2). The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished, destroy any information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon delivering to itself as Trustee, not earlier than 45 days after an Interest Payment Date, a list containing the names and addresses of the Holders obtained from such information since the delivery of the next previous list, if any, destroy any list delivered to itself as Trustee which was compiled from information received by it as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon the receipt of a new list so delivered, and destroy not earlier than two years after filing, any information filed with it pursuant to Section 7.03(c)(2). (b) If three or more Holders (hereinafter referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Debt Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of Debt Securities of a particular series (in which case the applicants must hold Debt Securities of such series) or with all Holders of Debt Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either (i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), or 65 (ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of Debt Securities of such series or of all Debt Securities, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, specified in such application. If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon written request of such applicants, mail to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or all Holders, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or all Holders, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application. (c) Every Holder of Debt Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing of any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.02(b). Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after _____ ___of each year, commencing _____ __, 20___, the Trustee shall, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act, transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities of any series with respect to which it acts as Trustee, in the manner hereinafter provided in this Section 7.03, a brief report dated as of such date with respect to any of the following events which may have occurred within the previous 12 months (but if no such event has occurred within such period no report need be transmitted): (1) any change to its eligibility under Section 6.09 and its qualifications under Section 6.08; (2) the creation of or any material change to a relationship specified in paragraph (1) through (10) of Section 6.08(c) of this Indenture; 66 (3) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Debt Securities of such series, on any property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than 1/2 of 1% of the principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series on the date of such report; (4) any change to the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all other indebtedness owing by the Company (or any other obligor on the Debt Securities of such series) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner described in Section 6.13(b)(2), (3), (4) or (6); (5) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically in the possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report; (6) any additional issue of Debt Securities which the Trustee has not previously reported; and (7) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Debt Securities of such series, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02. (b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Debt Securities of any series (whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02 (a)) for which it acts as the Trustee, as hereinafter provided, a brief report with respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this Indenture) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Debt Securities of such series, on property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this subsection, except that the Trustee for each series shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate 10% or less of the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series Outstanding at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time. (c) Reports pursuant to this Section 7.03 with respect to Registered Securities shall be transmitted by mail: (1) to all Holders of Registered Securities, as the names and addresses of such Holders of Registered Securities appear in the Security Register; 67 (2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities of any series as have, within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; and (3) except in the cases of reports pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 7.03, to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a). Reports pursuant to this Section 7.03 with respect to Bearer Securities shall be published in accordance with Section 1.05. (d) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Debt Securities of such series are listed, with the Commission and also with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any series of Debt Securities are listed on any stock exchange. Section 7.04 Reports by Company. The Company will: (1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be required from time to time in such rules and regulations; (2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and (3) transmit to all Holders of Debt Securities, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 7.03, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission. 68 ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE HOLDERS Section 8.01 Acts of Holders. 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 or proxy 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, 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. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may take any Act, the fact that the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by the instrument or instruments executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Nine, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders. Section 8.02 Proof of Ownership; Proof of Execution of Instruments by Holder. The ownership of Registered Securities of any series shall be proved by the Security Register for such series or by a certificate of the Security Registrar for such series. The ownership of Bearer Securities shall be proved by production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any bank or trust company, which certificate shall be dated and shall state that on the date thereof a Bearer Security bearing a specified identifying number or other mark was deposited with or exhibited to the person executing such certificate by the person named in such certificate, or by any other proof of possession reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding by the person named in any such certificate of any Bearer Security specified therein shall be presumed to continue for a period of one year unless at the time of determination of such holding (1) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security shall be produced, (2) such Bearer Security shall be produced by some other person, (3) such Bearer Security shall have been registered on the Security Register, if, pursuant to Section 3.01, such Bearer Security can be so registered, or (4) such Bearer Security shall have been canceled or paid. Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01, 6.03 and 9.05, proof of the execution of a writing appointing an agent or proxy and of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the following manner: The fact and date of the execution by any such person of any instrument may be proved by the certificate of any notary public, or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments of 69 deeds, that the person executing such instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof, or by an affidavit of a witness to such execution sworn to before any such notary or other such officer. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation, association or partnership, as the case may be, or by any other person acting in a representative capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The record of any Holders' meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.06. The Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section so long as the request is a reasonable one. Section 8.03 Persons Deemed Owners. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest, if any, on such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered 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. The Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Holder of any Bearer Security or of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Bearer Security or Coupon for the purposes of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Bearer Security or Coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All payments made to any Holder, or upon his order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon such Debt Security or Coupon. Section 8.04 Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any Act by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such Act, any Holder of a Debt Security the number, letter or other distinguishing symbol of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the Holders of which have consented to such Act may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of ownership as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such Act so far as it concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid, any such Act taken by the Holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.08, upon all future Holders of such Debt Security and all past, present and future Holders of Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto and of any Debt Securities and Coupons issued on transfer or in lieu thereof or in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debt Security or Coupons or such other Debt Securities or Coupons. 70 ARTICLE IX HOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 9.01 Purposes of Meetings. A meeting of Holders of any or all series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article Nine for any of the following purposes: (1) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee for such series, or to give any directions to the Trustee for such series, or to consent to the waiving of any default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article Five; (2) to remove the Trustee for such series and appoint a successor Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article Six; (3) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.02; or (4) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any one or more or all series, as the case may be, under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law. Section 9.02 Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee for any series may at any time call a meeting of Holders of such series to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time or times and at such place or places as the Trustee for such series shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given to Holders of such series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05. Such notice shall be given not less than 20 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. Section 9.03 Call of Meetings by Company or Holders. In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of a series or of all series, as the case may be, shall have requested the Trustee for such series to call a meeting of Holders of any or all such series by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have given the notice of such meeting within 20 days after the receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time or times and the place or places for such meetings and may call such meetings to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by giving notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02. 71 Section 9.04 Qualifications for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall be (a) a Holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as agent or proxy by such Holder. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee for the series with respect to which such meeting is being held and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel. Section 9.05 Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee for any series may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of such series, in regard to proof of the holding of Debt Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of such series as provided in Section 9.03, in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by a majority vote of the meeting. Subject to the provisos in the definition of "Outstanding," at any meeting each Holder of a Debt Security of the series with respect to which such meeting is being held or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (or such other amount as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01) of Debt Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Debt Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Outstanding Debt Securities of such series held by him or instruments in writing duly designating him as the person to vote on behalf of Holders of Debt Securities of such series. Any meeting of Holders with respect to which a meeting was duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or 9.03 may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of such Holders present and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice. Section 9.06 Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders with respect to which such meeting is being held shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of such Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial number or numbers of the Debt Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of 72 each meeting of Holders shall be taken and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was transmitted as provided in Section 9.02. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Debt Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated. Section 9.07 No Delay of Rights by Meeting. Nothing contained in this Article Nine shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to any Holder under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities of any series. ARTICLE X CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE Section 10.01 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 all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to the Company, unless: (1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof, the Commonwealth 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 on all the Debt 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 occurred and be continuing; and 73 (3) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Company would become subject to a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance which would not be permitted by this Indenture, the Company or such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the Debt Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all Indebtedness secured thereby; and (4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with. Section 10.02 Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 10.01, 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 thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Debt Securities. ARTICLE XI SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES Section 11.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without prior notice to or 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 Corporation to the rights of the Company and the assumption by such successor of the covenants and other obligations of the Company herein and in the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, contained; or (2) to add to the covenants of the Company, for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series), or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or 74 (3) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be applicable to less than all series, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely to be applicable to such series); or (4) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable, and with or without Coupons, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in uncertificated form, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of any series or any related Coupons in any material respect; or (5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Outstanding Debt Security or Coupon of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply; or (6) to secure the Debt Securities; or (7) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four or Fifteen, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series or any other series of Debt Securities or any related Coupons in any material respect; or (8) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or (9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to one or more series of Debt Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11; or (10) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of Holders of Debt Securities of any series pursuant to the requirements of Section 17.04, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01; or (11) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, to eliminate any conflict between the terms of this Indenture or the Debt Securities and the Trust Indenture Act or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with any provision of this Indenture; provided such other provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture in any material respect; or 75 (12) to alter the provisions of Section 3.10 (e) hereof and establish any other provisions in respect of Debt Securities issued in a Foreign Currency; provided that any such change shall become effective only when there is no Outstanding Debt Security or Coupon of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provisions and as to which such supplemental indenture would apply. Section 11.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. With the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture voting separately, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture of such Debt Securities or Coupons, if any; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each such series affected thereby, (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or installment of interest, if any, on, any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or change the Stated Maturity of or reduce the amount of any payment to be made with respect to any Coupon, or change the Currency or Currencies in which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Debt Security is denominated or payable, or reduce the amount of the principal of a Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or adversely affect the right of repayment or repurchase, if any, at the option of the Holder, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, any payment under any sinking fund or analogous provisions for any Debt Security, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or limit the obligation of the Company to maintain a paying agency outside the United States for payment on Bearer Securities as provided in Section 12.03; or (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults or Events of Default hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 12.07, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security of each series affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 12.07, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and 11.01(7); or 76 (4) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture relating to the subordination of the Debt Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders. 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. A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture with respect to one or more particular series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any other series. Section 11.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) 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 and that all conditions have been met. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a material way. Section 11.04 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 Debt Securities and Coupons theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. Section 11.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. Section 11.06 Reference in Debt Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Debt Securities and Coupons of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Debt Securities and Coupons of such series. 77 Section 11.07 Notice of Supplemental Indenture. Promptly after the execution by the Company and the appropriate Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 11.02, the Company shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 1.05, to all Holders of any series of the Debt Securities affected thereby, a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Section 11.08 Effect on Senior Indebtedness. No supplemental indenture entered into under this Article 11 shall modify, directly or indirectly, the provisions of Article Sixteen or the definition of Senior Indebtedness in Section 1.01 in any manner that might alter or impair the subordination of the Debt Securities with respect to the Senior Indebtedness then outstanding, unless each holder of such Senior Indebtedness has consented thereto in writing. ARTICLE XII COVENANTS Section 12.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms of the Debt Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Debt Securities or except as otherwise provided in Section 3.06, any interest due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. If so provided in the terms of any series of Debt Securities established as provided in Section 3.01, the interest, if any, due in respect of any temporary Global Note or permanent Global Note, together with any additional amounts payable in respect thereof, as provided in the terms and conditions of such Debt Security, shall be payable only upon presentation of such Debt Security to the Trustee for notation thereon of the payment of such interest. Section 12.02 Officer's Certificate as to Default. The Company will deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more than four months after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (which on the date hereof is the calendar year) ending after the date hereof, a certificate of the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is in compliance with all covenants and conditions under this Indenture, and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature thereof of which such signer may have knowledge. For purposes of this Section, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. 78 Section 12.03 Maintenance of Office or Agency. If Debt Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain or cause to be maintained in each Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where Debt Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or redemption, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Debt Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York, an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series, if any, may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series, if any, may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange or redemption, where Debt Securities of that series that are convertible may be surrendered for conversion, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related Coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise), (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where Bearer Securities of that series and related Coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any additional amounts payable on Debt Securities of that series, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01); provided, however, that if the Debt Securities of that series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Debt Securities of that series in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Debt Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Debt Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and redemption, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the locations, and any change in the locations, of such offices or agencies. 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, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related Coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment at the offices specified in the applicable Debt Security, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee, or in the case of Bearer Securities, such other agent as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01, as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. No payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, that, if the Debt Securities of a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Bearer Security (including 79 any additional amounts payable on Securities of such series, if so provided pursuant to Section 3.01) shall be made at the office of the Trustee or the Company's Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium, interest or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions. The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency. Section 12.04 Money for Debt Securities; Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debt Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities and Coupons, it will, by or on each due date of the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities of such series, deposit with any such Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. The Company will cause each Paying Agent with respect to any series of Debt Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will: (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of such series; and (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. 80 The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Debt Security or Coupon shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may, in its sole discretion, at the expense of the Company cause to be transmitted in the manner and to the extent provided by Section 1.05, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. Section 12.05 Corporate Existence. Subject to the provisions of Article Ten, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate 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 Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company. Section 12.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Section 12.05 (and, if so specified pursuant to Section 3.01, any other covenant not set forth herein and specified pursuant to Section 3.01 to be applicable to the Debt Securities of any series, except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01) with respect to the Debt Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series 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 such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent expressly so 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. 81 ARTICLE XIII REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES Section 13.01 Applicability of Article. Debt Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article. Section 13.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem (or, in the case of Discount Securities, to permit the Holders to elect to surrender for redemption) any Debt Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Debt Securities of any series pursuant to Section 13.03, the Company shall, at least 60 days before the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Debt Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Debt Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restrictions. Section 13.03 Selection by Trustee or Authorized Agent of Debt Securities to Be Redeemed. Except in the case of a redemption in whole of the Bearer Securities or the Registered Securities of such series, if less than all the Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed at the election of the Company, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee or agent authorized pursuant to Section 3.01, from the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series in a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.02 in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated. The portions of the principal amount of Debt Securities so selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized denominations for Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.02 in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated or any integral multiple thereof, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable form of Debt Securities. In any case when more than one Registered Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee or authorized agent in its discretion may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Registered Security of such series. The Trustee or authorized agent shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Debt Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. 82 For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities shall relate, in the case of any Debt Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Debt Security which has been or is to be redeemed. Section 13.04 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption 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, not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the Holders of Debt Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part pursuant to this Article Thirteen, in the manner provided in Section 1.05. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the Holder of any other Debt Security of such series. All notices of redemption shall state: (1) the Redemption Date; (2) the Redemption Price; (3) that Debt Securities of such series are being redeemed by the Company pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of the Debt Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture establishing such series, if such be the case, together with a brief statement of the facts permitting such redemption; (4) if less than all Outstanding Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed; (5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Debt Security to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date; (6) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Coupon Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption, failing which the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price; (7) the Place or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; (8) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 3.05(b) or otherwise, the last date on which such exchanges may be made; and 83 (9) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case. Section 13.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to the Redemption Date for any Debt Securities, 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 12.04) an amount of money in the Currency or Currencies in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Debt Securities or any portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date. Section 13.06 Debt Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Debt Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Debt Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Debt Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 12.03) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons for such interest; and provided, further, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, installments of interest on Registered Securities which have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Debt Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such Debt Securities and the provisions of Section 3.07. If any Debt Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Debt Security. If any Coupon Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all Coupons appertaining thereto maturing on or after the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price for such Coupon Security may be reduced by an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing Coupons. If thereafter the Holder of such Coupon shall surrender to any Paying Agent outside the United States any such missing Coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted. The surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee, if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. Section 13.07 Debt Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Debt Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office or such other office or agency of the Company as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Registered Securities) and at an office of the Trustee or such other 84 office or agency of the Company outside the United States as is specified pursuant to Section 3.01 (in the case of Bearer Securities) with, if the Company, the Security Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Security Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, 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 Debt Security so surrendered, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with appropriate Coupons attached. In the case of a Debt Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof. ARTICLE XIV SINKING FUNDS Section 14.01 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Debt Securities of a series except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Debt Securities of such series. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series, the amount of any cash sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 14.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Debt Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of such series. Section 14.02 Satisfaction of Mandatory Sinking Fund Payments with Debt Securities. In lieu of making all or any part of a mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option, at any time no more than sixteen months and no less than 45 days prior to the date on which such sinking fund payment is due, deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of such series (together with the unmatured Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, except Debt Securities of such series which have been redeemed through the application of mandatory sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of the Debt Securities of such series, accompanied by a Company Order instructing the Trustee to credit such sinking fund payment and stating that the Debt Securities of such series were originally issued by the Company by way of bona fide sale or other negotiation for value, provided that such Debt Securities shall not have been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities for redemption through 85 operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. Section 14.03 Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debt Securities (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency or Currencies in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.10) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities of such series pursuant to Section 14.02 and whether the Company intends to exercise its rights to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for such series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the right to deliver or credit Debt Securities as provided in Section 14.02 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series at such time. Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) on the sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date immediately following the date of such payment) to the redemption of Debt Securities of such series at the Redemption Price specified in such Debt Securities with respect to the sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent) to the redemption of Debt Securities shall be added to the next sinking fund payment received by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.04) for such series and, together with such payment (or such amount so segregated) shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee (or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregated and held in trust as provided in Section 12.04) on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt Securities of such series and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities of such series shall be applied by the Trustee (or by the Company if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent), together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited (or segregated) sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Debt Securities of such series at Maturity. The Trustee shall select or cause to be selected the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 13.03 and the Company shall cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 13.04. Such 86 notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 13.06. On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 12.04) in cash a sum, in the Currency or Currencies in which Debt Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Sections 3.01 or 3.10), equal to the principal and any interest accrued to the Redemption Date for Debt Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section. Neither the Trustee nor the Company shall redeem any Debt Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series by operation of the sinking fund for such series during the continuance of a default in payment of interest, if any, on any Debt Securities of such series or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, except that if the notice of redemption shall have been provided in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee (or the Company, if the Company is then acting as its own Paying Agent) shall redeem such Debt Securities if cash sufficient for that purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee (or segregated by the Company) for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Article. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter paid into such sinking fund shall, during the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of such series; provided, however, that in case such default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived as provided herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on or prior to the next sinking fund payment date for the Debt Securities of such series on which such moneys may be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section. ARTICLE XV [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] ARTICLE XVI SUBORDINATION Section 16.01 Agreement to Subordinate. The Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Debt Securities of any series (or of any Coupons appertaining thereto) by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the indebtedness represented by the Debt Securities of such series then Outstanding (and any Coupons appertaining thereto) and the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on each and all of the Debt Securities of such series (including, without limitation, any payment of Coupons appertaining thereto) is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in 87 right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness. Each reference in this Article to a "Debt Security" or "Debt Securities" refers to the Debt Securities of a particular series, and references to a "Coupon" or "Coupons" refer to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the Debt Securities of such series. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, if more than one series of Debt Securities are outstanding at any time, (i) the provisions of this Article shall be applied separately to each such series, and (ii) references to the Trustee refer to the Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series. Section 16.02 Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and Reorganization; Subrogation of Debt Securities. Upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether in bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or other proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Company or otherwise (subject to the power of a court of competent jurisdiction to make other equitable provision reflecting the rights conferred in this Indenture upon the Senior Indebtedness and the holders thereof with respect to the Debt Securities and the Holders thereof by a plan of reorganization under applicable bankruptcy law): (a) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest due thereon before the Holders of the Debt Securities (or of any Coupons) are entitled to receive any payment upon the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on indebtedness evidenced by the Debt Securities (or any payment of any Coupons); and (b) any payment or distribution of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Debt Securities (or of any Coupons) or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article Sixteen shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and (c) 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, shall be received by the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Holders of the Debt Securities (or any Coupons) before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, such payment or distribution shall be paid over, upon written notice to the Trustee or such Paying Agent, to the holder of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instrument evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably as aforesaid, for application to payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining 88 unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 16.02. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Debt Securities (and of any Coupons) shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities (including, without limitation, payment of the Coupons) shall be paid in full, and no such payments or distributions to the Holders of the Debt Securities (or of any Coupons) of cash, property, or securities otherwise distributable to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Debt Securities (and of any Coupons) be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Debt Securities (or of any Coupons). It is understood that the provisions of this Article Sixteen are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities (and of any Coupons), on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article Sixteen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities (or any Coupons) is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Debt Securities (and of any Coupons), the obligation of the Company, which is unconditional and absolute (and which, subject to the rights under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the rights under Section 16.11 of Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations, is intended to rank equally with all other obligations of the Company), to pay to the Holders of the Debt Securities (and of any Coupons) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities (including, without limitation, payment of any Coupons) as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or to affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities (or of any Coupons) and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or in the Debt Securities (or Coupons) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Debt Security (or any Coupon) from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Sixteen of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and under Section 16.11 of Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations, 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 Section 16.02, the Trustee and any Paying Agent, subject to the provisions of Section 6.03, shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate or other writing of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of 89 the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent to this Article Sixteen. Except as specifically set forth herein, neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent, however, shall be deemed to owe any fiduciary or other duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations. Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be liable to any such holder or Entitled Person if it shall in good faith pay or distribute to or on behalf of Holders of Debt Securities (or of any Coupons) of the Company moneys or assets to which any holder of Senior Indebtedness or Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Sixteen or any other instrument. If the Trustee or any Holder of Debt Securities (and of any Coupons) does not file a proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to above prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim in such proceeding, then the holder of any Senior Indebtedness is hereby authorized, and has the right, to file an appropriate claim or claims for or on behalf of such Holder of Debt Securities (or of any Coupons). Section 16.03 No Payment on Debt Securities in Event of Default on Senior Indebtedness. No payment by the Company on account of principal (or premium, if any), sinking funds or interest on the Debt Securities (including, without limitation, payment of any Coupons) shall be made unless full payment of amounts then due for principal, premium, if any, sinking funds, and interest on Senior Indebtedness has been made or duly provided for. In the event that any event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred and be continuing permitting the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of the holders thereof) to declare such Senior Indebtedness 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 event of default, then no payment shall be made by the Company on account of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of any series or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Debt Securities of any series; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in accordance with Article Fourteen by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section 14.02 Debt Securities of such series which have been acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to such default in payment or event of default. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Debt Security of any series prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payment with respect to which Section 16.02 would be applicable. 90 Section 16.04 Payments on Debt Securities Permitted. Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities (or any Coupons) shall (a) affect the obligation of the Company to make, or prevent the Company from making, at any time except as provided in Sections 16.02 and 16.03, payments of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities (including, without limitation, payment of any Coupons) or (b) prevent the application by the Trustee of any moneys deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt Securities (including, without limitation, the payment of any Coupons), unless the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office written notice of any event prohibiting the making of such payment more than two Business Days prior to the date fixed for such payment. Section 16.05 Authorization of Holders to Trustee to Effect Subordination. Each Holder of Debt Securities (or of any Coupons) by his acceptance thereof and any Paying Agent (other than the Company) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article Sixteen and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Section 16.06 Notices to Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee and any Paying Agent (other than the Company) of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee or such Paying Agent in respect of the Debt Securities (or any Coupons) pursuant to this Article Sixteen. Failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Debt Securities (or any Coupons) to Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provisions of this Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent (other than the Company) shall be charged with knowledge of the existence of any Senior Indebtedness or Other Financial Obligations or of any event which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, unless and until the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have received (in the case of the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office) written notice thereof from the Company or from the holder of any Senior Indebtedness or from the trustee for any such holder or from any Entitled Person in respect of Other Financial Obligations, together with proof satisfactory to the Trustee of such holding of Senior Indebtedness or Other Financial Obligations or of the authority of such trustee; provided, however, that if at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of either the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security (including, without limitation, the payment of any Coupons)) the Trustee or any such Paying Agent shall not have received with respect to such moneys the notice provided for in this Section 16.06, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee or any such Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to receive such moneys and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, which may be received by it less than two Business Days prior to such date. The Trustee or any such Paying Agent shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) or an Entitled Person in respect of Other Financial Obligations to establish that such a notice has been 91 given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or an Entitled Person in respect of Other Financial Obligations. In the event that the Trustee or any such Paying Agent determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness or an Entitled Person in respect of Other Financial Obligations to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Sixteen, the Trustee or any such Paying Agent may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee or any such Paying Agent as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness or Other Financial Obligations 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 Sixteen and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee or any such Paying Agent may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. Section 16.07 Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.13, the Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article Sixteen in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it and with respect to any Other Financial Obligations owed to the Trustee as an Entitled Person, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness or Entitled Person in respect of Other Financial Obligations and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder or Entitled Person. Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.07. Section 16.08 Modifications of Terms of Senior Indebtedness. Any renewal or extension of the time of payment of any Senior Indebtedness or the exercise by the holders of Senior Indebtedness of any of their rights under any instrument creating or evidencing Senior Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the waiver of default thereunder, may be made or done all without notice to or assent from the Holders of the Debt Securities (or of any Coupons) or the Trustee. No compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal or other change of, or waiver, consent or other action in respect of, any liability or obligation under or in respect of, or of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any indenture or other instrument under which any Senior Indebtedness is outstanding or of such Senior Indebtedness, whether or not such release is in accordance with the provisions of any applicable document, shall in any way alter or affect any of the provisions of this Article Sixteen or of the Debt Securities (or of any Coupons) relating to the subordination thereof. Section 16.09 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article Sixteen, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities (and of any Coupons) shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or upon a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, 92 liquidating trustee, custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Debt Securities (or of any Coupons), for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company and the Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations, the amount thereof or payable therein, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Sixteen. Section 16.10 Article Sixteen Not to Prevent Events of Default. No provision of this Article Sixteen shall prevent the occurrence of any default or Event of Default hereunder. Section 16.11 Payment of Proceeds in Certain Cases. (a) If, after giving effect to the provisions of Section 16.02, any amount of cash, property or securities shall be available for payment or distribution in respect of the Debt Securities ("Excess Proceeds"), and any Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial obligations shall not have received payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of such Other Financial Obligations (and provision shall not have been made for such payment in money or money's worth), then such Excess Proceeds shall first be applied by the liquidation trustee or other person making such payment or distribution (ratably with any amount of cash, property or securities available for payment or distribution in respect of any other Indebtedness of the Company that by its express terms provides for the payment over of amounts corresponding to Excess Proceeds to Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations) to pay or provide for the payment of the Other Financial Obligations remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Other Financial Obligations in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations. Any Excess Proceeds remaining after the payment (or provision for payment) in full of all Other Financial obligations shall be available for payment or distribution in respect of the Debt Securities. (b) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of subsection (a) of this Section, the Trustee or Holder of any Debt Security shall have received any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, before all Other Financial Obligations are paid in full or payment thereof duly provided for, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment or distribution have been made known to the Trustee in accordance with Section 16.06 or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event, subject to any obligation that the Trustee or such Holder may have pursuant to Section 16.02, upon written notice to the Trustee such payment or distribution shall be paid over or delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or distribution of assets of the Company for payment in accordance with subsection (a). (c) Subject to the payment in full of all Other Financial Obligations, the Holders of the Debt Securities shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with the holders of all Indebtedness of the Company that by its express terms provides for the payment over of amounts 93 corresponding to Excess Proceeds to Entitled Persons in respect of other Financial Obligations and is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of the Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations to receive payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Other Financial Obligations until the principal of and interest on the Debt Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations of any cash, property or securities to which Holders of the Debt Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Section, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Section to Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations by Holders of Debt Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations and the Holders of Securities be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of the Other Financial Obligations. (d) The provisions of subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this Section are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities, on the one hand, and the Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations, on the other hand, after giving effect to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, as provided in this Article. Nothing contained in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this Section is intended to or shall affect the relative rights against the Company of the Holders of the Debt Securities and (1) the holders of Senior Indebtedness or (2) other creditors of the Company other than Entitled Persons in respect of Other Financial Obligations. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 94 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written. R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION By: ________________________________ Name: Title: Attest: _____________________ Name: Title: Seal WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee By: _____________________________ Name: Title: Attest: _____________________ Name: Title: Seal 95 EXHIBIT A [FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY OR INTEREST PRIOR TO AN EXCHANGE DATE] CERTIFICATE ________________________ [INSERT TITLE OR SUFFICIENT DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES TO BE DELIVERED] This certificate is delivered pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of _________ __, 200__ (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Indenture"), between R&G Financial Corporation and [ ], as Trustee. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as so defined. This is to certify that as of the date hereof and except as set forth below ___________ principal amount of the above captioned securities (the "Debt Securities") held by you for our account (i) is owned by person(s) that are not United States person(s) (as defined below), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in Section 1.16512(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations) ("financial institutions") purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Debt Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Debt Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may advise the Company or the Company's agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in Section 1.1635(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury regulations), and in addition if the owner of the Debt Securities is a United States or foreign financial institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) this is to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Debt Securities for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions. We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the beneficial interest in the temporary Global Note held by you for our account in accordance with your operating procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date. This certificate excepts and does not relate to ___________ principal amount of Debt Securities held by you for our account as to which we are not able to provide a certificate in this form. We understand that exchange of such portion of the temporary Global Note for definitive Bearer Securities or interests in a permanent Global Note cannot be made until we are able to provide a certificate in this form. We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations of the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings. "United States person" means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. "United States" means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its "possessions" which include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands. Dated: _______________________, 200___ [To be dated no earlier than the 10th day before the Exchange Date] By: ______________________________________ As, or as agent for, the beneficial owner(s) of the portion of the temporary global Note to which this certificate relates. EXHIBIT B [FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY [EUROCLEAR] AND [CEDELBANK, S.A.] IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE] CERTIFICATE _______________________ [INSERT TITLE OR SUFFICIENT DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES TO BE DELIVERED] This certificate is delivered pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of _________ __, 200__ (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Indenture"), between R&G Financial Corporation and [ ], as Trustee. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Indenture are used herein as so defined. The undersigned certifies that, based solely on certifications we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from member organizations appearing in our records as persons being entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our "Member Organizations") substantially to the effect set forth in the Indenture as of the date hereof, __________ principal amount of the above-captioned Debt Securities (i) is owned by person(s) that are not United States person(s) (as defined below), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in Section 1.16512(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations) ("financial institutions") purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Debt Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Debt Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise the Company or the Company's agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for the purpose of resale during the restricted period (as defined in Section 1.1635(c)(2)(i)(D)(7) of the United States Treasury regulations), and in addition United States or foreign financial institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Debt Securities for the purpose of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions. We further certify (i) that we are not making available for exchange or collection of any interest any portion of the temporary Global Note excepted in such certifications and (ii) that as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange or collection of any interest are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof. We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws and regulations of the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings. "United States person" means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source. "United States" means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its "possessions" which include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands. Dated: _________________________, 20__ [To be dated no earlier than the Exchange Date] By: ______________________________________ Operator of the Euroclear System] [Cedelbank,] EX-4.3 4 g90857exv4w3.txt EX-4.3 FORM OF INDENTURE FOR JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES Exhibit 4.3 R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION INDENTURE Dated as of _________ __, 200_ as Trustee JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURES TIE SHEET of provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with Indenture dated as of _______ __, 200__ between R&G Financial Corporation and _______________, Trustee:
ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION 310(a)(1)....................................................................... 6.09 310(a)(2)....................................................................... 6.09 310(a)(3)....................................................................... N/A 310(a)(4)....................................................................... N/A 310(a)(5)....................................................................... 6.09, 6.10, 6.11 310(b).......................................................................... 6.08 310(c).......................................................................... N/A 311(a) and (b).................................................................. 6.13 311(c).......................................................................... N/A 312(a).......................................................................... 4.01, 4.02(a) 312(b) and (c).................................................................. 4.02 313(a).......................................................................... 4.04 313(b)(1)....................................................................... 4.04 313(b)(2)....................................................................... 4.04 313(c).......................................................................... 4.04 313(d).......................................................................... 4.04 314(a).......................................................................... 4.03 314(b).......................................................................... N/A 314(c)(1) and (2)............................................................... 6.07 314(c)(3)....................................................................... N/A 314(d).......................................................................... N/A 314(e).......................................................................... 6.07 314(f).......................................................................... N/A 315(a)(c) and (d)............................................................... 6.01, 6.02 315(b).......................................................................... 5.08 315(e).......................................................................... 5.09 316(a)(1)....................................................................... 5.07 316(a)(2)....................................................................... N/A 316(a) last sentence............................................................ 1.01 316(b).......................................................................... 9.02 317(a).......................................................................... 5.02, 5.05 317(b).......................................................................... 6.05 318(a).......................................................................... 13.08
THIS TIE-SHEET IS NOT PART OF THE INDENTURE AS EXECUTED. TABLE OF CONTENTS*
PAGE ---- ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS............................................................................ 1 Section 1.01. Definitions............................................................. 1 ARTICLE II SECURITIES............................................................................ 9 Section 2.01. Forms Generally.......................................................... 9 Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication............................................. 9 Section 2.03. Form and Payment......................................................... 9 Section 2.04. Global Security.......................................................... 9 Section 2.05 Interest................................................................. 11 Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.................................................... 12 Section 2.07. Replacement Securities................................................... 13 Section 2.08. Temporary Securities..................................................... 13 Section 2.09. Cancellation............................................................. 14 Section 2.10. Defaulted Interest....................................................... 14 Section 2.11. CUSIP Numbers............................................................ 15 ARTICLE III PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.................................................. 15 Section 3.01. Payment of Principal and Interest........................................ 15 Section 3.02. Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.................................... 15 Section 3.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee's Office....................... 16 Section 3.04. Provision as to Paying Agent............................................. 16 Section 3.05. Certificate to Trustee................................................... 17 Section 3.06. Compliance with Consolidation Provisions................................. 17 Section 3.07. Limitation on Dividends.................................................. 17 Section 3.08. Covenants as to R&G Capital Trust ____................................... 18 Section 3.09. Payment of Expenses...................................................... 18 Section 3.10. Payment Upon Resignation or Removal...................................... 19 Section 3.11. Corporate Existence...................................................... 19 Section 3.12. Notice of Default........................................................ 19 Section 3.13. Listing on an Exchange................................................... 19
* THIS TABLE OF CONTENTS SHALL NOT, FOR ANY PURPOSE, BE DEEMED TO BE A PART OF THE INDENTURE. i ARTICLE IV SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE................... 20 Section 4.01. Securityholders' Lists................................................... 20 Section 4.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists..................................... 20 Section 4.03. Reports by Company....................................................... 21 Section 4.04. Reports by the Trustee................................................... 22 ARTICLE V REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT...................... 22 Section 5.01. Events of Default........................................................ 22 Section 5.02. Payment of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor.......................... 24 Section 5.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee............................... 25 Section 5.04. Proceedings by Securityholders........................................... 26 Section 5.05. Proceedings by Trustee................................................... 27 Section 5.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing....................................... 27 Section 5.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Securityholders.......................................... 27 Section 5.08. Notice of Defaults....................................................... 28 Section 5.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs................................................. 28 Section 5.10. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.................................. 29 ARTICLE VI CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE................................................................ 29 Section 6.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee................................... 29 Section 6.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc..................................... 30 Section 6.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc...................................... 31 Section 6.04. Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or Registrar May Own Securities............................... 32 Section 6.05. Moneys to be Held in Trust............................................... 32 Section 6.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee..................................... 32 Section 6.07. Officers' Certificate as Evidence........................................ 33 Section 6.08. Conflicting Interest of Trustee.......................................... 33 Section 6.09. Eligibility of Trustee................................................... 33 Section 6.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee........................................ 34 Section 6.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee.......................................... 35 Section 6.12. Succession by Merger, etc................................................ 36 Section 6.13. Limitation on Rights of Trustee as a Creditor............................ 36 Section 6.14. Authenticating Agents.................................................... 36 ARTICLE VII CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS....................................................... 37 Section 7.01. Action by Securityholders................................................ 37 Section 7.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders.................................... 38 Section 7.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners........................................... 38

ii Section 7.04. Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding....................... 38 Section 7.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound............................. 39 ARTICLE VIII SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS........................................................... 39 Section 8.01. Purposes of Meetings..................................................... 39 Section 8.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee.............................................. 40 Section 8.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders........................... 40 Section 8.04. Qualifications for Voting................................................ 40 Section 8.05. Regulations.............................................................. 40 Section 8.06. Voting................................................................... 41 ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS............................................................................ 41 Section 9.01. Without Consent of Securityholders....................................... 41 Section 9.02. With Consent of Securityholders.......................................... 42 Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act; Effect of Supplemental Indentures..................................... 43 Section 9.04. Notation on Securities................................................... 43 Section 9.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished Trustee........................................ 44 ARTICLE X CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE...................................... 44 Section 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms......................... 44 Section 10.02. Successor Corporation to be Substituted for Company..................... 44 Section 10.03. Opinion of Counsel to be Given Trustee.................................. 45 ARTICLE XI SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE............................................... 45 Section 11.01. Discharge of Indenture.................................................. 45 Section 11.02. Deposited Moneys and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust by Trustee................................. 46 Section 11.03. Paying Agent to Repay Moneys Held....................................... 46 Section 11.04. Return of Unclaimed Moneys.............................................. 46 Section 11.05. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations................................................. 46 ARTICLE XII IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS...................... 48 Section 12.01. Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligation.................... 48

iii ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS............................................................ 48 Section 13.01. Successors.............................................................. 48 Section 13.02. Official Acts by Successor Corporation.................................. 48 Section 13.03. Surrender of Company Powers............................................. 49 Section 13.04. Addresses for Notices, etc.............................................. 49 Section 13.05. Governing Law........................................................... 49 Section 13.06. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent........................ 49 Section 13.07. Business Days........................................................... 50 Section 13.08. Trust Indenture Act to Control.......................................... 50 Section 13.09. Table of Contents, Headings, etc........................................ 50 Section 13.10. Execution in Counterparts............................................... 50 Section 13.11. Separability............................................................ 50 Section 13.12. Assignment.............................................................. 51 Section 13.13. Acknowledgment of Rights................................................ 51 ARTICLE XIV REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES............................................................. 51 Section 14.01. Special Event Redemption................................................ 51 Section 14.02. Optional Redemption by Company.......................................... 51 Section 14.03. No Sinking Fund......................................................... 52 Section 14.04. Notice of Redemption; Selection of Securities........................... 52 Section 14.05. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption............................. 53 ARTICLE XV SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES........................................................... 54 Section 15.01. Agreement to Subordinate................................................ 54 Section 15.02. Default on Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness......................... 54 Section 15.03. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.................................... 55 Section 15.04. Subrogation............................................................. 56 Section 15.05. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination..................................... 57 Section 15.06. Notice by the Company................................................... 57 Section 15.07. Rights of the Trustee; Holders of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness............................. 58 Section 15.08. Subordination May Not Be Impaired....................................... 58 ARTICLE XVI EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD................................................. 59 Section 16.01. Extension of Interest Payment Period.................................... 59 Section 16.02. Notice of Extension..................................................... 60 EXHIBIT A........................................................................................ A-1

iv THIS INDENTURE, dated as of __________ __, 200_, between R&G Financial Corporation, a Puerto Rico corporation (hereinafter sometimes called the "Company"), and _______________, a ___________ banking corporation, as trustee (hereinafter sometimes called the "Trustee"), WITNESSETH: In consideration of the premises, and the purchase of the Securities by the holders thereof, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Securities, as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS. The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act, shall (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture as originally executed. The following terms have the meanings given to them in the Declaration: (i) Clearing Agency; (ii) Delaware Trustee; (iii) Property Trustee; (iv) Administrative Trustees; (v) Direct Action; and (vi) Distributions. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the term "generally accepted accounting principles" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the time of any computation. The words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. Headings are used for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation. The singular includes the plural and vice versa. "Additional Sums" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(c). "Affiliate" shall have the meaning given to that term in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder. "Allocable Amounts" when used with respect to any Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness, means all amounts due or to become due on such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness less, if applicable, any amount which would have been paid to, and retained by, the holders of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness (whether as a result of the receipt of payments by the holders of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness from the Company or any other obligor thereon or from any holders of, or trustee in respect of, other indebtedness that is subordinate and junior in right of payment to such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness 1 pursuant to any provision of such indebtedness for the payment over of amounts received on account of such indebtedness to the holders of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness or otherwise) but for the fact that such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated or junior in right of payment to (or subject to a requirement that amounts received on such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness be paid over to obligees on) trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business. "Authenticating Agent" shall mean any agent or agents of the Trustee which at the time shall be appointed and acting pursuant to Section 6.14. "Bankruptcy Law" shall mean Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. "Board of Directors" shall mean either the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board. "Board Resolution" shall mean 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" shall mean, with respect to any series of Securities, any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the cities of New York, New York, Wilmington, Delaware or San Juan, Puerto Rico are authorized or required by law or executive order to close. "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted or created under the Exchange Act, or if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time. "Common Securities" shall mean undivided beneficial interests in the assets of R&G Capital Trust which rank pari passu with Preferred Securities issued by R&G Capital Trust; provided, however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no payments in respect of Distributions on, or payments upon liquidation, redemption or otherwise with respect to, the Common Securities shall be made until the holders of the Preferred Securities shall be paid in full the Distributions and the liquidation, redemption and other payments to which they are entitled. "Common Securities Guarantee" shall mean any guarantee that the Company may enter into with any Person or Persons that operates directly or indirectly for the benefit of holders of Common Securities of R&G Capital Trust. "Common Stock" shall mean the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company or any other class of stock resulting from changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock consisting solely of changes in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value. "Company" shall mean R&G Financial Corporation, a Puerto Rico corporation, and, subject to the provisions of Article X, shall include its successors and assigns. 2 "Company Request" or "Company Order" shall mean a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by an Officer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. "Compounded Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.01. "Custodian" shall mean any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. "Declaration" means the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of R&G Capital Trust, dated as of __________ __, 200_, as amended from time to time. "Default" means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default. "Defaulted Interest" shall have the same meaning set forth in Section 2.10. "Deferred Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.01. "Definitive Securities" shall mean those securities issued in fully registered certificated form not otherwise in global form. "Depository" shall mean, with respect to Securities, for which the Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 2.04(d). "Dissolution Event" means the liquidation of R&G Capital Trust pursuant to the Declaration, and the distribution of the Securities held by the Property Trustee to the holders of the Trust Securities issued by R&G Capital Trust pro rata in accordance with the Declaration. "R&G Capital Trust" or the "Trust" shall mean R&G Capital Trust ____, a Delaware Statutory trust created for the purpose of issuing its undivided beneficial interests in connection with the issuance of Securities under this Indenture. "Event of Default" shall mean any event specified in Section 5.01, continued for the period of time, if any, and after the giving of the notice, if any, therein designated. "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. "Extended Interest Payment Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.01. "Global Security" means, with respect to the Securities, a Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction, all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. 3 "Indebtedness" shall mean 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) all indebtedness of such Person whether incurred on or prior to the date of the Indenture or thereafter incurred, for claims in respect of derivative products, including interest rate, foreign exchange rate and commodity forward contracts, options and swaps 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. "Indenture" shall mean this instrument as originally executed or, if amended as herein provided, as so amended. "Interest Payment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a). "Investment Company Event" means the receipt by R&G Capital Trust and the Company of an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm experienced in such matters, to the effect that, as a result of 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 R&G Capital 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 becomes effective on or after the date of original issuance of the Preferred Securities of R&G Capital Trust. "Maturity Date" shall mean _________ __, 20__. "Mortgage" shall mean and include any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar encumbrance. "Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a)(ii). "Officer" shall mean any of the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, a Vice President, the Comptroller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company. "Officers' Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed by two Officers and delivered to the Trustee. "Opinion of Counsel" shall mean a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of the Company unless otherwise provided herein, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee. 4 "Other Debentures" means all junior subordinated debentures issued by the Company from time to time and sold to trusts established or to be established by the Company, in each case similar to the Trust. "Other Guarantees" means all guarantees issued or to be issued by the Company with respect to preferred securities and issued to other trusts to be established by the Company, in each case similar to the Trust. "Outstanding," when used with reference to Securities, shall, subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, mean, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent under this Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying agent); provided that, if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as in Article XIV provided or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.08 unless proof satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee is presented that any such Securities are held by bona fide holders in due course; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor. Upon the written request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers' Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of the Company, or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such obligor, and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers' Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination. 5 "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. "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 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security. "Preferred Securities" shall mean undivided beneficial interests in the assets of R&G Capital Trust which rank pari passu with the Common Securities issued by R&G Capital Trust; provided, however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no payments in respect of Distributions on, or payments upon liquidation, redemption or otherwise with respect to, the Common Securities shall be made until the holders of the Preferred Securities shall be paid in full the Distributions and the liquidation, redemption and other payments to which they are entitled. "Preferred Securities Guarantee" shall mean any guarantee that the Company may enter into with _______________ as trustee or other Persons that operates directly or indirectly for the benefit of holders of Preferred Securities. "Principal Office of the Trustee," or other similar term, shall mean the office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered. "Property Trustee" shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Declaration. "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 Section 14.01 of this Indenture. "Regulatory Capital Event" means that the Company shall have received an opinion of bank regulatory counsel (who shall not be an employee of the Company) 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 applicable regulatory agencies or (b) any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision 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 this Indenture, the Preferred Securities do not constitute, or within 90 days of the date thereof, will not constitute, Tier I Capital (or its then equivalent) for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (or any successor regulatory authority with jurisdiction over bank holding companies), or any capital adequacy guidelines as then in effect and applicable to the Company; provided, however, that the distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debentures in connection with a termination of the Trust by the Company shall not in and of itself constitute a Regulatory Capital Event. 6 "Responsible Officer" shall mean any officer in the corporate trust department of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture 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" or "Security" mean, any debt securities or debt security, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "Securityholder," " holder of Securities," or other similar terms, shall mean any Person in whose name at the time a particular Security is registered on the register kept by the Company or the Trustee for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof. "Security Register" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.06. "Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness" means the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company whether or not such claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), on Indebtedness of the Company, whether incurred on or prior to the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding it is provided that such obligations are not superior in right of payment to the Securities or other Indebtedness which is pari passu with, or subordinated to, the Securities, provided, however, that Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness shall not be deemed to include (a) any Indebtedness of the Company which, when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended, was without recourse to the Company, (b) any Indebtedness of the Company to any of its Subsidiaries, (c) Indebtedness to any employee of the Company, and (d) any Securities. "Special Event" means either an Investment Company Event, a Regulatory Capital Event or a Tax Event. "Subsidiary" shall mean with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation at least a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a majority of whose outstanding partnership or similar interests shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means shares, interests, participation or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests, participation or other equivalents having such power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency. "Tax Event" shall mean the receipt by R&G Capital Trust and the Company of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws or any regulations 7 thereunder of, the United States, any political subdivision thereof or Puerto Rico, or taxing authority of the United States or Puerto Rico or as a result of any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the date of this Indenture, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) R&G Capital Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to United States Federal or Puerto Rico 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 or Puerto Rico income tax purposes or (iii) R&G Capital 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. Trust Indenture Act of 1939" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date of execution of this Indenture; provided, however, that, in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act of 1939" shall mean, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended. "Trustee" shall mean the Person identified as "Trustee" in the first paragraph hereof, and, subject to the provisions of Article VI hereof, shall also include its successors and assigns as Trustee hereunder. The term "Trustee" as used with respect to a particular series of the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that series. "Trust Securities" shall mean the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities, collectively. "Underwriting Agreement" shall mean the Underwriting Agreement dated ___________ __, 200_ among the Company, R&G Capital Trust and the underwriters named therein. "U.S. Government Obligations" shall mean securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. 8 ARTICLE II SECURITIES SECTION 2.01. FORMS GENERALLY. The Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, the terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities shall be issued in denominations of $_____ and integral multiples thereof. SECTION 2.02. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by a duly authorized Officer and attested by a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. The signature of any such person on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid. A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature of the Trustee shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture. The form of Trustee's certificate of authentication to be borne by the Securities shall be substantially as set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The Trustee shall, upon a Company Order, authenticate for original issue up to, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at any time may not exceed $__________ aggregate principal amount of the Securities, except as provided in Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.08 and 14.05. SECTION 2.03. FORM AND PAYMENT. Except as provided in Section 2.04, the Securities shall be issued in fully registered certificated form without interest coupons. Principal of and interest on the Securities issued in certificated form will be payable, the transfer of such Securities will be registrable and such Securities will be exchangeable for Securities bearing identical terms and provisions at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose under Section 3.02; provided, however, that payment of interest with respect to Securities (other than a Global Security) may be made at the option of the Company (i) by check mailed to the holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto, provided that proper transfer instructions have been received in writing by the relevant record date. SECTION 2.04. GLOBAL SECURITY. (a) In connection with a Dissolution Event, (i) if any Preferred Securities are held in book-entry form, the related Definitive Securities shall be presented to the Trustee (if an arrangement with the 9 Depositary has been maintained) by the Property Trustee in exchange for one or more Global Securities (as may be required pursuant to Section 2.06) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Securities, to be registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee, and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary for crediting to the accounts of its participants pursuant to the instructions of the Administrative Trustees; the Company upon any such presentation shall execute one or more Global Securities in such aggregate principal amount and deliver the same to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance with this Indenture; and payments on the Securities issued as a Global Security will be made to the Depositary; and (ii) if any Preferred Securities are held in certificated form, the related Definitive Securities may be presented to the Trustee by the Property Trustee and any Preferred Security certificate which represents Preferred Securities other than Preferred Securities in book-entry form ("Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities") will be deemed to represent beneficial interests in Securities presented to the Trustee by the Property Trustee having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Non Book-Entry Preferred Securities until such Preferred Security certificates are presented to the Security Registrar for transfer or reissuance, at which time such Preferred Security certificates will be cancelled and a Security, registered in the name of the holder of the Preferred Security certificate or the transferee of the holder of such Preferred Security certificate, as the case may be, with an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Security certificate cancelled, will be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication and delivery in accordance with this Indenture. Upon the issuance of such Securities, Securities with an equivalent aggregate principal amount that were presented by the Property Trustee to the Trustee will be cancelled. (b) The Global Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon; provided, that the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. 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, in accordance with instructions given by the Company as required by this Section 2.04. (c) The Global Securities may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to the Depositary, another nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary. (d) If at any time the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or the Depositary has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, will authenticate and make available for delivery the Definitive Securities, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security in exchange for 10 such Global Security. If there is an Event of Default, the Depositary shall have the right to exchange the Global Securities for Definitive Securities. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities shall no longer be represented by a Global Security. In the event of such an Event of Default or such a determination, the Company shall execute, and subject to Section 2.06, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers' Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company and a Company Order, will authenticate and make available for delivery the Definitive Securities, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Definitive Securities, in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Such Definitive Securities issued in exchange for the Global Security 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. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Definitive Securities are so registered. SECTION 2.05 INTEREST. (a) Each Security will bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (the "Coupon Rate") from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from ________ __, 200_, until the principal thereof becomes due and payable on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (as defined below), and at the Coupon Rate on any overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on any overdue installment of interest, compounded quarterly payable (subject to the provisions of Article XVI) quarterly in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date") commencing on __________ __, 200_, to the Person in whose name such Security or any predecessor Security is registered, at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment, which shall be the Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that in the event that the Preferred Securities are no longer in book-entry only form or this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) are not represented by a Global Security, the record date for such payment shall be the fifteenth day of the month in which such payment is due. (b) Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and, for any period of less than a full calendar quarter, the number of days lapsed in such quarter based upon 30-day months. In the event that any Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar year, then such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date. (c) During such time as the Property Trustee is the holder of any Securities, the Company shall pay any additional amounts on the Securities as may be necessary in order that the amount of Distributions then due and payable by the Trust on the outstanding Trust Securities shall not be reduced as a result of any additional taxes, duties, assessments and other governmental charges to which R&G Capital Trust or the Property Trustee has become subject 11 as a result of a Tax Event ("Additional Sums"). Whenever in this Indenture or the Securities there is a reference in any context to the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payments of the Additional Sums provided for in this paragraph to the extent that, in such context, Additional Sums are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph and express mention of the payment of Additional Sums (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Sums in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made; provided, however, that the deferral of the payment of interest pursuant to Section 16.01 or the Securities shall not defer the payment of any Additional Sums that may be due and payable. SECTION 2.06. TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Principal Office of the Trustee a register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. Such register is herein sometimes referred to as the "Securities Register." To permit registrations of transfers, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Securities and Global Securities at the Security Registrar's request. All Definitive Securities and Global Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Definitive Securities or Global Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Definitive Securities or Global Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, of the same original issue date and Stated Maturity Date and having the same terms. At the option of the holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, of the same original issue date and Stated Maturity Date and having the same terms, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. No service charge shall be made to a holder for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The Company shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption or any notice of selection of Securities for redemption under Article XIV hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; or (ii) register the 12 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. Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Security, the Trustee, the Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Securities, neither the Trustee, nor the Company nor any agent of the Trustee or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary. SECTION 2.07. REPLACEMENT SECURITIES. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the Trustee's requirements for replacements of Securities are met. An indemnity bond must be supplied by the holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any agent thereof or any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company or the Trustee may charge for its expenses in replacing a Security. Every replacement Security is an obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Securities duly issued hereunder. SECTION 2.08. 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 that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise reproduced, 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 conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. If temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause Definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. The Definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved, or provided by any combination thereof, or in any other manner permitted by the rules and regulations of any applicable securities exchange, all as determined by the officers executing such Definitive Securities. After the preparation of Definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for Definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof, 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 make available for delivery, in exchange therefor the same aggregate 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. 13 SECTION 2.09. CANCELLATION. The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall retain or dispose of cancelled Securities in accordance with its normal practices (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) unless the Company directs them to be returned to it. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that have been redeemed or paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. SECTION 2.10. DEFAULTED INTEREST. Any interest on any Security that 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 shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in clause (a) or clause (b) below: (a) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to the Persons in whose names such 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 such 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 not be more than 15 nor 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 Securityholder at his or her 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 mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date and shall be no longer payable pursuant to the following clause (b). (b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. 14 SECTION 2.11. 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 Securityholders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the 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. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers. ARTICLE III PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY SECTION 3.01. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the holders of the Securities that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of and interest on the Securities at the place, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein. Except as provided in Section 2.03, each installment of interest on the Securities may be paid by mailing checks for such interest payable to the order of the holder of Security entitled thereto as they appear in the Security Register. The Company further covenants to pay any and all amounts, including, without limitation, Additional Sums, as may be required pursuant to Section 2.05(c), and Compounded Interest, as may be required pursuant to Section 16.01. By ___:00 __.m. New York time on the date specified herein for the payment of principal and interest, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an amount of money sufficient to cover the required payment with respect to the Securities. SECTION 3.02. OFFICES FOR NOTICES AND PAYMENTS, ETC. So long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, the Company will maintain in Wilmington, Delaware, an office or agency where the Securities may be presented for payment, an office or agency where the Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange as in this Indenture provided and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities or of this Indenture may be served. The Company will give to the Trustee written notice of the location of any such office or agency and of any change of location thereof. Until otherwise designated from time to time by the Company in a notice to the Trustee, any such office or agency for all of the above purposes shall be the Principal Office of the Trustee. In case the Company shall fail to maintain any such office or agency in Wilmington, Delaware, or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at the Principal Office of the Trustee. 15 In addition to any such office or agency, the Company may from time to time designate one or more offices or agencies outside the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the Securities may be presented for payment, registration of transfer and for exchange in the manner provided in this Indenture, and the Company may from time to time rescind such designation, as the Company may deem desirable or expedient; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain any such office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for the purposes above mentioned. The Company will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any such designation or rescission thereof. SECTION 3.03. APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES IN TRUSTEE'S OFFICE. The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder. SECTION 3.04. PROVISION AS TO PAYING AGENT. (a) If the Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provision of this Section 3.04, (1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of or interest (including Additional Sums and Com pounded Interest, if any) on the Securities (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the Securities) in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities; and (2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor on the Securities) to make any payment of the principal of or interest (including Additional Sums and Compounded Interest, if any) on the Securities when the same shall be due and payable. (b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or interest (including Additional Sums and Compounded Interest, if any) on the Securities, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest (including Additional Sums and Compounded Interest, if any) so becoming due and will notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor under the Securities) to make any payment of the principal of or interest (including Additional Sums and Compounded Interest, if any) on the Securities when the same shall become due and payable. Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for the Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or interest (including Additional Sums and Compounded Interest, if any) on the Securities, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest (including Additional Sums and Compounded Interest, if any) so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal or interest (including 16 Additional Sums and Compounded Interest, if any) and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of this action or failure so to act. (c) Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to the Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust for such Securities by the Trustee or any paying agent hereunder, as required by this Section 3.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained. (d) Anything in this Section 3.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 3.04 is subject to Sections 11.03 and 11.04. SECTION 3.05. CERTIFICATE TO TRUSTEE. The Company will deliver to the Trustee on or before 120 days after the end of each fiscal year in each year, commencing with the first fiscal year ending after the date hereof, so long as Securities are outstanding hereunder, an Officers' Certificate, one of the signers of which shall be the principal executive, principal financial or principal accounting officer of the Company, stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as officers of the Company they would normally have knowledge of any default by the Company in the performance of any covenants and conditions contained herein, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such default and, if so, specifying each such default of which the signers have knowledge and the nature thereof. For purposes of this section such default shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice. SECTION 3.06. COMPLIANCE WITH CONSOLIDATION PROVISIONS. The Company will not, while any of the Securities remain outstanding, consolidate with, or merge into, or merge into itself, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other Person unless the provisions of Article X hereof are complied with. SECTION 3.07. LIMITATION ON DIVIDENDS. The Company will not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock (which includes common and preferred stock), (ii) make any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on or repay or repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company (including Other Debentures) that rank pari passu with or junior in right of payment to the Securities or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any Subsidiary of the Company (including Other Guarantees) if such guarantee ranks pari passu or junior in right of payment to the Securities (other than (a) dividends or distributions in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, Common Stock of the Company, (b) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder's rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under the Preferred Securities Guarantee, (d) the purchase of fractional shares resulting from a reclassification of the Company's capital stock, (e) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital 17 stock or the security being converted or exchanged and (f) purchases of Common Stock related to the issuance of Common Stock or rights under any of the Company's benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees or any of the Company's dividend reinvestment plans), if at such time(1) there shall have occurred any event that would constitute an Event of Default, (2) if such Securities are held by the Property Trustee and the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment obligations under the Preferred Securities Guarantee or (3) the Company shall have given notice of its election of the exercise of its right to extend the interest payment period pursuant to Section 16.01 and any such extension shall be continuing. SECTION 3.08. COVENANTS AS TO R&G CAPITAL TRUST In the event Securities are issued to R&G Capital Trust or a trustee of such Trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by R&G Capital Trust, for so long as such Trust Securities remain outstanding, the Company (i) will maintain 100% direct or indirect ownership of the Common Securities of R&G Capital Trust; provided, however, that any successor of the Company, permitted pursuant to Article X, may succeed to the Company's ownership of such Common Securities, (ii) will not cause, as Sponsor of the Trust, or permit, as holder of the Common Securities, the dissolution or winding-up of the Trust, except in connection with the distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debentures or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamation, each as permitted by the Declaration, (iii) will timely perform its duties as Sponsor of the Trust, (iv) will use its reasonable best efforts to cause R&G Capital Trust (a) to remain a Statutory trust, except in connection with a distribution of Securities to the holders of Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust, the redemption of all of the Trust Securities of R&G Capital Trust or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the Declaration, and (b) to otherwise continue to be treated as a grantor trust and not an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes and (v) will use its reasonable best efforts to cause each holder of Trust Securities to be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the Securities. SECTION 3.09. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the Securities to R&G Capital Trust and in connection with the sale of the Trust Securities by R&G Capital Trust, the Company, in its capacity as borrower with respect to the Securities, shall: (a) pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and issuance of the Securities, including commissions to the underwriters payable pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and compensation of the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.06; (b) pay all costs and expenses of the Trust (including, but not limited to, costs and expenses relating to the organization of R&G Capital Trust, the offering, sale and issuance of the Trust Securities (including commissions to the underwriters in connection therewith), the fees and expenses of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, the costs and expenses relating to the operation of R&G Capital Trust, including without limitation, costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping services, expenses for printing and engraving and computing or accounting equipment, paying agent(s), registrar(s), transfer agent(s), duplicating, travel and telephone and other telecommunications expenses and costs and expenses 18 incurred in connection with the acquisition, financing, and disposition of assets of R&G Capital Trust; (c) be primarily and fully liable for any indemnification obligations arising with respect to the Declaration; (d) pay any and all taxes (other than United States withholding taxes attributable to R&G Capital Trust or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to such taxes of the Trust; and (e) pay all other fees, expenses, debts and obligations (other than in respect of principal and interest on the Trust Securities) related to R&G Capital Trust. SECTION 3.10. PAYMENT UPON RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL. Upon termination of this Indenture or the removal or resignation of the Trustee, unless otherwise stated, the Company shall pay to the Trustee all amounts accrued and owing to the date of such termination, removal or resignation. Upon termination of the Declaration or the removal or resignation of the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Declaration, the Company shall pay to the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, as the case may be, all amounts accrued and owing to the date of such termination, removal or resignation. SECTION 3.11. CORPORATE EXISTENCE. The Company will, subject to the provisions of Article X, at all times maintain its corporate existence and right to carry on business and will duly procure all renewals and extensions thereof, and , to the extent necessary or desirable in the operation of its business, will use its best efforts to maintain, preserve and renew all of its rights, powers, privileges and franchises. SECTION 3.12. NOTICE OF DEFAULT. The Company shall file with the Trustee written notice of any Event of Default within 30 days of its becoming aware of such Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default. SECTION 3.13. LISTING ON AN EXCHANGE. If the Securities are to be distributed to the holders of the Preferred Securities in connection with a Dissolution Event, the Company will, if the Securities are not already so listed, use its best efforts to list such Securities on the NASDAQ National Market or on such other exchange or other organizations as the Preferred Securities are then listed. 19 ARTICLE IV SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE SECTION 4.01. SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS. The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee: (a) on a quarterly basis on each regular record date for the Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders as of such record date; and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company, of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, except that, no such lists need be furnished so long as the Trustee is in possession thereof by reason of its acting as Security registrar. SECTION 4.02. PRESERVATION AND DISCLOSURE OF LISTS. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of the Securities (1) contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.01 or (2) received by it in the capacity of Securities registrar (if so acting) hereunder. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. (b) In case three or more holders of Securities (hereinafter referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other holders of Securities or with holders of all Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either: (1) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02, or (2) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of holders of all Securities, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02, and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Securityholders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application. If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Securityholder whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance 20 with the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.02 a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the holders of Securities of such series or all Securities, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Securityholders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application. (c) Each and 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 paying agent shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Securities in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section 4.02, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under said subsection (b). SECTION 4.03. REPORTS BY COMPANY. (a) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the date on which the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as said Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections, then to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations. The Company also covenants and agrees to comply with the provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by said Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations. 21 (c) The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail to all holders of Securities, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 4.03 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission. (d) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates). SECTION 4.04. REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders 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. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within sixty days after each May 15 following the date of this Indenture, commencing ______, 200___, deliver to Securityholders a brief report, dated as of such _______, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a). (b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange, if any, upon which the Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange or any delisting thereof. ARTICLE V REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT SECTION 5.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. One or more of the following events of default shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder: (a) default in the payment of any interest (including Compounded Interest or Additional Sums, if any) upon any Security or any Other Debentures when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms hereof shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose; or (b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of any Security or any Other Debentures as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration of acceleration of maturity or otherwise; or (c) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or 22 breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or (d) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (e) the Company shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(d) or 5.01(e)), then in every such case the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may declare the principal amount of all Securities to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the holders of the outstanding Securities), and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable. If the Trustee or Securityholders fail to declare the principal of all of the Securities due and payable upon such an Event of Default, so long as the Property Trustee is holding the Debentures on behalf of R&G Capital Trust, the holders of at least 25% in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities then outstanding will have the right to declare the Securities immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(d) or 5.01(e) occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of all Securities shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the holders of Securities. The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that if, at any time after the principal of the Securities shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, (i) the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (A) all matured installments of interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) upon all the Securities and the principal of any and all Securities which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest, at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the Securities to the date of such payment or deposit) and (B) such amount as shall be sufficient to cover compensation due to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, pursuant to 23 Section 6.06, and (ii) any and all Events of Default under the Indenture, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Securities which shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein, then, in every such case, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities shall be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken. SECTION 5.02. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES ON DEFAULT; SUIT THEREFOR. The Company covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) upon any of the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days, or (b) in case default shall be made in the payment of the principal on any of the Securities as and when the same shall have become due and payable, whether at maturity of the Securities or upon redemption or by declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all such Securities for principal or interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law and, if the Securities are held by R&G Capital Trust or a trustee of such trust, without duplication of any other amounts paid by R&G Capital Trust or a trustee in respect thereof) upon the overdue installments of interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) 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 a reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and any other amount due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06. In case the Company shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or any other obligor on the Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities wherever situated the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable. In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Securities under Title 11, United States Code, or any 24 other applicable law, or in case a receiver or trustee shall have been appointed for the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the case of any other similar judicial proceedings relative to the Company or other obligor upon the Securities, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to 6.06) and of the Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Securities, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the holders of the Securities in any election of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or person performing similar functions in comparable proceedings, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of its charges and expenses; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders 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 Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding. All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities, or the production thereof on any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities. In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the holders of the Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any holders of the Securities parties to any such proceedings. SECTION 5.03. APPLICATION OF MONEYS COLLECTED BY TRUSTEE. Any moneys collected by the Trustee shall be applied in the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys, upon presentation of the 25 Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: First: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection applicable to the Securities and all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.06; Second: To the payment of all Senior and Subordinate Indebtedness of the Company if and to the extent required by Article XV; Third: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities for principal of and interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) on the Securities, in respect of which or for the benefit of which money has been collected, ratably, without preference of priority of any kind, according to the amounts due on such Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and Fourth: To the Company. SECTION 5.04. PROCEEDINGS BY SECURITYHOLDERS. No holder of any Security shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the Securities specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding, it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security with every other taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities 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 holder of Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, however, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of and interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) on such Security, on or after the same shall have become due and payable, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity. 26 The Company and the Trustee acknowledge that pursuant to the Declaration, the holders of Preferred Securities are entitled, in the circumstances and subject to the limitations set forth therein, to commence a Direct Action with respect to any Event of Default under this Indenture and the Securities. SECTION 5.05. PROCEEDINGS BY TRUSTEE. In case an Event of Default occurs with respect to Securities and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law. SECTION 5.06. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE AND CONTINUING. All powers and remedies given by this Article V to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to the Securities, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, every power and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders. SECTION 5.07. DIRECTION OF PROCEEDINGS AND WAIVER OF DEFAULTS BY MAJORITY OF SECURITYHOLDERS. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee; provided, however, that (subject to the provisions of Section 6.01) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee shall determine that the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the holders not taking part in such direction or if the Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of the Securities, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities waive any past default or Event of Default and its consequences except a default (a) in the payment of principal of or interest (including 27 Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) on any of the Securities or (b) in respect of covenants or provisions hereof which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each Security affected; provided, however, that if the Securities are held by the Property Trustee, such waiver or modification to such waiver shall not be effective until the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of Trust Securities shall have consented to such waiver or modification to such waiver; provided further, that if the consent of the holder of each outstanding Security is required, such waiver shall not be effective until each holder of the Trust Securities shall have consented to such waiver. Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 5.07, said default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Securities and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing. SECTION 5.08. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default with respect to the Securities known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, mail to all Securityholders, as the names and addresses of such holders appear upon the Security Register, notice of all defaults known to the Trustee, unless such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice; and provided that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of or interest (including Compounded Interest or Additional Sums, if any) on any of the Securities, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders; and provided further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.01(c) no such notice to Securityholders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof but shall be given within 90 days after such occurrence. SECTION 5.09. UNDERTAKING TO PAY COSTS. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.09 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) on any Security against the Company on or after the same shall have become due and payable. 28 SECTION 5.10. WAIVER OF STAY, EXTENSION OR USURY 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 or any usury or other law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal or any interest on (including Additional Sums and Compounded Interest, if any) any such amounts, as contemplated herein, or 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 laws and covenants that will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. ARTICLE VI CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE SECTION 6.01. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE. With respect to the holders of the Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived) the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that (a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred, (1) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and (2) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements 29 of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein); (b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and (c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, in accordance with the direction of the Securityholders pursuant to Section 5.07, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture. None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it. SECTION 6.02. RELIANCE ON DOCUMENTS, OPINIONS, ETC. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.01: (a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, note, debenture or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; (b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein may be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company; (c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any advice or 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 accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel; (d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable and sufficient security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities (that has not been cured or waived) to exercise with respect to the Securities such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. 30 (e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (that has not been cured or waived), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs; (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, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expense or liability as a condition to so proceeding; (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents (including any Authenticating Agent) or attorneys, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent or attorney appointed by it with due care; (h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities unless (1) such default is a default under Sections 5.01(a) (other than a default with respect to the payment of Compounded Interest or Additional Sums) and 5.01(b) of the Indenture and the Trustee is the paying agent hereunder, (2) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (3) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee at the Principal Office of the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or by any holder of the Securities and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture; (i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith, without negligence or willful misconduct and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; and (j) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder. SECTION 6.03. NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR RECITALS, ETC. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities (except in the certificate of authentication of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent) shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Trustee and the Authenticating Agent assume no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee and the Authenticating Agent make no representations as 31 to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee and the Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Securities or the proceeds of any Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture. SECTION 6.04. TRUSTEE, AUTHENTICATING AGENT, PAYING AGENTS, TRANSFER AGENTS OR REGISTRAR MAY OWN SECURITIES. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent or any paying agent or any transfer agent or any Security registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, paying agent, transfer agent or Security registrar. SECTION 6.05. MONEYS TO BE HELD IN TRUST. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04, all moneys received by the Trustee or any paying agent shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purpose for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee and any paying agent shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on any such moneys shall be paid from time to time upon the written order of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company. SECTION 6.06. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF TRUSTEE. The Company, as issuer of Securities under this Indenture, covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be agreed to in writing between the Company and the Trustee (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, action, suit, cost liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee) incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.06 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder. Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Securities. 32 When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(d) or Section 5.01(e), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law. The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the defeasance or other termination of this Indenture. SECTION 6.07. OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE AS EVIDENCE. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6.01 and 6.02, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof. SECTION 6.08. CONFLICTING INTEREST OF TRUSTEE. If the Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. SECTION 6.09. ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee hereunder shall at all times 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 to act as trustee by the Commission 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 aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.09 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. The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.09, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 6.10. 33 SECTION 6.10. RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE. (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Company and by mailing notice thereof to the holders of the Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee or trustees by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation to the affected Securityholders, the resigning Trustee, at the expense of the Company, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 5.09, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee. (b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur: (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 6.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months, or (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder, 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, or (4) the Trustee shall commence a voluntary case under the Federal bankruptcy laws, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Trustee or its property or affairs, or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or shall take corporate action in furtherance of any such action. then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 5.09, any Securityholder 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. Such court may 34 thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee. (c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee, which shall be deemed appointed as successor trustee unless within 10 days after such nomination the Company objects thereto or if no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted appointment within 30 days after such removal, in which case the Trustee so removed or any Securityholder, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in subsection (a) of this Section 6.10 provided, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee. If a successor trustee shall not have accepted appointment within 30 days after the removal of the Trustee, the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee. (d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 6.11. (e) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities to all holders of Securities. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. SECTION 6.11. ACCEPTANCE BY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.10 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, 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, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and money held by such retiring trustee thereunder. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a lien upon all property or funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06. No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 6.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 6.09. Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 6.11, the Company shall mail notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the holders of 35 Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register. If the Company fails to mail such notice within 10 days after the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Company. SECTION 6.12. SUCCESSION BY MERGER, ETC. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which the Securities or this Indenture elsewhere provides that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation. SECTION 6.13. LIMITATION ON RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AS A CREDITOR. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included therein. SECTION 6.14. AUTHENTICATING AGENTS. There may be one or more Authenticating Agents appointed by the Trustee upon the request of the Company with power to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery of Securities issued upon exchange or transfer thereof as fully to all intents and purposes as though any such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized to authenticate and deliver Securities; provided, that the Trustee shall have no liability to the Company for any acts or omissions of the Authenticating Agent with respect to the authentication and delivery of Securities. Any such Authenticating Agent shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state or territory thereof or of the District of Columbia authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and being 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 the requirements of such authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.14 the combined 36 capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect herein specified in this Section. Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible under this Section 6.14 without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent. Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 6.14, the Trustee may, and upon the request of the Company shall, promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent eligible under this Section 6.14, shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Securityholders as the names and addresses of such holders appear on the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein. The Company, as borrower, agrees to pay to any Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. Any Authenticating Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such in accordance with the directions of the Trustee. ARTICLE VII CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS SECTION 7.01. ACTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action) the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such Securityholders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of such holders of Securities voting in favor thereof at any meeting of such Securityholders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of such Securityholders. 37 If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an Officers' Certificate, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the outstanding Securities shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date. SECTION 7.02. PROOF OF EXECUTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, 6.02 and 8.05, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register or by a certificate of the Security registrar. The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary. The record of any Securityholders' meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 8.06. SECTION 7.03. WHO ARE DEEMED ABSOLUTE OWNERS. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent, any transfer agent and any Security registrar may deem the person in whose name such Security shall be registered upon the Security Register to be, and may treat him as, the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and (subject to Section 2.05) interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any paying agent nor any transfer agent nor any Security registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any holder for the time being or upon his order shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Security. SECTION 7.04. SECURITIES OWNED BY COMPANY DEEMED NOT OUTSTANDING. In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities which are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with 38 the Company or any other obligor on the Securities shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 7.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right to vote such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any such other obligor or Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. SECTION 7.05. REVOCATION OF CONSENTS; FUTURE HOLDERS BOUND. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 7.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Security (or any Security issued in whole or in part in exchange or substitution therefor), subject to Section 7.01, the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its principal corporate trust office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 7.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security (or so far as concerns the principal amount represented by any exchanged or substituted Security). Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Security, and of any Security issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security or any Security issued in exchange or substitution therefor. ARTICLE VIII SECURITYHOLDERS' MEETINGS SECTION 8.01. PURPOSES OF MEETINGS. A meeting of Securityholders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article VIII for any of the following purposes: (a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to give any directions to the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Securityholders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article V; (b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article VI; (c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02; or 39 (d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of such Securities under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law. SECTION 8.02. CALL OF MEETINGS BY TRUSTEE. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Securityholders to take any action specified in Section 8.01, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Securityholders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed to holders of Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the Securities Register. Such notice shall be mailed not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. SECTION 8.03. CALL OF MEETINGS BY COMPANY OR SECURITYHOLDERS. In case at any time the Company pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, or the holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Securityholders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Securityholders may determine the time and the place in said Borough of Manhattan for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 8.01, by mailing notice thereof as provided in Section 8.02. SECTION 8.04. QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Securityholders a Person shall (a) be a holder of one or more Securities or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a holder of one or more Securities. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Securityholders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel. SECTION 8.05. REGULATIONS. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Securityholders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit. The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Securityholders as provided in Section 8.03, in which case the Company or the Securityholders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by majority vote of the meeting. 40 Subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, at any meeting each holder of Securities or proxy therefor shall be entitled to one vote for each $____ principal amount of Securities held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Securities held by him or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating him as the person to vote on behalf of other Securityholders. Any meeting of Securityholders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.02 or 8.03 may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of those present, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice. SECTION 8.06. VOTING. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of holders of Securities shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of such holders or of their representatives by proxy and the serial number or numbers of the Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Securityholders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was mailed as provided in Section 8.02. The record shall show the serial numbers of the Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated. ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS SECTION 9.01. WITHOUT CONSENT OF SECURITYHOLDERS. The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time amend the Indenture, without the consent of the Securityholders, for one or more of the following purposes: (a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company pursuant to Article X hereof; (b) to add to the covenants of the Company such further covenants, restrictions or conditions for the protection of the Securityholders as the Board of Directors shall consider to be for the protection of the Securityholders, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and 41 continuance, of a default in any of such additional covenants, restrictions or conditions a default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, however, that in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction or condition such amendment may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default; (c) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Securities; (d) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Securities; (e) to make provision for transfer procedures, certification, book- entry provisions and all other matters required pursuant to Section 2.06 or otherwise necessary, desirable or appropriate in connection with the issuance of Securities to holders of Preferred Securities in the event of a distribution of Securities by R&G Capital Trust following a Dissolution Event; (f) to qualify or maintain qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; and (g) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder. The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture to effect such amendment, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer and assignment of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. Any amendment to the Indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02. SECTION 9.02. WITH CONSENT OF SECURITYHOLDERS. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 7.01) of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time amend the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Securities; provided, however, that no such amendment shall without the consent of the holders of each Security then outstanding and affected thereby (i) change the Maturity Date of any Security, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest 42 thereon (except as contemplated by Article XVI), or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof, or make the principal thereof or any interest thereon payable in any coin or currency other than that provided in the Securities, or impair or affect the right of any Securityholder to institute suit for payment thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment to the Indenture, provided, however, that if the Securities are held by R&G Capital Trust, such amendment shall not be effective until the holders of a majority in liquidation amount of Trust Securities shall have consented to such amendment; provided, further, that if the consent of the holder of each outstanding Security is required, such amendment shall not be effective until each holder of the Trust Securities shall have consented to such amendment. Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors certified by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture affecting such amendment, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture. Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, prepared by the Company, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture. It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. SECTION 9.03. COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT; EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of Securities shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes. SECTION 9.04. NOTATION ON SECURITIES. Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture affecting such series pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX may bear a notation in form 43 approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent and delivered in exchange for the Securities then outstanding. SECTION 9.05. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE FURNISHED TRUSTEE. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02, may receive and rely upon, in addition to the document required by Section 13.06, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article IX. ARTICLE X CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE SECTION 10.01. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS. Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company, as the case may be), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors, as the case may be, shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of the property of the Company, or its successor or successors as the case may be, as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company, or its successor or successors, as the case may be) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, that (a) the Company is the surviving Person, or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of property is made is a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and (b) upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities according to their tenor and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect) satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by the Person formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the Person which shall have acquired such property, as the case may be and (c) after giving effect to such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, no Default or Event of Default, or any event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become a Default or an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing. SECTION 10.02. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR COMPANY. In case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and upon the assumption by the successor corporation, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all of the Securities and the due and punctual performance and 44 observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Company, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part, and the Company thereupon shall be relieved of any further liability or obligation hereunder or upon the Securities. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of R&G Capital Trust, any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent; and, upon the order of such successor Person instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for authentication, and any Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for that purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Indentures had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. SECTION 10.03. OPINION OF COUNSEL TO BE GIVEN TRUSTEE. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, and any assumption, permitted or required by the terms of this Article X complies with the provisions of this Article X. ARTICLE XI SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE SECTION 11.01. DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. When (a) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced as provided in Section 2.07) and not theretofore cancelled, or (b) all the Securities not theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, funds sufficient to pay on the Maturity Date or upon redemption all of the Securities (other than any Securities which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced as provided in Section 2.07) not theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) due or to become due to the Maturity Date or redemption date, as the case may be, but excluding, however, the amount of any moneys for the payment of principal of or interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) on the Securities (1) theretofore repaid to the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.04, or (2) paid to any State or to the District of Columbia pursuant to its unclaimed property or similar laws, and if in either case the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect 45 except for the provisions of Sections 2.02, 2.06, 2.07, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 6.06, 6.10 and 11.04 hereof, which shall survive until such Securities shall mature and be paid. Thereafter, Sections 6.06, 6.10 and 11.04 shall survive, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by any Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture, the Company, however, hereby agreeing to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the Securities. SECTION 11.02. DEPOSITED MONEYS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST BY TRUSTEE. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.04, all moneys and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.01 or 11.05 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company if acting as its own paying agent), to the holders of the particular Securities for the payment of which such moneys or U.S. Government Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest (including Additional Sums and Compounded Interest, if any). The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 11.05 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the holders of outstanding Securities. SECTION 11.03. PAYING AGENT TO REPAY MONEYS HELD. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture all moneys then held by any paying agent of the Securities (other than the Trustee) shall, upon written demand of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys. SECTION 11.04. RETURN OF UNCLAIMED MONEYS. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for payment of the principal of or interest on Securities and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the holders of Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal of or interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) on such Securities, as the case may be, shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee or such paying agent on written demand; and the holder of any of the Securities shall thereafter look only to the Company for any payment which such holder may be entitled to collect and all liability of the Trustee or such paying agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease. SECTION 11.05. DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS. The Company shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from its obligations with respect to the Securities on the 91st day after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied: 46 (1) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee or the Defeasance Agent (as defined below) as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the holders of the Securities (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to (ii) and (iii)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee and the Defeasance Agent, if any, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities on the dates such installments of principal and interest are due; (2) if the Securities are then listed on any national securities exchange, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and the Defeasance Agent, if any, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the exercise of the option under this Section 11.05 would not cause such Securities to be delisted from such exchange; (3) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; (4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee and the Defeasance Agent, if any, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that holders of the Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes as a result of the exercise of the option under this Section 11.05 and will be subject to United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised, and such opinion shall be based on a statute so providing or be accompanied by a private letter ruling to that effect received from the United States Internal Revenue Service or a revenue ruling pertaining to a comparable form of transaction to that effect published by the United States Internal Revenue Service; (5) the Trustee will not have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act; (6) a breach or violation of, or default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound will not result; (7) a trust arising from such deposit will not result which constitutes an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, unless such trust shall be qualified or exempt from regulation thereunder; and (8) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Discharge have been complied with. "Discharged" means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Securities and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of holders of Securities to receive, from the trust fund described in clause (1) above, payment of 47 the principal of and the interest on the Securities when such payments are due; (B) the Company's obligations with respect to the Securities under Sections 2.06, 2.07, 5.02 and 11.04; and (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder. "Defeasance Agent" means another financial institution which is eligible to act as Trustee hereunder and which assumes all of the obligations of the Trustee necessary to enable the Trustee to act hereunder. In the event such a Defeasance Agent is appointed pursuant to this Section, the following conditions shall apply: (1) The Trustee shall have approval rights over the document appointing such Defeasance Agent and the document setting forth such Defeasance Agent's rights and responsibilities; (2) The Defeasance Agent shall provide verification to the Trustee acknowledging receipt of sufficient money and/or U. S. Government Obligations to meet the applicable conditions set forth in this Section 11.05. ARTICLE XII IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS SECTION 12.01. INDENTURE AND SECURITIES SOLELY CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS. No recourse for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor Person to the Company, either directly or through the Company or any successor Person to the Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Securities. ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SECTION 13.01. SUCCESSORS. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not. SECTION 13.02. OFFICIAL ACTS BY SUCCESSOR CORPORATION. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company. 48 SECTION 13.03. SURRENDER OF COMPANY POWERS. The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of 2/3 (two-thirds) of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company, as the case may be, and as to any successor Person. SECTION 13.04. ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES, ETC. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the holders of Securities on the Company may be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by first class mail, registered or certified mail, overnight courier service or conformed telecopy addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee for the purpose) to the Company at 280 Jesus T. Pinero, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, Attention: Joseph R. Sandoval, Chief Financial Officer. Any notice, direction, request or demand by any Securityholder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing (which may be by facsimile) at the office of the Trustee, _______________________________, ______________________, Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration, facsimile: ____________ (unless another address is provided by the Trustee to the Company for such purpose). Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first class mail to his or her address shown on the register kept by the Security Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. SECTION 13.05. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE AND EACH SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. SECTION 13.06. EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that in the opinion of the signers all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with. Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except certificates delivered pursuant to Section 3.05) shall include (1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or 49 opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with. SECTION 13.07. BUSINESS DAYS. In any case where the date of payment of principal of or interest on the Securities will not be a Business Day, the payment of such principal of or interest on the Securities need not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on the date of payment and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date, except that if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar year, then such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date. SECTION 13.08. TRUST INDENTURE ACT TO CONTROL. This Indenture is subject to and shall be governed by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be a part of this Indenture. 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 Trust Indenture Act provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. SECTION 13.09. TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC. The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. SECTION 13.10. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. SECTION 13.11. SEPARABILITY. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities, but this Indenture and the Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein. 50 SECTION 13.12. ASSIGNMENT. The Company will have the right at all times to assign any of its respective rights or obligations under this Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, provided that, in the event of any such assignment, the Company will remain primarily liable for all such obligations. Subject to the foregoing, the Indenture is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties thereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Indenture may not otherwise be assigned by the parties thereto. SECTION 13.13. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RIGHTS. The Company acknowledges that, with respect to any Securities held by R&G Capital Trust or a trustee of such trust, if the Property Trustee of such Trust fails to enforce its rights under this Indenture as the holder of the Securities held as the assets of R&G Capital Trust, any holder of Preferred Securities may institute legal proceedings directly against the Company to enforce such Property Trustee's rights under this Indenture without first instituting any legal proceedings against such Property Trustee or any other person or entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay principal of or interest on the Securities when due, the Company acknowledges that a holder of Preferred Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal of or interest on the Securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of such holder on or after the respective due date specified in the Securities. ARTICLE XIV REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES SECTION 14.01. SPECIAL EVENT REDEMPTION. If a Special Event has occurred and is continuing then, notwithstanding Section 14.02(a) but subject to Section 14.02(c), the Company shall have the right, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event, upon (i) not less than 45 days written notice to the Trustee and (ii) not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days written notice to the Securityholders, to redeem the Securities, in whole (but not in part), a redemption price equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the Security (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) to be so redeemed to the date fixed for redemption, plus 100% of the principal amount thereof (the "Redemption Price"). The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York time, on the date of such redemption or such earlier time as the Company determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price by ___:00 __.m., New York time, on the date such Redemption Price is to be paid. SECTION 14.02. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION BY COMPANY. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Article XIV, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Securities, in whole or in part, from time to time, on or after _________ __, 20__, at the Redemption Price. 51 If the Securities are only partially redeemed pursuant to this Section 14.02, the Securities to be redeemed shall be selected on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method that the Trustee shall deem appropriate not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption from the outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption, provided, however, that any such method of selection may be made on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of Securities held by each Securityholder and may be made by making such adjustments as the Company deems fair and appropriate in order that only Securities in denominations of $_________or integral multiples thereof shall be redeemed. The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to ___:00 __.m., New York time, on the date of such redemption or at such earlier time as the Company determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price by ___:00 __.m., New York time, on the date such Redemption Price is to be paid. (b) Notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 14.02, upon the entry of an order for dissolution of the R&G Capital Trust by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Securities thereafter will be subject to optional redemption, in whole only, but not in part, on or after _________ __, 20__, at the Redemption Price, and otherwise in accordance with this Article XIV. (c) Any redemption of Securities pursuant to Section 14.01 or Section 14.02 shall be subject to the receipt by the Company of any required regulatory approval. (d) The Company shall not effect a partial redemption of the Securities if such partial redemption would result in a delisting of the Preferred Securities from the NASDAQ National Market or such other exchange or organization as the Preferred Securities are then listed. SECTION 14.03. NO SINKING FUND. The Securities are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund. SECTION 14.04. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION; SELECTION OF SECURITIES. In case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all, or, as the case may be, any part of the Securities in accordance with their terms, it shall fix a date for redemption and shall mail a notice of such redemption at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the holders of Securities so to be redeemed as a whole or in part at their last addresses as the same appear on the Security Register. Such mailing shall be by first class mail. The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security. Each such notice of redemption shall specify the CUSIP number of the Securities to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price at which the Securities are to be redeemed (or the method by which such redemption price is to be calculated), the place or places of payment that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of the Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, and that 52 on and after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed the notice of redemption shall specify the numbers of the Securities to be redeemed. In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued. By ___:00 __.m. New York time on the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. The Company will give the Trustee notice not less than 45 days prior to the redemption date as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and the Trustee shall select, in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Securities or portions thereof (in integral multiples of $___, except as otherwise set forth in the applicable form of Security) to be redeemed. SECTION 14.05. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES CALLED FOR REDEMPTION. If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 14.04, the Securities or portions of Securities with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption (subject to the rights of holders of Securities on the close of business on a regular record date in respect of an Interest Payment Date occurring on or prior to the redemption date), and on and after said date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Securities at the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued to said date) interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) on the Securities or portions of Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue. On presentation and surrender of such Securities at a place of payment specified in said notice, the said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (subject to the rights of holders of Securities on the close of business on a regular record date in respect of an Interest Payment Date occurring on or prior to the redemption date). Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented. 53 ARTICLE XV SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES SECTION 15.01. AGREEMENT TO SUBORDINATE. The Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of Securities issued hereunder likewise covenants and agrees, that the Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article XV; and each holder of a Security, whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions. The payment by the Company of the principal of and interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) on all Securities issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and junior in right of payment in full of principal of all Allocable Amounts on such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred. No provision of this Article XV shall prevent the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder. SECTION 15.02. DEFAULT ON SENIOR AND SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS. In the event and during the continuation of any default by the Company in the payment of principal, interest or any other payment due on any Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness (after any grace period with respect to such default has expired and such default has not been cured or waived or ceased to exist), or in the event that the maturity of any Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness has been accelerated because of a default, then, in either case, 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 of the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities, then no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal (including redemption payments) of or interest on the Securities until the holders of all Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness outstanding at the time of such acceleration shall receive payment in full of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness (including any amounts due upon acceleration). In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be received by the Trustee when such payment is prohibited by the preceding paragraphs of this Section 15.02, such payment shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the holders of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness or their respective representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, but only to the extent that the holders of the Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness (or their representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee in writing, within 90 days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid to the holders of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness. 54 SECTION 15.03. 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 Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with its terms, before any payment is made by the Company on account of the principal or interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) on the Securities; and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Securityholders or the Trustee would be entitled to receive from the Company, except for the provisions of this Article XV, 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 Securityholders or by the Trustee under the Indenture if received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior and Subordinated 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 such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness in full, in money or money's worth, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to the Securityholders or to the Trustee. 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 before all Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness is paid in full, 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 such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness in full in money in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness. For purposes of this Article XV, 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 XV with respect to the Securities to the payment of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness that may at the time be outstanding, provided that (i) such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the 55 rights of the holders of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another Person upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article X of this Indenture shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 15.03 if such other Person shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, comply with the conditions stated in Article X of this Indenture. Nothing in Section 15.02 or in this Section 15.03 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.06 of this Indenture. SECTION 15.04. SUBROGATION. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness, the rights of the Securityholders shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company, as the case may be, applicable to such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness until the principal of 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 such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Securityholders or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article XV, and no payment pursuant to the provisions of this Article XV to or for the benefit of the holders of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness by Securityholders or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, and the holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness. It is understood that the provisions of this Article XV 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 such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article XV 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 Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, 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 interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) 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, as the case may be, other than the holders of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, 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 the Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article XV of the holders of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company, as the case may be, received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XV, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, and the Securityholders shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are 56 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 Securityholders, for the purposes of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XV. SECTION 15.05. TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION. Each Securityholder by such Security holder's acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Securityholder's behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article XV and appoints the Trustee such Securityholder's attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. SECTION 15.06. 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 XV. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XV 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 XV, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, 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 15.06 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 interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) 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 Article VI of this Indenture, shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company (or a trustee on behalf of such holder), as the case may be, to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior and Subordinated 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 such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XV, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior and Subordinated 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 57 Person under this Article XV, 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. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XV, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Securityholders, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XV. SECTION 15.07. RIGHTS OF THE TRUSTEE; HOLDERS OF SENIOR AND SUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS. The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article XV in respect of any Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. With respect to the holders of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article XV, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of such Senior and Subordinated 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 such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness and, subject to the provisions of Article VI of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to Securityholders, the Company or any other Person money or assets to which any holder of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XV or otherwise. Nothing in this Article XV shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.06. SECTION 15.08. SUBORDINATION MAY NOT BE IMPAIRED. No right of any present or future holder of any Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company 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, as the case may be, or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company, as the case may be, 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 Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company may, at any time and from time to time, 58 without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Securityholders, without incurring responsibility to the Securityholders and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article XV or the obligations hereunder of the holders of the Securities to the holders of such Senior and Subordinated 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, such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of such Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company, as the case may be, and any other Person. ARTICLE XVI EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD SECTION 16.01. EXTENSION OF INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the Securities, to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period of such Securities for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarterly periods, including the first such quarterly period during such extension period (the "Extended Interest Payment Period"), during which Extended Interest Payment Period no interest shall be due and payable; provided that no Extended Interest Payment Period shall end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date or extend beyond the Maturity Date. To the extent permitted by applicable law, interest, the payment of which has been deferred because of the extension of the interest payment period pursuant to this Section 16.01, will bear interest thereon at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly for each quarterly period of the Extended Interest Payment Period ("Compounded Interest"). At the end of the Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall pay all interest accrued and unpaid on the Securities, including any Additional Sums and Compounded Interest (together, "Deferred Interest") that shall be payable to the holders of the Securities in whose names the Securities are registered in the Security Register on the first record date preceding the end of the Extended Interest Payment Period. Before the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further defer payments of interest by further extending such period, provided that such period, together with all such previous and further extensions within such Extended Interest Payment Period, shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, including the first such quarterly period during such Extended Interest Payment Period, end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Securities. Upon the termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period and the payment of all Deferred Interest then due, the Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest shall be due and payable during an Extended Interest Payment Period, except at the end thereof, but the Company may prepay at any time all or any portion of the interest accrued during an Extended Interest Payment Period. 59 SECTION 16.02. NOTICE OF EXTENSION. (a) If the Property Trustee is the only registered holder of the Securities at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall give written notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Trustee of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period five Business Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding date on which Distributions on the Trust Securities issued by the Trust are payable, or (ii) the date the Trust is required to give notice of the record date, or the date such Distributions are payable, to any national securities exchange or to holders of the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust, but in any event at least five Business Days before such record date. (b) If the Property Trustee is not the only holder of the Securities at the time the Company selects an Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company shall give the holders of the Securities and the Trustee written notice of its selection of such Extended Interest Payment Period at least five Business Days before the earlier of (i) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or (ii) the date the Company is required to give notice of the record or payment date of such interest payment to any national securities exchange. (c) The quarterly period in which any notice is given pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 16.02 shall be counted as one of the 20 quarterly periods permitted in the maximum Extended Interest Payment Period permitted under Section 16.01. _______________ hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set forth. 60 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written. R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION By ________________________________________ Name: Title: _______________, as Trustee By ________________________________________ Name: Title: 61 EXHIBIT A [THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS DEBENTURE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] Principal Amount: $ No. 1 CUSIP No._______ R&G Capital Trust ____ __% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE DUE _________ ___, 20___ R&G Financial Corporation, a Puerto Rico corporation (the "Company"), which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _______________, as Property Trustee for R&G Capital Trust ____ or registered assigns, the principal sum of $__________ , on _________ __, 20__ (the "Maturity Date"); provided that the Company may redeem this Security on a date not earlier than _________ __, 20__, and to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof from ________ __, 200_, 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, quarterly (subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing ________ __, 200_, at the rate of ____% per annum until the 1 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 compounded quarterly. The amount of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and, for any period less than a full calendar quarter, the number of days elapsed in such quarter based upon 30- day months. In the event that any date on which the principal of or interest on this Security is payable is not a Business Day, then the payment payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next calendar year, then such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date. Pursuant to the Indenture, in certain circumstances the Company will be required to pay Additional Sums and Compounded Interest (each as defined in the Indenture) with respect to this Security. The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities, as defined in said Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment, which shall be at the close of business on the Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that in the event that the Preferred Securities are no longer in book-entry only form or this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) are not represented by a Global Security, the record date for such payment shall be the fifteenth day of the month in which such payment is due. Any such interest installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the holders on such regular record date and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. The principal of and interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) on this Security shall be payable at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose in any coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that, payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by (i) check mailed to the holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto, provided that proper written transfer instructions have been received by the relevant record date. The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior and Subordinated 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 or her behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination so 2 provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness, whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said provisions. This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee. The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side hereof and such provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place. 3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed and sealed. Dated: R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION By: _______________________________________ Name: Title: Attest: By: ____________________________ Name: Title: 4 (FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION) CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. _______________, as Trustee By: ____________________ Dated: Authorized Signatory This Security is one of the Securities of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Securities"), specified in the Indenture, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of _________ __, 200_ (the "Indenture"), duly executed and delivered between the Company and _______________, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of the Securities. Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event, as defined in the Indenture, the Company shall have the right, at any time within 90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event, to redeem this Security in whole (but not in part), a redemption price equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the Security (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) to be so redeemed to the date fixed for redemption, plus 100% of the principal amount thereof (the "Redemption Price"). In addition, subject to the Company having received the prior approval of the applicable regulatory agencies, if it is then required under applicable regulatory requirements, the Company shall have the right to redeem this Security, in whole or in part, at any time on or after ___________ __, 20__ at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that the Company shall not effect a partial redemption of this Security if such partial redemption would result in a delisting of the Preferred Securities from the NASDAQ National Market or such other exchange or organization as the Preferred Securities are then listed. The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to __:00 __.m., New York City time on the date of such redemption or at such earlier time as the Company determines, provided, that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price by ___:00 __.m., New York City time, on the date such Redemption Price is to be paid. Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph will be made upon not less than 30 days or more than 60 days notice. If the Securities are only partially redeemed by the Company, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected on a pro rata basis, by lot or such other method that the Trustee shall deem appropriate not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption from the outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption, provided, however, that any such selection may be made on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of Securities held 5 by each Securityholder thereof and may be made by making such adjustments as the Company deems fair and appropriate in order that only Securities in denominations of $___ or integral multiples thereof shall be redeemed. 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any redemption of this Security by the Company shall be subject to the receipt of any and all required regulatory approvals. In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Securities may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of each holder of Securities then outstanding and affected thereby, (i) change the Maturity Date of any Securities, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon (subject to Article XVI of the Indenture), or make the principal of, or interest on, the Securities payable in any coin or currency other than U.S. dollars, or impair or affect the right of any holder of Securities to institute suit for the payment thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding affected thereby, on behalf of all of the holders of the Securities, to waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained in the Indenture, or established pursuant to the Indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities or a default in respect of any covenant or provision under which the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each holder of Securities then outstanding. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future holders and owners of this Security and of any Security issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 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 (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) on this Security at the time and place and at the rate and in the money herein prescribed. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the Securities, to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period of such Securities for a period not 6 exceeding 20 consecutive quarterly periods, including the first such quarterly period during such extension period, and not extending beyond the Maturity Date of the Securities (an "Extended Interest Payment Period") or ending on a date other than an Interest Payment Date, at the end of which period the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid (together with interest thereon at the rate specified for the Securities to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law). Before the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may further defer payments of interest by further extending such Extended Interest Payment Period, provided that such Extended Interest Payment Period, together with all such previous and further extensions within such Extended Interest Payment Period, (i) shall not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, including the first quarterly period during such Extended Interest Payment Period, (ii) shall not end on any date other than an Interest Payment Date, and (iii) shall not extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Securities. Upon the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period and the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any additional amounts then due, the Company may commence a new Extended Interest Payment Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. The Company has agreed that it will not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Company's capital stock (which includes common and preferred stock), (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 right of payment to the Securities or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any Subsidiary of the Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu or junior in right of payment to the Securities (other than (a) dividends or distributions in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, Common Stock of the Company, (b) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder's rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under the Preferred Securities Guarantee, (d) the purchase of fractional shares resulting from a reclassification of the Company's capital stock, (e) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the exchange or conversion of such capital stock or the security being exchanged or converted and (f) purchases of Common Stock related to the issuance of Common Stock or rights under any of the Company's benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees or any of the Company's dividend reinvestment plans) if at such time (1) there shall have occurred any event would constitute an Event of Default, (2) if the Securities are held by the Property Trustee, the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment obligations under the Preferred Securities Guarantee or (3) the Company shall have given notice of its election of the exercise of its right to extend the interest payment period and any such extension shall be continuing. Subject to (i) the receipt of any required regulatory approval and (ii) the receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel to the effect that such distribution will not cause the holders of the Preferred Securities to recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes, the Company will have the right at any time to liquidate the R&G Capital Trust ___ and cause the Securities to be distributed to the holders of the Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust. 7 The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $_____.00 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to the transfer restrictions limitations as may be contained herein and therein from time to time, this Security is transferable by the holder hereof on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the City and State of New York accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee 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 and series will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any such registration of transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Security, the Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any paying agent, any transfer agent and the registrar may deem and treat the holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof and (subject to the Indenture) interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any authenticating agent nor any paying agent nor any transfer agent nor any registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor Person, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly waived and released. All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF. 8 EX-4.5 5 g90857exv4w5.txt EX-4.5 FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST VI, VII AND VIII Exhibit 4.5 FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST ___ THIS Certificate of Trust of R&G Capital Trust ___ (the "Trust"), is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustees, to form a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. Code, Section 3801 et seq.) (the "Act"). 1. Name. The name of the statutory trust formed hereby is R&G Capital Trust _____. 2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware are Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration. 3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon filing. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as trustee By: _______________________________________ Name: Title: ___________________________________________ Name: ___________________________________________ Name: EX-4.6 6 g90857exv4w6.txt EX-4.6 FORM OF DECLARATION OF TRUST OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST VI, VII, VIII Exhibit 4.6 FORM OF DECLARATION OF TRUST OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST ____ DATED AS OF __________, 200___ TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE ---- ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS SECTION 1.1 Definitions...................................................... 1 ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION SECTION 2.1 Name............................................................. 3 SECTION 2.2 Office........................................................... 4 SECTION 2.3 Purpose.......................................................... 4 SECTION 2.4 Authority........................................................ 4 SECTION 2.5 Title to Property of the Trust................................... 4 SECTION 2.6 Powers of the Administrative Trustees............................ 4 SECTION 2.7 Filing of Certificate of Trust................................... 5 SECTION 2.8 Duration of Trust................................................ 5 SECTION 2.9 Responsibilities of the Sponsor.................................. 5 ARTICLE III TRUSTEES SECTION 3.1 Trustees......................................................... 6 SECTION 3.2 Delaware Trustee................................................. 6 SECTION 3.3 Execution of Documents........................................... 7 SECTION 3.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Sufficiency of Declaration....... 7 ARTICLE IV LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS SECTION 4.1 Exculpation...................................................... 7 SECTION 4.2 Fiduciary Duty................................................... 7 SECTION 4.3 Indemnification.................................................. 8 SECTION 4.4 Outside Businesses............................................... 11 ARTICLE V AMENDMENTS, TERMINATION, MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 5.1 Amendments....................................................... 11 SECTION 5.2 Termination of Trust............................................. 11 SECTION 5.3 Governing Law.................................................... 12 SECTION 5.4 Headings......................................................... 12 SECTION 5.5 Successors and Assigns........................................... 12 SECTION 5.6 Partial Enforceability........................................... 12 SECTION 5.7 Counterparts..................................................... 12
i DECLARATION OF TRUST OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST ___ _______, 200___ DECLARATION OF TRUST ("Declaration") dated and effective as of _______, 200__ by the Trustees (as defined herein) and the Sponsor (as defined herein). WHEREAS, the Trustees and the Sponsor desire to establish a trust (the "Trust") pursuant to the Statutory Trust Act (as defined herein) for the sole purpose of (i) issuing and selling certain securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, (ii) holding certain Debentures of the Debenture Issuer (each as defined herein) and (iii) engaging in only those other activities that are necessary or incidental thereto; and NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act and that this Declaration constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust, the Sponsor hereby, assigns, transfers and conveys to the Trustee the sum of $10, the Trustees declare that all assets contributed to the Trust will be held in trust for the benefit of the Sponsor, initially, and upon issuance of Securities, the holders, from time to time, of the securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust issued hereunder, subject to the provisions of this Declaration. ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS SECTION 1.1 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; (c) all references to "the Declaration" or "this Declaration" are to this Declaration of Trust 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 reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa; 1 (f) a reference to any Person shall include its successors and assigns; (g) a reference to any agreement or instrument shall mean such agreement or instrument as supplemented, modified, amended and restated and in effect from time to time; and (h) a reference to any statute, law, rule or regulation, shall include any amendments thereto and any successor, statute, law, rule or regulation. "Administrative Trustees" means any Trustee other than the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee. "Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder. "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, Wilmington, Delaware or in San Juan, Puerto Rico are authorized or required by any applicable law or executive order to close. "Capital Security" means a security representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust with such terms as may be set out in any amendment to this Declaration. "Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as from time to time constituted, or if any time after the execution of this Declaration such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under applicable Federal Securities laws, then the body performing such duties at such time. "Common Security" means a security representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust with such terms as may be set out in any amendment to this Declaration. "Company" means R&G Financial Corporation, a Puerto Rico corporation. "Company Indemnified Person" means: (a) any Administrative Trustee; (b) any Affiliate of any Administrative Trustee; (c) any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any Administrative Trustee; or (d) any employee or agent of the Trust or its affiliates. "Covered Person" means any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, representative, employee or agent of the Trust or the Trust's Affiliates. "Debenture Issuer" means the Company in its capacity as the issuer of the Debentures under the Indenture. "Debentures" means Debentures to be issued by the Debenture Issuer and acquired by the Trust. 2 "Debenture Trustee" means the original trustee under the Indenture until a successor is appointed thereunder, and thereafter means any such successor trustee. "Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation. "Fiduciary Indemnified Person" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b). "Indemnified Person" means a Company Indemnified Person or a Fiduciary Indemnified Person. "Indenture" means the indenture to be entered into between the Debenture Issuer and the Debenture Trustee pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued. "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 Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1. "Securities" means collectively 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. "Sponsor" means the Company in its capacity as sponsor of the Trust. "Statutory Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. Sections 3801 et seq., as it may be 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 reference herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder. ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION SECTION 2.1 Name. The Trust created by this Declaration is named "R&G Capital Trust ____." The Trust's activities may be conducted under the name of the Trust or any other name deemed advisable by the Administrative Trustees. 3 SECTION 2.2 Office. The address of the principal office of the Trust is R&G Capital Trust V, c/o R&G Financial Corporation, 280 Jesus T. Pinero Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918. On ten Business Days written notice to the holders of the Securities and the Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees may designate another principal office. SECTION 2.3 Purpose. The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell Securities, (b) to purchase and hold certain Debentures of the Debenture Issuer and (c) to engage in only those other activities necessary, advisable or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow money, issue debt or reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of its assets, or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that would cause the Trust not to be classified for Puerto Rico income tax purposes as an ordinary Trust. SECTION 2.4 Authority. Subject to the limitations provided in this Declaration, the Administrative Trustees shall have exclusive and complete authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken by the Administrative Trustee in accordance with their powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the Administrative Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust, no person shall be required to inquire into the authority of the Administrative Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Administrative Trustees as set forth in this Declaration. SECTION 2.5 Title to Property of the Trust. Legal title to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the Trust. SECTION 2.6 Powers of the Administrative Trustees. The Administrative Trustees shall have the exclusive power and authority to cause the Trust to engage in the following activities: (a) to 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; (b) in connection with the issue and sale of the Capital Securities, to: (i) file with the Commission (the "Commission") and execute, on behalf of the Trust: (a) a Registration Statement on Form S-3, or other appropriate form (the "1933 Act Registration Statement"), including pre-effective or post-effective amendments to the 1933 Act Registration Statement, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), 4 of the Capital Securities of the Trust, and (b) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus or supplement thereto relating to the Capital Securities required to be filed pursuant to the 1933 Act; (ii) execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust a placement agreement with the Sponsor and the placement agent of the Capital Securities of the Trust; (iii) execute and enter into a subscription agreement, providing for the sale of the Common Securities; (c) to employ or otherwise engage employees and agents (who may be designated as officers with titles) and managers, contractors, advisors, and consultants and provide for reasonable compensation for such services; (d) to incur expenses that are necessary or incidental to carry out any of the purposes of this Declaration, which expenses shall be paid for the Sponsor in all respects; and (e) 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. SECTION 2.7 Filing of Certificate of Trust. On or after the date of execution of this Declaration, the Trustees shall cause the filing of the Certificate of Trust for the Trust in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. SECTION 2.8 Duration of Trust. The Trust, absent termination pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.2, shall have existence for thirty (30) years from the date hereof. SECTION 2.9 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 the 1933 Act Registration Statement, and any preliminary prospectus or prospectus or supplement thereto with respect to the Capital Securities, including in each case, any amendments or supplements thereto; and (b) to negotiate the terms of subscription agreement and the placement agreement with the placement agent providing for the sale of the Common Securities and Capital Securities, respectively. 5 ARTICLE III TRUSTEES SECTION 3.1 Trustees. The number of Trustees initially shall be three (3), and thereafter the number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Sponsor. The Sponsor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any Trustee at any time; provided, however that the number of Trustees shall in no event be less than two (2); provided further that (1) one Trustee, in the case of a natural person, shall be a person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or which, if not a natural person, is an entity which has its principal place of business in the Statement of Delaware (the "Delaware Trustee") and (2) there shall be at least one Administrative Trustee who is an officer of the Sponsor. Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration, if there are more than two Administrative Trustees, any power of such Administrative Trustees may be exercised by, or with the consent of, a majority of such Administrative Trustees; provided that if there are two Administrative Trustees, any power of such Administrative Trustees shall be exercised by both Administrative Trustees; provided further that if there is only one Administrative Trustee, all powers of the Administrative Trustees shall be exercised by such one Administrative Trustee. The initial Administrative Trustee(s) shall be: ______________________ ______________________ The initial Delaware Trustee shall be: Wilmington Trust Company Prior to the issuance of the Capital Securities and Common Securities, the Sponsor shall appoint another trustee (the "Property Trustee") meeting the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, by the execution of an amendment to this Declaration executed by the Administrative Trustees, the Sponsor, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee. SECTION 3.2 Delaware Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Declaration, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any of the powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities, of the Administrative Trustees described in this Declaration. The Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Statutory Trust Act. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Delaware Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions to act of the Trust or of the Administrative Trustees except such acts as the Delaware Trustee is expressly obligated or authorized to undertake under this Declaration or the Statutory Trust Act and except for the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Delaware Trustee. 6 SECTION 3.3 Execution of Documents. (a) Unless otherwise determined by the Administrative Trustees, and except as otherwise required by the Statutory Trust Act, any Administrative Trustee is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust any documents which the Administrative Trustees have the power and authority to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 2.6; and (b) an Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purposes of signing any documents which the Administrative Trustees have power and authority to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 2.6. SECTION 3.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Sufficiency of Declaration. The recitals contained in this Declaration 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. ARTICLE IV LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS SECTION 4.1 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 negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions; and (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 4.2 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 7 Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this Declaration shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The provisions of this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, 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 Covered Persons; or (ii) whenever this Declaration or any other agreement contemplated herein 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; and (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 interest, 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 4.3 Indemnification. (a) (i) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any Company 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 Company Indemnified Person against expenses (including attorneys 8 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 Company 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. (ii) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any Company 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 Company 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, except that no such indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such Company Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. (iii) To the extent that a Company Indemnified Person shall be successful on the merits or otherwise (including dismissal of an action without prejudice or the settlement of an action without admission of liability) in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.3(a), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified, to the full extent permitted by law, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. (iv) Any indemnification under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.3(a) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Sponsor only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Company Indemnified Person is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii). Such determination shall be made (1) by the Administrative Trustees by a majority vote of quorum consisting of such Administrative Trustees who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the Common Security Holder of the Trust. (v) Expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by a Company Indemnified Person in defending a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.3(a) shall be paid by the Sponsor in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Company Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it 9 shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Sponsor as authorized in this Section 4.3(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the Sponsor if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Administrative Trustees by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees, (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iii) the Common Security Holder of the Trust, that, based upon the facts known to the Administrative Trustees, counsel or the Common Security Holder at the time such determination is made, such Company 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 Company 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 Administrative Trustees, independent legal counsel or the Common Security Holder reasonably determine that such person deliberately breached his duty to the Trust or the Common Security or Capital Security Holders. (vi) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Section 4.3(a) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification and advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors of the Sponsor or 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 4.3(a) shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Sponsor and each Company Indemnified Person who serves in such capacity at any time while this Section 4.3(a) is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section 4.3(a) shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing. (vii) The Sponsor or the Trust may purchase and maintain liability insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Company Indemnified Person against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Sponsor would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section 4.3(a). (viii) For purposes of this Section 4.3(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 4.3(a) with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as he would have with respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence had continued. (ix) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 4.3(a) shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Company Indemnified Person and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. 10 (b) The Sponsor agrees to indemnify (i) the Delaware Trustee, (ii) any Affiliate of the Delaware Trustee, and (iii) any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of the Delaware Trustee (each of the Persons in (i) through (iii) 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 gross negligence or bad faith or its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against, or investigating, any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligation to indemnify as set forth in this Section 4.3(b) shall survive the termination of this Declaration and the resignation or removal of the Delaware Trustee. SECTION 4.4 Outside Businesses. Any Covered Person, the Sponsor and the Delaware Trustee may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the holders of Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this Declaration in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. No Covered Person, the Sponsor or the Delaware 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 and the Delaware 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 and the Delaware 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 depository for, trustee or agent for or may act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of the Sponsor or its Affiliates. ARTICLE V AMENDMENTS, TERMINATION, MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 5.1 Amendments. At any time before the issue of any Securities, this Declaration may be amended by, and only by, a written instrument executed by all of the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor, provided, however, that if such amendment affects the rights, privileges, immunities, duties or obligations of the Delaware Trustee, the Declaration may be amended only upon the Delaware Trustee's prior written consent. SECTION 5.2 Termination of Trust. (a) The Trust shall dissolve and be wound up in accordance with applicable law: 11 (i) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default described in section 5.01(d) and (e) of the Indenture with respect to the Sponsor; (ii) upon the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent with respect to the Sponsor or the revocation of the Sponsor's charter or of the Trust's certificate of trust; (iii) upon the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Sponsor or the Trust; and (iv) before issuance of any Securities, with the consent of all of the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor. (b) Upon completion of the winding up of the Trust and as soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event referred to in Section 5.2(a), the Administrative Trustees shall file a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. SECTION 5.3 Governing Law. THIS DECLARATION AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS. SECTION 5.4 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 5.5 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 5.6 Partial Enforceability. If any provision of this Declaration, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Declaration, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. SECTION 5.7 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 12 though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a single signature page. 13 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have caused this Declaration to be executed as of the day and year first above written. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Delaware Trustee By: ________________________________________ Name: ______________________________________ Title: _____________________________________ ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEE ____________________________________________ Name: ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEE ____________________________________________ Name: R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION, as Sponsor By: ________________________________________ Name: Title: EX-4.7 7 g90857exv4w7.txt EX-4.7 FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST Exhibit 4.7 AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST ___ Dated as of _______ __ , 200_ TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE ---- ARTICLE I INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS Section 1.1 Definitions................................................................... 1 ARTICLE II TRUST INDENTURE ACT Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.............................................. 7 Section 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities................................................ 8 Section 2.3 Reports by the Property Trustee............................................... 8 Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Property Trustee.......................................... 8 Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.............................. 8 Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver..................................................... 9 Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice...................................................... 10 ARTICLE III ORGANIZATION Section 3.1 Name.......................................................................... 11 Section 3.2 Office........................................................................ 11 Section 3.3 Purpose....................................................................... 11 Section 3.4 Authority..................................................................... 12 Section 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust................................................ 12 Section 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Administrative Trustees.............................. 12 Section 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees.......................... 15 Section 3.8 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee..................................... 16 Section 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Property Trustee................... 18 Section 3.10 Certain Rights of Property Trustee............................................ 20 Section 3.11 Delaware Trustee.............................................................. 22 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 IV SPONSOR Section 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities....................................... 27 Section 4.2 Responsibilities of the Sponsor............................................... 27 Section 4.3 Right to Proceed.............................................................. 27 Section 4.4 Right to Dissolve Trust....................................................... 28

PAGE ---- ARTICLE V TRUSTEES Section 5.1 Number of Trustees: Appointment of Co-Trustee................................ 27 Section 5.2 Delaware Trustee............................................................. 27 Section 5.3 Property Trustee; Eligibility................................................ 28 Section 5.4 Certain Qualifications of Administrative Trustees and Delaware Trustee Generally........................................................ 29 Section 5.5 Administrative Trustees...................................................... 29 Section 5.6 Delaware Trustee............................................................. 29 Section 5.7 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees............................. 29 Section 5.8 Vacancies among Trustees..................................................... 31 Section 5.9 Effect of Vacancies.......................................................... 31 Section 5.10 Meetings..................................................................... 31 Section 5.11 Delegation of Power.......................................................... 32 Section 5.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.................. 32 ARTICLE VI DISTRIBUTIONS Section 6.1 Distributions................................................................ 33 ARTICLE VII ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES Section 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities...................................... 33 Section 7.2 Execution and Authentication................................................. 33 Section 7.3 Form and Dating.............................................................. 34 Section 7.4 Registrar and Paying Agent................................................... 35 Section 7.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.......................................... 36 Section 7.6 Replacement Securities....................................................... 36 Section 7.7 Outstanding Preferred Securities............................................. 36 Section 7.8 Preferred Securities in Treasury............................................. 37 Section 7.9 Definitive Securities........................................................ 37 Section 7.10 Cancellation................................................................. 38 Section 7.11 CUSIP Numbers................................................................ 38 ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION OF TRUST Section 8.1 Dissolution and Termination of Trust......................................... 38 ARTICLE IX TRANSFER OF INTERESTS Section 9.1 Transfer of Securities....................................................... 39 Section 9.2 Transfer Procedures and Restrictions......................................... 40 Section 9.3 Deemed Security Holders...................................................... 43 Section 9.4 Book Entry Interests......................................................... 43

PAGE ---- Section 9.5 Notices to Clearing Agency.................................................... 43 Section 9.6 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency...................................... 44 ARTICLE X LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS Section 10.1 Liability..................................................................... 44 Section 10.2 Exculpation................................................................... 44 Section 10.3 Fiduciary Duty................................................................ 44 Section 10.4 Indemnification............................................................... 44 Section 10.5 Outside Businesses............................................................ 48 Section 10.6 Compensation; Fees............................................................ 48 ARTICLE XI ACCOUNTING Section 11.1 Fiscal Year................................................................... 49 Section 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters.................................................... 49 Section 11.3 Banking....................................................................... 50 Section 11.4 Withholding................................................................... 50 ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS Section 12.1 Amendments.................................................................... 50 Section 12.2 Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent............................ 52 ARTICLE XIII REPRESENTATIONS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE Section 13.1 Representations and Warranties of Property Trustee............................ 53 Section 13.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee............................ 54 ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS Section 14.1 Notices....................................................................... 55 Section 14.2 Governing Law................................................................. 56 Section 14.3 Intention of the Parties...................................................... 56 Section 14.4 Headings...................................................................... 56 Section 14.5 Successors and Assigns........................................................ 56 Section 14.6 Partial Enforceability........................................................ 56 Section 14.7 Counterparts.................................................................. 56

PAGE ---- ANNEX I TERMS OF SECURITIES.......................................................... I-1 EXHIBIT A-1 FORM OF PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE....................................... A-1 EXHIBIT A-2 FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE.......................................... A2-1 EXHIBIT B SPECIMEN OF DEBENTURE........................................................ B-1 EXHIBIT C UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT....................................................... C-1
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended Section of Declaration ------------------- ---------------------- 310(a).......................................................................... 5.3 310(b).......................................................................... 5.3(c), 5.3(d) 311(a).......................................................................... 2.2(b) 311(b).......................................................................... 2 (b) 312(a).......................................................................... 2.2(a) 312(b).......................................................................... 2.2(b) 313............................................................................. 2.3 314(a).......................................................................... 2.4; 3.6(j) 314(c).......................................................................... 2.5 315(a).......................................................................... 3.9 315(b).......................................................................... 2.7(a) 315(c).......................................................................... 3.9(a) 315(d).......................................................................... 3.9(b) 316(a).......................................................................... 2.6 316(c).......................................................................... 3.6(e) 317(a).......................................................................... 3.8(e); 3.8(h) 317(b).......................................................................... 3.8(i); 7.5
- --------------- * This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Declaration and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions. AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST ___ __________ __, 200_ AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST, including Annex I and all exhibits attached hereto (this "Declaration"), dated and effective as of ________ __, 200_, by the Trustees (as defined herein), the Sponsor (as defined herein) and by the holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust to be issued pursuant to this Declaration; WHEREAS, the Trustees (other than the Property Trustee (as defined herein)) and the Sponsor established R&G Capital Trust ___ (the "Trust"), a statutory trust formed under the Statutory Trust Act (as defined herein) pursuant to a Declaration of Trust dated as of _______ __, 200_ (the "Original Declaration"), and a Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on ________ __, 200_ (the "Certificate of Trust"), for the sole purpose of issuing and selling certain securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and investing the proceeds thereof in certain Debentures of the Debenture Issuer (each as hereinafter defined), and engaging in only those other activities that are necessary or incidental thereto; and WHEREAS, prior to the date hereof, no interests in the Trust have been issued; and WHEREAS, all of the Trustees and the Sponsor, by this Declaration, amend and restate in its entirety each and every term and provision of the Original Declaration; NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto to continue the Trust as a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act and that this Declaration constitute the governing instrument of such statutory trust, the Trustees declare that all assets contributed to the Trust will be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein), from time to time, of the securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust issued hereunder, subject to the provisions of this Declaration. ARTICLE I INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS SECTION 1.1 DEFINITIONS. Unless the context otherwise requires: (a) Capitalized terms used in this Declaration but not defined in the preamble above 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; 1 (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 and Annexes and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections of and Annexes and Exhibits to this Declaration unless otherwise specified; (e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this Declaration unless otherwise defined in this Declaration or unless the context otherwise requires; and (f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa. "Administrative Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b). "Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder. "Agent" means any Paying Agent or Registrar. "Authorized Officer" of a Person means any other Person that is authorized to legally bind such former Person. "Book Entry Interest" means a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or its nominee, ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 9.4. "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the cities of New York, New York, Wilmington, Delaware or San Juan, Puerto Rico, are authorized or required by law or executive order to close. "Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "Clearing Agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as depositary for the Preferred Securities and in whose name or in the name of a nominee of that organization shall be registered a Global Certificate and which shall undertake to effect book entry transfers and pledges of the Preferred Securities. "Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Clearing Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency. "Closing Time" means the "Closing Date" under the Underwriting Agreement, including pursuant to the exercise of any over-allotment option granted to the underwriter thereunder. 2 "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. "Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as from time to time constituted, or if any time after the execution of this Declaration such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under applicable Federal securities laws, then the body performing such duties at such time. "Common Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1(a). "Common Securities Guarantee" means the guarantee agreement dated as of ________ __, 2004 of the Sponsor in respect of the Common Securities. "Company Indemnified Person" means (a) any Administrative Trustee; (b) any Affiliate of any Administrative Trustee; (c) any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any Administrative Trustee; or (d) any officer, employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates. "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Property Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Property Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located at ______________________, ________________, _____________________. "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. "Debentures" means the ____% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due ________ __, ____ of the Debenture Issuer issued pursuant to the Indenture. "Debenture Issuer" means R&G Financial Corporation, a Puerto Rico corporation, or any successor entity resulting from any consolidation, amalgamation, merger or other business combination, in its capacity as issuer of the Debentures under the Indenture. "Debenture Trustee" means _______________________, a __________ banking corporation, as trustee under the Indenture until a successor is appointed thereunder, and thereafter means such successor trustee. "Default" means an event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default. "Definitive Preferred Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(c). "Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2. 3 "Direct Action" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(e). "Distribution" means a distribution payable to Holders in accordance with Section 6.1. "DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency. "Event of Default" in respect of the Securities means an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) that has occurred and is continuing in respect of the Debentures. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation. "Fiduciary Indemnified Person" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(b). "Fiscal Year" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1. "Global Preferred Security" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a). "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Statutory Trust Act; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite liquidation amount of Preferred 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 Preferred Securities remain in the form of one or more Global Certificates, the term "Holders" shall mean the holder of the Global Certificate acting at the direction of the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners. "Indemnified Person" means a Company Indemnified Person or a Fiduciary Indemnified Person. "Indenture" means the Indenture dated, as of ___________ __, 200_, between the Debenture Issuer and the Debenture Trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time. "Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in the Investment Company Act. "Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation. "Investment Company Event" has the meaning set forth in Annex I. "Legal Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(g). "List of Holders" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a). "Majority in liquidation amount" means, with respect to the Trust Securities, except as provided in the terms of the Preferred Securities or by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of outstanding Trust Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding Preferred Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting 4 separately as a class, who are the record owners of more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount of all outstanding Securities of the relevant class. "Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by any two of the following: the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, a Vice President, the Comptroller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person. Any Officers' Certificate delivered by the Trust shall be signed by at least one Administrative Trustee. 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 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 (except as specifically provided to the contrary herein by reference to "independent counsel") may be an employee of the Sponsor, and who shall be acceptable to the Property Trustee. "Paying Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 7.4. "Payment Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 6.1. "Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature. "Preferred Security Beneficial Owner" means, with respect to a Book Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book Entry Interest, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency). "Preferred Securities" means the _____% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities. "Preferred Securities Guarantee" means the guarantee agreement dated as of ________ __, 200___ of the Sponsor in respect of the Preferred Securities. "Property Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a). 5 "Property Trustee Account" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(c)(i). "Prospectus" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(b)(i). "Quorum" means a majority of the Administrative Trustees or, if there are only two Administrative Trustees, both of them. "Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4. "Registration Statement" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(b)(i). "Regulatory Capital Event" has the meaning set forth in Annex I. "Related Party" means, with respect to the Sponsor, any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Sponsor or any other Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding voting securities of the Sponsor. "Responsible Officer" means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Declaration 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. "Rule 3a-5" means Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act, or any successor rule or regulation. "Securities" or "Trust Securities" means the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities. "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation. "Securities Guarantees" means the Common Securities Guarantee and the Preferred Securities Guarantee. "Special Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) of Annex I hereto. "Sponsor" means R&G Financial Corporation, a Puerto Rico corporation, or any successor entity resulting from any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination, in its capacity as sponsor of the Trust. "Statutory Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, or any successor legislation. "Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(b)(ii). "Successor Entity" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(b)(i). "Successor Property Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(f)(ii). "Super Majority" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(ii). "Tax Event" has the meaning set forth in Annex I. 6 "10% in liquidation amount" means, with respect to the Trust Securities, except as provided in the terms of the Preferred Securities or by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of outstanding Trust Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding Preferred Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of 10% or more of the aggregate liquidation amount 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 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 as a trustee 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. "Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement for the initial offering and sale of Preferred Securities in the form of Exhibit C. ARTICLE II TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION 2.1 TRUST INDENTURE ACT; APPLICATION. (a) This Declaration is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Declaration in order for this Declaration to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act 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 or Puerto Rico income tax purposes or the nature of the Securities as equity securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust. 7 SECTION 2.2 LISTS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES. (a) Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide the Property Trustee, unless the Property Trustee is Registrar for the Securities, (i) within 10 Business Days after each record date for payment of Distributions, a list, in such form as the Property Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders ("List of Holders") as of such record date, provided that neither the Sponsor nor the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time that the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to the Property Trustee by the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust, and (ii) at any other time, within 30 days of receipt by the Trust of a written request for a List of Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given to the Property Trustee. The Property Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information contained in Lists of Holders given to it or which it receives in the capacity as Paying Agent (if acting in such capacity), provided that the Property Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders. (b) The Property Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. SECTION 2.3 REPORTS BY THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE. Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 200_, the Property Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Preferred Securities such reports dated as of such May 15 as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Property Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. SECTION 2.4 PERIODIC REPORTS TO PROPERTY TRUSTEE. Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information as are required by Section 314 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(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act, such compliance certificate to be delivered annually on or before 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Sponsor. Delivery of such documents, reports and information to the Property Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Property Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Sponsor's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Property Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates). SECTION 2.5 EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent provided for in this Declaration that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust 8 Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act may be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate. SECTION 2.6 EVENTS OF DEFAULT; WAIVER. (a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Preferred Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of Default in respect of the Preferred Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying Event of Default under the Indenture: (i) is not waivable under the Indenture, the Event of Default under the Declaration shall also not be waivable; or (ii) requires the consent or vote of greater than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the holders of the Debentures (a "Super Majority") to be waived under the Indenture, the Event of Default under the Declaration may only be waived by the vote of the Holders of at least the proportion in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities that the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(a) shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. Upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or an Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities or impair any right consequent thereon. Any waiver by the Holders of the Preferred Securities of an Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities shall also be deemed to constitute a waiver by the Holders of the Common Securities of any such Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities for all purposes of this Declaration without any further act, vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities. (b) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Common Securities, waive any past Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying Event of Default under the Indenture: (i) is not waivable under the Indenture, except where the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Event of Default under the Declaration as provided below in this Section 2.6(b), the Event of Default under the Declaration shall also not be waivable; or (ii) requires the consent or vote of a Super Majority to be waived under the Indenture, except where the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Event of Default under the Declaration as provided below in this Section 2.6(b), the Event of Default under the Declaration may only be 9 waived by the vote of the Holders of at least the proportion in aggregate liquidation amount of the Common Securities that the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding; provided further, each Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to have waived any such Event of Default and all Events of Default with respect to the Common Securities and their consequences until Events of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, and until such Events of Default have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and only the Holders of the Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Securities. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b) shall be in lieu of Sections 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Sections 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act are hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b), upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist and any Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities or impair any right consequent thereon. (c) A waiver of an Event of Default under the Indenture by the Property Trustee, at the direction of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, constitutes a waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under this Declaration. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(c) shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. SECTION 2.7 EVENT OF DEFAULT; NOTICE. (a) The Property Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a Default (as such term is defined in the Indenture) actually known to a Responsible Officer, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Preferred Securities, the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor, notices of all Defaults with respect to the Securities actually known to a Responsible Officer, unless such Defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided that, except for a default in the payment of principal of or interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums (as such terms are defined in the Indenture) if any, on any of the Debentures, the Property Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders. The Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees shall file annually with the Property Trustee a certification as to whether or not they are in compliance with all the conditions and covenants applicable to them under this Declaration. (b) The Property Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any default except: 10 (i) a default under Sections 5.01(a) (other than the payment of Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, each as defined in the Indenture) and 5.01(b) of the Indenture provided that the Property Trustee is the Paying Agent under the Indenture; or (ii) any default as to which the Property Trustee shall have received written notice at the corporate trust office of the Property Trustee and such notice references the Preferred Securities and this Declaration or of which a Responsible Officer charged with the administration of the Declaration shall have actual knowledge. ARTICLE III ORGANIZATION SECTION 3.1 NAME. The Trust is named "R&G Capital Trust ___" as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Delaware Trustee, the Property Trustee and the Holders. The Trust's activities may be conducted under the name of the Trust or any other name deemed advisable by the Administrative Trustees. SECTION 3.2 OFFICE. The address of the principal office of the Trust is c/o R&G Financial Corporation, 280 Jesus T. Pinero Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918. On ten Business Days written notice to the Delaware Trustee, the Property Trustee and the Holders of Securities, the Administrative Trustees may designate another principal office. SECTION 3.3 PURPOSE. The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell the Securities, (b) use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities to acquire the Debentures, and (c) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage in only those other activities that are necessary or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow money, issue debt or reinvest proceeds derived from investments, mortgage or pledge any of its assets, or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that would cause the Trust not to be classified for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes as a grantor trust. The Trust will be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal and Puerto Rico income tax purposes, pursuant to which the owners of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities will be the owners of the Trust for United States federal and Puerto Rico income tax purposes, and such owners will include directly in their gross income the income, gain, deduction or loss of the Trust as if the Trust did not exist. By the acceptance of this Trust, none of the Trustees, the Sponsor or the Holders of the Securities will take any position which is contrary to the classification of the Trust as a grantor trust for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes. 11 SECTION 3.4 AUTHORITY. Subject to the limitations provided in this Declaration and to the specific duties of the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees shall have exclusive and complete authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken by the Administrative 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. SECTION 3.5 TITLE TO PROPERTY OF THE TRUST. Except as may be otherwise provided in this Declaration, legal title to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Trust and the Holders. The Holders shall not have legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall have an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust. SECTION 3.6 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES. The Administrative Trustees shall have the exclusive power, duty and authority to cause the Trust to engage in the following activities: (a) to execute, enter into and deliver the Common Securities Subscription Agreement and to execute, deliver, issue and sell the Securities in accordance with this Declaration and pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; provided, however, that except as contemplated in Section 7.1(a), (i) the Trust may issue no more than one series of Preferred Securities and no more than one series of Common Securities, (ii) there shall be no interests in the Trust other than the Securities, and (iii) the issuance of Securities shall be limited to a simultaneous issuance of both the Preferred Securities and Common Securities at the Closing Time; (b) in connection with the issuance and sale of the Preferred Securities, to: (i) prepare and execute a Prospectus (the "Prospectus") in preliminary and final form prepared by the Sponsor, in relation to the offering and sale of the Preferred Securities and to execute and file with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3(the "Registration Statement"), including any amendments thereto, for the offering and sale of the Preferred Securities; (ii) execute and file any documents prepared by the Sponsor, or take any acts as determined by the Sponsor to be necessary, in order to qualify or register all or part of the Preferred Securities in any State in which the Sponsor has determined to qualify or register such Preferred Securities for sale; (iii) execute and file an application, prepared by the Sponsor, to permit the Preferred Securities to trade or be quoted or listed in or on the Nasdaq National Market or any other securities exchange or quotation system. 12 (iv) execute and deliver letters, documents or instruments with DTC and other Clearing Agencies relating to the Preferred Securities; (v) execute and file with the Commission a registration statement on Form 8-A, including any amendments thereto, prepared by the Sponsor, relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities under Section 12(b) or (g) of the Exchange Act; and (vi) execute and enter into the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Preferred Securities; (c) to execute, enter into and deliver the Debenture Subscription Agreement and to acquire the Debentures with the proceeds of the sale of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities; provided, however, that the Administrative Trustees shall cause legal title to the Debentures to be held of record in the name of the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Holders; (d) to give the Sponsor and the Property Trustee prompt written notice of the occurrence of a Special Event; (e) to establish a record date with respect to all actions to be taken hereunder that require a record date be established, including and with respect to, for the purposes of Section 316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, Distributions, voting rights, redemptions and exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to the Holders of Preferred 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 Administrative Trustees pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and the Securities; (g) to the fullest extent permitted by law, to bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate, resort to legal action, or otherwise adjust claims or demands of or against the Trust ("Legal Action"), unless pursuant to Section 3.8(e), the Property Trustee has the exclusive power to bring such Legal Action; (h) to employ or otherwise engage employees and agents (who may be designated as officers with titles) and managers, contractors, advisors and consultants to conduct the services that the Administrative Trustees have authority to conduct directly and pay reasonable compensation for such services; (i) to cause the Trust to comply with the Trust's obligations under the Trust Indenture Act; (j) to give the certificate required by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act to the Property Trustee, which certificate may be executed by any Administrative Trustee; (k) to incur expenses that are necessary or incidental to carry out any of the purposes of the Trust; 13 (l) to act as, or appoint another Person to act as, Registrar for the Securities or to appoint a Paying Agent for the Securities as provided in Section 7.4 except for such time as such power to appoint a Paying Agent is vested in the Property Trustee; (m) to give prompt written notice to the Property Trustee and to Holders of any notice received from the Debenture Issuer of its election to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period under the Indenture; (n) to 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 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 or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was created; (o) to take any action, not inconsistent with this Declaration or with applicable law, that the Administrative Trustees determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable in carrying out the activities of the Trust as set out in this Section 3.6, including, but not limited to: (i) causing the Trust not to be deemed to be an Investment Company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act; (ii) causing the Trust to be classified for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes as a grantor trust or causing each Holder to be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the Debentures; and (iii) causing the interest payable on the Debentures to be deductible for Puerto Rico income tax purposes; (iv) provided that such action does not adversely affect the interest of the Holders; (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 Administrative 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 Administrative Trustees must exercise the powers set forth in this Section 3.6 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Administrative Trustees shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set forth in Section 3.3. Subject to this Section 3.6, the Administrative Trustees shall have none of the powers or the authority of the Property Trustee set forth in Section 3.8. The Administrative Trustees may take all actions on behalf of the Trust that are not specifically required by this Declaration to be taken by any other Trustee. 14 Any expenses incurred by the Administrative Trustees pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall be reimbursed by the Debenture Issuer. SECTION 3.7 PROHIBITION OF ACTIONS BY THE TRUST AND THE TRUSTEES. (a) The Trust shall not, and the Trustees (including the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee) shall not, engage in any activity other than as required or authorized by this Declaration. The Trust shall not: (i) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the Debentures, but shall distribute all such proceeds to Holders pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and of the Securities; (ii) acquire any assets other than as expressly provided herein; (iii) possess Trust property for other than a Trust purpose; (iv) make any loans or incur any indebtedness other than loans represented by the Debentures; (v) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to vary the Trust assets or the terms of the Securities in any way whatsoever, except as otherwise expressly provided herein; (vi) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the Trust other than the Securities; (vii) other than as provided in this Declaration or Annex I, (A) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding with respect to any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (B) waive any past default that is waivable under the Indenture or (C) exercise any right to rescind or annul any declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable; or (viii) 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 (A) an opinion of tax counsel (who shall not be an employee of the Sponsor or the Trust) experienced in such matters to the effect that such amendment, modification or termination will not cause more than an insubstantial risk that for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes the Trust will not be classified as a grantor trust, and (B) an Opinion of Counsel from a firm experienced in such matters, to the effect that the amendment, modification or termination will not cause more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust will be deemed to be an investment company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 15 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 Holders. The right, title and interest of the Property Trustee to the Debentures shall vest automatically in each Person who may hereafter be appointed as Property Trustee in accordance with Section 5.7. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents with regard to the Debentures have been executed and delivered. (b) The Property Trustee shall not transfer its right, title and interest in the Debentures to the Administrative Trustees or to the Delaware Trustee (if the Property Trustee does not also act as Delaware Trustee). (c) The Property Trustee shall: (i) establish and maintain a segregated non-interest bearing trust account (the "Property Trustee Account") in the name of and under the exclusive control of the Property Trustee on behalf of the Holders and, upon the receipt of payments of funds made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee, deposit such funds into the Property Trustee Account and make payments or cause the Paying Agent to make payments to the Holders from the Property Trustee Account in accordance with Section 6.1. Funds in the Property Trustee Account shall be held uninvested until disbursed in accordance with this Declaration. The Property Trustee Account shall be an account that is maintained with a banking institution the rating on whose long-term unsecured indebtedness is rated in one of four highest rating categories 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 Trust Securities to the extent the Debentures are redeemed or mature; and (iii) upon written notice of distribution issued by the Administrative Trustees in accordance with the terms of the Securities, engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the distribution of the Debentures to Holders upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in Sections 2.7 and 8.1 hereof. (d) The Property Trustee shall take all actions and perform such duties as may be specifically required of the Property Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and the Securities. (e) Subject to Section 3.9(a), the Property Trustee shall take any Legal Action which arises out of or in connection with an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge or the Property Trustee's duties and obligations under this Declaration or the Trust Indenture Act and if the Property Trustee shall have failed to take such Legal Action following a written request and offer of indemnity or security, satisfactory to the Property Trustee, from the 16 Holders, the Holders of the Preferred Securities may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, take such Legal Action, to the same extent as if such Holders of Preferred Securities held an aggregate principal amount of Debentures equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of such Preferred Securities, without first proceeding against the Property Trustee or the Trust; provided, however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer to pay the principal of or interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums (each as defined in Indenture), if any) on the Debentures on the date such principal or interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) is otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of Preferred Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any), if any, on the Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of such Holder (a "Direct Action") on or after the respective due date specified in the Debentures. In connection with such Direct Action, the Holders of the Common Securities will be subrogated to the rights of such Holder of Preferred Securities to the extent of any payment made by the Debenture Issuer to such Holder of Preferred Securities in such Direct Action. If the Property Trustee fails to declare the principal of all of the Debentures due and payable upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture), so long as the Property Trustee is holding the Debentures on behalf of the Trust, the Holders of at least 25% in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities then outstanding will have the right to declare the Debentures immediately due and payable. Except as provided in this Section 3.8(e), the Holders of Preferred Securities will not be able to exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Debentures. (f) The Property Trustee shall not resign as a Trustee unless either: (i) the Trust has been completely liquidated and the proceeds of the liquidation distributed to the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Securities; or (ii) a successor Property Trustee has been appointed and has accepted that appointment in accordance with Section 5.7 (a "Successor Property Trustee"). (g) The Property Trustee shall have the legal power to exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Debentures under the Indenture and, if an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer occurs and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall, for the benefit of Holders, enforce its rights, including without limitation, its rights under the Indenture as holder of the Debentures, subject to the rights of the Holders pursuant to the terms of such Securities. (h) The Property Trustee shall be authorized to undertake any actions set forth in Section 317(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. (i) For such time as the Property Trustee is the Paying Agent, the Property Trustee may authorize one or more Persons to act as additional Paying Agents and to pay Distributions, redemption payments or liquidation payments on behalf of the Trust with respect to all Securities and any such Paying Agent shall comply with Section 317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any such additional Paying Agent may be removed by the Property Trustee at any time the Property 17 Trustee remains as Paying Agent and a successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agents may be (but are not required to be) appointed at any time by the Property Trustee while the Property Trustee is so acting as Paying Agent. (j) Subject to this Section 3.8, the Property Trustee shall have none of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 3.6. Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Declaration or any Annex or Exhibit hereto, (i) the Property Trustee must exercise the powers set forth in this Section 3.8 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3 and (ii) the Property Trustee shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3. SECTION 3.9 CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE. (a) The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Declaration and in the Securities and no implied covenants shall be read into this Declaration against the Property Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) of which a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, the Property Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. (b) No provision of this Declaration shall be construed to relieve the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that: (i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred: (A) the duties and obligations of the Property Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Declaration and in the Securities and the Property Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Declaration and in the Securities, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Declaration or the Securities against the Property Trustee; and (B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Property Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Declaration; provided, however, that in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this 18 Declaration (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein); (ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such judgment was made; (iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this Declaration; (iv) no provision of this Declaration shall require the Property Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Declaration or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Property Trustee against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it; (v) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Debentures and the Property Trustee Account shall be to deal with such property in a similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Declaration and the Trust Indenture Act; (vi) the Property Trustee shall have no duty or liability for or with respect to the value, genuineness, existence or sufficiency of the Debentures or the payment of any taxes or assessments levied thereon or in connection therewith; (vii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree in writing with the Sponsor. Money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the Property Trustee Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.8(c)(i) and except to the extent otherwise required by law; (viii) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Sponsor with their respective duties under this Declaration, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable for any act, omission, default or misconduct of the Administrative Trustees or the Sponsor; and (ix) the Property Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee has actual 19 knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Property Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee. SECTION 3.10 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.9: (i) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, opinion of counsel, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties; (ii) any direction or act of the Sponsor or the Administrative Trustees contemplated by this Declaration may be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate; (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 Administrative Trustees; (iv) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any rerecording, refiling or registration thereof; (v) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel or other experts of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel and experts with respect to legal matters or advice within the scope of such experts' area of expertise shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion. Such counsel may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees. The Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Declaration from any court of competent jurisdiction; (vi) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Declaration at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Property Trustee security or indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Property Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and the expenses of the Property Trustee's agents, nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might be 20 incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Property Trustee; provided that, nothing contained in this Section 3.10(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Property Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration; (vii) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, 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, and, if the Property Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Trust, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Sponsor and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation; (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, custodian, nominee or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder; (ix) any authorized or required action taken by the Property Trustee or its agents hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders, 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 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; 21 (xii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, without negligence, and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Declaration; (xiii) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Property Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Property Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder; and (xiv) If no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative causes of action, construe ambiguous provisions in this Declaration or is unsure of the application of any provision of this Declaration, and the matter is not one on which the Holders are, under this Declaration, entitled to vote, then the Property Trustee may take the action as is directed by, and, if not so directed, may take action as it deems advisable and in the best interests of, the Holders and will have no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct. (b) No provision of this Declaration shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Property Trustee shall be construed to be a duty. SECTION 3.11 DELAWARE TRUSTEE. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Declaration other than Section 5.2, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of the Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee described in this Declaration, or any other duties or responsibilities except as expressly stated in this Section 3.11. Except as set forth in Section 5.2, the Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Statutory Trust Act; provided that, the Delaware Trustee shall have the power and authority and is hereby authorized to execute and file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware any certificate required to be filed under the Statutory Trust Act, except as provided in Section 8.1(b). In the event the Delaware Trustee shall at any time be required to take any action or perform any duty hereunder, the Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.9(b)(ii)-(viii) and Section 3.10. No implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Declaration against the Delaware Trustee. SECTION 3.12 EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS. Except as otherwise required by the Statutory Trust Act or this Declaration, each Administrative Trustee, individually, is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust any 22 documents that the Administrative Trustees have the power and authority to execute pursuant to Section 3.6; provided that the Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto, shall be signed by all of the Administrative Trustees. 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 Debentures or the Securities. SECTION 3.14 DURATION OF TRUST. The Trust, unless dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII hereof, shall continue without dissolution until _________ __, 20___. SECTION 3.15 MERGERS. (a) The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, except as described in Section 3.15(b) and (c) of this Declaration or Sections 3 and 4 of Annex I. (b) The Trust may, at the request of the Sponsor, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees or, if there are more than two, a majority of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders, the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to, a trust organized as such under the laws of any State; provided that: (i) such successor entity (the "Successor Entity") either: (A) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust under the Securities; or (B) substitutes for the Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities rank the same as the Securities rank with respect to Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise; (ii) the Sponsor expressly appoints a trustee of the Successor Entity that possesses the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee as the holder of the Debentures; (iii) the Preferred Securities or the Successor Securities are listed, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon notification of issuance, on any national securities exchange or with another organization on which the Preferred Securities are then listed or quoted, if any; 23 (iv) if the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) are rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization prior to such transaction, such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities), or if the Debentures are so rated, the Debentures, 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 (including the holders of any Successor Securities) in any material respect (other than with respect to any dilution of such Holders' interests in the new entity); (vi) such Successor Entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the Trust; (vii) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Sponsor has received an opinion of an independent counsel to the Trust (who shall not be an employee of the Sponsor or 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 (including the holders of any Successor Securities) in any material respect (other than with respect to any dilution of the Holders' interest in the new entity); (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) the Trust will continue to be, or the Successor Entity will be, classified as a grantor trust for United States federal and Puerto Rico income tax purposes; (viii) the Sponsor or any permitted successor or assignee owns all of the common securities of such Successor Entity and guarantees the obligations of such Successor Entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the Preferred Securities Guarantee and the Common Securities Guarantee; and (ix) there shall have been furnished to the Property Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent in this Declaration to such transaction have been satisfied. (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, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to, any other Person or permit any other Person to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, 24 replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Trust or the Successor Entity not to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes. 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 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, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding; and (b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Property Trustee and, in the event the Property Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Property Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Property Trustee. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Property Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement adjustment or compensation affecting the 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 IV SPONSOR SECTION 4.1 SPONSOR'S PURCHASE OF COMMON SECURITIES. At the Closing Time, the Sponsor will purchase all of the Common Securities then issued by the Trust, in an amount equal to at least 3% of the total capital of the Trust, at the same time as the Preferred Securities are issued and sold. 25 SECTION 4.2 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SPONSOR. In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the Sponsor shall have the exclusive right and responsibility to engage in the following activities: (a) to prepare the Prospectus in preliminary and final form, and to prepare and file the Registration Statement and any other necessary documents with the Commission, including any amendments thereto and to pay any registration fees in connection therewith; (b) to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Preferred Securities and to do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by the Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it must take, and prepare for execution and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust, as the Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States; (c) if deemed necessary or advisable by the Sponsor, to prepare for filing by the Trust an application to permit the Preferred Securities to trade or be quoted or listed in or on the National Market System or any other securities exchange or quotation system; (d) to prepare for filing by the Trust with the Commission a registration statement on Form 8-A, including any amendments thereto, relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities under Section 12(b) or (g) of the Exchange Act; and (e) to negotiate the terms of the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Preferred Securities. SECTION 4.3 RIGHT TO PROCEED. The Sponsor acknowledges the rights of the Holders of Preferred Securities under Section 3.8(e) of the Declaration and Section 5(b) of Annex I, in the event that a failure of the Trust to pay Distributions on the Preferred Securities is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer to pay interest or principal on the Debentures, to institute a proceeding directly against the Debenture Issuer for enforcement of its payment obligations on the Debentures and the Sponsor irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that any such Holder take any action against the Trust or any other Person before proceeding against the Sponsor. SECTION 4.4 RIGHT TO DISSOLVE TRUST The Sponsor will have the right to any time to dissolve the Trust and after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as required by applicable law, to cause the Debentures to be distributed to the Holders in liquidation of the Trust. Such right is subject to the Sponsor's having received (i) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such distribution will not cause the Holder of Preferred Securities to recognize gain or loss for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes and (ii) all required regulatory approvals. 26 ARTICLE V TRUSTEES SECTION 5.1 NUMBER OF TRUSTEES: APPOINTMENT OF CO-TRUSTEE. The number of Trustees initially shall be five (5), and: (a) at any time before the issuance of any Securities, the Sponsor may, by written instrument, increase or decrease the number of Trustees; and (b) after the issuance of any Securities, the number of Trustees may be increased or decreased by vote of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities; provided, however, that, the number of Trustees shall in no event be less than two (2); provided further that (1) one Trustee shall satisfy the requirements of the Delaware Trustee pursuant to Section 5.2; (2) there shall be at least one Trustee who is an officer of the Sponsor (an "Administrative Trustee"); 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. Notwithstanding the above, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust's property may at the time be located, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities acting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities, and the Administrative Trustees shall have power to appoint one or more Persons either to act as a co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of the Trust's property, or to act as separate trustee of any such property, in either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in such capacity any property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the provisions of this Declaration. In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee alone shall have power to make any such appointment of a co-trustee. SECTION 5.2 DELAWARE TRUSTEE. If required by the Statutory 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 Section 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Act and any other 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, the Person theretofore serving as Delaware Trustee (if other than the Property Trustee) automatically shall cease to be a Trustee, the Property Trustee promptly shall provide to the Person theretofore serving as Delaware Trustee written notice of the same (in relying on which the Person theretofore serving as Delaware Trustee shall be fully justified and protected), the number of Trustees automatically 27 shall be reduced by one (1), the Property Trustee promptly shall cause the certificate of trust of the Trust to be amended as necessary, and Section 3.11 shall have no application. SECTION 5.3 PROPERTY TRUSTEE; ELIGIBILITY. (a) There shall at all times be one Trustee (the "Property Trustee") which shall act as Property Trustee which shall: (i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor; and (ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then for the purposes of this Section 5.3(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. (b) If at any time the Property Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section 5.3(a), the Property Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set forth in Section 5.7(c). (c) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities (as if it were the obligor referred to in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. (d) The Preferred Securities Guarantee and the Indenture shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Declaration for purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. (e) The initial Property Trustee shall be: _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration 28 SECTION 5.4 CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE GENERALLY. Each Administrative Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (unless the Property Trustee also acts as Delaware Trustee) shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more Authorized Officers. SECTION 5.5 ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES. The initial Administrative Trustees shall be: _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ (a) Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration and except if a meeting of the Administrative Trustees is called with respect to any matter over which the Administrative Trustees have power to act, any power of the Administrative Trustees may be exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such Administrative Trustee. (b) An Administrative Trustee shall have the authority set forth in Section 3.12 to execute on behalf of the Trust any documents which the Administrative Trustees have the power and authority to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6; provided that the Registration Statement, including any amendment thereto, shall be signed by all of the Administrative Trustees. (c) An Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purposes of signing any documents which the Administrative Trustees have power and authority to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6. SECTION 5.6 DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The initial Delaware Trustee shall be: _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ Attention: Corporate Trust Department SECTION 5.7 APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF TRUSTEES. (a) Subject to Section 5.7(b) of this Declaration and to Section 6(b) of Annex I hereto, 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; 29 (ii) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing after the issuance of any Securities, by vote of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities; and (iii) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing after the issuance of the Securities, with respect to the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, by vote of Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities voting as a class at a meeting of Holders of the Preferred Securities. (b) (i) The Trustee that acts as Property Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with Section 5.7(a) until a Successor Property Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Property Trustee and delivered to the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor; and (ii) the Trustee that acts as Delaware Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with this Section 5.7(a) until a successor Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Delaware Trustee under Sections 5.2 and 5.4 (a "Successor Delaware Trustee") has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor. (c) A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until its or his successor shall have been appointed or 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; and (ii) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a Successor Delaware Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and the resigning Delaware Trustee. (d) The Holders of the Common Securities or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing after the issuance of the Securities, the Holders of the Preferred Securities 30 shall use their best efforts to promptly appoint a Successor Delaware Trustee or Successor Property Trustee, as the case may be, if the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee delivers an instrument of resignation in accordance with this Section 5.7. (e) If no Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 5.7 within 60 days after delivery of an instrument of resignation or removal, the Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee resigning or being removed, as applicable, may, at the expense of the Sponsor, 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, and 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. (g) At the time of resignation or removal of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the Debenture Issuer shall pay to such Trustee any amounts that may be owed to such Trustee pursuant to Section 10.4. (h) Any successor to an Administrative Trustee shall be an officer, director, employee or Affiliate of the Sponsor. SECTION 5.8 VACANCIES AMONG TRUSTEES. If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 5.2, or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 5.1, a vacancy shall occur. A resolution certifying the existence of such vacancy by the Administrative Trustees or, if there are more than two, a majority of the Administrative Trustees shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 5.7. SECTION 5.9 EFFECT OF VACANCIES. The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to dissolve, terminate or annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 5.7, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number, shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Declaration. SECTION 5.10 MEETINGS. If there is more than one Administrative Trustee, meetings of the Administrative Trustees shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Administrative Trustee. Regular meetings of the Administrative Trustees may be held at a time and place fixed by resolution of the Administrative Trustees, provided, however, that meetings of the Administrative Trustees shall 31 not be held in any jurisdiction which would subject the Trust to taxation under the laws of such jurisdiction. Notice of any in-person meetings of the Administrative Trustees shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before such meeting. Notice of any telephonic meetings of the Administrative Trustees or any committee thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time, place and anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person or by telephone) of an Administrative Trustee at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where an Administrative Trustee attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Unless provided otherwise in this Declaration, any action of the Administrative Trustees may be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Administrative Trustees present (whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such matter, provided that a Quorum is present, or without a meeting and without notice by the unanimous written consent of the Administrative Trustees. In the event there is only one Administrative Trustee, any and all action of such Administrative Trustee shall be evidenced by a written consent of such Administrative Trustee. SECTION 5.11 DELEGATION OF POWER. (a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section 3.6, including any registration statement or amendment thereto filed with the Commission, or making any other governmental filing; and (b) the Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to such of their number or to officers of the Trust the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein. SECTION 5.12 MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS. Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee that is not a natural person, as the case may be, may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, shall be a party, or any Person 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 Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. 32 ARTICLE VI DISTRIBUTIONS SECTION 6.1 DISTRIBUTIONS. Holders shall receive Distributions in accordance with the applicable terms of the relevant Holder's Securities. Distributions shall be made on the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities in accordance with the preferences set forth in their respective terms. If and to the extent that the Debenture Issuer makes a payment of interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, each as defined in the Indenture) or principal on the Debentures held by the Property Trustee or any other payments with respect to the Debentures held by the Property Trustee (the amount of any such payment being a "Payment Amount"), the Property Trustee shall and is directed, to the extent funds are available for that purpose, to make a distribution (a "Distribution") of the Payment Amount to Holders. ARTICLE VII ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES SECTION 7.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING SECURITIES. (a) The Administrative Trustees shall on behalf of the Trust issue one class of capital securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the "Preferred Securities") and one class of common securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the "Common Securities"). The Trust shall issue no securities or other interests in the assets of the Trust other than the Trust Securities. (b) 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. (c) 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 undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust. (d) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder or a Preferred Security Beneficial Owner in accordance with the terms of this Declaration, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Declaration and the terms of the Securities, the Preferred Securities Guarantee, the Indenture and the Debentures. SECTION 7.2 EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION. (a) The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by an Administrative Trustee by manual or facsimile signature. In case any Administrative Trustee of the Trust who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such Administrative Trustee before the Securities so signed shall be delivered by the Trust, such Securities nevertheless may be delivered as though the person who signed such Securities had not ceased to be such Administrative Trustee; and any Securities may be signed on behalf of the Trust by such persons who, at the actual date of execution of such Security, shall be the Administrative Trustees of the Trust, although at the 33 date of the execution and delivery of the Declaration any such person was not such an Administrative Trustee. (b) One Administrative Trustee shall sign the Preferred Securities for the Trust by manual or facsimile signature. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrative Trustees, such signature shall, in the case of Common Securities, be a manual signature. A Preferred Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Property Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Preferred Security has been authenticated under this Declaration. Upon a written order of the Trust signed by one Administrative Trustee, the Property Trustee shall authenticate the Preferred Securities for original issue. The aggregate number of Preferred Securities outstanding at any time shall not exceed the number set forth in the terms in Annex I hereto except as provided in Section 7.6. The Property Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Trust to authenticate Preferred Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Preferred Securities whenever the Property Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Declaration to authentication by the Property Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as the Property Trustee to deal with the Sponsor or an Affiliate. SECTION 7.3 FORM AND DATING. The Preferred Securities and the Property Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 and the Common Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2, each of which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Declaration. Certificates representing the Securities may be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by their execution thereof. The Securities may have letters, CUSIP or other numbers, notations or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Trust is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Trust). The Trust at the direction of the Sponsor shall furnish any such legend to the Property Trustee in writing. Each Preferred Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms and provisions of the Securities set forth in Annex I and the forms of Securities set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 are part of the terms of this Declaration and to the extent applicable, the Property Trustee and the Sponsor, by their execution and delivery of this Declaration, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. (a) Global Securities. The Preferred Securities shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Securities in definitive, fully registered form without distribution coupons as set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto (a "Global Preferred Security"), which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Preferred Securities represented thereby with the Property Trustee, as custodian for the Clearing Agency, and registered in the name of the Clearing Agency or a nominee of the Clearing Agency, duly executed by the Trust and authenticated by the Property Trustee as hereinafter provided. The number of Preferred Securities represented by 34 a Global Preferred Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Property Trustee and the Clearing Agency or its nominee as hereinafter provided. (b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 7.3(b) shall apply only to the Global Preferred Securities and such other Preferred Securities in global form as may be authorized by the Trust to be deposited with or on behalf of the Clearing Agency. The Trust shall execute and the Property Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 7.3, authenticate and make available for delivery initially one or more Global Preferred Securities that (i) shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. or other nominee of such Clearing Agency and (ii) shall be delivered by the Property Trustee to such Clearing Agency or pursuant to such Clearing Agency's written instructions or held by the Property Trustee as custodian for the Clearing Agency. Members of, or participants in, the Clearing Agency ("Participants") shall have no rights under this Declaration with respect to any Global Preferred Security held on their behalf by the Clearing Agency or by the Property Trustee as the custodian of the Clearing Agency or under such Global Preferred Security, and the Clearing Agency may be treated by the Trust, the Property Trustee and any agent of the Trust or the Property Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Preferred Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Trust, the Property Trustee or any agent of the Trust or the Property Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Clearing Agency or impair, as between the Clearing Agency and its Participants, the operation of customary practices of such Clearing Agency governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Preferred Security. (c) Definitive Preferred Securities. Except as provided in Section 7.9 or 9.2(d), owners of beneficial interests in a Global Preferred Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Preferred Securities ("Definitive Preferred Securities"). (d) Authorized Denominations. The Preferred Securities are issuable only in denominations of $_____________ and any integral multiple thereof. SECTION 7.4 REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT. The Trust shall maintain in the Wilmington, Delaware, (i) an office or agency where Preferred Securities may be presented for registration of transfer ("Registrar") and (ii) an office or agency where Preferred Securities may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Preferred Securities and of their transfer. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust may appoint the Registrar and the Paying Agent and may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents in such other locations as it shall determine. The term "Registrar" includes any additional registrar and "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Paying Agent or Registrar shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent or Registrar, as the case may be, upon 30 days' written notice to the Administrative 35 Trustees. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall notify the Property Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Declaration. If the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Property Trustee shall act as such. The Trust or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. The Property Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar for the Common Securities. The Trust initially appoints the Property Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Preferred Securities. SECTION 7.5 PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST. The Trust shall require each Paying Agent other than the Property Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Property Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of liquidation amounts or Distributions, and will notify the Property Trustee if there are insufficient funds for such purpose. While any such insufficiency continues, the Property Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Property Trustee. The Trust at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Property Trustee and to account for any money disbursed by it. Upon payment over to the Property Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Trust or an Affiliate of the Trust) shall have no further liability for the monies previously held by it. If the Trust or the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Trust or the Sponsor acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. SECTION 7.6 REPLACEMENT SECURITIES. If a Holder claims that a Security owned by it has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken or if such Security is mutilated and is surrendered to the Trust or in the case of the Preferred Securities to the Property Trustee, the Trust shall issue and the Property Trustee shall, upon written order of the Trust, authenticate a replacement Security if the Property Trustee's and the Trust's requirements, as the case may be, are met. An indemnity bond must be provided by the Holder which, in the judgment of the Property Trustee, is sufficient to protect the Trustees, the Sponsor, the Trust or any authenticating agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Trust may charge such Holder for its expenses in replacing a Security. SECTION 7.7 OUTSTANDING PREFERRED SECURITIES. The Preferred Securities outstanding at any time are all the Preferred Securities authenticated by the Property Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. If a Preferred Security is replaced, paid or purchased pursuant to Section 7.6 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Property Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced, paid or purchased Preferred Security is held by a protected purchaser. If Preferred Securities are considered paid in full in accordance with the terms of this Declaration, they cease to be outstanding and Distributions on them shall cease to accumulate. 36 Except as provided in Section 7.8, a Preferred Security does not cease to be outstanding because one of the Trust, the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor holds the Security. SECTION 7.8 PREFERRED SECURITIES IN TREASURY. In determining whether the Holders of the required amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Preferred Securities owned by the Trust, the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor, as the case may be, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Property Trustee shall be fully protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. SECTION 7.9 DEFINITIVE SECURITIES. (a) A Global Preferred Security deposited with the Clearing Agency or with the Property Trustee as custodian for the Clearing Agency pursuant to Section 7.3 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Preferred Securities only if such transfer complies with Section 9.2 and (i) the Clearing Agency notifies the Sponsor that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Clearing Agency for such Global Preferred Security or if at any time such Clearing Agency ceases to be a "clearing agency" registered under the Exchange Act and a clearing agency is not appointed by the Sponsor within 90 days of such notice, (ii) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (iii) the Trust at its sole discretion elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Preferred Securities. (b) Any Global Preferred Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Preferred Securities pursuant to this Section 7.9 shall be surrendered by the Clearing Agency to the Property Trustee located in Wilmington, Delaware, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Preferred Security, an equal aggregate liquidation amount of Preferred Securities of authorized denominations in the form of certificated Preferred Securities. Any portion of a Global Preferred Security so transferred pursuant to this Section 7.9(b) shall be registered in such names as the Clearing Agency shall direct. (c) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.9(b), the Holder of a Global Preferred Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Participants and Persons that may hold interests through Participants, to take any action which such Holder is entitled to take under this Declaration or the Securities. (d) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 7.9(a), the Trust will promptly make available to the Property Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Preferred Securities in fully registered form without distribution coupons. (e) Payments on the Preferred Securities that are not held by the Depositary will be made by check mailed to the address of the holder certified thereto at the address which appears on the register. 37 SECTION 7.10 CANCELLATION. The Registrar at any time may deliver Preferred Securities to the Property Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Property Trustee any Preferred Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, redemption, or payment. The Property Trustee shall promptly cancel all Preferred Securities, surrendered for registration of transfer, redemption, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Preferred Securities in accordance with its customary procedures unless the Trust otherwise directs. The Trust may not issue new Preferred Securities to replace Preferred Securities that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation. SECTION 7.11 CUSIP NUMBERS. The Trust in issuing the Preferred Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Property Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders of Preferred Securities; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Preferred Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Preferred Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Sponsor will promptly notify the Property Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers. ARTICLE VIII DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST SECTION 8.1 DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST. (a) The Trust shall automatically dissolve and be wound up in accordance with applicable law: (i) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Sponsor as described in Section 5.01(d) or (e) of the Indenture; (ii) upon the filing of a certificate of dissolution or liquidation or its equivalent with respect to the Sponsor; or the revocation of the Sponsor's charter and the expiration of 90 days after the date of revocation without a reinstatement thereof; (iii) based upon an election by the Sponsor to dissolve the Trust, following the distribution of the Debentures from the Trust to the Holders in exchange for all of the Securities, provided, that the Property Trustee has received written notice from the Sponsor directing the Property Trustee to dissolve the Trust (which election is optional, and except as otherwise expressly provided below, within the discretion of the Sponsor), and provided, further, that such direction and such distribution is conditioned on (a) the receipt by the Sponsor of any and all required regulatory approvals, and (b) the Sponsor's receipt and delivery to the Administrative Trustees of an opinion of independent tax counsel experienced in such matters (who shall not be an employee of the Sponsor or the Trust) to the effect that the Holders of the Preferred Securities will not recognize any gain or 38 loss for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes as a result of the dissolution of the Trust and the distribution of Debentures; (iv) upon the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Sponsor or the Trust by a court of competent jurisdiction; (v) when all of the Securities shall have been called for redemption and the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall have been paid to the Holders in accordance with the terms of the Securities; (vi) upon redemption or repayment of the Debentures or at such time as no Debentures are outstanding; or; (vii) the expiration of the term of the Trust provided in Section 3.14. (b) As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event referred to in Section 8.1(a), but within 30 days of such event, notice of such dissolution shall be given to the Holders and upon completion of the winding up of Trust, the Administrative Trustees shall file a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the Trust shall terminate. (c) The provisions of Section 3.9 and Article X shall survive the termination of the Trust. ARTICLE IX TRANSFER OF INTERESTS SECTION 9.1 TRANSFER OF SECURITIES. (a) Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Declaration and in the terms of the Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any transfer or purported transfer of any Security not made in accordance with this Declaration shall be null and void. (b) The Administrative Trustees shall provide for the registration of Preferred Securities and of the transfer of Preferred Securities, which will be effected without charge but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the Administrative Trustees may require) in respect of any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation to it. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred Securities, the Administrative Trustees shall cause one or more new Preferred Securities to be issued in the name of the designated transferee or transferees. Every Preferred Security surrendered for registration of transfer shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Administrative Trustees and the Registrar or co-registrar, duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Preferred Security surrendered for registration of transfer shall be canceled by the Property Trustee. A transferee of a Preferred Security shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such transferee of a Preferred Security. By acceptance of a Preferred Security, each transferee shall be bound by this Declaration. 39 (c) The Holder of the Common Securities may not transfer the Common Securities except (a) in connection with transactions permitted under Section 10.01 of the Indenture, or (b) to the Sponsor or an Affiliate thereof in compliance with applicable law (including the Securities Act and applicable state securities and blue sky laws); provided that, any such transfer is subject to the condition precedent that the transferor obtain the written opinion of qualified independent counsel experienced in such matters that such transfer would not cause more than an insubstantial risk that: (i) the Trust would not be classified for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes as a grantor trust and each Holder of Securities would not be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the Debentures; and (ii) the Trustee would be an Investment Company or the transferee would become an Investment Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any attempted transfer of the Common Securities other than as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall be void. For so long as the Trust Securities remain outstanding, the Sponsor will covenant (i) to directly or indirectly maintain 100% direct or indirect ownership of the Common Securities of the Trust; provided, however, that any permitted successor of the Sponsor under the Indenture may succeed to the Sponsor's ownership of such Common Securities, (ii) to use its reasonable efforts to cause the Trust (a) to remain a Statutory trust, except in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the Holders of Trust Securities in liquidation of the Trust, the redemption of all of the Trust Securities, or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by this Declaration, and (b) to otherwise continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes and (iii) to use its reasonable efforts to cause each holder of Trust Securities to be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the Debentures. SECTION 9.2 TRANSFER PROCEDURES AND RESTRICTIONS. (a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Preferred Securities. When Definitive Preferred Securities are presented to the Registrar or co-registrar (x) to register the transfer of such Definitive Preferred Securities; or (y) to exchange such Definitive Preferred Securities which became mutilated, destroyed, defaced, stolen or lost, for an equal number of Definitive Preferred Securities, the Registrar or co-registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Preferred Securities surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Trustees and the Registrar or co-registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing; (b) Transfer and Exchange of Global Preferred Securities. The transfer and exchange of Global Preferred Securities or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Clearing Agency, in accordance with this Declaration (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Clearing Agency therefor. 40 (c) Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange of Global Preferred Securities. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Declaration (other than the provisions set forth in this Section 9.2 and subsection (a) of Section 7.9), a Global Preferred Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the Clearing Agency to a nominee of the Clearing Agency or another nominee of the Clearing Agency or by the Clearing Agency or any such nominee to a successor Clearing Agency or a nominee of such successor Clearing Agency. (d) Authentication of Definitive Preferred Securities. If at any time: (i) the Clearing Agency notifies the Sponsor that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Clearing Agency for such Global Preferred Security or if at any time such Clearing Agency ceases to be a "clearing agency" registered under the Exchange Act and a clearing agency is not appointed by the Sponsor within 90 days of such notice; (ii) there occurs a Default or an Event of Default which is continuing, or (iii) the Trust (by the Administrative Trustees), in its sole discretion, notifies the Property Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Preferred Securities under this Declaration, then an Administrative Trustee on behalf of the Trust will execute, and the Property Trustee, upon receipt of a written order of the Trust signed by one Administrative Trustee requesting the authentication and delivery of Definitive Preferred Securities to the Persons designated by the Trust, will authenticate and make available for delivery Definitive Preferred Securities, equal in number to the number of Preferred Securities represented by the Global Preferred Securities, in exchange for such Global Preferred Securities. (e) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Preferred Security. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Preferred Security have either been exchanged for Definitive Preferred Securities to the extent permitted by this Declaration or redeemed, repurchased or canceled in accordance with the terms of this Declaration, such Global Preferred Security shall be canceled by the Property Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Preferred Security is exchanged for Definitive Preferred Securities, Preferred Securities represented by such Global Preferred Security shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Clearing Agency and the Registrar, to reflect such reduction. (f) Obligations with Respect to Transfers of Preferred Securities. (i) To permit registrations of transfers, an Administrative Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and the Property Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Preferred Securities and Global Preferred Securities at the Registrar's or co-registrar's request in accordance with the terms of this Declaration. (ii) Registrations of transfers will be effected without charge, but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the Trust or the Sponsor may require) in respect of any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to it. 41 (iii) The Registrar or co-registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of (a) Preferred Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption or any notice of selection of Preferred Securities for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing; or (b) any Preferred Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Preferred Security being redeemed in part. (iv) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Preferred Security, the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Preferred Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Preferred Security for the purpose of receiving Distributions on such Preferred Security (subject to Section 2(c) of Annex I) and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary. (v) All Preferred Securities issued upon any registration of transfer pursuant to the terms of this Declaration shall evidence the same security and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Declaration as the Preferred Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer. (g) No Obligation of the Property Trustee. (i) The Property Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Preferred Security, a Clearing Agency Participant in the Clearing Agency or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Clearing Agency or its nominee or of any Clearing Agency Participant thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Preferred Securities or with respect to the delivery to any Clearing Agency Participant, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Clearing Agency) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Preferred Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Preferred Securities shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the Clearing Agency or its nominee in the case of a Global Preferred Security). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Preferred Security shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Clearing Agency. The Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Clearing Agency or any agent thereof with respect to its Clearing Agency Participants and any beneficial owners. (ii) The Property Trustee and the Registrar shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Declaration or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Preferred Security (including any transfers between 42 or among Clearing Agency Participants or beneficial owners in any Global Preferred Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Declaration, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof. SECTION 9.3 DEEMED SECURITY HOLDERS. The Trustees may treat the Person in whose name any Security shall be registered on the books and records of the Trust as the sole owner of such Security for purposes of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever (subject to the definition of "Holder" contained herein) and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Security on the part of any Person, whether or not the Trust shall have actual or other notice thereof. SECTION 9.4 BOOK ENTRY INTERESTS. Global Preferred Securities shall initially be registered on the books and records of the Trust in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the Clearing Agency, and no Preferred Security Beneficial Owner will receive a definitive Preferred Security Certificate representing such Preferred Security Beneficial Owner's interests in such Global Preferred Securities, except as provided in Section 7.9 and Section 9.2. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Preferred Securities certificates have been issued to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 7.9 or Section 9.2: (a) the provisions of this Section 9.4 shall be in full force and effect; (b) the Trust and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Declaration (including the payment of Distributions on the Global Preferred Securities and receiving approvals, votes or consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Preferred Securities and the sole holder of the Global Certificates and shall have no obligation to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners; (c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 9.4 conflict with any other provisions of this Declaration, the provisions of this Section 9.4 shall control; and (d) the rights of the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Preferred Security Beneficial Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants and the Clearing Agency shall receive and transmit payments of Distributions on the Global Certificates to such Clearing Agency Participants. DTC will make book entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants. SECTION 9.5 NOTICES TO CLEARING AGENCY. Whenever a notice or other communication to the Preferred Security Holders is required under this Declaration, unless and until definitive, fully registered Preferred Securities certificates have been issued to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 7.9 43 or Section 9.2, the Trustees shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to the Holders of Global Preferred Securities to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no notice obligations to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners. SECTION 9.6 APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR CLEARING AGENCY. If any Clearing Agency ceases to continue its services as securities depositary with respect to the Preferred Securities, the Administrative Trustees may, in their sole discretion, appoint a successor Clearing Agency with respect to such Preferred Securities. ARTICLE X LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS SECTION 10.1 LIABILITY. (a) Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration, the Securities Guarantees and the terms of the Securities, the Sponsor shall not be: (i) personally liable for the return of any portion of the capital contributions (or any return thereon) of the Holders which shall be made solely from assets of the Trust; and (ii) required to pay to the Trust or to any Holder any deficit upon dissolution or termination of the Trust or otherwise. (b) The Debenture Issuer shall be liable for all of the debts and obligations of the Trust (other than in respect of the payment of principal and interest on the Securities) to the extent not satisfied out of the Trust's assets. (c) Pursuant to Section 3803(a) of the Statutory Trust Act, the Holders shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. SECTION 10.2 EXCULPATION. (a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's 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, if selected by such Indemnified Person, 44 has been selected by such Indemnified Person with reasonable care 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 might properly be paid. SECTION 10.3 FIDUCIARY DUTY. (a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this Declaration shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The provisions of this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity (other than the duties imposed on the Property Trustee under the Trust 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 and Indemnified Persons; or (ii) whenever this Declaration or any other agreement contemplated herein or therein provides that an Indemnified Person shall act in a manner that is, or provides terms that are, fair and reasonable to the Trust or any Holder of Securities, 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. 45 SECTION 10.4 INDEMNIFICATION. (a) (i) The Debenture Issuer shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any Company 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 Company Indemnified Person against expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Company 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. (ii) The Debenture Issuer shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any Company 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 Company Indemnified Person against expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust and except that no such indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such Company Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. (iii) To the extent that a Company Indemnified Person shall be successful on the merits or otherwise (including dismissal of an action without prejudice or the settlement of an action without admission of liability) in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified, to the full extent permitted by law, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. (iv) Any indemnification under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(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 Company Indemnified Person is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii). Such determination shall be made (1) by the Administrative Trustees by a majority vote of a Quorum consisting of such Administrative Trustees who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, (2) if such a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a Quorum of 46 disinterested Administrative Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the Common Security Holder of the Trust. (v) Expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by a Company Indemnified Person in defending a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a) shall be paid by the 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 Company 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 10.4(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the Debenture Issuer if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Administrative Trustees by a majority vote of a Quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees, (ii) if such a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a Quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iii) the Common Security Holder of the Trust, that, based upon the facts known to the Administrative Trustees, counsel or the Common Security Holder at the time such determination is made, such Company 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 Company 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 Administrative Trustees, independent legal counsel or Common Security Holder reasonably determine that such person deliberately breached his duty to the Trust or its Common or Preferred Security Holders. (vi) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Section 10.4(a) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification and advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors of the Debenture Issuer or Preferred Security Holders of the Trust or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. All rights to indemnification under this Section 10.4(a) shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Debenture Issuer and each Company Indemnified Person who serves in such capacity at any time while this Section 10.4(a) is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section 10.4(a) shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing. (vii) The Debenture Issuer or the Trust may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Company Indemnified Person against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Debenture Issuer would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a). (viii) For purposes of this Section 10.4(a), references to "the Trust" shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving entity, any constituent entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger, so that any person who is or was a director, trustee, officer or employee of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another entity, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a) with respect to the resulting or 47 surviving entity as he would have with respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence had continued. (ix) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 10.4(a) shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Company Indemnified Person and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. (b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Debenture Issuer agrees to indemnify the (i) Property Trustee, (ii) the Delaware Trustee, (iii) any Affiliate of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, and (iv) any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (each of the Persons in (i) through (iv) being referred to as a "Fiduciary Indemnified Person") for, and to hold each Fiduciary Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim, action, suit, cost, penalty or expense of any kind or nature whatsoever including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of such Fiduciary Indemnified Person) incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against or investigating any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligation to indemnify as set forth in this Section 10.4(b) shall survive the resignation or removal of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the dissolution of the Trust and the satisfaction and discharge of this Declaration. SECTION 10.5 OUTSIDE BUSINESSES. Any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee (subject to Section 5.3(c)) may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders shall have no rights by virtue of this Declaration in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. No Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee, or the Property Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of the Sponsor or its Affiliates. SECTION 10.6 COMPENSATION; FEES. The Debenture Issuer agrees: 48 (a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time such compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder as the parties shall agree in writing from time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); and (b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Declaration (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of their respective agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The provisions of this Section 10.6 shall survive the dissolution of the Trust and the termination of this Declaration and the removal or resignation of any Trustee. No Trustee may claim any lien or charge on any property of the Trust as a result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 10.6. ARTICLE XI ACCOUNTING SECTION 11.1 FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year ("Fiscal Year") of the Trust shall be the calendar year, or such other year as is required by the Code. SECTION 11.2 CERTAIN ACCOUNTING MATTERS. (a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the Administrative Trustees shall keep, or cause to be kept, full books of account, records and supporting documents, which shall reflect in reasonable detail, each transaction of the Trust. The books of account shall be maintained on the accrual method of accounting, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. The books of account and the records of the Trust shall be examined by and reported upon as of the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust by a firm of independent certified public accountants selected by the Administrative Trustees. (b) The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be duly prepared and delivered to each of the Holders, any required annual United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax information statement containing such information with regard to the Securities held by each Holder as is required. Notwithstanding any right under any law to deliver any such statement at a later date, the Administrative Trustees shall endeavor to deliver all such information statements within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust. (c) The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be duly prepared and filed with the appropriate taxing authority, all United States federal and Puerto Rico income tax returns, and any other annual income tax returns required to be filed by the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust with any state or local taxing authority. 49 SECTION 11.3 BANKING. The Trust may maintain one or more bank accounts in the name and for the sole benefit of the Trust; provided, however, that all payments of funds in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee shall be made directly to the Property Trustee Account and no other funds of the Trust shall be deposited in the Property Trustee Account. The sole signatories for such accounts shall be designated by the Administrative Trustees; provided, however, that the Property Trustee shall designate the signatories for the Property Trustee Account. SECTION 11.4 WITHHOLDING. The Trust and the Administrative Trustees shall comply with all withholding requirements under United States federal, Puerto Rico, state and local law. The Trust shall request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust, such forms or certificates as are necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with respect to each Holder, and any representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by the Trust to assist it in determining the extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations. The Administrative Trustees shall file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from withholding is properly established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the Trust is required to withhold and pay over any amounts to any authority with respect to Distributions or allocations to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a Distribution in the amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any claimed over withholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction. If the amount required to be withheld was not withheld from actual Distributions made, the Trust may reduce subsequent Distributions by the amount of such withholding. ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS SECTION 12.1 AMENDMENTS. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration (including Section 7 of Annex I hereto) or by any applicable terms of the Securities, this Declaration may only be amended by a written instrument approved and executed by: (i) the Administrative Trustees (or if there are more than two Administrative Trustees a majority of the Administrative Trustees); (ii) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee; and (iii) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Delaware Trustee, the Delaware Trustee. (b) No amendment shall be made, and any such purported amendment shall be void and ineffective: (i) unless the Property Trustee shall have first received: 50 (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 that the interests of any Holder of Securities will not be materially affected by such amendment; 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 that all conditions precedent, if any, in this Declaration to the execution and delivery of such amendment have been satisfied, provided, however, that the Property Trustee shall not be required to sign any such amendment which affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Property Trustee; and (ii) to the extent the result of such amendment would be to: (A) cause the Trust to fail to continue to be classified for purposes of United States federal or Puerto Rico income taxation as a grantor trust; (B) reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers of the Property Trustee in contravention of the Trust Indenture Act; (C) cause the Trust to be deemed to be an Investment Company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act; or (D) cause a Tax Event. (c) At such time after the Trust has issued any Securities that remain outstanding, any amendment that would adversely affect the rights, privileges or preferences of any Holder may be effected only with such additional requirements as may be set forth in the terms of such Securities; (d) Section 9.1(c) and this Section 12.1 shall not be amended without the consent of all of the Holders; (e) Article Four 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 Five 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; and (g) Notwithstanding Section 12.1(c), this Declaration may be amended by the Sponsor, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees without the consent of the Holders to: (i) cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision in this Declaration that may be inconsistent with any other provision of this Declaration or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Declaration which shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of the Declaration; and 51 (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 or Puerto Rico income tax purposes as a grantor trust at all times that any Securities are outstanding or to ensure that the Trust will not be required to register as an Investment Company under the Investment Company Act; provided, however, that in each case such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders, and any such amendments of this Declaration shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Holders. SECTION 12.2 MEETINGS OF THE HOLDERS; ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. (a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Administrative Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Declaration, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Administrative Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of such class of Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Administrative Trustees one or more notices in writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Securities held by the Holders 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: (i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders having a right to vote there at least seven days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Declaration or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders. Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders 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 having a right to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the taking of any action without a meeting shall be given to Holders entitled to vote who have not consented to such action in writing. The Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Holder of Securities for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Administrative Trustees; (ii) each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder 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 52 of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing it. Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders of a Delaware corporation; (iii) each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and (iv) unless the Statutory Trust Act, this Declaration, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Preferred Securities are then listed or trading, otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting and without prior notice, 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, provided, however, the meetings of Holders shall not be held in any jurisdiction which would subject the Trust to taxation under the laws of such jurisdiction. ARTICLE XIII REPRESENTATIONS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE SECTION 13.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE. The Trustee that acts as initial Property Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust, to the Holders of Securities and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and each Successor Property Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust, to the Holders of Securities, and to the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Property Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as Property Trustee that: (a) The Property Trustee is a Delaware banking corporation, a national banking association or a bank or trust company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of any State of the United States or the District of Columbia, in any case with trust powers and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this Declaration; (b) the Property Trustee satisfies the requirements set forth in Section 5.3(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. 53 This Declaration has been duly executed and delivered by the Property Trustee and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Property Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (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 charter or by-laws 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 13.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DELAWARE TRUSTEE. The Trustee that acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust, to the Holders of Securities and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and each Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust, to the Holders of Securities, and to 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 5.2 and, if it is not a natural person, is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware or the United States, 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 execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Delaware Trustee. This Declaration has been duly executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Delaware Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); (c) No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or notice to, any federal banking authority is required for the execution, delivery or performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Declaration; and (d) The Delaware Trustee is a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware. 54 ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 14.1 NOTICES. All notices provided for in this Declaration shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, overnight courier service or confirmed telecopy, as follows: (a) if given to the Trust, in care of the Administrative Trustees at the 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): R&G Capital Trust ___ c/o R&G Financial Corporation 280 Jesus T. Pinero Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, Attention: _____________________ Administrative Trustee Telecopy: (787) 766-7175 (b) if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing address set forth below (or such other address as Delaware Trustee may give notice of to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee): _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ Attention: Corporate Trust Department Telecopy: ___________ (c) if given to the Property Trustee, at the Property Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Property Trustee may give notice of to the Administrative Trustees, the Delaware Trustee and the Holders): _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration Telecopy: ___________ (d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the mailing address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the Holder of the Common Securities may give notice to the Property Trustee and the Trust): 55 R&G Financial Corporation 280 Jesus T. Pinero Avenue San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918 Attention: ____________________ Telecopy: (787) 766-7175 (e) if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Trust. All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver. SECTION 14.2 GOVERNING LAW. This Declaration and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws without regard to principles of conflict of laws. SECTION 14.3 INTENTION OF THE PARTIES. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust be classified for United States federal and Puerto Rico income tax purposes as a grantor trust. The provisions of this Declaration shall be interpreted to further this intention of the parties. SECTION 14.4 HEADINGS. Headings contained in this Declaration are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Declaration or any provision hereof. SECTION 14.5 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Whenever in this Declaration any of the parties hereto is named or referred to, the successors and assigns of such party shall be deemed to be included, and all covenants and agreements in this Declaration by the Sponsor and the Trustees shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed. SECTION 14.6 PARTIAL ENFORCEABILITY. If any provision of this Declaration, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Declaration, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. 56 SECTION 14.7 COUNTERPARTS. This Declaration may contain more than one counterpart of the signature page and this Declaration may be executed by the affixing of the signature of each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a single signature page. 57 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused these presents to be executed as of the day and year first above written. R&G CAPITAL TRUST ____ _________________________________________, _________________________ as Administrative Trustee _________________________________________, _________________________ as Administrative Trustee _________________________________________, as Delaware Trustee By:_______________________________________ Name: Title: _________________________________________, as Property Trustee By:_______________________________________ Name: Title: R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION as Sponsor and Debenture Issuer By:_______________________________________ Name: Title: 58 ANNEX I Pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of _________ __, 200_ (as amended from time to time, the "Declaration"), the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Securities are set out below (each capitalized term used but not defined herein has the meaning set forth in the Declaration or, if not defined in such Declaration, as defined in the Prospectus referred to below in Section 2(c) of this Annex I): 1. Designation and Number. (a) Preferred Securities. ____________ ___% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust with an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of ____________________ dollars ($___________) and each with a liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of per security are hereby designated for the purposes of identification only as Preferred Securities. The certificates evidencing the Preferred Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice or to conform to the rules of any exchange or quotation system on or in which the Preferred Securities are listed, traded or quoted. (b) Common Securities. ________ Common Securities of the Trust with an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of _____________________ dollars ($____________), and a liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of per security (if the underwriters exercise their Option are hereby designated for the purposes of identification only as Common Securities. The certificates evidencing the Common Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice. 2. Distributions. (a) Distributions payable on each Security will be fixed at a rate per annum of ____% (the "Coupon Rate") of the liquidation amount of per Security (the "Liquidation Amount"), such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than one quarterly period will bear additional distributions thereon compounded quarterly at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law). A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee and to the extent the Property Trustee has funds on hand legally available therefor. (b) Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative, will accumulate from the most recent date to which Distributions have been paid or duly provided for 1 or, if no Distributions have been paid or duly provided for, from __________ __, 200_, and will be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on ________ __, 200_ (each, a "Distribution Date"), except as otherwise described below. Distributions will be computed on the basis of a 360- day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and for any period less than a full calendar quarter on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in such 90- day quarter based on 30-day months. As long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture, the Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period at any time and from time to time for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarterly periods, including the first such quarterly period during such period (each an "Extension Period"), during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and payable on the Debentures, provided that no Extension Period shall end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date for the Debentures or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. As a consequence of such deferral, Distributions will also be deferred. Despite such deferral, Distributions will continue to accrue with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly during any such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may further defer payments of interest by further extending such Extension Period; provided that such further deferment shall only be permitted to the extent that such Extension Period, together with all extensions occurring both before and after such deferment, does not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, including the first quarterly period during such Extension Period, or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. Payments of deferred Distributions will be payable to Holders of record as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date for Distributions due at the end of such Extension Period. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above requirements. (c) Distributions on the Securities will be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the books and records of the Trust which for so long as the Securities remain in book entry form, will be one Business Day prior to the relevant Distribution Date and, in the event the Securities are not in book entry form, will be the close of business on the 15th day of the month in which the relevant Distribution Date occurs. Subject to any applicable laws and regulations and the provisions of the Declaration, each such payment in respect of the Global Preferred Securities will be made as described under the heading "Description of Trust Preferred Securities -- Global Trust Preferred Securities" and "Book-Entry Issuance" in the Prospectus dated _________ __, 200_, of the Debenture Issuer and the Trust relating to the Securities and the Debentures. Payments in respect of Preferred Securities held in certificated form will be made by check mailed or by wire to the Holder entitled thereto. The relevant record dates for the Common Securities shall be the same as the record dates for the Preferred Securities. Distributions payable on any Securities that are not punctually paid on any 2 Distribution Date, as a result of the Debenture Issuer having failed to make a payment under the Debentures, will cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant record date, and such defaulted Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Securities are registered on the special record date or other specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture. If any date on which Distributions are payable on the Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the Distribution payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such next succeeding Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date. (d) In the event that there is any money or other property held by or for the Trust that is not accounted for hereunder, such property shall be distributed Pro Rata (as defined herein) among the Holders. 3. Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution or termination of the Trust or the Sponsor otherwise gives notice of its election to dissolve the Trust pursuant to Section 8.1(a)(iii) of the Declaration, the Trust shall be liquidated by the Administrative Trustees as expeditiously as the Administrative Trustees determine to be possible by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, to the Holders a Like Amount (as defined below) of the Debentures, unless such distribution is determined by the Property Trustee not to be practicable, in which event such Holders will be entitled to receive Pro Rata out of the assets of the Trust legally available for distribution to Holders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the aggregate of the liquidation amount of per Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"). "Like Amount" means (i) with respect to a redemption of the Securities, Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to that portion of principal amount of Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with their terms allocated to the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities based upon the relative Liquidation Amounts of such classes and the proceeds of which will be used to pay the redemption price of such Securities and (ii) with respect to a distribution of Debentures upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Trust, Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Securities of the Holder to whom such Debentures are distributed. If, upon any such liquidation, the Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets on hand legally available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly by the Trust on the Securities shall be paid on a Pro Rata basis. 3 4. Redemption and Distribution. (a) Upon the repayment of the Debentures in whole or in part, at maturity or upon early redemption (either at the option of the Debenture Issuer or pursuant to a Special Event, as described below), the proceeds from such repayment shall be simultaneously applied by the Property Trustee (subject to the Property Trustee having received written notice no later than 45 days prior to such repayment) to redeem a Like Amount of the Securities at a redemption price equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to be so redeemed to the date fixed for redemption, plus 100% of the principal amount thereof (the "Redemption Price"). (b) In the case of an optional redemption, if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be so redeemed, the Securities to be redeemed will be determined as described in Section 4(f)(ii) below. The Debenture Issuer shall have the right (subject to the conditions in the Indenture) to elect to redeem the Debentures in whole or in part at any time on or after _________ __, 20__, upon not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days written notice, at the Redemption Price and, simultaneous with such redemption, to cause a Like Amount of the Securities to be redeemed by the Trust at the Redemption Price on a Pro Rata basis or such other method as the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate, subject to the receipt of prior approval of any applicable regulatory agency if it is then required under applicable regulatory requirements. (c) If at any time an Investment Company Event, a Tax Event or a Regulatory Capital Event (each as defined below, and each a "Special Event") occurs and shall be continuing, the Debenture Issuer shall have the right (subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture) upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days written notice, to redeem the Debentures in whole, but not in part, within the 90 days following the occurrence of such Special Event (the "90 Day Period"), and, simultaneous with such redemption, to cause a Like Amount of the Securities to be redeemed by the Trust at the Redemption Price on a Pro Rata basis or such other method as the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate, in each case subject to the receipt of prior approval of any applicable regulatory agency if it is then required under applicable regulatory requirements. "Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Sponsor of an Opinion of Counsel, rendered by a law firm experienced in such matters, to the effect that, as a result of 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, 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 becomes effective on or after the date of original issuance of the Preferred Securities of R&G Capital Trust ____. A "Regulatory Capital Event" shall occur at any time that the Sponsor shall have received an opinion of independent bank regulatory counsel (who shall not be an employee of the Sponsor or the Trust) 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 4 thereunder) of the United States or any rules, guidelines or policies of applicable regulatory agencies or (b) any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision 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 Declaration, the Preferred 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 Sponsor (or its successor) were a bank holding company for purposes of the capital adequacy guidelines of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (or any successor regulatory authority with jurisdiction over bank holding companies), or any capital adequacy guidelines as then in effect and applicable to the Sponsor; provided, however, that the distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debentures in connection with a termination of the Trust by the Sponsor shall not in and of itself constitute a Regulatory Capital Event. "Tax Event" shall occur upon receipt by the Sponsor and the Trust of an Opinion of Counsel from counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws or any regulations thereunder of, the United States, any political subdivision thereof or Puerto Rico, or taxing authority of the United States or Puerto Rico, or as a result of any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is effective or which pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the date of 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 or Puerto Rico income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Debentures, (ii) interest payable by the Debenture Issuer on the 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 Puerto Rico tax purposes or 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. (d) On and from the date fixed by the Administrative Trustees for any distribution of Debentures and liquidation of the Trust: (i) the Securities will no longer be deemed to be out standing, (ii) the Clearing Agency or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee), as the Holder of the Preferred Securities, will receive a registered global certificate or certificates representing the Debentures to be delivered upon such distribution and (iii) any certificates representing Securities not held by the Clearing Agency or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) will be deemed to represent beneficial interests in a Like Amount of Debentures until such certificates are presented to the Debenture Issuer or its agent for transfer or reissue. (e) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding Securities unless all accumulated and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all Securities for all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or before the date of redemption. (f) The procedure with respect to redemptions or distributions of Securities shall be as follows: 5 (i) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of Debentures in exchange for, the Securities (a "Redemption/Distribution Notice") will be given by the Trust by mail to each Holder 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 4(f)(i), a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders. Each Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be addressed to the Holders at the address of each such Holder appearing in the books and records of the Trust. No defect in the Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of either thereof with respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange proceedings with respect to any other Holder. (ii) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected on a Pro Rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts), or such other method as the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate, not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption from the outstanding Preferred Securities not previously called for redemption, provided, however, that with respect to Holders that would be required to hold less than 100 but more than zero Securities as a result of such pro rata redemption, the Trust shall redeem Securities of each such Holder so that after such redemption such Holder shall hold either 100 Securities or such Holder no longer holds any Securities and shall use such method (including, without limitation, by lot) as the Property Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate, provided, further, that any such proration may be made on the basis of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Securities held by each Holder thereof and may be made by making such adjustments as the Property Trustee deems fair and appropriate in order that only Securities in denominations of or integral multiples thereof shall be redeemed. In respect of Preferred Securities registered in the name of and held of record by the Clearing Agency or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) or any nominee, the distribution of the proceeds of such redemption will be made to the Clearing Agency and disbursed by such Clearing Agency in accordance with the procedures applied by such agency or nominee. (iii) If Securities are to be redeemed and the Trust gives a Redemption/Distribution Notice (which notice will be irrevocable), then (A) with respect to Preferred Securities issued in book-entry form, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the redemption date, provided that the Debenture Issuer has paid the Property Trustee a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the maturity date or the date of redemption, as the case requires, the Property Trustee will deposit irrevocably with the Clearing Agency or its nominee (or successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price with respect to such Preferred Securities and will give the Clearing Agency irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the relevant Clearing Agency Participants, and (B) with respect to Preferred Securities issued in certificated form and Common Securities, provided that the Debenture Issuer has paid the Property Trustee a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related 6 redemption or maturity of the Debentures, the Property Trustee will pay the Redemption Price to the Holders by check mailed to the address of the relevant Holder appearing on the books and records of the Trust on the redemption date, provided, that any such payment shall become due only upon surrender by the Holder of the related certificated Preferred Securities. If a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been given and funds deposited as required, if applicable, then immediately prior to the close of business on the date of such deposit, or on the redemption date, as applicable, Distributions will cease to accumulate on the Securities so called for redemption and all rights of Holders so called for redemption will cease, except the right of the Holders of such Securities to receive the Redemption Price, but without interest on such Redemption Price, and such Securities shall cease to be outstanding. (iv) Payment of accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Redemption Date of the Securities will be subject to the rights of Holders on the close of business on a regular record date in respect of a Distribution Date occurring on or prior to such Redemption Date. Neither the Administrative Trustees nor the Trust shall be required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of (i) any Securities beginning on the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (ii) any Securities selected for redemption except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed. If any date fixed for redemption of Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, 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 by the Sponsor as guarantor pursuant to the relevant Securities Guarantee, Distributions on such Securities will continue to accumulate 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. (v) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust to (A) in respect of the Preferred Securities, the Clearing Agency or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) if the Global Certificates have been issued or, if Definitive Preferred Security Certificates have been issued, to the Holder there of, and (B) in respect of the Common Securities to the Holder thereof. (vi) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law (including, without limitation, United States federal securities laws and banking laws), provided the acquiror is not the Holder of the Common Securities or the obligor under the Indenture, the Sponsor or any of its subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase outstanding Preferred Securities by tender, in the open market or by private agreement. 5. Voting Rights - Preferred Securities. 7 (a) Except as provided under Sections 5(b), 6(b) and 7 and as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the Preferred Securities will have no voting rights. (b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property Trustee, subject to the requirement of the Property Trustee obtaining a tax opinion in certain circumstances set forth in the last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities have the right to (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred on such Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under Section 5.07 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the principal of the Debentures or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, where such consent shall be required, however, where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior approval of each Holder of the Preferred Securities. The Trustees shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Preferred Securities except by subsequent vote of such Holders. Subject to Section 2.7 of the Declaration, the Property Trustee shall notify each Holder of Preferred Securities of any notice of default with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of such Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, except with respect to directing the time, method and place of conducting a proceeding for a remedy, the Trustees shall obtain an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the Trust will not be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes on account of such action. If an Event of Default under the Declaration has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer to pay principal of or interest on the Debentures on the due date (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of Preferred Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or interest on a Like Amount of Debentures (a "Direct Action") on or after the respective due date 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 Preferred Securities. In connection with such Direct Action, the Common Securities Holder will be subrogated to the rights of such Holder of Preferred Securities to the extent of any payment made by the Debenture Issuer to such Holder of Preferred Securities in such Direct Action. Except as provided in the second preceding sentence, the Holders of Preferred Securities will not be able to exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Debentures. Any approval or direction of Holders of Preferred Securities may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Preferred Securities convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities in the Trust or pursuant to written consent and without prior notice. The Administrative Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at which Holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to vote, to be mailed to each Holder of record of Preferred Securities. Each such notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote and (iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies. 8 No vote or consent of the Holders of the Preferred Securities will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Preferred Securities or to distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of the Securities. Notwithstanding that Holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the Preferred Securities that are owned by the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor shall not be entitled to vote or consent and shall, for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if they were not outstanding. 6. Voting Rights - Common Securities. (a) Except as provided under Sections 6(b), 6(c), and 7 and as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the Common Securities will have no voting rights. (b) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Trustee may be removed at any time by the holder of the Common Securities. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may be removed at such time by the holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding Preferred Securities. In no event will the holders of the Preferred Securities have the right to vote to appoint, remove or replace, or increase or decrease the number of, the Administrative Trustees, which voting rights are vested exclusively in the Holder of the Common Securities. No resignation or removal of a Trustee and no appointment of a successor trustee shall be effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Declaration. (c) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property Trustee, subject to Section 2.6 of the Declaration and only after any Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities has been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or executing any trust or power conferred on such Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under Section 5.07 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the principal of the Debentures or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of all outstanding Common Securities; provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the prior approval of each Holder of the Common Securities. The Trustees shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Common Securities except by subsequent vote of such Holders. Subject to Section 2.7 of the Declaration, the Property Trustee shall notify each Holder of Common Securities of any notice of default with respect to the Debentures. In addition to 9 obtaining the foregoing approvals of such Holders of the Common Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Trustees shall obtain an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the Trust will not be classified as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes on account of such action. If an Event of Default under the Declaration has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer to pay principal of or interest on the Debentures on the due date (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of Common Securities may institute a Direct Action for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or interest on a Like Amount of Debentures on or after the respective due date specified in the Debentures. In connection with Direct Action, the rights of the Common Securities Holder will be subordinated to the rights of such Holder of Preferred Securities to the extent of any payment made by the Debenture Issuer to such Holder of Common Securities in such Direct Action. Except as provided in the second preceding sentence, the Holders of Common Securities will not be able to exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Debentures. Any approval or direction of Holders of Common Securities may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities in the Trust or pursuant to written consent without prior notice. The Administrative Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at which Holders of Common Securities are entitled to vote to be mailed to each Holder of record of Common Securities. Each such notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote and (iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies. No vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities or to distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of the Securities. 7. Amendments to Declaration and Indenture. In addition to the requirements set out in Section 12.1 of the Declaration, the Declaration may be amended from time to time by the Sponsor, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees, without the consent of the Holders (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provisions in the Declaration that may be inconsistent with any other provisions, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Declaration which 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 or Puerto Rico income tax purposes as a grantor trust at all times that any Securities are outstanding or to ensure that the Trust will not be required to register as an "Investment Company" under the Investment Company Act provided, however, that in each case such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder. Any amendments of the Declaration pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Holders. Under the circumstances referred to in Section 12.1(c) of the Declaration, the Declaration also may be amended by the Trustees and the Sponsor with (i) the consent of Holders representing a Majority in liquidation amount of all outstanding Securities, 10 and (ii) receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor trust for United States federal or Puerto Rico income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption from status as an Investment Company under the Investment Company Act, provided that, without the consent of each Holder of Trust Securities, the Declaration may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Holder of Trust Securities to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date. 8. Pro Rata. A reference in these terms of the Securities to any payment, distribution or treatment as being "Pro Rata" shall mean pro rata to each Holder according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities outstanding unless, in relation to a payment, an Event of Default under the Declaration has occurred and is continuing, in which case any funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each Holder of the Preferred Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of Preferred Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Preferred Securities outstanding, and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Preferred Securities, to each Holder of Common Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of Common Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities outstanding. In any such proration, the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust may make such adjustments as may be appropriate in order that only securities in authorized denominations shall be redeemed. 9. Ranking. The Preferred Securities rank pari passu with the Common Securities and payment thereon shall be made Pro Rata with the Common Securities, except that, if an Event of Default under the Declaration occurs and is continuing, no payments in respect of Distributions on, or payments upon liquidation, redemption or otherwise with respect to, the Common Securities shall be made until the Holders of the Preferred Securities shall be paid in full the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution and other payments to which they are entitled at such time. 10. Acceptance of Securities Guarantee and Indenture. Each Holder of Preferred Securities and Common Securities, by the acceptance thereof, agrees to the provisions of the Preferred Securities Guarantee and the Common Securities Guarantee, respectively, including the subordination provisions therein and to the provisions of the Indenture. 11. No Preemptive Rights. The Holders shall have no preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for any additional securities in the Trust. The issuance of the Securities is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights. 12. Miscellaneous. These terms constitute a part of the Declaration. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Preferred Securities Guarantee, the Common Securities Guarantee (as may be appropriate) and the Indenture (including any 11 supplemental indenture) to a Holder without charge upon written request to the Sponsor at its principal place of business. 12 EXHIBIT A-1 FORM OF ____% CUMULATIVE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE [if issued as a Global Security insert: THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE DECLARATION HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (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 PERSONS IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] NUMBER OF PREFERRED SECURITIES: CUSIP NO. CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING _____% CUMULATIVE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST ____ _____% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities (liquidation amount ___ per Preferred Security) R&G Capital Trust ___, a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Cede & Co. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of __________ Preferred Securities (as defined below) ($________ in aggregate liquidation amount of Preferred Securities) of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated the ____% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities (liquidation amount per Preferred Security) (the "Preferred Securities"). Subject to the Declaration (as defined below), the Preferred Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Preferred Securities represented hereby are 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 __________ __, 200_, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Declaration"), including the designation of the terms of the Preferred Securities as set forth in Annex I to the Declaration. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the Declaration. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Preferred Securities Guarantee, the Common Securities Guarantee (as may be appropriate), and the Indenture (including any supplemental 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 and to the benefits of the Preferred Securities Guarantee to the extent provided therein. By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal and Puerto Rico income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Preferred Securities as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the Debentures. This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflict of laws. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has duly executed this certificate this ___ day of _______ 2004. R&G CAPITAL TRUST ____ By: _________________________________ Administrative Trustee PROPERTY TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Preferred Securities referred to in the within- mentioned Declaration. __________________________________, as Property Trustee Dated: By:_________________________________ Authorized Signatory Distributions payable on each Preferred Security will be fixed at a rate per annum of ____% (the "Coupon Rate") of the liquidation amount of per Preferred Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than one quarterly period will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law). A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee and to the extent the Property Trustee has funds on hand legally available therefor. Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be cumulative, will accumulate from the most recent date to which Distributions have been paid or duly provided for, if no Distributions have been paid or duly provided for, from _________ __, 200_ and will be payable quarterly in arrears, on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on ________ __, ____, except as otherwise described below. Distributions will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and, for any period less than a full calendar quarter, the number of days elapsed in such 90- day quarter based on 30-day months. As long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture, the Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period at any time and from time to time on the Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive calendar quarterly periods, including the first such quarterly period during such extension period (each an "Extension Period"), provided that no Extension Period shall end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date for the Debentures or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. As a consequence of such deferral, Distributions also will be deferred. Despite such deferral, quarterly Distributions will continue to accumulate with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly during any such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may further defer payments of interest by further extending such Extension Period; provided that such further deferment shall only be permitted to the extent that such Extension Period, together with all extensions occurring both before and after such deferment, does not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, including the first quarterly period during such Extension Period, end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date for the Debentures or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. Payments of accumulated Distributions will be payable to Holders as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the first record date after the end of the Extension Period. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above requirements. Subject to the receipt of any required regulatory approval and to certain other conditions set forth in the Declaration and the Indenture, the Property Trustee may, at the direction of the Sponsor, at any time dissolve the Trust and cause the Debentures to be distributed to the holders of the Securities in liquidation of the Trust or, simultaneous with any redemption of the Debentures, cause a Like Amount of the Securities to be redeemed by the Trust. The Preferred Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the Declaration. ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred Security Certificate to: __________________________________________ __________________________________________ (Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number) __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ (Insert address and zip code of assignee) and irrevocably appoints __________________________________________ __________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ as agent to transfer this Preferred Security Certificate on the books of the Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her. Date: _______________________ Signature: __________________________________________ (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Security Certificate) Signature Guarantee*:______________________________ * Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Schedule A*** The initial number of Preferred Securities evidenced by the Certificate to which this Schedule is attached is ________ (having an aggregate liquidation amount of $________). The notations in the following table evidence decreases and increases in the number of Preferred Securities evidenced by such Certificate. NUMBER OF PREFERRED SECURITIES
DECREASE IN NUMBER INCREASE IN NUMBER REMAINING AFTER OF PREFERRED OF PREFERRED SUCH DECREASE OR NOTATION BY SECURITIES SECURITIES INCREASE REGISTRAR
* Append to Global Preferred Securities only. EXHIBIT A-2 THIS COMMON SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW. NEITHER THIS COMMON SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS COMMON SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS COMMON SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE "RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE") WHICH IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION (THE "COMPANY") OR ANY "AFFILIATE" OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS SECURITY) ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) SO LONG AS THIS COMMON SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("RULE 144A"), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A) THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS COMMON SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRUST AND THE COMPANY PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (i) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (ii) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D), TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THE REVERSE OF THIS COMMON SECURITY IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEREE TO THE TRUST. SUCH HOLDER FURTHER AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS COMMON SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. THIS COMMON SECURITY IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN Section 9.1(c) OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST _____, DATED AS OF __________ __, 200_, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. Certificate No. 1 Certificate Evidencing Common Securities of R&G Capital Trust ___ ____% Common Securities (liquidation amount ___ per Common Security) R&G Capital Trust ____, a statutory trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that R&G Financial Corporation (the "Holder") is the registered owner of ______ common securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated the ____% Common Securities (liquidation amount per Common Security) (the "Common Securities"). Subject to the limitations in Section 9.1(c) of the Declaration (as defined below), the Common Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Securities represented hereby are 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 _______ __, 200_, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Declaration"), including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set forth in Annex I to the Declaration. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the Declaration. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Common Securities Guarantee, the Preferred Securities Guarantee (as may be appropriate) and the Indenture (including any supplemental 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 and to the benefits of the Common Securities Guarantee to the extent provided therein. By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal and Puerto Rico income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Common Securities as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the Debentures. This Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this _____ day of ________ 200_. R&G CAPITAL TRUST ____ By:___________________________________ ______________________ Administrative Trustee Distributions payable on each Common Security will be fixed at a rate per annum of _____% (the "Coupon Rate") of the liquidation amount of per Common Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than one quarterly period will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law). A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee and to the extent the Property Trustee has funds available therefor. Distributions on the Common Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from the most recent date to which Distributions have been paid or duly provided for or, if no Distributions have been paid or duly provided for, from _________ __, 200_ and will be payable quarterly in arrears, on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on __________ __, ____, except as otherwise described below. Distributions will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and, for any period less than a full calendar quarter, the number of days elapsed in such 90-day quarter based on 30-day months. As long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture, the Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period at any time and from time to time on the Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive calendar quarterly periods, including the first such quarterly period during such extension period (each an "Extension Period"), provided that no Extension Period shall end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date for the Debentures or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. As a consequence of such deferral, Distributions also will be deferred. Despite such deferral, Distributions will continue to accumulate with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly during any such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may further defer payments of interest by further extending such Extension Period; provided that such further deferment shall only be permitted to the extent that such Extension Period, together with all extensions occurring both before and after such deferment, does not exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods, including the first quarterly period during such Extension Period, or end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date for the Debentures or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. Payments of accrued Distributions will be payable to Holders as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the first record date after the end of the Extension Period. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above requirements. Subject to the receipt of any required regulatory approval and to certain other conditions set forth in the Declaration and the Indenture, the Property Trustee may, at the direction of the Sponsor, at any time dissolve the Trust and cause the Debentures to be distributed to the holders to the Securities in liquidation of the Trust or, simultaneous with any redemption of the Debentures, cause a Like Amount of the Securities to be redeemed by the Trust. Under certain circumstances, the right of the holders of the Common Securities shall be subordinate to the rights of the holders of the Preferred Securities (as defined in the Declaration), as provided in the Declaration. The Common Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the Declaration. ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Common Security Certificate to: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number) ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (Insert address and zip code of assignee) and irrevocably appoints ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ as agent to transfer this Common Security Certificate on the books of the Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her. Date: _______________________ Signature: ___________________________________________________ (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Common Security Certificate) EX-4.8 8 g90857exv4w8.txt EX-4.8 FORM OF GUARANTEE OF R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION Exhibit 4.8 TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION Dated as of ________ ___, 200_ TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE ---- ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION Section 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation.................................................. 1 ARTICLE II TRUST INDENTURE ACT Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application................................................ 5 Section 2.2 Lists of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities.................................. 5 Section 2.3 Reports by the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee..................... 5 Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee................ 5 Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent................................ 6 Section 2.6 Guarantee Events of Default; Waiver............................................. 6 Section 2.7 Guarantee Event of Default; Notice.............................................. 6 Section 2.8 Conflicting Interests........................................................... 6 ARTICLE III POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE Section 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee........... 7 Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.................. 8 Section 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee............................................................ 10 ARTICLE IV TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE Section 4.1 Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility....................... 11 Section 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee............................................................... 11 ARTICLE V GUARANTEE Section 5.1 Guarantee....................................................................... 12 Section 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand..................................................... 12 Section 5.3 Obligations Not Affected........................................................ 12 Section 5.4 Rights of Holders............................................................... 13 Section 5.5 Guarantee of Payment............................................................ 14 Section 5.6 Subrogation..................................................................... 14 Section 5.7 Independent Obligations......................................................... 14 ARTICLE VI LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION Section 6.1 Limitation of Transactions...................................................... 14 Section 6.2 Ranking......................................................................... 15
i ARTICLE VII TERMINATION Section 7.1 Termination...................................................................... 15 ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION Section 8.1 Exculpation...................................................................... 16 Section 8.2 Indemnification.................................................................. 16 ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS Section 9.1 Successors and Assigns........................................................... 16 Section 9.2 Amendments....................................................................... 17 Section 9.3 Notices.......................................................................... 17 Section 9.4 Benefit.......................................................................... 18 Section 9.5 Governing Law.................................................................... 18

ii TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement (the "Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee"), dated as of __________ __, 200_, is executed and delivered by R&G Financial Corporation, a Puerto Rico corporation (the "Guarantor"), and _______________________, a _________ banking corporation, as trustee, for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Trust Preferred Securities (as defined herein) of R&G Capital Trust ___, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Issuer"). WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the "Declaration"), dated as of_______ __, 200_, among the trustees of the Issuer named therein, the Guarantor, as sponsor, and the Holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer is issuing on the date hereof, __________ trust preferred securities, having an aggregate liquidation amount of $__________, such trust preferred securities being designated the ___% Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities (collectively the "Trust Preferred Securities"); and WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Trust Preferred Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set forth in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, to pay to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and WHEREAS, the Guarantor is executing and delivering a guarantee agreement (the "Common Securities Guarantee"), with substantially identical terms to this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, for the benefit of the holders of the Common Securities (as defined herein), except that if an Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration) has occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under the Common Securities Guarantee are subordinated, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Common Securities Guarantee, to the rights of holders of Trust Preferred Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder, which purchase the Guarantor hereby acknowledges shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders. ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION SECTION 1.1 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION In this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) capitalized terms used in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1; (b) a term defined in the Declaration as at the date of execution of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee have the same meaning when used in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee unless otherwise defined in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee; 1 (c) a term defined anywhere in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee has the same meaning throughout; (d) all references to "the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee" or "this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee" are to this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time; (e) all references in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise specified; (f) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or unless the context otherwise requires; and (g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa. "Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereunder. "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in the cities of New York, New York, Wilmington, Delaware or San Juan, Puerto Rico are authorized or required by law or executive order to close. "Common Securities" means the securities representing common undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer. "Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee is located at __________________________________. "Covered Person" means any Holder or beneficial owner of Trust Preferred Securities. "Debentures" means the series of subordinated deferrable interest debentures of the Guarantor designated the ___% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due ____________ __, 20__ held by the Property Trustee (as defined in the Declaration) of the Issuer. "Guarantee Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its payment or other obligations under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee; provided, however, that except with respect to a default in payment of any Guarantee Payment, the Guarantor shall have received notice of default and shall not have cured such default within 60 days after receipt of such notice. "Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions, without duplication, with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, to the extent not paid or made by the Issuer: (i) any accumulated and unpaid Distributions (as defined in the Declaration) that are required to be paid on such Trust Preferred Securities to the extent the Issuer has funds on hand legally available therefor at such time; (ii) the redemption price, including all accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption (the "Redemption Price") to the extent the Issuer has funds on hand legally available therefor at such time, with respect to any Trust Preferred Securities called for redemption 2 by the Issuer; and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution or winding up of the Issuer (other than in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the Holders in exchange for Trust Preferred Securities as provided in the Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities to the date of payment, to the extent the Issuer has funds on hand legally available therefor, and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors (in either case, the "Liquidation Distribution"). If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantee Payments under the Common Securities Guarantee with respect to the Common Securities or any guarantee payment under any Other Common Securities Guarantees shall be made until the Holders shall be paid in full the Guarantee Payments to which they are entitled under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee. "Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records of the Issuer, of any Trust Preferred Securities; provided, however, that, in determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Trust Preferred Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder" shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor. "Indemnified Person" means the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, any Affiliate of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, or any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. "Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of __________ __, 200_, between the Guarantor (the "Debenture Issuer") and ______________________, as trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"), pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued to the Property Trustee of the Issuer. "Indenture Event of Default" shall mean any event specified in Section 5.01 of the Indenture. "Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities" means, except as provided by the Declaration, the terms of the Preferred Securities or by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by Holder(s) of more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount of all Trust Preferred Securities. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Trust Preferred Securities have voted, Trust Preferred Securities which are owned by the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor or any other obligor on the Trust Preferred Securities shall be disregarded for the purpose of any such determination. "Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to the Guarantor, a certificate signed by any two of the following: the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Comptroller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Guarantor. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee (other than pursuant to Section 314(d)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall include: (a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers' Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto; 3 (b) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (c) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with. "Other Common Securities Guarantees" shall have the same meaning as "Other Guarantees" as defined in the Common Securities Guarantee. "Other Debentures" means all junior subordinated debentures issued by the Guarantor from time to time and sold to trusts to be established by the Guarantor, in each case similar to the Issuer. "Other Guarantees" means all guarantees issued or to be issued by the Guarantor with respect to trust preferred securities similar to the Trust Preferred Securities issued by other trusts established or to be established by the Guarantor, in each case similar to the Issuer. "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 Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee 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 Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1. "Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee" means ___________________, a __________ banking corporation, until a Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. "Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation. "Trust Securities" means the Common Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities, collectively. 4 ARTICLE II TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION 2.1 TRUST INDENTURE ACT; APPLICATION (a) This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions; and (b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control. SECTION 2.2 LISTS OF HOLDERS OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES (a) The Guarantor shall provide the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee (unless the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee is otherwise the registrar of the Trust Preferred Securities) with a list, in such form as the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities ("List of Holders") as of such date, (i) within 14 days after each record date for payment of Distributions, as defined in the Declaration, and (ii) at any other time within 30 days of receipt by the Guarantor of a written request for a List of Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, provided, that the Guarantor shall not be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor. The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information contained in a List 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 Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. SECTION 2.3 REPORTS BY THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE Within 60 days after ________ of each year, commencing ______, 200___, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the other requirements of Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. SECTION 2.4 PERIODIC REPORTS TO TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE The Guarantor shall provide to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee 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 5 manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act, provided that such compliance certificate shall be delivered on or before 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Guarantor. SECTION 2.5 EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS PRECEDENT The Guarantor shall provide to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate. SECTION 2.6 GUARANTEE EVENTS OF DEFAULT; WAIVER The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Trust Preferred Securities may, by vote or by written consent, on behalf of all Holders, 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 Trust Preferred Securities 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 Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a Guarantee Event of Default, mail by first class postage prepaid, to all Holders, notices of all Guarantee Events of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer, unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice; provided, that, except in the case of a Guarantee Event of Default in the timing or payment of any Guarantee Payment, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors and/or a Responsible Officer of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders. (b) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Guarantee Event of Default unless the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice from the Guarantor, or a Responsible Officer charged with the administration of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall have obtained actual knowledge, of such Guarantee Event of Default. SECTION 2.8 CONFLICTING INTERESTS The Declaration shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 6 ARTICLE III POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE SECTION 3.1 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE (a) This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be held by the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders, and the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee to any Person except a Holder exercising his, her or its rights pursuant to Section 5.4(b) or to a Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and succession of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. (b) If a Guarantee Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer has occurred and is continuing, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders. (c) The Trust Preferred Securities 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 Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Trust Preferred Securities 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, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. (d) No provision of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be construed to relieve the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: (i) prior to the occurrence of any 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 Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, and the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee; and 7 (B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein); (ii) the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such judgment was made; (iii) the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee; and (iv) no provision of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall require the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. SECTION 3.2 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1: (i) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties. 8 (ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee may be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate. (iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor. (iv) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (or any rerecording, refiling or registration thereof). (v) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, 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 Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction. (vi) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee such security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses and the expenses of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee's agents, nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee; provided that, nothing contained in this Section 3.2(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Trust Preferred Securities 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 Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee. (vii) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit. 9 (viii) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, nominees, custodians or attorneys, and the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, custodian, nominee or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder. (ix) Any action taken by the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee or its agents hereunder shall bind the Holders, and the signature of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action. No third party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee's or its agent's taking such action. (x) Whenever in the administration of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received and (iii) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in accordance with such instructions. (xi) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, without negligence, and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee. (b) No provision of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty. SECTION 3.3. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE The recitals contained in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee. 10 ARTICLE IV TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE SECTION 4.1 TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE; ELIGIBILITY (a) There shall at all times be a Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee which shall: (i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and (ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 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 Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c). (c) If the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. SECTION 4.2 APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE (a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor except during a Guarantee Event of Default. (b) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with Section 4.2(a) until a Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor. (c) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall hold office until a Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until its removal or resignation. The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect 11 until a Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by such Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. (d) If no Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60 days after delivery of an instrument of removal or resignation, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. (e) No Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. (f) Upon termination of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or removal or resignation of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Guarantor shall pay to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee all amounts due to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee for fees and reimbursement of expenses which have accrued to the date of such termination, removal or resignation. ARTICLE V GUARANTEE SECTION 5.1 GUARANTEE The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set- off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert. The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders. SECTION 5.2 WAIVER OF NOTICE AND DEMAND The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands. SECTION 5.3 OBLIGATIONS NOT AFFECTED The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be absolute and unconditional and shall remain in full force and effect until the entire liquidation amount of all Trust Preferred Securities shall have been paid and such obligations, covenants, agreements and duties shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason 12 of the happening from time to time of any 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 Issuer of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the Trust Preferred Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer; (b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution (as defined in the Declaration) or any other sums payable under the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Trust Preferred 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 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 Trust Preferred Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or extension of any kind; (d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer; (e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Trust Preferred Securities; (f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred; (g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor with respect to the Guarantee Payments shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing. No set-off, 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 available hereunder to the Guarantor against such Holder to reduce the payments to it under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee. SECTION 5.4 RIGHTS OF HOLDERS (a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee. 13 (b) If the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce such Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, any Holder may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee's rights under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Issuer, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee or any other Person or entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Guarantor has failed to make a Guarantee Payment, a Holder may directly institute a proceeding against the Guarantor for enforcement of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee for such payment to the Holder 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 Trust Preferred Securities. The Guarantor waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought first against the Issuer or any other Person or entity before proceeding directly against the Guarantor. SECTION 5.5 GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT This Trust Preferred Securities 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 against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to such Holders by the Guarantor under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right that it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders. SECTION 5.7 INDEPENDENT OBLIGATIONS The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof. ARTICLE VI LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION SECTION 6.1 LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS So long as any Trust Preferred Securities remain outstanding, if there shall have occurred a Guarantee Event of Default or an Event of Default, or an event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would be a Guarantee Event of Default or an Event of Default then, prior to the payment of all accrued interest on outstanding Debentures , the Guarantor shall not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation 14 payment with respect to, any of the Guarantor's capital stock (which includes common and preferred stock), (ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay or repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Guarantor (including any Other Debentures) that rank pari passu with or junior in right of payment to the Debentures or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Guarantor of the debt securities of any Subsidiary (including under Other Guarantees) if such guarantee ranks equal or junior in right of payment to the Debentures (other than (a) dividends or distributions in shares of, or options, warrants, rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, common stock of the Guarantor, (b) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, (d) the purchase of fractional shares resulting from a reclassification of the Guarantor's capital stock, (e) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Guarantor's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged and (f) purchases of common stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights under any of the Guarantor's benefit plans for its directors, officers or employees or any of the Guarantor's dividend reinvestment plans). SECTION 6.2 RANKING This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of payment to Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture), to the same extent and in the same manner that the Debentures are subordinated to Senior and Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the Indenture, (ii) pari passu with the Debentures, the Other Debentures, the Common Securities Guarantee, any Other Guarantee and any Other Common Securities Guarantee, (iii) senior to the Guarantor's capital stock and (iv) effectively subordinated to the liabilities and obligations of the Guarantor's subsidiaries. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the rights of the holders of the Common Securities to receive any payments shall be subordinated to the rights of the Holders to receive Guarantee Payments hereunder. ARTICLE VII TERMINATION SECTION 7.1 TERMINATION This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall terminate (i) upon full payment of the Redemption Price (as defined in the Declaration) of all Trust Preferred Securities or (ii) upon liquidation of the Issuer and the full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration or the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders and the holders of Common Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder must restore payment of any sums paid under the Trust Preferred Securities or under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee. 15 ARTICLE VII 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 Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and in a manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions. (b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions to Holders might properly be paid. SECTION 8.2 INDEMNIFICATION The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to hold each Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against, or investigating, any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligation to indemnify as set forth in this Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee. ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 9.1 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS All guarantees and agreements contained in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders then outstanding. 16 SECTION 9.2 AMENDMENTS Except with respect to any changes that do not adversely affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent of Holders will be required), this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee may only be amended with the prior approval of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities (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). The provisions of the Declaration with respect to consents to amendments thereof (whether at a meeting or otherwise) shall apply to the giving of such approval. Prior to executing any amendment hereto, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement. SECTION 9.3 NOTICES All notices provided for in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows: (a) If given to the Issuer, in care of the Trustee at the Issuer's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Issuer may give notice of to the Holders and the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee): R&G Capital Trust ____ c/o R&G Financial Corporation 280 Jesus T. Pinero Avenue San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918 Attention: _________________ Administrative Trustee Telecopy: (787) 766-7175 (b) If given to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, at the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Holders, the Guarantor and the Issuer): __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration Telecopy: ________________ 17 (c) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Holders and the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee): R&G Financial Corporation 280 Jesus T. Pinero Avenue San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918 Attention: _____________________ ______________________ Telecopy: (787) 766-7175 (d) If given to any Holder, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer. All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice 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 Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the Holders and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is not separately transferable from the Trust Preferred Securities. SECTION 9.5 GOVERNING LAW THIS TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. Signatures appear on the following page. 18 THIS TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year first above written. R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION, as Guarantor By: ____________________________________ ________________________ ________________________ __________________________, as Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee By: ____________________________________ Name: Title: 19 EX-12.1 9 g90857exv12w1.txt EX-12.1 COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS . . . EXHIBIT 12.1 R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION COMPUTATION OF HISTORICAL RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES ($ in thousands)
FORMULA 12/31/99 12/31/00 12/31/01 12/31/02 12/31/03 6/30/03 6/30/04 --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- A Pre-tax Net Income 53,574 57,754 87,895 125,002 173,395 80,600 106,969 ======================================================================== Plus: B Interest Expense-Total 106,564 170,614 173,526 177,772 190,195 94,024 105,607 C Rental Expense (1) 1,224 1,527 1,726 2,156 2,649 1,289 1,471 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ D Fixed Charges (including interest on deposits) B+C 107,788 172,141 175,252 179,928 192,844 95,313 107,078 E Less: Interest on Deposits 53,643 80,659 88,854 88,349 91,823 44,661 47,445 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Fixed Charges (excluding interest on deposits) D-E 54,145 91,482 86,398 91,579 101,021 50,652 59,633 ======================================================================== G Earnings A+D 161,362 229,895 263,147 304,930 366,239 175,913 214,047 ======================================================================== H Dividends on Preferred Stock 3,754 5,638 9,920 14,955 15,884 7,942 7,942 Historical Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges: Including interest on deposits G/(D+H) 1.45 1.29 1.42 1.56 1.75 1.70 1.86 Excluding interest on deposit (G-E)(F+H) 1.86 1.54 1.81 2.03 2.35 2.24 2.47 (1) Only portion attributable to interest: Rental expense(2) 4,081 5,091 5,752 7,185 8,829 4.297 4.903 Estimated Interest Factor 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30%

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EX-23.1 10 g90857exv23w1.txt EX-23.1 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP EXHIBIT 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 5, 2004 relating to the financial statements, which appears in the 2003 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is incorporated by reference in R&G Financial Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. We also consent to the references to us under the headings "Experts" in such Registration Statement. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP San Juan, Puerto Rico September 10, 2004 EX-25.1 11 g90857exv25w1.txt EX-25.1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE FOR SENIOR DEBT EXHIBIT 25.1 Registration No. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 --------------- FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) --------------- WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY (Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter) ~~DELAWARE 51-0055023 (State or other jurisdiction or incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)~~

1100 NORTH MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19890-0001 (302) 651-1000 (Address of principal executive offices) CYNTHIA L. CORLISS VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY 1100 NORTH MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19890 (302) 651-8516 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service) R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrants as specified in its charter) ~~PUERTO RICO 66-0532217 (State or other jurisdiction or incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)~~

280 JESUS T. PINERO AVENUE SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00918 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants' principal executive offices) (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service) --------------- DEBT SECURITIES, PREFERRED STOCK, COMMON STOCK AND CERTAIN GUARANTEES OF R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION UNDER THE INDENTURE FOR SENIOR DEBT (Title of the Indenture Securities) ================================================================================ ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. Federal Deposit Insurance Co. State Bank Commissioner Five Penn Center Dover, Delaware Suite #2901 Philadelphia, PA (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each affiliation: Based upon an examination of the books and records of the trustee and upon information furnished by the obligor, the obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee. ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. List below all exhibits filed as part of this Statement of Eligibility and Qualification. A. Copy of the Charter of Wilmington Trust Company, which includes the certificate of authority of Wilmington Trust Company to commence business and the authorization of Wilmington Trust Company to exercise corporate trust powers. B. Copy of By-Laws of Wilmington Trust Company. C. Consent of Wilmington Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of Trust Indenture Act. D. Copy of most recent Report of Condition of Wilmington Trust Company. Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Wilmington and State of Delaware on the ____ day of __________, 2004. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY [SEAL] Attest: By: ------------------------------------- ------------------------- Assistant Secretary Name: Title: Vice President ------------------------- 2 EXHIBIT A AMENDED CHARTER WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AS EXISTING ON MAY 9, 1987 AMENDED CHARTER OR ACT OF INCORPORATION OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, originally incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Delaware Guarantee and Trust Company", approved March 2, A.D. 1901, and the name of which company was changed to "WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY" by an amendment filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on March 18, A.D. 1903, and the Charter or Act of Incorporation of which company has been from time to time amended and changed by merger agreements pursuant to the corporation law for state banks and trust companies of the State of Delaware, does hereby alter and amend its Charter or Act of Incorporation so that the same as so altered and amended shall in its entirety read as follows: FIRST: - The name of this corporation is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY. SECOND: - The location of its principal office in the State of Delaware is at Rodney Square North, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle; the name of its resident agent is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY whose address is Rodney Square North, in said City. In addition to such principal office, the said corporation maintains and operates branch offices in the City of Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, the Town of Newport, New Castle County, Delaware, at Claymont, New Castle County, Delaware, at Greenville, New Castle County Delaware, and at Milford Cross Roads, New Castle County, Delaware, and shall be empowered to open, maintain and operate branch offices at Ninth and Shipley Streets, 418 Delaware Avenue, 2120 Market Street, and 3605 Market Street, all in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, and such other branch offices or places of business as may be authorized from time to time by the agency or agencies of the government of the State of Delaware empowered to confer such authority. THIRD: - (a) The nature of the business and the objects and purposes proposed to be transacted, promoted or carried on by this Corporation are to do any or all of the things herein mentioned as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do and in any part of the world, viz.: (1) To sue and be sued, complain and defend in any Court of law or equity and to make and use a common seal, and alter the seal at pleasure, to hold, purchase, convey, mortgage or otherwise deal in real and personal estate and property, and to appoint such officers and agents as the business of the Corporation shall require, to make by-laws not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State, to discount bills, notes or other evidences of debt, to receive deposits of money, or securities for money, to buy gold and silver bullion and foreign coins, to buy and sell bills of exchange, and generally to use, exercise and enjoy all the powers, rights, privileges and franchises incident to a corporation which are proper or necessary for the transaction of the business of the Corporation hereby created. (2) To insure titles to real and personal property, or any estate or interests therein, and to guarantee the holder of such property, real or personal, against any claim or claims, adverse to his interest therein, and to prepare and give certificates of title for any lands or premises in the State of Delaware, or elsewhere. (3) To act as factor, agent, broker or attorney in the receipt, collection, custody, investment and management of funds, and the purchase, sale, management and disposal of property of all descriptions, and to prepare and execute all papers which may be necessary or proper in such business. (4) To prepare and draw agreements, contracts, deeds, leases, conveyances, mortgages, bonds and legal papers of every description, and to carry on the business of conveyancing in all its branches. (5) To receive upon deposit for safekeeping money, jewelry, plate, deeds, bonds and any and all other personal property of every sort and kind, from executors, administrators, guardians, public officers, courts, receivers, assignees, trustees, and from all fiduciaries, and from all other persons and individuals, and from all corporations whether state, municipal, corporate or private, and to rent boxes, safes, vaults and other receptacles for such property. (6) To act as agent or otherwise for the purpose of registering, issuing, certificating, countersigning, transferring or underwriting the stock, bonds or other obligations of any corporation, association, state or municipality, and may receive and manage any sinking fund therefor on such terms as may be agreed upon between the two parties, and in like manner may act as Treasurer of any corporation or municipality. (7) To act as Trustee under any deed of trust, mortgage, bond or other instrument issued by any state, municipality, body politic, corporation, association or person, either alone or in conjunction with any other person or persons, corporation or corporations. (8) To guarantee the validity, performance or effect of any contract or agreement, and the fidelity of persons holding places of responsibility or trust; to become surety for any person, or persons, for the faithful performance of any trust, office, duty, contract or agreement, either by itself or in conjunction with any other person, or persons, corporation, or corporations, or in like manner become surety upon any bond, recognizance, obligation, judgment, suit, order, or decree to be entered in any court of record within the State of Delaware or elsewhere, or which may now or hereafter be required by any law, judge, officer or court in the State of Delaware or elsewhere. (9) To act by any and every method of appointment as trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, or in any other trust capacity in the receiving, holding, managing, and disposing of any and all estates and property, real, personal or mixed, and to be appointed as such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian or bailee by any persons, corporations, court, officer, or authority, in the State of Delaware or elsewhere; and whenever this Corporation is so appointed by any person, corporation, court, officer or authority such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, or in any other trust capacity, it shall not be required to give bond with surety, but its capital stock shall be taken and held as security for the performance of the duties devolving upon it by such appointment. (10) And for its care, management and trouble, and the exercise of any of its powers hereby given, or for the performance of any of the duties which it may undertake or be called upon to perform, or for the assumption of any responsibility the said Corporation may be entitled to receive a proper compensation. (11) To purchase, receive, hold and own bonds, mortgages, debentures, shares of capital stock, and other securities, obligations, contracts and evidences of indebtedness, of any private, public or municipal corporation within and without the State of Delaware, or of the Government of the United States, or of any state, territory, colony, or possession thereof, or of any foreign government or country; to receive, collect, receipt for, and dispose of interest, dividends and income upon and from any of the bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property held and owned by it, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property, any and all the rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, including the right to vote 2 thereon; to invest and deal in and with any of the moneys of the Corporation upon such securities and in such manner as it may think fit and proper, and from time to time to vary or realize such investments; to issue bonds and secure the same by pledges or deeds of trust or mortgages of or upon the whole or any part of the property held or owned by the Corporation, and to sell and pledge such bonds, as and when the Board of Directors shall determine, and in the promotion of its said corporate business of investment and to the extent authorized by law, to lease, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey real and personal property of any name and nature and any estate or interest therein. (b) In furtherance of, and not in limitation, of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, it is hereby expressly provided that the said Corporation shall also have the following powers: (1) To do any or all of the things herein set forth, to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, and in any part of the world. (2) To acquire the good will, rights, property and franchises and to undertake the whole or any part of the assets and liabilities of any person, firm, association or corporation, and to pay for the same in cash, stock of this Corporation, bonds or otherwise; to hold or in any manner to dispose of the whole or any part of the property so purchased; to conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of any business so acquired, and to exercise all the powers necessary or convenient in and about the conduct and management of such business. (3) To take, hold, own, deal in, mortgage or otherwise lien, and to lease, sell, exchange, transfer, or in any manner whatever dispose of property, real, personal or mixed, wherever situated. (4) To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind with any person, firm, association or corporation, and, without limit as to amount, to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments. (5) To have one or more offices, to carry on all or any of its operations and businesses, without restriction to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, to purchase or otherwise acquire, to hold, own, to mortgage, sell, convey or otherwise dispose of, real and personal property, of every class and description, in any State, District, Territory or Colony of the United States, and in any foreign country or place. (6) It is the intention that the objects, purposes and powers specified and clauses contained in this paragraph shall (except where otherwise expressed in said paragraph) be nowise limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause of this or any other paragraph in this charter, but that the objects, purposes and powers specified in each of the clauses of this paragraph shall be regarded as independent objects, purposes and powers. FOURTH: - (a) The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is forty-one million (41,000,000) shares, consisting of: (1) One million (1,000,000) shares of Preferred stock, par value $10.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as "Preferred Stock"); and (2) Forty million (40,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as "Common Stock"). (b) Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors each of said series to be distinctly designated. All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock shall be alike in every particular, except that there may be 3 different dates from which dividends, if any, thereon shall be cumulative, if made cumulative. The voting powers and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding; and, subject to the provisions of subparagraph 1 of Paragraph (c) of this Article FOURTH, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby expressly granted authority to fix by resolution or resolutions adopted prior to the issuance of any shares of a particular series of Preferred Stock, the voting powers and the designations, preferences and relative, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such series, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: (1) The distinctive designation of, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock which shall constitute such series, which number may be increased (except where otherwise provided by the Board of Directors) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by like action of the Board of Directors; (2) The rate and times at which, and the terms and conditions on which, dividends, if any, on Preferred Stock of such series shall be paid, the extent of the preference or relation, if any, of such dividends to the dividends payable on any other class or classes, or series of the same or other class of stock and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative; (3) The right, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series to convert the same into or exchange the same for, shares of any other class or classes or of any series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (4) Whether or not Preferred Stock of such series shall be subject to redemption, and the redemption price or prices and the time or times at which, and the terms and conditions on which, Preferred Stock of such series may be redeemed. (5) The rights, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, merger, consolidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation. (6) The terms of the sinking fund or redemption or purchase account, if any, to be provided for the Preferred Stock of such series; and (7) The voting powers, if any, of the holders of such series of Preferred Stock which may, without limiting the generality of the foregoing include the right, voting as a series or by itself or together with other series of Preferred Stock or all series of Preferred Stock as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation if there shall have been a default in the payment of dividends on any one or more series of Preferred Stock or under such circumstances and on such conditions as the Board of Directors may determine. (c) (1) After the requirements with respect to preferential dividends on the Preferred Stock (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), if any, shall have been met and after the Corporation shall have complied with all the requirements, if any, with respect to the setting aside of sums as sinking funds or redemption or purchase accounts (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), and subject further to any conditions which may be fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH, then and not otherwise the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors. (2) After distribution in full of the preferential amount, if any, (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), to be distributed to the holders of Preferred 4 Stock in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation, tangible and intangible, of whatever kind available for distribution to stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them respectively. (3) Except as may otherwise be required by law or by the provisions of such resolution or resolutions as may be adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to section (b) of this Article FOURTH, each holder of Common Stock shall have one vote in respect of each share of Common Stock held on all matters voted upon by the stockholders. (d) No holder of any of the shares of any class or series of stock or of options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares of any class or series of stock or of other securities of the Corporation shall have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any unissued stock of any class or series or any additional shares of any class or series to be issued by reason of any increase of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or bonds, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or carrying any right to purchase stock of any class or series, but any such unissued stock, additional authorized issue of shares of any class or series of stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock, or carrying any right to purchase stock, may be issued and disposed of pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors to such persons, firms, corporations or associations, whether such holders or others, and upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Board of Directors in the exercise of its sole discretion. (e) The relative powers, preferences and rights of each series of Preferred Stock in relation to the relative powers, preferences and rights of each other series of Preferred Stock shall, in each case, be as fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions adopted pursuant to authority granted in section (b) of this Article FOURTH and the consent, by class or series vote or otherwise, of the holders of such of the series of Preferred Stock as are from time to time outstanding shall not be required for the issuance by the Board of Directors of any other series of Preferred Stock whether or not the powers, preferences and rights of such other series shall be fixed by the Board of Directors as senior to, or on a parity with, the powers, preferences and rights of such outstanding series, or any of them; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may provide in the resolution or resolutions as to any series of Preferred Stock adopted pursuant to section (b) of this Article FOURTH that the consent of the holders of a majority (or such greater proportion as shall be therein fixed) of the outstanding shares of such series voting thereon shall be required for the issuance of any or all other series of Preferred Stock. (f) Subject to the provisions of section (e), shares of any series of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. (g) Shares of Common Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. (h) The authorized amount of shares of Common Stock and of Preferred Stock may, without a class or series vote, be increased or decreased from time to time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon. FIFTH: - (a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted and managed by a Board of Directors. The number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be not less than five nor more than twenty-five as fixed from time to time by vote of a majority of the whole Board, provided, however, that the number of directors shall not be reduced so as to shorten the term of any director at the time in office, and provided further, that the number of directors constituting the whole Board shall be twenty-four until otherwise fixed by a majority of the whole Board. 5 (b) The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as the then total number of directors constituting the whole Board permits, with the term of office of one class expiring each year. At the annual meeting of stockholders in 1982, directors of the first class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting, directors of the second class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the second succeeding annual meeting and directors of the third class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting. Any vacancies in the Board of Directors for any reason, and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the directors, may be filled by the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, and any directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors. At such election, the stockholders shall elect a successor to such director to hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that some lesser percentage may be specified by law, this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation), any director or the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation may be removed at any time without cause, but only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose. (d) Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder entitled to vote for the election of directors. Such nominations shall be made by notice in writing, delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the Corporation not less than 14 days nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of the stockholders called for the election of directors; provided, however, that if less than 21 days' notice of the meeting is given to stockholders, such written notice shall be delivered or mailed, as prescribed, to the Secretary of the Corporation not later than the close of the seventh day following the day on which notice of the meeting was mailed to stockholders. Notice of nominations which are proposed by the Board of Directors shall be given by the Chairman on behalf of the Board. (e) Each notice under subsection (d) shall set forth (i) the name, age, business address and, if known, residence address of each nominee proposed in such notice, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such nominee and (iii) the number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by each such nominee. (f) The Chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. (g) No action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, and the power of stockholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied. SIXTH: - The Directors shall choose such officers, agents and servants as may be provided in the By-Laws as they may from time to time find necessary or proper. SEVENTH: - The Corporation hereby created is hereby given the same powers, rights and privileges as may be conferred upon corporations organized under the Act entitled "An Act Providing a General Corporation Law", approved March 10, 1899, as from time to time amended. 6 EIGHTH: - This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a private Act. NINTH: - This Corporation is to have perpetual existence. TENTH: - The Board of Directors, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, may designate any of their number to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in said resolution, or in the By-Laws of the Company, shall have and may exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and shall have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. ELEVENTH: - The private property of the stockholders shall not be liable for the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever. TWELFTH: - The Corporation may transact business in any part of the world. THIRTEENTH: - The Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation by a vote of the majority of the entire Board. The stockholders may make, alter or repeal any By-Law whether or not adopted by them, provided however, that any such additional By-Laws, alterations or repeal may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class). FOURTEENTH: - Meetings of the Directors may be held outside of the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to time designated by the Board, and the Directors may keep the books of the Company outside of the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to time designated by them. FIFTEENTH: - (a) (1) In addition to any affirmative vote required by law, and except as otherwise expressly provided in sections (b) and (c) of this Article FIFTEENTH: (A) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) with or into (i) any Interested Stockholder (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) any other corporation (whether or not itself an Interested Stockholder), which, after such merger or consolidation, would be an Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) of an Interested Stockholder, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to or with any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder of any assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or (C) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of any securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder in exchange for cash, securities or other property (or a combination thereof) having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or (D) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or (E) any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any similar transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity or convertible securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary which is directly or indirectly owned by any Interested Stockholder, or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder, 7 shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, considered for the purpose of this Article FIFTEENTH as one class ("Voting Shares"). Such affirmative vote shall be required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that some lesser percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national securities exchange or otherwise. (2) The term "business combination" as used in this Article FIFTEENTH shall mean any transaction which is referred to in any one or more of clauses (A) through (E) of paragraph 1 of the section (a). (b) The provisions of section (a) of this Article FIFTEENTH shall not be applicable to any particular business combination and such business combination shall require only such affirmative vote as is required by law and any other provisions of the Charter or Act of Incorporation or By-Laws if such business combination has been approved by a majority of the whole Board. (c) For the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH: (1) A "person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other entity. (2) "Interested Stockholder" shall mean, in respect of any business combination, any person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary) who or which as of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote on such business combination, or immediately prior to the consummation of any such transaction: (A) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 10% of the Voting Shares, or (B) is an Affiliate of the Corporation and at any time within two years prior thereto was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of not less than 10% of the then outstanding voting Shares, or (C) is an assignee of or has otherwise succeeded in any share of capital stock of the Corporation which were at any time within two years prior thereto beneficially owned by any Interested Stockholder, and such assignment or succession shall have occurred in the course of a transaction or series of transactions not involving a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933. (3) A person shall be the "beneficial owner" of any Voting Shares: (A) which such person or any of its Affiliates and Associates (as hereafter defined) beneficially own, directly or indirectly, or (B) which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has (i) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (ii) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or (C) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such first mentioned person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. 8 (4) The outstanding Voting Shares shall include shares deemed owned through application of paragraph (3) above but shall not include any other Voting Shares which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options or otherwise. (5) "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective meanings given those terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on December 31, 1981. (6) "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation of which a majority of any class of equity security (as defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on December 31, 1981) is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation; provided, however, that for the purposes of the definition of Investment Stockholder set forth in paragraph (2) of this section (c), the term "Subsidiary" shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of each class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation. (d) majority of the directors shall have the power and duty to determine for the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH on the basis of information known to them, (1) the number of Voting Shares beneficially owned by any person (2) whether a person is an Affiliate or Associate of another, (3) whether a person has an agreement, arrangement or understanding with another as to the matters referred to in paragraph (3) of section (c), or (4) whether the assets subject to any business combination or the consideration received for the issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation, or any Subsidiary has an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more. (e) Nothing contained in this Article FIFTEENTH shall be construed to relieve any Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law. SIXTEENTH: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law, this Charter or Act of Incorporation by the By-Laws), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) shall be required to amend, alter or repeal any provision of Articles FIFTH, THIRTEENTH, FIFTEENTH or SIXTEENTH of this Charter or Act of Incorporation. SEVENTEENTH: (a) a Director of this Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Laws as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. (b) Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification." 9 EXHIBIT B BY-LAWS WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AS EXISTING ON JANUARY 16, 2003 BY-LAWS OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY ARTICLE I STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the third Thursday in April each year at the principal office at the Company or at such other date, time or place as may be designated by resolution by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Section 3. Notice. Notice of all meetings of the stockholders shall be given by mailing to each stockholder at least ten (10) days before said meeting, at his last known address, a written or printed notice fixing the time and place of such meeting. Section 4. Quorum. A majority in the amount of the capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding on the record date, as herein determined, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of stockholders for the transaction of any business, but the holders of a smaller number of shares may adjourn from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum is secured. At each annual or special meeting of stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote, either in person or by proxy, for each share of stock registered in the stockholder's name on the books of the Company on the record date for any such meeting as determined herein. ARTICLE 2 DIRECTORS Section 1. Management. The affairs and business of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Section 2. Number. The authorized number of directors that shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by or pursuant to a resolution passed by a majority of the Board of Directors within the parameters set by the Charter of the Company. No more than two directors may also be employees of the Company or any affiliate thereof. Section 3. Qualification. In addition to any other provisions of these Bylaws, to be qualified for nomination for election or appointment to the Board of Directors, a person must have not attained the age of sixty-nine years at the time of such election or appointment, provided however, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may waive such qualification as to a particular candidate otherwise qualified to serve as a director upon a good faith determination by such committee that such a waiver is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer shall not be qualified to continue to serve as directors upon the termination of their service in those offices for any reason. Section 4. Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet at the principal office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Section 5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, and shall be called upon the written request of a majority of the directors. Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the directors elected and qualified shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors. Section 7. Notice. Written notice shall be sent by mail to each director of any special meeting of the Board of Directors, and of any change in the time or place of any regular meeting, stating the time and place of such meeting, which shall be mailed not less than two days before the time of holding such meeting. Section 8. Vacancies. In the event of the death, resignation, removal, inability to act or disqualification of any director, the Board of Directors, although less than a quorum, shall have the right to elect the successor who shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred, and until such director's successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. Section 9. Organization Meeting. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after its election by the stockholders shall appoint an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and shall elect from its own members a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer and a President, who may be the same person. The Board of Directors shall also elect at such meeting a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, who may be the same person, and may appoint at any time such committees as it may deem advisable. The Board of Directors may also elect at such meeting one or more Associate Directors. The Board of Directors, the Executive Committee or another committee designated by the Board of Directors may elect or appoint such other officers as they may deem advisable. Section 10. Removal. The Board of Directors may at any time remove, with or without cause, any member of any committee appointed by it or any associate director or officer elected by it and may appoint or elect his successor. Section 11. Responsibility of Officers. The Board of Directors may designate an officer to be in charge of such departments or divisions of the Company as it may deem advisable. 2 Section 12. Participation in Meetings. The Board of Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, by conference telephone, video facilities or other communications equipment. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all of the members of the Board of Directors or the committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the Board of Directors or such committee. ARTICLE 3 COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Executive Committee. (A) The Executive Committee shall be composed of not more than nine (9) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Executive Committee shall have and may exercise, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all of the powers of the Board of Directors when it is not in session to transact all business for and on behalf of the Company that may be brought before it. (C) The Executive Committee shall meet at the principal office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. The majority of its members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Special meetings of the Executive Committee may be held at any time when a quorum is present. (D) Minutes of each meeting of the Executive Committee shall be kept and submitted to the Board of Directors at its next meeting. (E) In the event of an emergency of sufficient severity to prevent the conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company by its directors and officers as contemplated by these Bylaws, any two available members of the Executive Committee as constituted immediately prior to such emergency shall constitute a quorum of that Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of these Bylaws. In the event of the unavailability, at such time, of a minimum of two members of the Executive Committee, any three available directors shall constitute the Executive Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section. This Bylaw shall be subject to implementation by resolutions of the Board of Directors presently existing or hereafter passed from time to time for that purpose, and any provisions of these 3 Bylaws (other than this Section) and any resolutions which are contrary to the provisions of this Section or to the provisions of any such implementing resolutions shall be suspended during such a disaster period until it shall be determined by any interim Executive Committee acting under this Section that it shall be to the advantage of the Company to resume the conduct and management of its affairs and business under all of the other provisions of these Bylaws. Section 2. Audit Committee. (A) The Audit Committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board. (B) The Audit Committee shall have general supervision over the Audit Services Division in all matters however subject to the approval of the Board of Directors; it shall consider all matters brought to its attention by the officer in charge of the Audit Services Division, review all reports of examination of the Company made by any governmental agency or such independent auditor employed for that purpose, and make such recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect thereto or with respect to any other matters pertaining to auditing the Company as it shall deem desirable. (C) The Audit Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. Section 3. Compensation Committee. (A) The Compensation Committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Compensation Committee shall in general advise upon all matters of policy concerning compensation, including salaries and employee benefits. (C) The Compensation Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. 4 SECTION 4. NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. (A) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be composed of not more than five members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall provide counsel and make recommendations to the Chairman of the Board and the full Board with respect to the performance of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, candidates for membership on the Board of Directors and its committees, matters of corporate governance, succession planning for the Company's executive management and significant shareholder relations issues. (C) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. Section 5. Other Committees. The Company may have such other committees with such powers as the Board may designate from time to time by resolution or by an amendment to these Bylaws. Section 6. Associate Directors. (A) Any person who has served as a director may be elected by the Board of Directors as an associate director, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) Associate directors shall be entitled to attend all meetings of directors and participate in the discussion of all matters brought to the Board of Directors, but will not have a right to vote. Section 7. Absence or Disqualification of Any Member of a Committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee created under Article III of these Bylaws, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. ARTICLE 4 OFFICERS Section 1. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such further authority and powers and shall perform such duties the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. 5 Section 2. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties pertaining to the office of Chief Executive Officer conferred or imposed upon him by statute, incident to his office or as the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. Section 3. President. The President shall have the powers and duties pertaining to the office of the President conferred or imposed upon him by statute, incident to his office or as the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. Section 4. Duties. The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, as designated by the Board of Directors, shall carry into effect all legal directions of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors and shall at all times exercise general supervision over the interest, affairs and operations of the Company and perform all duties incident to his office. Section 5. Vice Presidents. There may be one or more Vice Presidents, however denominated by the Board of Directors, who may at any time perform all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and/or the President and such other powers and duties incident to their respective offices or as the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned may assign to them from time to time. Section 6. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of notice of meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, as well as the committees thereof, to the keeping of accurate minutes of all such meetings, recording the same in the minute books of the Company and in general notifying the Board of Directors of material matters affecting the Company on a timely basis. In addition to the other notice requirements of these Bylaws and as may be practicable under the circumstances, all such notices shall be in writing and mailed well in advance of the scheduled date of any such meeting. He shall have custody of the corporate seal, affix the same to any documents requiring such corporate seal, attest the same and perform other duties incident to his office. Section 7. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have general supervision over all assets and liabilities of the Company. He shall be custodian of and responsible for all monies, funds and valuables of the Company and for the keeping of proper records of the evidence of property or indebtedness and of all transactions of the Company. He shall have general supervision of the expenditures of the Company and periodically shall report to the Board of Directors the condition of the Company, and perform such other duties incident to his office or as the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may assign to him from time to time. 6 Section 8. Controller. There may be a Controller who shall exercise general supervision over the internal operations of the Company, including accounting, and shall render to the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee at appropriate times a report relating to the general condition and internal operations of the Company and perform other duties incident to his office. There may be one or more subordinate accounting or controller officers however denominated, who may perform the duties of the Controller and such duties as may be prescribed by the Controller. Section 9. Audit Officers. The officer designated by the Board of Directors to be in charge of the Audit Services Division of the Company, with such title as the Board of Directors shall prescribe, shall report to and be directly responsible to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors. There shall be an Auditor and there may be one or more Audit Officers, however denominated, who may perform all the duties of the Auditor and such duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the Audit Services Division. Section 10. Other Officers. There may be one or more officers, subordinate in rank to all Vice Presidents with such functional titles as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, who shall ex officio hold the office of Assistant Secretary of the Company and who may perform such duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned. Section 11. Powers and Duties of Other Officers. The powers and duties of all other officers of the Company shall be those usually pertaining to their respective offices, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President and the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned. Section 12. Number of Offices. Any one or more offices of the Company may be held by the same person, except that (A) no individual may hold more than one of the offices of Chief Financial Officer, Controller or Audit Officer and (B) none of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may hold any office mentioned in Section 12(A). ARTICLE 5 STOCK AND STOCK CERTIFICATES Section 1. Transfer. Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the Company and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. 7 Section 2. Certificates. Every holder of stock shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Company. The corporate seal affixed thereto, and any of or all the signatures on the certificate, may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. Duplicate certificates of stock shall be issued only upon giving such security as may be satisfactory to the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee. Section 3. Record Date. The Board of Directors is authorized to fix in advance a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of stockholders and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or to any allotment of rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, or in connection with obtaining the consent of stockholders for any purpose, which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect, or a date in connection with obtaining such consent. ARTICLE 6 SEAL The corporate seal of the Company shall be in the following form: Between two concentric circles the words "Wilmington Trust Company" within the inner circle the words "Wilmington, Delaware." ARTICLE 7 FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year. ARTICLE 8 EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS OF THE COMPANY The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President, however denominated by the Board of Directors, shall have full power and authority 8 to enter into, make, sign, execute, acknowledge and/or deliver and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall have full power and authority to attest and affix the corporate seal of the Company to any and all deeds, conveyances, assignments, releases, contracts, agreements, bonds, notes, mortgages and all other instruments incident to the business of this Company or in acting as executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, agent or in any other fiduciary or representative capacity by any and every method of appointment or by whatever person, corporation, court officer or authority in the State of Delaware, or elsewhere, without any specific authority, ratification, approval or confirmation by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, and any and all such instruments shall have the same force and validity as though expressly authorized by the Board of Directors and/or the Executive Committee. ARTICLE 9 COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES Directors and associate directors of the Company, other than salaried officers of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for attending meetings of the Board of Directors as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Directors and associate directors who serve as members of committees, other than salaried employees of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for services as members of committees as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine and directors and associate directors may be authorized by the Company to perform such special services as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine in accordance with any guidelines the Board of Directors may adopt for such services, and shall be paid for such special services so performed reasonable compensation as may be determined by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE 10 INDEMNIFICATION Section 1. Persons Covered. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a "proceeding") by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity that is not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Company shall be required to indemnify such a person in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors. 9 The Company may indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any proceeding by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was an officer, employee or agent of the Company or a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Company may indemnify any such person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Advance of Expenses. The Company shall pay the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding involving a person who is or may be indemnified pursuant to Section 1 in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by such a person in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by that person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 10 or otherwise. Section 3. Certain Rights. If a claim under this Article 10 for (A) payment of expenses or (B) indemnification by a director or person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity that is not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, is not paid in full within sixty days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Company, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law. Section 4. Non-Exclusive. The rights conferred on any person by this Article 10 shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Charter or Act of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Section 5. Reduction of Amount. The Company's obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity. Section 6. Effect of Modification. Any amendment, repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article 10 shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, repeal or modification. 10 ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, and any new Bylaw or Bylaws adopted at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by a vote of a majority of all the members of the Board of Directors then in office. ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS Whenever used in these Bylaws, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular unless the context requires otherwise and the use of either gender shall include both genders. 11 EXHIBIT C SECTION 321(b) CONSENT Pursuant to Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, Wilmington Trust Company hereby consents that reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon requests therefor. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY Dated: By: ---------------------------- Name: Title: Vice President EXHIBIT D NOTICE This form is intended to assist state nonmember banks and savings banks with state publication requirements. It has not been approved by any state banking authorities. Refer to your appropriate state banking authorities for your state publication requirements. R E P O R T O F C O N D I T I O N Consolidating domestic subsidiaries of the WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY of WILMINGTON - ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Name of Bank City in the State of DELAWARE , at the close of business on June 30, 2004.
ASSETS Thousands of dollars Cash and balances due from depository institutions: Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coins ............ 371,886 Interest-bearing balances ...................................... 0 Held-to-maturity securities ............................................. 3,293 Available-for-sale securities ........................................... 1,535,318 Federal funds sold in domestic offices .................................. 355,110 Securities purchased under agreements to resell ......................... 64,592 Loans and lease financing receivables: Loans and leases held for sale ................................. 0 Loans and leases, net of unearned income........................ 5,901,882 LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ..................... 81,075 Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve 5,820,807 Assets held in trading accounts ......................................... 0 Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ................ 142,845 Other real estate owned ................................................. 238 Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies ..... 1,604 Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ............ 0 Intangible assets: a. Goodwill ................................................... 157 b. Other intangible assets .................................... 11,692 Other assets ............................................................ 150,459 Total assets ............................................................ 8,458,001
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE LIABILITIES Deposits: In domestic offices ..................................................... 6,295,396 Noninterest-bearing ............................................ 1,241,025 Interest-bearing ............................................... 5,054,371 Federal funds purchased in domestic offices ............................. 69,339 Securities sold under agreements to repurchase .......................... 198,308 Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D) ................................ 0 Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capital leases .................................................. 1,142,717 Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ................ 0 Subordinated notes and debentures ....................................... 0 Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G) .................................. 94,479 Total liabilities ....................................................... 7,800,239 EQUITY CAPITAL Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ........................... 0 Common Stock ............................................................ 500 Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) ................ 112,358 a. Retained earnings ................................................... 576,753 b. Accumulated other comprehensive income .............................. (31,849) Total equity capital .................................................... 657,762 Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital ..... 8,458,001

EX-25.2 12 g90857exv25w2.txt EX-25.2 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE FOR SUBORDINATED DEBT EXHIBIT 25.2 Registration No. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 --------------- FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) --------------- WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY (Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter) ~~DELAWARE 51-0055023 (State or other jurisdiction or incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)~~

1100 NORTH MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19890-0001 (302) 651-1000 (Address of principal executive offices) CYNTHIA L. CORLISS VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY 1100 NORTH MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19890 (302) 651-8516 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service) R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrants as specified in its charter) ~~PUERTO RICO 66-0532217 (State or other jurisdiction or incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)~~

280 JESUS T. PINERO AVENUE SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00918 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants' principal executive offices) (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service) ---------------------- DEBT SECURITIES, PREFERRED STOCK, COMMON STOCK AND CERTAIN GUARANTEES OF R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION UNDER THE INDENTURE FOR SUBORDINATED DEBT (Title of the Indenture Securities) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. Federal Deposit Insurance Co. State Bank Commissioner Five Penn Center Dover, Delaware Suite #2901 Philadelphia, PA (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each affiliation: Based upon an examination of the books and records of the trustee and upon information furnished by the obligor, the obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee. ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. List below all exhibits filed as part of this Statement of Eligibility and Qualification. A. Copy of the Charter of Wilmington Trust Company, which includes the certificate of authority of Wilmington Trust Company to commence business and the authorization of Wilmington Trust Company to exercise corporate trust powers. B. Copy of By-Laws of Wilmington Trust Company. C. Consent of Wilmington Trust Company required by Section 321 (b) of Trust Indenture Act. D. Copy of most recent Report of Condition of Wilmington Trust Company. Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Wilmington and State of Delaware on the ____ day of __________, 2004. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY [SEAL] Attest:___________________ By:_______________________ Assistant Secretary Name: ____________________ Title: Vice President 2 EXHIBIT A AMENDED CHARTER WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AS EXISTING ON MAY 9, 1987 AMENDED CHARTER OR ACT OF INCORPORATION OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, originally incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Delaware Guarantee and Trust Company", approved March 2, A.D. 1901, and the name of which company was changed to "WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY" by an amendment filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on March 18, A.D. 1903, and the Charter or Act of Incorporation of which company has been from time to time amended and changed by merger agreements pursuant to the corporation law for state banks and trust companies of the State of Delaware, does hereby alter and amend its Charter or Act of Incorporation so that the same as so altered and amended shall in its entirety read as follows: FIRST: - The name of this corporation is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY. SECOND: - The location of its principal office in the State of Delaware is at Rodney Square North, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle; the name of its resident agent is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY whose address is Rodney Square North, in said City. In addition to such principal office, the said corporation maintains and operates branch offices in the City of Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, the Town of Newport, New Castle County, Delaware, at Claymont, New Castle County, Delaware, at Greenville, New Castle County Delaware, and at Milford Cross Roads, New Castle County, Delaware, and shall be empowered to open, maintain and operate branch offices at Ninth and Shipley Streets, 418 Delaware Avenue, 2120 Market Street, and 3605 Market Street, all in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, and such other branch offices or places of business as may be authorized from time to time by the agency or agencies of the government of the State of Delaware empowered to confer such authority. THIRD: - (a) The nature of the business and the objects and purposes proposed to be transacted, promoted or carried on by this Corporation are to do any or all of the things herein mentioned as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do and in any part of the world, viz.: (1) To sue and be sued, complain and defend in any Court of law or equity and to make and use a common seal, and alter the seal at pleasure, to hold, purchase, convey, mortgage or otherwise deal in real and personal estate and property, and to appoint such officers and agents as the business of the Corporation shall require, to make by-laws not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State, to discount bills, notes or other evidences of debt, to receive deposits of money, or securities for money, to buy gold and silver bullion and foreign coins, to buy and sell bills of exchange, and generally to use, exercise and enjoy all the powers, rights, privileges and franchises incident to a corporation which are proper or necessary for the transaction of the business of the Corporation hereby created. (2) To insure titles to real and personal property, or any estate or interests therein, and to guarantee the holder of such property, real or personal, against any claim or claims, adverse to his interest therein, and to prepare and give certificates of title for any lands or premises in the State of Delaware, or elsewhere. (3) To act as factor, agent, broker or attorney in the receipt, collection, custody, investment and management of funds, and the purchase, sale, management and disposal of property of all descriptions, and to prepare and execute all papers which may be necessary or proper in such business. (4) To prepare and draw agreements, contracts, deeds, leases, conveyances, mortgages, bonds and legal papers of every description, and to carry on the business of conveyancing in all its branches. (5) To receive upon deposit for safekeeping money, jewelry, plate, deeds, bonds and any and all other personal property of every sort and kind, from executors, administrators, guardians, public officers, courts, receivers, assignees, trustees, and from all fiduciaries, and from all other persons and individuals, and from all corporations whether state, municipal, corporate or private, and to rent boxes, safes, vaults and other receptacles for such property. (6) To act as agent or otherwise for the purpose of registering, issuing, certificating, countersigning, transferring or underwriting the stock, bonds or other obligations of any corporation, association, state or municipality, and may receive and manage any sinking fund therefor on such terms as may be agreed upon between the two parties, and in like manner may act as Treasurer of any corporation or municipality. (7) To act as Trustee under any deed of trust, mortgage, bond or other instrument issued by any state, municipality, body politic, corporation, association or person, either alone or in conjunction with any other person or persons, corporation or corporations. (8) To guarantee the validity, performance or effect of any contract or agreement, and the fidelity of persons holding places of responsibility or trust; to become surety for any person, or persons, for the faithful performance of any trust, office, duty, contract or agreement, either by itself or in conjunction with any other person, or persons, corporation, or corporations, or in like manner become surety upon any bond, recognizance, obligation, judgment, suit, order, or decree to be entered in any court of record within the State of Delaware or elsewhere, or which may now or hereafter be required by any law, judge, officer or court in the State of Delaware or elsewhere. (9) To act by any and every method of appointment as trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, or in any other trust capacity in the receiving, holding, managing, and disposing of any and all estates and property, real, personal or mixed, and to be appointed as such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian or bailee by any persons, corporations, court, officer, or authority, in the State of Delaware or elsewhere; and whenever this Corporation is so appointed by any person, corporation, court, officer or authority such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, or in any other trust capacity, it shall not be required to give bond with surety, but its capital stock shall be taken and held as security for the performance of the duties devolving upon it by such appointment. (10) And for its care, management and trouble, and the exercise of any of its powers hereby given, or for the performance of any of the duties which it may undertake or be called upon to perform, or for the assumption of any responsibility the said Corporation may be entitled to receive a proper compensation. (11) To purchase, receive, hold and own bonds, mortgages, debentures, shares of capital stock, and other securities, obligations, contracts and evidences of indebtedness, of any private, public or municipal corporation within and without the State of Delaware, or of the Government of the United States, or of any state, territory, colony, or possession thereof, or of any foreign government or country; to receive, collect, receipt for, and dispose of interest, dividends and income upon and from any of the bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property held and owned by it, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property, any and all the rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, including the right to vote 2 thereon; to invest and deal in and with any of the moneys of the Corporation upon such securities and in such manner as it may think fit and proper, and from time to time to vary or realize such investments; to issue bonds and secure the same by pledges or deeds of trust or mortgages of or upon the whole or any part of the property held or owned by the Corporation, and to sell and pledge such bonds, as and when the Board of Directors shall determine, and in the promotion of its said corporate business of investment and to the extent authorized by law, to lease, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey real and personal property of any name and nature and any estate or interest therein. (b) In furtherance of, and not in limitation, of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, it is hereby expressly provided that the said Corporation shall also have the following powers: (1) To do any or all of the things herein set forth, to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, and in any part of the world. (2) To acquire the good will, rights, property and franchises and to undertake the whole or any part of the assets and liabilities of any person, firm, association or corporation, and to pay for the same in cash, stock of this Corporation, bonds or otherwise; to hold or in any manner to dispose of the whole or any part of the property so purchased; to conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of any business so acquired, and to exercise all the powers necessary or convenient in and about the conduct and management of such business. (3) To take, hold, own, deal in, mortgage or otherwise lien, and to lease, sell, exchange, transfer, or in any manner whatever dispose of property, real, personal or mixed, wherever situated. (4) To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind with any person, firm, association or corporation, and, without limit as to amount, to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments. (5) To have one or more offices, to carry on all or any of its operations and businesses, without restriction to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, to purchase or otherwise acquire, to hold, own, to mortgage, sell, convey or otherwise dispose of, real and personal property, of every class and description, in any State, District, Territory or Colony of the United States, and in any foreign country or place. (6) It is the intention that the objects, purposes and powers specified and clauses contained in this paragraph shall (except where otherwise expressed in said paragraph) be nowise limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause of this or any other paragraph in this charter, but that the objects, purposes and powers specified in each of the clauses of this paragraph shall be regarded as independent objects, purposes and powers. FOURTH: - (a) The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is forty-one million (41,000,000) shares, consisting of: (1) One million (1,000,000) shares of Preferred stock, par value $10.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as "Preferred Stock"); and (2) Forty million (40,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as "Common Stock"). (b) Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors each of said series to be distinctly designated. All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock shall be alike in every particular, except that there may be 3 different dates from which dividends, if any, thereon shall be cumulative, if made cumulative. The voting powers and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding; and, subject to the provisions of subparagraph 1 of Paragraph (c) of this Article FOURTH, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby expressly granted authority to fix by resolution or resolutions adopted prior to the issuance of any shares of a particular series of Preferred Stock, the voting powers and the designations, preferences and relative, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such series, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: (1) The distinctive designation of, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock which shall constitute such series, which number may be increased (except where otherwise provided by the Board of Directors) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by like action of the Board of Directors; (2) The rate and times at which, and the terms and conditions on which, dividends, if any, on Preferred Stock of such series shall be paid, the extent of the preference or relation, if any, of such dividends to the dividends payable on any other class or classes, or series of the same or other class of stock and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative; (3) The right, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series to convert the same into or exchange the same for, shares of any other class or classes or of any series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (4) Whether or not Preferred Stock of such series shall be subject to redemption, and the redemption price or prices and the time or times at which, and the terms and conditions on which, Preferred Stock of such series may be redeemed. (5) The rights, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, merger, consolidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation. (6) The terms of the sinking fund or redemption or purchase account, if any, to be provided for the Preferred Stock of such series; and (7) The voting powers, if any, of the holders of such series of Preferred Stock which may, without limiting the generality of the foregoing include the right, voting as a series or by itself or together with other series of Preferred Stock or all series of Preferred Stock as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation if there shall have been a default in the payment of dividends on any one or more series of Preferred Stock or under such circumstances and on such conditions as the Board of Directors may determine. (c) (1) After the requirements with respect to preferential dividends on the Preferred Stock (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), if any, shall have been met and after the Corporation shall have complied with all the requirements, if any, with respect to the setting aside of sums as sinking funds or redemption or purchase accounts (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), and subject further to any conditions which may be fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH, then and not otherwise the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors. (2) After distribution in full of the preferential amount, if any, (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), to be distributed to the holders of Preferred 4 Stock in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation, tangible and intangible, of whatever kind available for distribution to stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them respectively. (3) Except as may otherwise be required by law or by the provisions of such resolution or resolutions as may be adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to section (b) of this Article FOURTH, each holder of Common Stock shall have one vote in respect of each share of Common Stock held on all matters voted upon by the stockholders. (d) No holder of any of the shares of any class or series of stock or of options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares of any class or series of stock or of other securities of the Corporation shall have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any unissued stock of any class or series or any additional shares of any class or series to be issued by reason of any increase of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or bonds, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or carrying any right to purchase stock of any class or series, but any such unissued stock, additional authorized issue of shares of any class or series of stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock, or carrying any right to purchase stock, may be issued and disposed of pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors to such persons, firms, corporations or associations, whether such holders or others, and upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Board of Directors in the exercise of its sole discretion. (e) The relative powers, preferences and rights of each series of Preferred Stock in relation to the relative powers, preferences and rights of each other series of Preferred Stock shall, in each case, be as fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions adopted pursuant to authority granted in section (b) of this Article FOURTH and the consent, by class or series vote or otherwise, of the holders of such of the series of Preferred Stock as are from time to time outstanding shall not be required for the issuance by the Board of Directors of any other series of Preferred Stock whether or not the powers, preferences and rights of such other series shall be fixed by the Board of Directors as senior to, or on a parity with, the powers, preferences and rights of such outstanding series, or any of them; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may provide in the resolution or resolutions as to any series of Preferred Stock adopted pursuant to section (b) of this Article FOURTH that the consent of the holders of a majority (or such greater proportion as shall be therein fixed) of the outstanding shares of such series voting thereon shall be required for the issuance of any or all other series of Preferred Stock. (f) Subject to the provisions of section (e), shares of any series of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. (g) Shares of Common Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. (h) The authorized amount of shares of Common Stock and of Preferred Stock may, without a class or series vote, be increased or decreased from time to time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon. FIFTH: - (a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted and managed by a Board of Directors. The number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be not less than five nor more than twenty-five as fixed from time to time by vote of a majority of the whole Board, provided, however, that the number of directors shall not be reduced so as to shorten the term of any director at the time in office, and provided further, that the number of directors constituting the whole Board shall be 5 twenty-four until otherwise fixed by a majority of the whole Board. (b) The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as the then total number of directors constituting the whole Board permits, with the term of office of one class expiring each year. At the annual meeting of stockholders in 1982, directors of the first class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting, directors of the second class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the second succeeding annual meeting and directors of the third class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting. Any vacancies in the Board of Directors for any reason, and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the directors, may be filled by the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, and any directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors. At such election, the stockholders shall elect a successor to such director to hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that some lesser percentage may be specified by law, this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation), any director or the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation may be removed at any time without cause, but only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose. (d) Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder entitled to vote for the election of directors. Such nominations shall be made by notice in writing, delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the Corporation not less than 14 days nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of the stockholders called for the election of directors; provided, however, that if less than 21 days' notice of the meeting is given to stockholders, such written notice shall be delivered or mailed, as prescribed, to the Secretary of the Corporation not later than the close of the seventh day following the day on which notice of the meeting was mailed to stockholders. Notice of nominations which are proposed by the Board of Directors shall be given by the Chairman on behalf of the Board. (e) Each notice under subsection (d) shall set forth (i) the name, age, business address and, if known, residence address of each nominee proposed in such notice, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such nominee and (iii) the number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by each such nominee. (f) The Chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. (g) No action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, and the power of stockholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied. SIXTH: - The Directors shall choose such officers, agents and servants as may be provided in the By-Laws as they may from time to time find necessary or proper. SEVENTH: - The Corporation hereby created is hereby given the same powers, rights and privileges as may be conferred upon corporations organized under the Act entitled "An Act Providing a General Corporation Law", approved March 10, 1899, as from time to time amended. 6 EIGHTH: - This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a private Act. NINTH: - This Corporation is to have perpetual existence. TENTH: - The Board of Directors, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, may designate any of their number to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in said resolution, or in the By-Laws of the Company, shall have and may exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and shall have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. ELEVENTH: - The private property of the stockholders shall not be liable for the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever. TWELFTH: - The Corporation may transact business in any part of the world. THIRTEENTH: - The Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation by a vote of the majority of the entire Board. The stockholders may make, alter or repeal any By-Law whether or not adopted by them, provided however, that any such additional By-Laws, alterations or repeal may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class). FOURTEENTH: - Meetings of the Directors may be held outside of the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to time designated by the Board, and the Directors may keep the books of the Company outside of the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to time designated by them. FIFTEENTH: - (a) (1) In addition to any affirmative vote required by law, and except as otherwise expressly provided in sections (b) and (c) of this Article FIFTEENTH: (A) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) with or into (i) any Interested Stockholder (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) any other corporation (whether or not itself an Interested Stockholder), which, after such merger or consolidation, would be an Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) of an Interested Stockholder, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to or with any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder of any assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or (C) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of any securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder in exchange for cash, securities or other property (or a combination thereof) having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or (D) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or (E) any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any similar transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity or convertible securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary which is directly or indirectly owned by any Interested Stockholder, or any Affiliate 7 of any Interested Stockholder, shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, considered for the purpose of this Article FIFTEENTH as one class ("Voting Shares"). Such affirmative vote shall be required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that some lesser percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national securities exchange or otherwise. (2) The term "business combination" as used in this Article FIFTEENTH shall mean any transaction which is referred to in any one or more of clauses (A) through (E) of paragraph 1 of the section (a). (b) The provisions of section (a) of this Article FIFTEENTH shall not be applicable to any particular business combination and such business combination shall require only such affirmative vote as is required by law and any other provisions of the Charter or Act of Incorporation or By-Laws if such business combination has been approved by a majority of the whole Board. (c) For the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH: (1) A "person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other entity. (2) "Interested Stockholder" shall mean, in respect of any business combination, any person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary) who or which as of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote on such business combination, or immediately prior to the consummation of any such transaction: (A) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 10% of the Voting Shares, or (B) is an Affiliate of the Corporation and at any time within two years prior thereto was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of not less than 10% of the then outstanding voting Shares, or (C) is an assignee of or has otherwise succeeded in any share of capital stock of the Corporation which were at any time within two years prior thereto beneficially owned by any Interested Stockholder, and such assignment or succession shall have occurred in the course of a transaction or series of transactions not involving a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933. (3) A person shall be the "beneficial owner" of any Voting Shares: (A) which such person or any of its Affiliates and Associates (as hereafter defined) beneficially own, directly or indirectly, or (B) which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has (i) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (ii) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or (C) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such first mentioned person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. 8 (4) The outstanding Voting Shares shall include shares deemed owned through application of paragraph (3) above but shall not include any other Voting Shares which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options or otherwise. (5) "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective meanings given those terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on December 31, 1981. (6) "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation of which a majority of any class of equity security (as defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on December 31, 1981) is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation; provided, however, that for the purposes of the definition of Investment Stockholder set forth in paragraph (2) of this section (c), the term "Subsidiary" shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of each class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation. (d) majority of the directors shall have the power and duty to determine for the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH on the basis of information known to them, (1) the number of Voting Shares beneficially owned by any person (2) whether a person is an Affiliate or Associate of another, (3) whether a person has an agreement, arrangement or understanding with another as to the matters referred to in paragraph (3) of section (c), or (4) whether the assets subject to any business combination or the consideration received for the issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation, or any Subsidiary has an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more. (e) Nothing contained in this Article FIFTEENTH shall be construed to relieve any Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law. SIXTEENTH: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law, this Charter or Act of Incorporation by the By-Laws), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) shall be required to amend, alter or repeal any provision of Articles FIFTH, THIRTEENTH, FIFTEENTH or SIXTEENTH of this Charter or Act of Incorporation. SEVENTEENTH: (a) a Director of this Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Laws as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. (b) Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification." 9 EXHIBIT B BY-LAWS WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AS EXISTING ON JANUARY 16, 2003 BY-LAWS OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY ARTICLE I STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the third Thursday in April each year at the principal office at the Company or at such other date, time or place as may be designated by resolution by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Section 3. Notice. Notice of all meetings of the stockholders shall be given by mailing to each stockholder at least ten (10) days before said meeting, at his last known address, a written or printed notice fixing the time and place of such meeting. Section 4. Quorum. A majority in the amount of the capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding on the record date, as herein determined, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of stockholders for the transaction of any business, but the holders of a smaller number of shares may adjourn from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum is secured. At each annual or special meeting of stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote, either in person or by proxy, for each share of stock registered in the stockholder's name on the books of the Company on the record date for any such meeting as determined herein. ARTICLE 2 DIRECTORS Section 1. Management. The affairs and business of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Section 2. Number. The authorized number of directors that shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by or pursuant to a resolution passed by a majority of the Board of Directors within the parameters set by the Charter of the Company. No more than two directors may also be employees of the Company or any affiliate thereof. Section 3. Qualification. In addition to any other provisions of these Bylaws, to be qualified for nomination for election or appointment to the Board of Directors, a person must have not attained the age of sixty-nine years at the time of such election or appointment, provided however, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may waive such qualification as to a particular candidate otherwise qualified to serve as a director upon a good faith determination by such committee that such a waiver is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer shall not be qualified to continue to serve as directors upon the termination of their service in those offices for any reason. Section 4. Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet at the principal office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Section 5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, and shall be called upon the written request of a majority of the directors. Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the directors elected and qualified shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors. Section 7. Notice. Written notice shall be sent by mail to each director of any special meeting of the Board of Directors, and of any change in the time or place of any regular meeting, stating the time and place of such meeting, which shall be mailed not less than two days before the time of holding such meeting. Section 8. Vacancies. In the event of the death, resignation, removal, inability to act or disqualification of any director, the Board of Directors, although less than a quorum, shall have the right to elect the successor who shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred, and until such director's successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. Section 9. Organization Meeting. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after its election by the stockholders shall appoint an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and shall elect from its own members a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer and a President, who may be the same person. The Board of Directors shall also elect at such meeting a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, who may be the same person, and may appoint at any time such committees as it may deem advisable. The Board of Directors may also elect at such meeting one or more Associate Directors. The Board of Directors, the Executive Committee or another committee designated by the Board of Directors may elect or appoint such other officers as they may deem advisable. Section 10. Removal. The Board of Directors may at any time remove, with or without cause, any member of any committee appointed by it or any associate director or officer elected by it and may appoint or elect his successor. Section 11. Responsibility of Officers. The Board of Directors may designate an officer to be in charge of such departments or divisions of the Company as it may deem advisable. 2 Section 12. Participation in Meetings. The Board of Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, by conference telephone, video facilities or other communications equipment. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all of the members of the Board of Directors or the committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the Board of Directors or such committee. ARTICLE 3 COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Executive Committee. (A) The Executive Committee shall be composed of not more than nine (9) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Executive Committee shall have and may exercise, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all of the powers of the Board of Directors when it is not in session to transact all business for and on behalf of the Company that may be brought before it. (C) The Executive Committee shall meet at the principal office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. The majority of its members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Special meetings of the Executive Committee may be held at any time when a quorum is present. (D) Minutes of each meeting of the Executive Committee shall be kept and submitted to the Board of Directors at its next meeting. (E) In the event of an emergency of sufficient severity to prevent the conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company by its directors and officers as contemplated by these Bylaws, any two available members of the Executive Committee as constituted immediately prior to such emergency shall constitute a quorum of that Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of these Bylaws. In the event of the unavailability, at such time, of a minimum of two members of the Executive Committee, any three available directors shall constitute the Executive Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section. This Bylaw shall be subject to implementation by resolutions of the Board of Directors presently existing or hereafter passed from time to time for that purpose, and any provisions of these 3 Bylaws (other than this Section) and any resolutions which are contrary to the provisions of this Section or to the provisions of any such implementing resolutions shall be suspended during such a disaster period until it shall be determined by any interim Executive Committee acting under this Section that it shall be to the advantage of the Company to resume the conduct and management of its affairs and business under all of the other provisions of these Bylaws. Section 2. Audit Committee. (A) The Audit Committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board. (B) The Audit Committee shall have general supervision over the Audit Services Division in all matters however subject to the approval of the Board of Directors; it shall consider all matters brought to its attention by the officer in charge of the Audit Services Division, review all reports of examination of the Company made by any governmental agency or such independent auditor employed for that purpose, and make such recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect thereto or with respect to any other matters pertaining to auditing the Company as it shall deem desirable. (C) The Audit Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. Section 3. Compensation Committee. (A) The Compensation Committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Compensation Committee shall in general advise upon all matters of policy concerning compensation, including salaries and employee benefits. (C) The Compensation Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. 4 SECTION 4. NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. (A) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be composed of not more than five members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall provide counsel and make recommendations to the Chairman of the Board and the full Board with respect to the performance of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, candidates for membership on the Board of Directors and its committees, matters of corporate governance, succession planning for the Company's executive management and significant shareholder relations issues. (C) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. Section 5. Other Committees. The Company may have such other committees with such powers as the Board may designate from time to time by resolution or by an amendment to these Bylaws. Section 6. Associate Directors. (A) Any person who has served as a director may be elected by the Board of Directors as an associate director, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) Associate directors shall be entitled to attend all meetings of directors and participate in the discussion of all matters brought to the Board of Directors, but will not have a right to vote. Section 7. Absence or Disqualification of Any Member of a Committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee created under Article III of these Bylaws, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. ARTICLE 4 OFFICERS Section 1. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such further authority and powers and shall perform such duties the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. 5 Section 2. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties pertaining to the office of Chief Executive Officer conferred or imposed upon him by statute, incident to his office or as the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. Section 3. President. The President shall have the powers and duties pertaining to the office of the President conferred or imposed upon him by statute, incident to his office or as the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. Section 4. Duties. The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, as designated by the Board of Directors, shall carry into effect all legal directions of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors and shall at all times exercise general supervision over the interest, affairs and operations of the Company and perform all duties incident to his office. Section 5. Vice Presidents. There may be one or more Vice Presidents, however denominated by the Board of Directors, who may at any time perform all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and/or the President and such other powers and duties incident to their respective offices or as the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned may assign to them from time to time. Section 6. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of notice of meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, as well as the committees thereof, to the keeping of accurate minutes of all such meetings, recording the same in the minute books of the Company and in general notifying the Board of Directors of material matters affecting the Company on a timely basis. In addition to the other notice requirements of these Bylaws and as may be practicable under the circumstances, all such notices shall be in writing and mailed well in advance of the scheduled date of any such meeting. He shall have custody of the corporate seal, affix the same to any documents requiring such corporate seal, attest the same and perform other duties incident to his office. Section 7. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have general supervision over all assets and liabilities of the Company. He shall be custodian of and responsible for all monies, funds and valuables of the Company and for the keeping of proper records of the evidence of property or indebtedness and of all transactions of the Company. He shall have general supervision of the expenditures of the Company and periodically shall report to the Board of Directors the condition of the Company, and perform such other duties incident to his office or as the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may assign to him from time to time. 6 Section 8. Controller. There may be a Controller who shall exercise general supervision over the internal operations of the Company, including accounting, and shall render to the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee at appropriate times a report relating to the general condition and internal operations of the Company and perform other duties incident to his office. There may be one or more subordinate accounting or controller officers however denominated, who may perform the duties of the Controller and such duties as may be prescribed by the Controller. Section 9. Audit Officers. The officer designated by the Board of Directors to be in charge of the Audit Services Division of the Company, with such title as the Board of Directors shall prescribe, shall report to and be directly responsible to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors. There shall be an Auditor and there may be one or more Audit Officers, however denominated, who may perform all the duties of the Auditor and such duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the Audit Services Division. Section 10. Other Officers. There may be one or more officers, subordinate in rank to all Vice Presidents with such functional titles as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, who shall ex officio hold the office of Assistant Secretary of the Company and who may perform such duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned. Section 11. Powers and Duties of Other Officers. The powers and duties of all other officers of the Company shall be those usually pertaining to their respective offices, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President and the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned. Section 12. Number of Offices. Any one or more offices of the Company may be held by the same person, except that (A) no individual may hold more than one of the offices of Chief Financial Officer, Controller or Audit Officer and (B) none of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may hold any office mentioned in Section 12(A). ARTICLE 5 STOCK AND STOCK CERTIFICATES Section 1. Transfer. Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the Company and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. 7 Section 2. Certificates. Every holder of stock shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Company. The corporate seal affixed thereto, and any of or all the signatures on the certificate, may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. Duplicate certificates of stock shall be issued only upon giving such security as may be satisfactory to the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee. Section 3. Record Date. The Board of Directors is authorized to fix in advance a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of stockholders and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or to any allotment of rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, or in connection with obtaining the consent of stockholders for any purpose, which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect, or a date in connection with obtaining such consent. ARTICLE 6 SEAL The corporate seal of the Company shall be in the following form: Between two concentric circles the words "Wilmington Trust Company" within the inner circle the words "Wilmington, Delaware." ARTICLE 7 FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year. ARTICLE 8 EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS OF THE COMPANY The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President, however denominated by the Board of Directors, shall have full power and authority 8 to enter into, make, sign, execute, acknowledge and/or deliver and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall have full power and authority to attest and affix the corporate seal of the Company to any and all deeds, conveyances, assignments, releases, contracts, agreements, bonds, notes, mortgages and all other instruments incident to the business of this Company or in acting as executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, agent or in any other fiduciary or representative capacity by any and every method of appointment or by whatever person, corporation, court officer or authority in the State of Delaware, or elsewhere, without any specific authority, ratification, approval or confirmation by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, and any and all such instruments shall have the same force and validity as though expressly authorized by the Board of Directors and/or the Executive Committee. ARTICLE 9 COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES Directors and associate directors of the Company, other than salaried officers of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for attending meetings of the Board of Directors as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Directors and associate directors who serve as members of committees, other than salaried employees of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for services as members of committees as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine and directors and associate directors may be authorized by the Company to perform such special services as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine in accordance with any guidelines the Board of Directors may adopt for such services, and shall be paid for such special services so performed reasonable compensation as may be determined by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE 10 INDEMNIFICATION Section 1. Persons Covered. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a "proceeding") by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity that is not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Company shall be required to indemnify such a person in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors. 9 The Company may indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any proceeding by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was an officer, employee or agent of the Company or a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Company may indemnify any such person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Advance of Expenses. The Company shall pay the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding involving a person who is or may be indemnified pursuant to Section 1 in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by such a person in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by that person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 10 or otherwise. Section 3. Certain Rights. If a claim under this Article 10 for (A) payment of expenses or (B) indemnification by a director or person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity that is not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, is not paid in full within sixty days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Company, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law. Section 4. Non-Exclusive. The rights conferred on any person by this Article 10 shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Charter or Act of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Section 5. Reduction of Amount. The Company's obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity. Section 6. Effect of Modification. Any amendment, repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article 10 shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, repeal or modification. 10 ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, and any new Bylaw or Bylaws adopted at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by a vote of a majority of all the members of the Board of Directors then in office. ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS Whenever used in these Bylaws, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular unless the context requires otherwise and the use of either gender shall include both genders. 11 EXHIBIT C SECTION 321(b) CONSENT Pursuant to Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, Wilmington Trust Company hereby consents that reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon requests therefor. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY Dated: By: ____________________________ Name: Title: Vice President EXHIBIT D NOTICE This form is intended to assist state nonmember banks and savings banks with state publication requirements. It has not been approved by any state banking authorities. Refer to your appropriate state banking authorities for your state publication requirements. R E P O R T O F C O N D I T I O N Consolidating domestic subsidiaries of the WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY of WILMINGTON ------------------------ ---------- Name of Bank City in the State of DELAWARE, at the close of business on June 30, 2004. -------- ASSETS Thousands of dollars Cash and balances due from depository institutions: Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coins................................................371,886 Interest-bearing balances.............................................................................. 0 Held-to-maturity securities.................................................................................. 3,293 Available-for-sale securities.............................................................................1,535,318 Federal funds sold in domestic offices......................................................................355,110 Securities purchased under agreements to resell..............................................................64,592 Loans and lease financing receivables: Loans and leases held for sale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Loans and leases, net of unearned income. . . . . . . 5,901,882 LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses. . . . . . 81,075 Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve.................................5,820,807 Assets held in trading accounts...................................................................................0 Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)....................................................142,845 Other real estate owned...................................................................................... 238 Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies...........................................1,604 Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding......................................................0 Intangible assets: a. Goodwill.......................................................................................... 157 b. Other intangible assets........................................................................ 11,692 Other assets............................................................................................... 150,459 Total assets..............................................................................................8,458,001

CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE LIABILITIES Deposits: In domestic offices.......................................................................................6,295,396 Noninterest-bearing . . . . . . . . 1,241,025 Interest-bearing. . . . . . . . . . 5,054,371 Federal funds purchased in domestic offices................................................................ 69,339 Securities sold under agreements to repurchase............................................................. 198,308 Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)..........................................................................0 Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases:............1,142,717 Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding..........................................................0 Subordinated notes and debentures.................................................................................0 Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)...................................................................... 94,479 Total liabilities.........................................................................................7,800,239 EQUITY CAPITAL Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus.....................................................................0 Common Stock....................................................................................................500 Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)....................................................112,358 a. Retained earnings.......................................................................................576,753 b. Accumulated other comprehensive income................................................................ (31,849) Total equity capital........................................................................................657,762 Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital.......................................8,458,001

EX-25.3 13 g90857exv25w3.txt EX-25.3 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF WILMINTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE FOR SUBORDINATED DEBT ================================================================================ EXHIBIT 25.3 Registration No. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) ---------------------- WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY (Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 51-0055023 (State or other jurisdiction or (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 1100 NORTH MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19890-0001 (302) 651-1000 (Address of principal executive offices) CYNTHIA L. CORLISS VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY 1100 NORTH MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19890 (302) 651-8516 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service) R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrants as specified in its charter) PUERTO RICO 66-0532217 (State or other jurisdiction or (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 280 JESUS T. PINERO AVENUE SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00918 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants' principal executive offices) (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service) ---------------------- DEBT SECURITIES, PREFERRED STOCK, COMMON STOCK AND CERTAIN GUARANTEES OF R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION UNDER THE INDENTURE FOR JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT (Title of the Indenture Securities) ================================================================================ ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. ~~Federal Deposit Insurance Co. State Bank Commissioner Five Penn Center Dover, Delaware Suite #2901 Philadelphia, PA~~

(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each affiliation: Based upon an examination of the books and records of the trustee and upon information furnished by the obligor, the obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee. ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. List below all exhibits filed as part of this Statement of Eligibility and Qualification. A. Copy of the Charter of Wilmington Trust Company, which includes the certificate of authority of Wilmington Trust Company to commence business and the authorization of Wilmington Trust Company to exercise corporate trust powers. B. Copy of By-Laws of Wilmington Trust Company. C. Consent of Wilmington Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of Trust Indenture Act. D. Copy of most recent Report of Condition of Wilmington Trust Company. Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Wilmington and State of Delaware on the ____ day of __________, 2004. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY [SEAL] Attest: By: ------------------------- ------------------------- Assistant Secretary Name: ----------------------- Title: Vice President 2 EXHIBIT A AMENDED CHARTER WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AS EXISTING ON MAY 9, 1987 AMENDED CHARTER OR ACT OF INCORPORATION OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, originally incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Delaware Guarantee and Trust Company", approved March 2, A.D. 1901, and the name of which company was changed to "WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY" by an amendment filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on March 18, A.D. 1903, and the Charter or Act of Incorporation of which company has been from time to time amended and changed by merger agreements pursuant to the corporation law for state banks and trust companies of the State of Delaware, does hereby alter and amend its Charter or Act of Incorporation so that the same as so altered and amended shall in its entirety read as follows: FIRST: - The name of this corporation is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY. SECOND: - The location of its principal office in the State of Delaware is at Rodney Square North, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle; the name of its resident agent is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY whose address is Rodney Square North, in said City. In addition to such principal office, the said corporation maintains and operates branch offices in the City of Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, the Town of Newport, New Castle County, Delaware, at Claymont, New Castle County, Delaware, at Greenville, New Castle County Delaware, and at Milford Cross Roads, New Castle County, Delaware, and shall be empowered to open, maintain and operate branch offices at Ninth and Shipley Streets, 418 Delaware Avenue, 2120 Market Street, and 3605 Market Street, all in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, and such other branch offices or places of business as may be authorized from time to time by the agency or agencies of the government of the State of Delaware empowered to confer such authority. THIRD: - (a) The nature of the business and the objects and purposes proposed to be transacted, promoted or carried on by this Corporation are to do any or all of the things herein mentioned as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do and in any part of the world, viz.: (1) To sue and be sued, complain and defend in any Court of law or equity and to make and use a common seal, and alter the seal at pleasure, to hold, purchase, convey, mortgage or otherwise deal in real and personal estate and property, and to appoint such officers and agents as the business of the Corporation shall require, to make by-laws not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State, to discount bills, notes or other evidences of debt, to receive deposits of money, or securities for money, to buy gold and silver bullion and foreign coins, to buy and sell bills of exchange, and generally to use, exercise and enjoy all the powers, rights, privileges and franchises incident to a corporation which are proper or necessary for the transaction of the business of the Corporation hereby created. (2) To insure titles to real and personal property, or any estate or interests therein, and to guarantee the holder of such property, real or personal, against any claim or claims, adverse to his interest therein, and to prepare and give certificates of title for any lands or premises in the State of Delaware, or elsewhere. (3) To act as factor, agent, broker or attorney in the receipt, collection, custody, investment and management of funds, and the purchase, sale, management and disposal of property of all descriptions, and to prepare and execute all papers which may be necessary or proper in such business. (4) To prepare and draw agreements, contracts, deeds, leases, conveyances, mortgages, bonds and legal papers of every description, and to carry on the business of conveyancing in all its branches. (5) To receive upon deposit for safekeeping money, jewelry, plate, deeds, bonds and any and all other personal property of every sort and kind, from executors, administrators, guardians, public officers, courts, receivers, assignees, trustees, and from all fiduciaries, and from all other persons and individuals, and from all corporations whether state, municipal, corporate or private, and to rent boxes, safes, vaults and other receptacles for such property. (6) To act as agent or otherwise for the purpose of registering, issuing, certificating, countersigning, transferring or underwriting the stock, bonds or other obligations of any corporation, association, state or municipality, and may receive and manage any sinking fund therefor on such terms as may be agreed upon between the two parties, and in like manner may act as Treasurer of any corporation or municipality. (7) To act as Trustee under any deed of trust, mortgage, bond or other instrument issued by any state, municipality, body politic, corporation, association or person, either alone or in conjunction with any other person or persons, corporation or corporations. (8) To guarantee the validity, performance or effect of any contract or agreement, and the fidelity of persons holding places of responsibility or trust; to become surety for any person, or persons, for the faithful performance of any trust, office, duty, contract or agreement, either by itself or in conjunction with any other person, or persons, corporation, or corporations, or in like manner become surety upon any bond, recognizance, obligation, judgment, suit, order, or decree to be entered in any court of record within the State of Delaware or elsewhere, or which may now or hereafter be required by any law, judge, officer or court in the State of Delaware or elsewhere. (9) To act by any and every method of appointment as trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, or in any other trust capacity in the receiving, holding, managing, and disposing of any and all estates and property, real, personal or mixed, and to be appointed as such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian or bailee by any persons, corporations, court, officer, or authority, in the State of Delaware or elsewhere; and whenever this Corporation is so appointed by any person, corporation, court, officer or authority such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, or in any other trust capacity, it shall not be required to give bond with surety, but its capital stock shall be taken and held as security for the performance of the duties devolving upon it by such appointment. (10) And for its care, management and trouble, and the exercise of any of its powers hereby given, or for the performance of any of the duties which it may undertake or be called upon to perform, or for the assumption of any responsibility the said Corporation may be entitled to receive a proper compensation. (11) To purchase, receive, hold and own bonds, mortgages, debentures, shares of capital stock, and other securities, obligations, contracts and evidences of indebtedness, of any private, public or municipal corporation within and without the State of Delaware, or of the Government of the United States, or of any state, territory, colony, or possession thereof, or of any foreign government or country; to receive, collect, receipt for, and dispose of interest, dividends and income upon and from any of the bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property held and owned by it, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property, any and all the rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, including the right to vote 2 thereon; to invest and deal in and with any of the moneys of the Corporation upon such securities and in such manner as it may think fit and proper, and from time to time to vary or realize such investments; to issue bonds and secure the same by pledges or deeds of trust or mortgages of or upon the whole or any part of the property held or owned by the Corporation, and to sell and pledge such bonds, as and when the Board of Directors shall determine, and in the promotion of its said corporate business of investment and to the extent authorized by law, to lease, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey real and personal property of any name and nature and any estate or interest therein. (b) In furtherance of, and not in limitation, of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, it is hereby expressly provided that the said Corporation shall also have the following powers: (1) To do any or all of the things herein set forth, to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, and in any part of the world. (2) To acquire the good will, rights, property and franchises and to undertake the whole or any part of the assets and liabilities of any person, firm, association or corporation, and to pay for the same in cash, stock of this Corporation, bonds or otherwise; to hold or in any manner to dispose of the whole or any part of the property so purchased; to conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of any business so acquired, and to exercise all the powers necessary or convenient in and about the conduct and management of such business. (3) To take, hold, own, deal in, mortgage or otherwise lien, and to lease, sell, exchange, transfer, or in any manner whatever dispose of property, real, personal or mixed, wherever situated. (4) To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind with any person, firm, association or corporation, and, without limit as to amount, to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments. (5) To have one or more offices, to carry on all or any of its operations and businesses, without restriction to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, to purchase or otherwise acquire, to hold, own, to mortgage, sell, convey or otherwise dispose of, real and personal property, of every class and description, in any State, District, Territory or Colony of the United States, and in any foreign country or place. (6) It is the intention that the objects, purposes and powers specified and clauses contained in this paragraph shall (except where otherwise expressed in said paragraph) be nowise limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause of this or any other paragraph in this charter, but that the objects, purposes and powers specified in each of the clauses of this paragraph shall be regarded as independent objects, purposes and powers. FOURTH: - (a) The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is forty-one million (41,000,000) shares, consisting of: (1) One million (1,000,000) shares of Preferred stock, par value $10.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as "Preferred Stock"); and (2) Forty million (40,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as "Common Stock"). (b) Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors each of said series to be distinctly designated. All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock shall be alike in every particular, except that there may be 3 different dates from which dividends, if any, thereon shall be cumulative, if made cumulative. The voting powers and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding; and, subject to the provisions of subparagraph 1 of Paragraph (c) of this Article FOURTH, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby expressly granted authority to fix by resolution or resolutions adopted prior to the issuance of any shares of a particular series of Preferred Stock, the voting powers and the designations, preferences and relative, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such series, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: (1) The distinctive designation of, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock which shall constitute such series, which number may be increased (except where otherwise provided by the Board of Directors) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by like action of the Board of Directors; (2) The rate and times at which, and the terms and conditions on which, dividends, if any, on Preferred Stock of such series shall be paid, the extent of the preference or relation, if any, of such dividends to the dividends payable on any other class or classes, or series of the same or other class of stock and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative; (3) The right, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series to convert the same into or exchange the same for, shares of any other class or classes or of any series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (4) Whether or not Preferred Stock of such series shall be subject to redemption, and the redemption price or prices and the time or times at which, and the terms and conditions on which, Preferred Stock of such series may be redeemed. (5) The rights, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, merger, consolidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation. (6) The terms of the sinking fund or redemption or purchase account, if any, to be provided for the Preferred Stock of such series; and (7) The voting powers, if any, of the holders of such series of Preferred Stock which may, without limiting the generality of the foregoing include the right, voting as a series or by itself or together with other series of Preferred Stock or all series of Preferred Stock as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation if there shall have been a default in the payment of dividends on any one or more series of Preferred Stock or under such circumstances and on such conditions as the Board of Directors may determine. (c) (1) After the requirements with respect to preferential dividends on the Preferred Stock (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), if any, shall have been met and after the Corporation shall have complied with all the requirements, if any, with respect to the setting aside of sums as sinking funds or redemption or purchase accounts (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), and subject further to any conditions which may be fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH, then and not otherwise the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors. (2) After distribution in full of the preferential amount, if any, (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), to be distributed to the holders of Preferred 4 Stock in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation, tangible and intangible, of whatever kind available for distribution to stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them respectively. (3) Except as may otherwise be required by law or by the provisions of such resolution or resolutions as may be adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to section (b) of this Article FOURTH, each holder of Common Stock shall have one vote in respect of each share of Common Stock held on all matters voted upon by the stockholders. (d) No holder of any of the shares of any class or series of stock or of options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares of any class or series of stock or of other securities of the Corporation shall have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any unissued stock of any class or series or any additional shares of any class or series to be issued by reason of any increase of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or bonds, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or carrying any right to purchase stock of any class or series, but any such unissued stock, additional authorized issue of shares of any class or series of stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock, or carrying any right to purchase stock, may be issued and disposed of pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors to such persons, firms, corporations or associations, whether such holders or others, and upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Board of Directors in the exercise of its sole discretion. (e) The relative powers, preferences and rights of each series of Preferred Stock in relation to the relative powers, preferences and rights of each other series of Preferred Stock shall, in each case, be as fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions adopted pursuant to authority granted in section (b) of this Article FOURTH and the consent, by class or series vote or otherwise, of the holders of such of the series of Preferred Stock as are from time to time outstanding shall not be required for the issuance by the Board of Directors of any other series of Preferred Stock whether or not the powers, preferences and rights of such other series shall be fixed by the Board of Directors as senior to, or on a parity with, the powers, preferences and rights of such outstanding series, or any of them; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may provide in the resolution or resolutions as to any series of Preferred Stock adopted pursuant to section (b) of this Article FOURTH that the consent of the holders of a majority (or such greater proportion as shall be therein fixed) of the outstanding shares of such series voting thereon shall be required for the issuance of any or all other series of Preferred Stock. (f) Subject to the provisions of section (e), shares of any series of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. (g) Shares of Common Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. (h) The authorized amount of shares of Common Stock and of Preferred Stock may, without a class or series vote, be increased or decreased from time to time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon. FIFTH: - (a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted and managed by a Board of Directors. The number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be not less than five nor more than twenty-five as fixed from time to time by vote of a majority of the whole Board, provided, however, that the number of directors shall not be reduced so as to shorten the term of any director at the time in office, and provided further, that the number of directors constituting the whole Board shall be 5 twenty-four until otherwise fixed by a majority of the whole Board. (b) The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as the then total number of directors constituting the whole Board permits, with the term of office of one class expiring each year. At the annual meeting of stockholders in 1982, directors of the first class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting, directors of the second class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the second succeeding annual meeting and directors of the third class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting. Any vacancies in the Board of Directors for any reason, and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the directors, may be filled by the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, and any directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors. At such election, the stockholders shall elect a successor to such director to hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that some lesser percentage may be specified by law, this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation), any director or the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation may be removed at any time without cause, but only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose. (d) Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder entitled to vote for the election of directors. Such nominations shall be made by notice in writing, delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the Corporation not less than 14 days nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of the stockholders called for the election of directors; provided, however, that if less than 21 days' notice of the meeting is given to stockholders, such written notice shall be delivered or mailed, as prescribed, to the Secretary of the Corporation not later than the close of the seventh day following the day on which notice of the meeting was mailed to stockholders. Notice of nominations which are proposed by the Board of Directors shall be given by the Chairman on behalf of the Board. (e) Each notice under subsection (d) shall set forth (i) the name, age, business address and, if known, residence address of each nominee proposed in such notice, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such nominee and (iii) the number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by each such nominee. (f) The Chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. (g) No action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, and the power of stockholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied. SIXTH: - The Directors shall choose such officers, agents and servants as may be provided in the By-Laws as they may from time to time find necessary or proper. SEVENTH: - The Corporation hereby created is hereby given the same powers, rights and privileges as may be conferred upon corporations organized under the Act entitled "An Act Providing a General Corporation Law", approved March 10, 1899, as from time to time amended. 6 EIGHTH: - This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a private Act. NINTH: - This Corporation is to have perpetual existence. TENTH: - The Board of Directors, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, may designate any of their number to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in said resolution, or in the By-Laws of the Company, shall have and may exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and shall have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. ELEVENTH: - The private property of the stockholders shall not be liable for the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever. TWELFTH: - The Corporation may transact business in any part of the world. THIRTEENTH: - The Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation by a vote of the majority of the entire Board. The stockholders may make, alter or repeal any By-Law whether or not adopted by them, provided however, that any such additional By-Laws, alterations or repeal may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class). FOURTEENTH: - Meetings of the Directors may be held outside of the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to time designated by the Board, and the Directors may keep the books of the Company outside of the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to time designated by them. FIFTEENTH: - (a) (1) In addition to any affirmative vote required by law, and except as otherwise expressly provided in sections (b) and (c) of this Article FIFTEENTH: (A) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) with or into (i) any Interested Stockholder (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) any other corporation (whether or not itself an Interested Stockholder), which, after such merger or consolidation, would be an Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) of an Interested Stockholder, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to or with any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder of any assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or (C) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of any securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder in exchange for cash, securities or other property (or a combination thereof) having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or (D) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or (E) any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any similar transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity or convertible securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary which is directly or indirectly owned by any Interested Stockholder, or any Affiliate 7 of any Interested Stockholder, shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, considered for the purpose of this Article FIFTEENTH as one class ("Voting Shares"). Such affirmative vote shall be required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that some lesser percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national securities exchange or otherwise. (2) The term "business combination" as used in this Article FIFTEENTH shall mean any transaction which is referred to in any one or more of clauses (A) through (E) of paragraph 1 of the section (a). (b) The provisions of section (a) of this Article FIFTEENTH shall not be applicable to any particular business combination and such business combination shall require only such affirmative vote as is required by law and any other provisions of the Charter or Act of Incorporation or By-Laws if such business combination has been approved by a majority of the whole Board. (c) For the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH: (1) A "person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other entity. (2) "Interested Stockholder" shall mean, in respect of any business combination, any person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary) who or which as of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote on such business combination, or immediately prior to the consummation of any such transaction: (A) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 10% of the Voting Shares, or (B) is an Affiliate of the Corporation and at any time within two years prior thereto was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of not less than 10% of the then outstanding voting Shares, or (C) is an assignee of or has otherwise succeeded in any share of capital stock of the Corporation which were at any time within two years prior thereto beneficially owned by any Interested Stockholder, and such assignment or succession shall have occurred in the course of a transaction or series of transactions not involving a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933. (3) A person shall be the "beneficial owner" of any Voting Shares: (A) which such person or any of its Affiliates and Associates (as hereafter defined) beneficially own, directly or indirectly, or (B) which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has (i) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (ii) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or (C) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such first mentioned person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. 8 (4) The outstanding Voting Shares shall include shares deemed owned through application of paragraph (3) above but shall not include any other Voting Shares which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options or otherwise. (5) "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective meanings given those terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on December 31, 1981. (6) "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation of which a majority of any class of equity security (as defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on December 31, 1981) is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation; provided, however, that for the purposes of the definition of Investment Stockholder set forth in paragraph (2) of this section (c), the term "Subsidiary" shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of each class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation. (d) majority of the directors shall have the power and duty to determine for the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH on the basis of information known to them, (1) the number of Voting Shares beneficially owned by any person (2) whether a person is an Affiliate or Associate of another, (3) whether a person has an agreement, arrangement or understanding with another as to the matters referred to in paragraph (3) of section (c), or (4) whether the assets subject to any business combination or the consideration received for the issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation, or any Subsidiary has an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more. (e) Nothing contained in this Article FIFTEENTH shall be construed to relieve any Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law. SIXTEENTH: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law, this Charter or Act of Incorporation by the By-Laws), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) shall be required to amend, alter or repeal any provision of Articles FIFTH, THIRTEENTH, FIFTEENTH or SIXTEENTH of this Charter or Act of Incorporation. SEVENTEENTH: (a) a Director of this Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Laws as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. (b) Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification." 9 EXHIBIT B BY-LAWS WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AS EXISTING ON JANUARY 16, 2003 BY-LAWS OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY ARTICLE I STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the third Thursday in April each year at the principal office at the Company or at such other date, time or place as may be designated by resolution by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Section 3. Notice. Notice of all meetings of the stockholders shall be given by mailing to each stockholder at least ten (10) days before said meeting, at his last known address, a written or printed notice fixing the time and place of such meeting. Section 4. Quorum. A majority in the amount of the capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding on the record date, as herein determined, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of stockholders for the transaction of any business, but the holders of a smaller number of shares may adjourn from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum is secured. At each annual or special meeting of stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote, either in person or by proxy, for each share of stock registered in the stockholder's name on the books of the Company on the record date for any such meeting as determined herein. ARTICLE 2 DIRECTORS Section 1. Management. The affairs and business of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Section 2. Number. The authorized number of directors that shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by or pursuant to a resolution passed by a majority of the Board of Directors within the parameters set by the Charter of the Company. No more than two directors may also be employees of the Company or any affiliate thereof. Section 3. Qualification. In addition to any other provisions of these Bylaws, to be qualified for nomination for election or appointment to the Board of Directors, a person must have not attained the age of sixty-nine years at the time of such election or appointment, provided however, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may waive such qualification as to a particular candidate otherwise qualified to serve as a director upon a good faith determination by such committee that such a waiver is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer shall not be qualified to continue to serve as directors upon the termination of their service in those offices for any reason. Section 4. Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet at the principal office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Section 5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, and shall be called upon the written request of a majority of the directors. Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the directors elected and qualified shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors. Section 7. Notice. Written notice shall be sent by mail to each director of any special meeting of the Board of Directors, and of any change in the time or place of any regular meeting, stating the time and place of such meeting, which shall be mailed not less than two days before the time of holding such meeting. Section 8. Vacancies. In the event of the death, resignation, removal, inability to act or disqualification of any director, the Board of Directors, although less than a quorum, shall have the right to elect the successor who shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred, and until such director's successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. Section 9. Organization Meeting. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after its election by the stockholders shall appoint an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and shall elect from its own members a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer and a President, who may be the same person. The Board of Directors shall also elect at such meeting a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, who may be the same person, and may appoint at any time such committees as it may deem advisable. The Board of Directors may also elect at such meeting one or more Associate Directors. The Board of Directors, the Executive Committee or another committee designated by the Board of Directors may elect or appoint such other officers as they may deem advisable. Section 10. Removal. The Board of Directors may at any time remove, with or without cause, any member of any committee appointed by it or any associate director or officer elected by it and may appoint or elect his successor. Section 11. Responsibility of Officers. The Board of Directors may designate an officer to be in charge of such departments or divisions of the Company as it may deem advisable. 2 Section 12. Participation in Meetings. The Board of Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, by conference telephone, video facilities or other communications equipment. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all of the members of the Board of Directors or the committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the Board of Directors or such committee. ARTICLE 3 COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Executive Committee. (A) The Executive Committee shall be composed of not more than nine (9) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Executive Committee shall have and may exercise, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all of the powers of the Board of Directors when it is not in session to transact all business for and on behalf of the Company that may be brought before it. (C) The Executive Committee shall meet at the principal office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. The majority of its members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Special meetings of the Executive Committee may be held at any time when a quorum is present. (D) Minutes of each meeting of the Executive Committee shall be kept and submitted to the Board of Directors at its next meeting. (E) In the event of an emergency of sufficient severity to prevent the conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company by its directors and officers as contemplated by these Bylaws, any two available members of the Executive Committee as constituted immediately prior to such emergency shall constitute a quorum of that Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of these Bylaws. In the event of the unavailability, at such time, of a minimum of two members of the Executive Committee, any three available directors shall constitute the Executive Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section. This Bylaw shall be subject to implementation by resolutions of the Board of Directors presently existing or hereafter passed from time to time for that purpose, and any provisions of these 3 Bylaws (other than this Section) and any resolutions which are contrary to the provisions of this Section or to the provisions of any such implementing resolutions shall be suspended during such a disaster period until it shall be determined by any interim Executive Committee acting under this Section that it shall be to the advantage of the Company to resume the conduct and management of its affairs and business under all of the other provisions of these Bylaws. Section 2. Audit Committee. (A) The Audit Committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board. (B) The Audit Committee shall have general supervision over the Audit Services Division in all matters however subject to the approval of the Board of Directors; it shall consider all matters brought to its attention by the officer in charge of the Audit Services Division, review all reports of examination of the Company made by any governmental agency or such independent auditor employed for that purpose, and make such recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect thereto or with respect to any other matters pertaining to auditing the Company as it shall deem desirable. (C) The Audit Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. Section 3. Compensation Committee. (A) The Compensation Committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Compensation Committee shall in general advise upon all matters of policy concerning compensation, including salaries and employee benefits. (C) The Compensation Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. 4 SECTION 4. NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. (A) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be composed of not more than five members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall provide counsel and make recommendations to the Chairman of the Board and the full Board with respect to the performance of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, candidates for membership on the Board of Directors and its committees, matters of corporate governance, succession planning for the Company's executive management and significant shareholder relations issues. (C) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. Section 5. Other Committees. The Company may have such other committees with such powers as the Board may designate from time to time by resolution or by an amendment to these Bylaws. Section 6. Associate Directors. (A) Any person who has served as a director may be elected by the Board of Directors as an associate director, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) Associate directors shall be entitled to attend all meetings of directors and participate in the discussion of all matters brought to the Board of Directors, but will not have a right to vote. Section 7. Absence or Disqualification of Any Member of a Committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee created under Article III of these Bylaws, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. ARTICLE 4 OFFICERS Section 1. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such further authority and powers and shall perform such duties the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. 5 Section 2. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties pertaining to the office of Chief Executive Officer conferred or imposed upon him by statute, incident to his office or as the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. Section 3. President. The President shall have the powers and duties pertaining to the office of the President conferred or imposed upon him by statute, incident to his office or as the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. Section 4. Duties. The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, as designated by the Board of Directors, shall carry into effect all legal directions of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors and shall at all times exercise general supervision over the interest, affairs and operations of the Company and perform all duties incident to his office. Section 5. Vice Presidents. There may be one or more Vice Presidents, however denominated by the Board of Directors, who may at any time perform all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and/or the President and such other powers and duties incident to their respective offices or as the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned may assign to them from time to time. Section 6. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of notice of meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, as well as the committees thereof, to the keeping of accurate minutes of all such meetings, recording the same in the minute books of the Company and in general notifying the Board of Directors of material matters affecting the Company on a timely basis. In addition to the other notice requirements of these Bylaws and as may be practicable under the circumstances, all such notices shall be in writing and mailed well in advance of the scheduled date of any such meeting. He shall have custody of the corporate seal, affix the same to any documents requiring such corporate seal, attest the same and perform other duties incident to his office. Section 7. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have general supervision over all assets and liabilities of the Company. He shall be custodian of and responsible for all monies, funds and valuables of the Company and for the keeping of proper records of the evidence of property or indebtedness and of all transactions of the Company. He shall have general supervision of the expenditures of the Company and periodically shall report to the Board of Directors the condition of the Company, and perform such other duties incident to his office or as the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may assign to him from time to time. 6 Section 8. Controller. There may be a Controller who shall exercise general supervision over the internal operations of the Company, including accounting, and shall render to the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee at appropriate times a report relating to the general condition and internal operations of the Company and perform other duties incident to his office. There may be one or more subordinate accounting or controller officers however denominated, who may perform the duties of the Controller and such duties as may be prescribed by the Controller. Section 9. Audit Officers. The officer designated by the Board of Directors to be in charge of the Audit Services Division of the Company, with such title as the Board of Directors shall prescribe, shall report to and be directly responsible to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors. There shall be an Auditor and there may be one or more Audit Officers, however denominated, who may perform all the duties of the Auditor and such duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the Audit Services Division. Section 10. Other Officers. There may be one or more officers, subordinate in rank to all Vice Presidents with such functional titles as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, who shall ex officio hold the office of Assistant Secretary of the Company and who may perform such duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned. Section 11. Powers and Duties of Other Officers. The powers and duties of all other officers of the Company shall be those usually pertaining to their respective offices, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President and the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned. Section 12. Number of Offices. Any one or more offices of the Company may be held by the same person, except that (A) no individual may hold more than one of the offices of Chief Financial Officer, Controller or Audit Officer and (B) none of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may hold any office mentioned in Section 12(A). ARTICLE 5 STOCK AND STOCK CERTIFICATES Section 1. Transfer. Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the Company and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. 7 Section 2. Certificates. Every holder of stock shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Company. The corporate seal affixed thereto, and any of or all the signatures on the certificate, may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. Duplicate certificates of stock shall be issued only upon giving such security as may be satisfactory to the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee. Section 3. Record Date. The Board of Directors is authorized to fix in advance a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of stockholders and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or to any allotment of rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, or in connection with obtaining the consent of stockholders for any purpose, which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect, or a date in connection with obtaining such consent. ARTICLE 6 SEAL The corporate seal of the Company shall be in the following form: Between two concentric circles the words "Wilmington Trust Company" within the inner circle the words "Wilmington, Delaware." ARTICLE 7 FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year. ARTICLE 8 EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS OF THE COMPANY The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President, however denominated by the Board of Directors, shall have full power and authority 8 to enter into, make, sign, execute, acknowledge and/or deliver and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall have full power and authority to attest and affix the corporate seal of the Company to any and all deeds, conveyances, assignments, releases, contracts, agreements, bonds, notes, mortgages and all other instruments incident to the business of this Company or in acting as executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, agent or in any other fiduciary or representative capacity by any and every method of appointment or by whatever person, corporation, court officer or authority in the State of Delaware, or elsewhere, without any specific authority, ratification, approval or confirmation by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, and any and all such instruments shall have the same force and validity as though expressly authorized by the Board of Directors and/or the Executive Committee. ARTICLE 9 COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES Directors and associate directors of the Company, other than salaried officers of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for attending meetings of the Board of Directors as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Directors and associate directors who serve as members of committees, other than salaried employees of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for services as members of committees as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine and directors and associate directors may be authorized by the Company to perform such special services as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine in accordance with any guidelines the Board of Directors may adopt for such services, and shall be paid for such special services so performed reasonable compensation as may be determined by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE 10 INDEMNIFICATION Section 1. Persons Covered. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a "proceeding") by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity that is not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Company shall be required to indemnify such a person in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors. 9 The Company may indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any proceeding by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was an officer, employee or agent of the Company or a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Company may indemnify any such person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Advance of Expenses. The Company shall pay the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding involving a person who is or may be indemnified pursuant to Section 1 in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by such a person in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by that person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 10 or otherwise. Section 3. Certain Rights. If a claim under this Article 10 for (A) payment of expenses or (B) indemnification by a director or person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity that is not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, is not paid in full within sixty days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Company, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law. Section 4. Non-Exclusive. The rights conferred on any person by this Article 10 shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Charter or Act of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Section 5. Reduction of Amount. The Company's obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity. Section 6. Effect of Modification. Any amendment, repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article 10 shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, repeal or modification. 10 ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, and any new Bylaw or Bylaws adopted at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by a vote of a majority of all the members of the Board of Directors then in office. ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS Whenever used in these Bylaws, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular unless the context requires otherwise and the use of either gender shall include both genders. 11 EXHIBIT C SECTION 321(b) CONSENT Pursuant to Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, Wilmington Trust Company hereby consents that reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon requests therefor. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY Dated: By: ---------------------------- Name: Title: Vice President EXHIBIT D NOTICE This form is intended to assist state nonmember banks and savings banks with state publication requirements. It has not been approved by any state banking authorities. Refer to your appropriate state banking authorities for your state publication requirements. R E P O R T O F C O N D I T I O N Consolidating domestic subsidiaries of the WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY of WILMINGTON - ----------------------------------------------- --------------- Name of Bank City in the State of DELAWARE, at the close of business on June 30, 2004.
Thousands of dollars ASSETS Cash and balances due from depository institutions: Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coins................................................371,886 Interest-bearing balances.............................................................................. 0 Held-to-maturity securities.................................................................................. 3,293 Available-for-sale securities.............................................................................1,535,318 Federal funds sold in domestic offices......................................................................355,110 Securities purchased under agreements to resell..............................................................64,592 Loans and lease financing receivables: Loans and leases held for sale...........................................................................0 Loans and leases, net of unearned income.........................................................5,901,882 LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses..........................................................81,075 Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve.................................5,820,807 Assets held in trading accounts...................................................................................0 Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)....................................................142,845 Other real estate owned...................................................................................... 238 Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies...........................................1,604 Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding......................................................0 Intangible assets: a. Goodwill.......................................................................................... 157 b. Other intangible assets........................................................................ 11,692 Other assets............................................................................................... 150,459 Total assets..............................................................................................8,458,001
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE LIABILITIES Deposits: In domestic offices.......................................................................................6,295,396 Noninterest-bearing . . . . . . . . 1,241,025 Interest-bearing. . . . . . . . . . 5,054,371 Federal funds purchased in domestic offices............................................................... 69,339 Securities sold under agreements to repurchase............................................................. 198,308 Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)..........................................................................0 Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases:............1,142,717 Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding..........................................................0 Subordinated notes and debentures.................................................................................0 Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)...................................................................... 94,479 Total liabilities.........................................................................................7,800,239 EQUITY CAPITAL Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus.....................................................................0 Common Stock....................................................................................................500 Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)....................................................112,358 a. Retained earnings.......................................................................................576,753 b. Accumulated other comprehensive income.............................................................. (31,849) Total equity capital........................................................................................657,762 Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital.......................................8,458,001

EX-25.4 14 g90857exv25w4.txt EX-25.4 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE UNDER THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST Exhibit 25.4 Registration No. 51-6557821 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) ---------------------- WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY (Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 51-0055023 (State or other jurisdiction or (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 1100 NORTH MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19890-0001 (302) 651-1000 (Address of principal executive offices) CYNTHIA L. CORLISS VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY 1100 NORTH MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19890 (302) 651-8516 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service) R&G CAPITAL TRUST VI, R&G CAPITAL TRUST VII, R&G CAPITAL TRUST VIII (Exact name of registrants as specified in its charter) DELAWARE [APPLIED FOR] (State or other jurisdiction or (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 280 JESUS T. PINERO AVENUE SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00918 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants' principal executive offices) (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service) ---------------------- SECURITIES OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST VI, R&G CAPITAL TRUST VII, R&G CAPITAL TRUST VIII UNDER THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST WITH WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE (Title of the Indenture Securities) ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. Federal Deposit Insurance Co. State Bank Commissioner Five Penn Center Dover, Delaware Suite #2901 Philadelphia, PA (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each affiliation: Based upon an examination of the books and records of the trustee and upon information furnished by the obligor, the obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee. ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. List below all exhibits filed as part of this Statement of Eligibility and Qualification. A. Copy of the Charter of Wilmington Trust Company, which includes the certificate of authority of Wilmington Trust Company to commence business and the authorization of Wilmington Trust Company to exercise corporate trust powers. B. Copy of By-Laws of Wilmington Trust Company. C. Consent of Wilmington Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of Trust Indenture Act. D. Copy of most recent Report of Condition of Wilmington Trust Company. Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Wilmington and State of Delaware on the ____ day of __________, 2004. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY [SEAL] Attest:________________________ By:____________________________ Assistant Secretary Name: _________________________ Title: Vice President 2 EXHIBIT A AMENDED CHARTER WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AS EXISTING ON MAY 9, 1987 AMENDED CHARTER OR ACT OF INCORPORATION OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, originally incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Delaware Guarantee and Trust Company", approved March 2, A.D. 1901, and the name of which company was changed to "WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY" by an amendment filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on March 18, A.D. 1903, and the Charter or Act of Incorporation of which company has been from time to time amended and changed by merger agreements pursuant to the corporation law for state banks and trust companies of the State of Delaware, does hereby alter and amend its Charter or Act of Incorporation so that the same as so altered and amended shall in its entirety read as follows: FIRST: - The name of this corporation is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY. SECOND: - The location of its principal office in the State of Delaware is at Rodney Square North, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle; the name of its resident agent is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY whose address is Rodney Square North, in said City. In addition to such principal office, the said corporation maintains and operates branch offices in the City of Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, the Town of Newport, New Castle County, Delaware, at Claymont, New Castle County, Delaware, at Greenville, New Castle County Delaware, and at Milford Cross Roads, New Castle County, Delaware, and shall be empowered to open, maintain and operate branch offices at Ninth and Shipley Streets, 418 Delaware Avenue, 2120 Market Street, and 3605 Market Street, all in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, and such other branch offices or places of business as may be authorized from time to time by the agency or agencies of the government of the State of Delaware empowered to confer such authority. THIRD: - (a) The nature of the business and the objects and purposes proposed to be transacted, promoted or carried on by this Corporation are to do any or all of the things herein mentioned as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do and in any part of the world, viz.: (1) To sue and be sued, complain and defend in any Court of law or equity and to make and use a common seal, and alter the seal at pleasure, to hold, purchase, convey, mortgage or otherwise deal in real and personal estate and property, and to appoint such officers and agents as the business of the Corporation shall require, to make by-laws not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State, to discount bills, notes or other evidences of debt, to receive deposits of money, or securities for money, to buy gold and silver bullion and foreign coins, to buy and sell bills of exchange, and generally to use, exercise and enjoy all the powers, rights, privileges and franchises incident to a corporation which are proper or necessary for the transaction of the business of the Corporation hereby created. (2) To insure titles to real and personal property, or any estate or interests therein, and to guarantee the holder of such property, real or personal, against any claim or claims, adverse to his interest therein, and to prepare and give certificates of title for any lands or premises in the State of Delaware, or elsewhere. (3) To act as factor, agent, broker or attorney in the receipt, collection, custody, investment and management of funds, and the purchase, sale, management and disposal of property of all descriptions, and to prepare and execute all papers which may be necessary or proper in such business. (4) To prepare and draw agreements, contracts, deeds, leases, conveyances, mortgages, bonds and legal papers of every description, and to carry on the business of conveyancing in all its branches. (5) To receive upon deposit for safekeeping money, jewelry, plate, deeds, bonds and any and all other personal property of every sort and kind, from executors, administrators, guardians, public officers, courts, receivers, assignees, trustees, and from all fiduciaries, and from all other persons and individuals, and from all corporations whether state, municipal, corporate or private, and to rent boxes, safes, vaults and other receptacles for such property. (6) To act as agent or otherwise for the purpose of registering, issuing, certificating, countersigning, transferring or underwriting the stock, bonds or other obligations of any corporation, association, state or municipality, and may receive and manage any sinking fund therefor on such terms as may be agreed upon between the two parties, and in like manner may act as Treasurer of any corporation or municipality. (7) To act as Trustee under any deed of trust, mortgage, bond or other instrument issued by any state, municipality, body politic, corporation, association or person, either alone or in conjunction with any other person or persons, corporation or corporations. (8) To guarantee the validity, performance or effect of any contract or agreement, and the fidelity of persons holding places of responsibility or trust; to become surety for any person, or persons, for the faithful performance of any trust, office, duty, contract or agreement, either by itself or in conjunction with any other person, or persons, corporation, or corporations, or in like manner become surety upon any bond, recognizance, obligation, judgment, suit, order, or decree to be entered in any court of record within the State of Delaware or elsewhere, or which may now or hereafter be required by any law, judge, officer or court in the State of Delaware or elsewhere. (9) To act by any and every method of appointment as trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, or in any other trust capacity in the receiving, holding, managing, and disposing of any and all estates and property, real, personal or mixed, and to be appointed as such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian or bailee by any persons, corporations, court, officer, or authority, in the State of Delaware or elsewhere; and whenever this Corporation is so appointed by any person, corporation, court, officer or authority such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, or in any other trust capacity, it shall not be required to give bond with surety, but its capital stock shall be taken and held as security for the performance of the duties devolving upon it by such appointment. (10) And for its care, management and trouble, and the exercise of any of its powers hereby given, or for the performance of any of the duties which it may undertake or be called upon to perform, or for the assumption of any responsibility the said Corporation may be entitled to receive a proper compensation. (11) To purchase, receive, hold and own bonds, mortgages, debentures, shares of capital stock, and other securities, obligations, contracts and evidences of indebtedness, of any private, public or municipal corporation within and without the State of Delaware, or of the Government of the United States, or of any state, territory, colony, or possession thereof, or of any foreign government or country; to receive, collect, receipt for, and dispose of interest, dividends and income upon and from any of the bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property held and owned by it, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property, any and all the rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, including the right to vote 2 thereon; to invest and deal in and with any of the moneys of the Corporation upon such securities and in such manner as it may think fit and proper, and from time to time to vary or realize such investments; to issue bonds and secure the same by pledges or deeds of trust or mortgages of or upon the whole or any part of the property held or owned by the Corporation, and to sell and pledge such bonds, as and when the Board of Directors shall determine, and in the promotion of its said corporate business of investment and to the extent authorized by law, to lease, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey real and personal property of any name and nature and any estate or interest therein. (b) In furtherance of, and not in limitation, of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, it is hereby expressly provided that the said Corporation shall also have the following powers: (1) To do any or all of the things herein set forth, to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, and in any part of the world. (2) To acquire the good will, rights, property and franchises and to undertake the whole or any part of the assets and liabilities of any person, firm, association or corporation, and to pay for the same in cash, stock of this Corporation, bonds or otherwise; to hold or in any manner to dispose of the whole or any part of the property so purchased; to conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of any business so acquired, and to exercise all the powers necessary or convenient in and about the conduct and management of such business. (3) To take, hold, own, deal in, mortgage or otherwise lien, and to lease, sell, exchange, transfer, or in any manner whatever dispose of property, real, personal or mixed, wherever situated. (4) To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind with any person, firm, association or corporation, and, without limit as to amount, to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments. (5) To have one or more offices, to carry on all or any of its operations and businesses, without restriction to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, to purchase or otherwise acquire, to hold, own, to mortgage, sell, convey or otherwise dispose of, real and personal property, of every class and description, in any State, District, Territory or Colony of the United States, and in any foreign country or place. (6) It is the intention that the objects, purposes and powers specified and clauses contained in this paragraph shall (except where otherwise expressed in said paragraph) be nowise limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause of this or any other paragraph in this charter, but that the objects, purposes and powers specified in each of the clauses of this paragraph shall be regarded as independent objects, purposes and powers. FOURTH: - (a) The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is forty-one million (41,000,000) shares, consisting of: (1) One million (1,000,000) shares of Preferred stock, par value $10.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as "Preferred Stock"); and (2) Forty million (40,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as "Common Stock"). (b) Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors each of said series to be distinctly designated. All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock shall be alike in every particular, except that there may be 3 different dates from which dividends, if any, thereon shall be cumulative, if made cumulative. The voting powers and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding; and, subject to the provisions of subparagraph 1 of Paragraph (c) of this Article FOURTH, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby expressly granted authority to fix by resolution or resolutions adopted prior to the issuance of any shares of a particular series of Preferred Stock, the voting powers and the designations, preferences and relative, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such series, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: (1) The distinctive designation of, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock which shall constitute such series, which number may be increased (except where otherwise provided by the Board of Directors) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by like action of the Board of Directors; (2) The rate and times at which, and the terms and conditions on which, dividends, if any, on Preferred Stock of such series shall be paid, the extent of the preference or relation, if any, of such dividends to the dividends payable on any other class or classes, or series of the same or other class of stock and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative; (3) The right, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series to convert the same into or exchange the same for, shares of any other class or classes or of any series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (4) Whether or not Preferred Stock of such series shall be subject to redemption, and the redemption price or prices and the time or times at which, and the terms and conditions on which, Preferred Stock of such series may be redeemed. (5) The rights, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, merger, consolidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation. (6) The terms of the sinking fund or redemption or purchase account, if any, to be provided for the Preferred Stock of such series; and (7) The voting powers, if any, of the holders of such series of Preferred Stock which may, without limiting the generality of the foregoing include the right, voting as a series or by itself or together with other series of Preferred Stock or all series of Preferred Stock as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation if there shall have been a default in the payment of dividends on any one or more series of Preferred Stock or under such circumstances and on such conditions as the Board of Directors may determine. (c) (1) After the requirements with respect to preferential dividends on the Preferred Stock (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), if any, shall have been met and after the Corporation shall have complied with all the requirements, if any, with respect to the setting aside of sums as sinking funds or redemption or purchase accounts (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), and subject further to any conditions which may be fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH, then and not otherwise the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors. (2) After distribution in full of the preferential amount, if any, (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), to be distributed to the holders of Preferred 4 Stock in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation, tangible and intangible, of whatever kind available for distribution to stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them respectively. (3) Except as may otherwise be required by law or by the provisions of such resolution or resolutions as may be adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to section (b) of this Article FOURTH, each holder of Common Stock shall have one vote in respect of each share of Common Stock held on all matters voted upon by the stockholders. (d) No holder of any of the shares of any class or series of stock or of options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares of any class or series of stock or of other securities of the Corporation shall have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any unissued stock of any class or series or any additional shares of any class or series to be issued by reason of any increase of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or bonds, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or carrying any right to purchase stock of any class or series, but any such unissued stock, additional authorized issue of shares of any class or series of stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock, or carrying any right to purchase stock, may be issued and disposed of pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors to such persons, firms, corporations or associations, whether such holders or others, and upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Board of Directors in the exercise of its sole discretion. (e) The relative powers, preferences and rights of each series of Preferred Stock in relation to the relative powers, preferences and rights of each other series of Preferred Stock shall, in each case, be as fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions adopted pursuant to authority granted in section (b) of this Article FOURTH and the consent, by class or series vote or otherwise, of the holders of such of the series of Preferred Stock as are from time to time outstanding shall not be required for the issuance by the Board of Directors of any other series of Preferred Stock whether or not the powers, preferences and rights of such other series shall be fixed by the Board of Directors as senior to, or on a parity with, the powers, preferences and rights of such outstanding series, or any of them; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may provide in the resolution or resolutions as to any series of Preferred Stock adopted pursuant to section (b) of this Article FOURTH that the consent of the holders of a majority (or such greater proportion as shall be therein fixed) of the outstanding shares of such series voting thereon shall be required for the issuance of any or all other series of Preferred Stock. (f) Subject to the provisions of section (e), shares of any series of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. (g) Shares of Common Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. (h) The authorized amount of shares of Common Stock and of Preferred Stock may, without a class or series vote, be increased or decreased from time to time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon. FIFTH: - (a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted and managed by a Board of Directors. The number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be not less than five nor more than twenty-five as fixed from time to time by vote of a majority of the whole Board, provided, however, that the number of directors shall not be reduced so as to shorten the term of any director at the time in office, and provided further, that the number of directors constituting the whole Board shall be 5 twenty-four until otherwise fixed by a majority of the whole Board. (b) The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as the then total number of directors constituting the whole Board permits, with the term of office of one class expiring each year. At the annual meeting of stockholders in 1982, directors of the first class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting, directors of the second class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the second succeeding annual meeting and directors of the third class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting. Any vacancies in the Board of Directors for any reason, and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the directors, may be filled by the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, and any directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors. At such election, the stockholders shall elect a successor to such director to hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that some lesser percentage may be specified by law, this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation), any director or the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation may be removed at any time without cause, but only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose. (d) Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder entitled to vote for the election of directors. Such nominations shall be made by notice in writing, delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the Corporation not less than 14 days nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of the stockholders called for the election of directors; provided, however, that if less than 21 days' notice of the meeting is given to stockholders, such written notice shall be delivered or mailed, as prescribed, to the Secretary of the Corporation not later than the close of the seventh day following the day on which notice of the meeting was mailed to stockholders. Notice of nominations which are proposed by the Board of Directors shall be given by the Chairman on behalf of the Board. (e) Each notice under subsection (d) shall set forth (i) the name, age, business address and, if known, residence address of each nominee proposed in such notice, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such nominee and (iii) the number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by each such nominee. (f) The Chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. (g) No action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, and the power of stockholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied. SIXTH: - The Directors shall choose such officers, agents and servants as may be provided in the By-Laws as they may from time to time find necessary or proper. SEVENTH: - The Corporation hereby created is hereby given the same powers, rights and privileges as may be conferred upon corporations organized under the Act entitled "An Act Providing a General Corporation Law", approved March 10, 1899, as from time to time amended. 6 EIGHTH: - This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a private Act. NINTH: - This Corporation is to have perpetual existence. TENTH: - The Board of Directors, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, may designate any of their number to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in said resolution, or in the By-Laws of the Company, shall have and may exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and shall have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. ELEVENTH: - The private property of the stockholders shall not be liable for the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever. TWELFTH: - The Corporation may transact business in any part of the world. THIRTEENTH: - The Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation by a vote of the majority of the entire Board. The stockholders may make, alter or repeal any By-Law whether or not adopted by them, provided however, that any such additional By-Laws, alterations or repeal may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class). FOURTEENTH: - Meetings of the Directors may be held outside of the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to time designated by the Board, and the Directors may keep the books of the Company outside of the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to time designated by them. FIFTEENTH: - (a) (1) In addition to any affirmative vote required by law, and except as otherwise expressly provided in sections (b) and (c) of this Article FIFTEENTH: (A) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) with or into (i) any Interested Stockholder (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) any other corporation (whether or not itself an Interested Stockholder), which, after such merger or consolidation, would be an Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) of an Interested Stockholder, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to or with any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder of any assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or (C) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of any securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder in exchange for cash, securities or other property (or a combination thereof) having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or (D) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or (E) any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any similar transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity or convertible securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary which is directly or indirectly owned by any Interested Stockholder, or any Affiliate 7 of any Interested Stockholder, shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, considered for the purpose of this Article FIFTEENTH as one class ("Voting Shares"). Such affirmative vote shall be required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that some lesser percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national securities exchange or otherwise. (2) The term "business combination" as used in this Article FIFTEENTH shall mean any transaction which is referred to in any one or more of clauses (A) through (E) of paragraph 1 of the section (a). (b) The provisions of section (a) of this Article FIFTEENTH shall not be applicable to any particular business combination and such business combination shall require only such affirmative vote as is required by law and any other provisions of the Charter or Act of Incorporation or By-Laws if such business combination has been approved by a majority of the whole Board. (c) For the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH: (1) A "person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other entity. (2) "Interested Stockholder" shall mean, in respect of any business combination, any person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary) who or which as of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote on such business combination, or immediately prior to the consummation of any such transaction: (A) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 10% of the Voting Shares, or (B) is an Affiliate of the Corporation and at any time within two years prior thereto was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of not less than 10% of the then outstanding voting Shares, or (C) is an assignee of or has otherwise succeeded in any share of capital stock of the Corporation which were at any time within two years prior thereto beneficially owned by any Interested Stockholder, and such assignment or succession shall have occurred in the course of a transaction or series of transactions not involving a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933. (3) A person shall be the "beneficial owner" of any Voting Shares: (A) which such person or any of its Affiliates and Associates (as hereafter defined) beneficially own, directly or indirectly, or (B) which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has (i) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (ii) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or (C) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such first mentioned person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. 8 (4) The outstanding Voting Shares shall include shares deemed owned through application of paragraph (3) above but shall not include any other Voting Shares which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options or otherwise. (5) "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective meanings given those terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on December 31, 1981. (6) "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation of which a majority of any class of equity security (as defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on December 31, 1981) is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation; provided, however, that for the purposes of the definition of Investment Stockholder set forth in paragraph (2) of this section (c), the term "Subsidiary" shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of each class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation. (d) majority of the directors shall have the power and duty to determine for the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH on the basis of information known to them, (1) the number of Voting Shares beneficially owned by any person (2) whether a person is an Affiliate or Associate of another, (3) whether a person has an agreement, arrangement or understanding with another as to the matters referred to in paragraph (3) of section (c), or (4) whether the assets subject to any business combination or the consideration received for the issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation, or any Subsidiary has an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more. (e) Nothing contained in this Article FIFTEENTH shall be construed to relieve any Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law. SIXTEENTH: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law, this Charter or Act of Incorporation by the By-Laws), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) shall be required to amend, alter or repeal any provision of Articles FIFTH, THIRTEENTH, FIFTEENTH or SIXTEENTH of this Charter or Act of Incorporation. SEVENTEENTH: (a) a Director of this Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Laws as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. (b) Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification." 9 EXHIBIT B BY-LAWS WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AS EXISTING ON JANUARY 16, 2003 BY-LAWS OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY ARTICLE I STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the third Thursday in April each year at the principal office at the Company or at such other date, time or place as may be designated by resolution by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Section 3. Notice. Notice of all meetings of the stockholders shall be given by mailing to each stockholder at least ten (10) days before said meeting, at his last known address, a written or printed notice fixing the time and place of such meeting. Section 4. Quorum. A majority in the amount of the capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding on the record date, as herein determined, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of stockholders for the transaction of any business, but the holders of a smaller number of shares may adjourn from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum is secured. At each annual or special meeting of stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote, either in person or by proxy, for each share of stock registered in the stockholder's name on the books of the Company on the record date for any such meeting as determined herein. ARTICLE 2 DIRECTORS Section 1. Management. The affairs and business of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Section 2. Number. The authorized number of directors that shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by or pursuant to a resolution passed by a majority of the Board of Directors within the parameters set by the Charter of the Company. No more than two directors may also be employees of the Company or any affiliate thereof. Section 3. Qualification. In addition to any other provisions of these Bylaws, to be qualified for nomination for election or appointment to the Board of Directors, a person must have not attained the age of sixty-nine years at the time of such election or appointment, provided however, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may waive such qualification as to a particular candidate otherwise qualified to serve as a director upon a good faith determination by such committee that such a waiver is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer shall not be qualified to continue to serve as directors upon the termination of their service in those offices for any reason. Section 4. Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet at the principal office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Section 5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, and shall be called upon the written request of a majority of the directors. Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the directors elected and qualified shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors. Section 7. Notice. Written notice shall be sent by mail to each director of any special meeting of the Board of Directors, and of any change in the time or place of any regular meeting, stating the time and place of such meeting, which shall be mailed not less than two days before the time of holding such meeting. Section 8. Vacancies. In the event of the death, resignation, removal, inability to act or disqualification of any director, the Board of Directors, although less than a quorum, shall have the right to elect the successor who shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred, and until such director's successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. Section 9. Organization Meeting. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after its election by the stockholders shall appoint an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and shall elect from its own members a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer and a President, who may be the same person. The Board of Directors shall also elect at such meeting a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, who may be the same person, and may appoint at any time such committees as it may deem advisable. The Board of Directors may also elect at such meeting one or more Associate Directors. The Board of Directors, the Executive Committee or another committee designated by the Board of Directors may elect or appoint such other officers as they may deem advisable. Section 10. Removal. The Board of Directors may at any time remove, with or without cause, any member of any committee appointed by it or any associate director or officer elected by it and may appoint or elect his successor. Section 11. Responsibility of Officers. The Board of Directors may designate an officer to be in charge of such departments or divisions of the Company as it may deem advisable. 2 Section 12. Participation in Meetings. The Board of Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, by conference telephone, video facilities or other communications equipment. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all of the members of the Board of Directors or the committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the Board of Directors or such committee. ARTICLE 3 COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Executive Committee. (A) The Executive Committee shall be composed of not more than nine (9) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Executive Committee shall have and may exercise, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all of the powers of the Board of Directors when it is not in session to transact all business for and on behalf of the Company that may be brought before it. (C) The Executive Committee shall meet at the principal office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. The majority of its members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Special meetings of the Executive Committee may be held at any time when a quorum is present. (D) Minutes of each meeting of the Executive Committee shall be kept and submitted to the Board of Directors at its next meeting. (E) In the event of an emergency of sufficient severity to prevent the conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company by its directors and officers as contemplated by these Bylaws, any two available members of the Executive Committee as constituted immediately prior to such emergency shall constitute a quorum of that Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of these Bylaws. In the event of the unavailability, at such time, of a minimum of two members of the Executive Committee, any three available directors shall constitute the Executive Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section. This Bylaw shall be subject to implementation by resolutions of the Board of Directors presently existing or hereafter passed from time to time for that purpose, and any provisions of these 3 Bylaws (other than this Section) and any resolutions which are contrary to the provisions of this Section or to the provisions of any such implementing resolutions shall be suspended during such a disaster period until it shall be determined by any interim Executive Committee acting under this Section that it shall be to the advantage of the Company to resume the conduct and management of its affairs and business under all of the other provisions of these Bylaws. Section 2. Audit Committee. (A) The Audit Committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board. (B) The Audit Committee shall have general supervision over the Audit Services Division in all matters however subject to the approval of the Board of Directors; it shall consider all matters brought to its attention by the officer in charge of the Audit Services Division, review all reports of examination of the Company made by any governmental agency or such independent auditor employed for that purpose, and make such recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect thereto or with respect to any other matters pertaining to auditing the Company as it shall deem desirable. (C) The Audit Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. Section 3. Compensation Committee. (A) The Compensation Committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Compensation Committee shall in general advise upon all matters of policy concerning compensation, including salaries and employee benefits. (C) The Compensation Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. 4 SECTION 4. NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. (A) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be composed of not more than five members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall provide counsel and make recommendations to the Chairman of the Board and the full Board with respect to the performance of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, candidates for membership on the Board of Directors and its committees, matters of corporate governance, succession planning for the Company's executive management and significant shareholder relations issues. (C) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. Section 5. Other Committees. The Company may have such other committees with such powers as the Board may designate from time to time by resolution or by an amendment to these Bylaws. Section 6. Associate Directors. (A) Any person who has served as a director may be elected by the Board of Directors as an associate director, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) Associate directors shall be entitled to attend all meetings of directors and participate in the discussion of all matters brought to the Board of Directors, but will not have a right to vote. Section 7. Absence or Disqualification of Any Member of a Committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee created under Article III of these Bylaws, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. ARTICLE 4 OFFICERS Section 1. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such further authority and powers and shall perform such duties the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. 5 Section 2. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties pertaining to the office of Chief Executive Officer conferred or imposed upon him by statute, incident to his office or as the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. Section 3. President. The President shall have the powers and duties pertaining to the office of the President conferred or imposed upon him by statute, incident to his office or as the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. Section 4. Duties. The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, as designated by the Board of Directors, shall carry into effect all legal directions of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors and shall at all times exercise general supervision over the interest, affairs and operations of the Company and perform all duties incident to his office. Section 5. Vice Presidents. There may be one or more Vice Presidents, however denominated by the Board of Directors, who may at any time perform all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and/or the President and such other powers and duties incident to their respective offices or as the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned may assign to them from time to time. Section 6. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of notice of meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, as well as the committees thereof, to the keeping of accurate minutes of all such meetings, recording the same in the minute books of the Company and in general notifying the Board of Directors of material matters affecting the Company on a timely basis. In addition to the other notice requirements of these Bylaws and as may be practicable under the circumstances, all such notices shall be in writing and mailed well in advance of the scheduled date of any such meeting. He shall have custody of the corporate seal, affix the same to any documents requiring such corporate seal, attest the same and perform other duties incident to his office. Section 7. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have general supervision over all assets and liabilities of the Company. He shall be custodian of and responsible for all monies, funds and valuables of the Company and for the keeping of proper records of the evidence of property or indebtedness and of all transactions of the Company. He shall have general supervision of the expenditures of the Company and periodically shall report to the Board of Directors the condition of the Company, and perform such other duties incident to his office or as the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may assign to him from time to time. 6 Section 8. Controller. There may be a Controller who shall exercise general supervision over the internal operations of the Company, including accounting, and shall render to the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee at appropriate times a report relating to the general condition and internal operations of the Company and perform other duties incident to his office. There may be one or more subordinate accounting or controller officers however denominated, who may perform the duties of the Controller and such duties as may be prescribed by the Controller. Section 9. Audit Officers. The officer designated by the Board of Directors to be in charge of the Audit Services Division of the Company, with such title as the Board of Directors shall prescribe, shall report to and be directly responsible to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors. There shall be an Auditor and there may be one or more Audit Officers, however denominated, who may perform all the duties of the Auditor and such duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the Audit Services Division. Section 10. Other Officers. There may be one or more officers, subordinate in rank to all Vice Presidents with such functional titles as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, who shall ex officio hold the office of Assistant Secretary of the Company and who may perform such duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned. Section 11. Powers and Duties of Other Officers. The powers and duties of all other officers of the Company shall be those usually pertaining to their respective offices, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President and the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned. Section 12. Number of Offices. Any one or more offices of the Company may be held by the same person, except that (A) no individual may hold more than one of the offices of Chief Financial Officer, Controller or Audit Officer and (B) none of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may hold any office mentioned in Section 12(A). ARTICLE 5 STOCK AND STOCK CERTIFICATES Section 1. Transfer. Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the Company and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. 7 Section 2. Certificates. Every holder of stock shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Company. The corporate seal affixed thereto, and any of or all the signatures on the certificate, may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. Duplicate certificates of stock shall be issued only upon giving such security as may be satisfactory to the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee. Section 3. Record Date. The Board of Directors is authorized to fix in advance a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of stockholders and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or to any allotment of rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, or in connection with obtaining the consent of stockholders for any purpose, which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect, or a date in connection with obtaining such consent. ARTICLE 6 SEAL The corporate seal of the Company shall be in the following form: Between two concentric circles the words "Wilmington Trust Company" within the inner circle the words "Wilmington, Delaware." ARTICLE 7 FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year. ARTICLE 8 EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS OF THE COMPANY The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President, however denominated by the Board of Directors, shall have full power and authority to 8 enter into, make, sign, execute, acknowledge and/or deliver and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall have full power and authority to attest and affix the corporate seal of the Company to any and all deeds, conveyances, assignments, releases, contracts, agreements, bonds, notes, mortgages and all other instruments incident to the business of this Company or in acting as executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, agent or in any other fiduciary or representative capacity by any and every method of appointment or by whatever person, corporation, court officer or authority in the State of Delaware, or elsewhere, without any specific authority, ratification, approval or confirmation by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, and any and all such instruments shall have the same force and validity as though expressly authorized by the Board of Directors and/or the Executive Committee. ARTICLE 9 COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES Directors and associate directors of the Company, other than salaried officers of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for attending meetings of the Board of Directors as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Directors and associate directors who serve as members of committees, other than salaried employees of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for services as members of committees as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine and directors and associate directors may be authorized by the Company to perform such special services as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine in accordance with any guidelines the Board of Directors may adopt for such services, and shall be paid for such special services so performed reasonable compensation as may be determined by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE 10 INDEMNIFICATION Section 1. Persons Covered. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a "proceeding") by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity that is not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Company shall be required to indemnify such a person in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors. 9 The Company may indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any proceeding by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was an officer, employee or agent of the Company or a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Company may indemnify any such person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Advance of Expenses. The Company shall pay the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding involving a person who is or may be indemnified pursuant to Section 1 in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by such a person in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by that person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 10 or otherwise. Section 3. Certain Rights. If a claim under this Article 10 for (A) payment of expenses or (B) indemnification by a director or person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity that is not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, is not paid in full within sixty days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Company, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law. Section 4. Non-Exclusive. The rights conferred on any person by this Article 10 shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Charter or Act of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Section 5. Reduction of Amount. The Company's obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity. Section 6. Effect of Modification. Any amendment, repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article 10 shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, repeal or modification. 10 ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, and any new Bylaw or Bylaws adopted at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by a vote of a majority of all the members of the Board of Directors then in office. ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS Whenever used in these Bylaws, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular unless the context requires otherwise and the use of either gender shall include both genders. 11 EXHIBIT C SECTION 321(B) CONSENT Pursuant to Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, Wilmington Trust Company hereby consents that reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon requests therefor. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY Dated: By: ____________________________ Name: Title: Vice President EXHIBIT D NOTICE This form is intended to assist state nonmember banks and savings banks with state publication requirements. It has not been approved by any state banking authorities. Refer to your appropriate state banking authorities for your state publication requirements. R E P O R T O F C O N D I T I O N Consolidating domestic subsidiaries of the WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY of WILMINGTON - ------------------------------------------ ------------------------- Name of Bank City in the State of DELAWARE , at the close of business on June 30, 2004. ASSETS
Thousands of dollars Cash and balances due from depository institutions: Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coins ............ 371,886 Interest-bearing balances ...................................... 0 Held-to-maturity securities ............................................. 3,293 Available-for-sale securities ........................................... 1,535,318 Federal funds sold in domestic offices .................................. 355,110 Securities purchased under agreements to resell ......................... 64,592 Loans and lease financing receivables: Loans and leases held for sale ................................. 0 Loans and leases, net of unearned income ....................... 5,901,882 LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ..................... 81,075 Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve 5,820,807 Assets held in trading accounts ......................................... 0 Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ................ 142,845 Other real estate owned ................................................. 238 Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies ..... 1,604 Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ............ 0 Intangible assets: a. Goodwill ................................................... 157 b. Other intangible assets .................................... 11,692 Other assets ............................................................ 150,459 Total assets ............................................................ 8,458,001
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE LIABILITIES Deposits: In domestic offices .......................................................................... 6,295,396 Noninterest-bearing ................................................................. 1,241,025 Interest-bearing .................................................................... 5,054,371 Federal funds purchased in domestic offices .................................................. 69,339 Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ............................................... 198,308 Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D) ..................................................... 0 Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases: 1,142,717 Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ..................................... 0 Subordinated notes and debentures ............................................................ 0 Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G) ....................................................... 94,479 Total liabilities ............................................................................ 7,800,239 EQUITY CAPITAL Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ................................................ 0 Common Stock ................................................................................. 500 Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) ..................................... 112,358 a. Retained earnings ........................................................................ 576,753 b. Accumulated other comprehensive income ................................................... (31,849) Total equity capital ......................................................................... 657,762 Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital .......................... 8,458,001

EX-25.5 15 g90857exv25w5.txt EX-25.5 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS GUARANTEE TRUSTEE UNDER THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE EXHIBIT 25.5 Registration No. 51-6557820 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------- FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) ---------- WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY (Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 51-0055023 (State or other jurisdiction or (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 1100 NORTH MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19890-0001 (302) 651-1000 (Address of principal executive offices) CYNTHIA L. CORLISS VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY 1100 NORTH MARKET STREET WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19890 (302) 651-8516 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service) R&G CAPITAL TRUST VI, R&G CAPITAL TRUST VII, R&G CAPITAL TRUST VIII (Exact name of registrants as specified in its charter) DELAWARE [APPLIED FOR] (State or other jurisdiction or (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 280 JESUS T. PINERO AVENUE SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO 00918 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants' principal executive offices) (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent of service) ---------------------- TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST VI, R&G CAPITAL TRUST VII, R&G CAPITAL TRUST VIII UNDER THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE OF R&G FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF TRUST WITH WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS GUARANTEE TRUSTEE (Title of the Indenture Securities) ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. Federal Deposit Insurance Co. State Bank Commissioner Five Penn Center Dover, Delaware Suite #2901 Philadelphia, PA (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each affiliation: Based upon an examination of the books and records of the trustee and upon information furnished by the obligor, the obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee. ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. List below all exhibits filed as part of this Statement of Eligibility and Qualification. A. Copy of the Charter of Wilmington Trust Company, which includes the certificate of authority of Wilmington Trust Company to commence business and the authorization of Wilmington Trust Company to exercise corporate trust powers. B. Copy of By-Laws of Wilmington Trust Company. C. Consent of Wilmington Trust Company required by Section 321(b) of Trust Indenture Act. D. Copy of most recent Report of Condition of Wilmington Trust Company. Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Wilmington and State of Delaware on the ____ day of __________, 2004. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY [SEAL] Attest: By:____________________________ --------------------------- Assistant Secretary Name: _________________________ Title: Vice President 2 EXHIBIT A AMENDED CHARTER WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AS EXISTING ON MAY 9, 1987 AMENDED CHARTER OR ACT OF INCORPORATION OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, originally incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Delaware Guarantee and Trust Company", approved March 2, A.D. 1901, and the name of which company was changed to "WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY" by an amendment filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on March 18, A.D. 1903, and the Charter or Act of Incorporation of which company has been from time to time amended and changed by merger agreements pursuant to the corporation law for state banks and trust companies of the State of Delaware, does hereby alter and amend its Charter or Act of Incorporation so that the same as so altered and amended shall in its entirety read as follows: FIRST: - The name of this corporation is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY. SECOND: - The location of its principal office in the State of Delaware is at Rodney Square North, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle; the name of its resident agent is WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY whose address is Rodney Square North, in said City. In addition to such principal office, the said corporation maintains and operates branch offices in the City of Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, the Town of Newport, New Castle County, Delaware, at Claymont, New Castle County, Delaware, at Greenville, New Castle County Delaware, and at Milford Cross Roads, New Castle County, Delaware, and shall be empowered to open, maintain and operate branch offices at Ninth and Shipley Streets, 418 Delaware Avenue, 2120 Market Street, and 3605 Market Street, all in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, and such other branch offices or places of business as may be authorized from time to time by the agency or agencies of the government of the State of Delaware empowered to confer such authority. THIRD: - (a) The nature of the business and the objects and purposes proposed to be transacted, promoted or carried on by this Corporation are to do any or all of the things herein mentioned as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might or could do and in any part of the world, viz.: (1) To sue and be sued, complain and defend in any Court of law or equity and to make and use a common seal, and alter the seal at pleasure, to hold, purchase, convey, mortgage or otherwise deal in real and personal estate and property, and to appoint such officers and agents as the business of the Corporation shall require, to make by-laws not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State, to discount bills, notes or other evidences of debt, to receive deposits of money, or securities for money, to buy gold and silver bullion and foreign coins, to buy and sell bills of exchange, and generally to use, exercise and enjoy all the powers, rights, privileges and franchises incident to a corporation which are proper or necessary for the transaction of the business of the Corporation hereby created. (2) To insure titles to real and personal property, or any estate or interests therein, and to guarantee the holder of such property, real or personal, against any claim or claims, adverse to his interest therein, and to prepare and give certificates of title for any lands or premises in the State of Delaware, or elsewhere. (3) To act as factor, agent, broker or attorney in the receipt, collection, custody, investment and management of funds, and the purchase, sale, management and disposal of property of all descriptions, and to prepare and execute all papers which may be necessary or proper in such business. (4) To prepare and draw agreements, contracts, deeds, leases, conveyances, mortgages, bonds and legal papers of every description, and to carry on the business of conveyancing in all its branches. (5) To receive upon deposit for safekeeping money, jewelry, plate, deeds, bonds and any and all other personal property of every sort and kind, from executors, administrators, guardians, public officers, courts, receivers, assignees, trustees, and from all fiduciaries, and from all other persons and individuals, and from all corporations whether state, municipal, corporate or private, and to rent boxes, safes, vaults and other receptacles for such property. (6) To act as agent or otherwise for the purpose of registering, issuing, certificating, countersigning, transferring or underwriting the stock, bonds or other obligations of any corporation, association, state or municipality, and may receive and manage any sinking fund therefor on such terms as may be agreed upon between the two parties, and in like manner may act as Treasurer of any corporation or municipality. (7) To act as Trustee under any deed of trust, mortgage, bond or other instrument issued by any state, municipality, body politic, corporation, association or person, either alone or in conjunction with any other person or persons, corporation or corporations. (8) To guarantee the validity, performance or effect of any contract or agreement, and the fidelity of persons holding places of responsibility or trust; to become surety for any person, or persons, for the faithful performance of any trust, office, duty, contract or agreement, either by itself or in conjunction with any other person, or persons, corporation, or corporations, or in like manner become surety upon any bond, recognizance, obligation, judgment, suit, order, or decree to be entered in any court of record within the State of Delaware or elsewhere, or which may now or hereafter be required by any law, judge, officer or court in the State of Delaware or elsewhere. (9) To act by any and every method of appointment as trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, or in any other trust capacity in the receiving, holding, managing, and disposing of any and all estates and property, real, personal or mixed, and to be appointed as such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian or bailee by any persons, corporations, court, officer, or authority, in the State of Delaware or elsewhere; and whenever this Corporation is so appointed by any person, corporation, court, officer or authority such trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, assignee, assignee in bankruptcy, executor, administrator, guardian, bailee, or in any other trust capacity, it shall not be required to give bond with surety, but its capital stock shall be taken and held as security for the performance of the duties devolving upon it by such appointment. (10) And for its care, management and trouble, and the exercise of any of its powers hereby given, or for the performance of any of the duties which it may undertake or be called upon to perform, or for the assumption of any responsibility the said Corporation may be entitled to receive a proper compensation. (11) To purchase, receive, hold and own bonds, mortgages, debentures, shares of capital stock, and other securities, obligations, contracts and evidences of indebtedness, of any private, public or municipal corporation within and without the State of Delaware, or of the Government of the United States, or of any state, territory, colony, or possession thereof, or of any foreign government or country; to receive, collect, receipt for, and dispose of interest, dividends and income upon and from any of the bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property held and owned by it, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of capital stock, securities, obligations, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other property, any and all the rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, including the right to vote 2 thereon; to invest and deal in and with any of the moneys of the Corporation upon such securities and in such manner as it may think fit and proper, and from time to time to vary or realize such investments; to issue bonds and secure the same by pledges or deeds of trust or mortgages of or upon the whole or any part of the property held or owned by the Corporation, and to sell and pledge such bonds, as and when the Board of Directors shall determine, and in the promotion of its said corporate business of investment and to the extent authorized by law, to lease, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey real and personal property of any name and nature and any estate or interest therein. (b) In furtherance of, and not in limitation, of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, it is hereby expressly provided that the said Corporation shall also have the following powers: (1) To do any or all of the things herein set forth, to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, and in any part of the world. (2) To acquire the good will, rights, property and franchises and to undertake the whole or any part of the assets and liabilities of any person, firm, association or corporation, and to pay for the same in cash, stock of this Corporation, bonds or otherwise; to hold or in any manner to dispose of the whole or any part of the property so purchased; to conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of any business so acquired, and to exercise all the powers necessary or convenient in and about the conduct and management of such business. (3) To take, hold, own, deal in, mortgage or otherwise lien, and to lease, sell, exchange, transfer, or in any manner whatever dispose of property, real, personal or mixed, wherever situated. (4) To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind with any person, firm, association or corporation, and, without limit as to amount, to draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments. (5) To have one or more offices, to carry on all or any of its operations and businesses, without restriction to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, to purchase or otherwise acquire, to hold, own, to mortgage, sell, convey or otherwise dispose of, real and personal property, of every class and description, in any State, District, Territory or Colony of the United States, and in any foreign country or place. (6) It is the intention that the objects, purposes and powers specified and clauses contained in this paragraph shall (except where otherwise expressed in said paragraph) be nowise limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause of this or any other paragraph in this charter, but that the objects, purposes and powers specified in each of the clauses of this paragraph shall be regarded as independent objects, purposes and powers. FOURTH: - (a) The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is forty-one million (41,000,000) shares, consisting of: (1) One million (1,000,000) shares of Preferred stock, par value $10.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as "Preferred Stock"); and (2) Forty million (40,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (hereinafter referred to as "Common Stock"). (b) Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors each of said series to be distinctly designated. All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock shall be alike in every particular, except that there may be 3 different dates from which dividends, if any, thereon shall be cumulative, if made cumulative. The voting powers and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding; and, subject to the provisions of subparagraph 1 of Paragraph (c) of this Article FOURTH, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby expressly granted authority to fix by resolution or resolutions adopted prior to the issuance of any shares of a particular series of Preferred Stock, the voting powers and the designations, preferences and relative, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such series, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: (1) The distinctive designation of, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock which shall constitute such series, which number may be increased (except where otherwise provided by the Board of Directors) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by like action of the Board of Directors; (2) The rate and times at which, and the terms and conditions on which, dividends, if any, on Preferred Stock of such series shall be paid, the extent of the preference or relation, if any, of such dividends to the dividends payable on any other class or classes, or series of the same or other class of stock and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative; (3) The right, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series to convert the same into or exchange the same for, shares of any other class or classes or of any series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; (4) Whether or not Preferred Stock of such series shall be subject to redemption, and the redemption price or prices and the time or times at which, and the terms and conditions on which, Preferred Stock of such series may be redeemed. (5) The rights, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock of such series upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, merger, consolidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation. (6) The terms of the sinking fund or redemption or purchase account, if any, to be provided for the Preferred Stock of such series; and (7) The voting powers, if any, of the holders of such series of Preferred Stock which may, without limiting the generality of the foregoing include the right, voting as a series or by itself or together with other series of Preferred Stock or all series of Preferred Stock as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation if there shall have been a default in the payment of dividends on any one or more series of Preferred Stock or under such circumstances and on such conditions as the Board of Directors may determine. (c) (1) After the requirements with respect to preferential dividends on the Preferred Stock (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), if any, shall have been met and after the Corporation shall have complied with all the requirements, if any, with respect to the setting aside of sums as sinking funds or redemption or purchase accounts (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), and subject further to any conditions which may be fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH, then and not otherwise the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors. (2) After distribution in full of the preferential amount, if any, (fixed in accordance with the provisions of section (b) of this Article FOURTH), to be distributed to the holders of Preferred 4 Stock in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up, of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation, tangible and intangible, of whatever kind available for distribution to stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them respectively. (3) Except as may otherwise be required by law or by the provisions of such resolution or resolutions as may be adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to section (b) of this Article FOURTH, each holder of Common Stock shall have one vote in respect of each share of Common Stock held on all matters voted upon by the stockholders. (d) No holder of any of the shares of any class or series of stock or of options, warrants or other rights to purchase shares of any class or series of stock or of other securities of the Corporation shall have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any unissued stock of any class or series or any additional shares of any class or series to be issued by reason of any increase of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or bonds, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or carrying any right to purchase stock of any class or series, but any such unissued stock, additional authorized issue of shares of any class or series of stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock, or carrying any right to purchase stock, may be issued and disposed of pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors to such persons, firms, corporations or associations, whether such holders or others, and upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Board of Directors in the exercise of its sole discretion. (e) The relative powers, preferences and rights of each series of Preferred Stock in relation to the relative powers, preferences and rights of each other series of Preferred Stock shall, in each case, be as fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions adopted pursuant to authority granted in section (b) of this Article FOURTH and the consent, by class or series vote or otherwise, of the holders of such of the series of Preferred Stock as are from time to time outstanding shall not be required for the issuance by the Board of Directors of any other series of Preferred Stock whether or not the powers, preferences and rights of such other series shall be fixed by the Board of Directors as senior to, or on a parity with, the powers, preferences and rights of such outstanding series, or any of them; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may provide in the resolution or resolutions as to any series of Preferred Stock adopted pursuant to section (b) of this Article FOURTH that the consent of the holders of a majority (or such greater proportion as shall be therein fixed) of the outstanding shares of such series voting thereon shall be required for the issuance of any or all other series of Preferred Stock. (f) Subject to the provisions of section (e), shares of any series of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. (g) Shares of Common Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. (h) The authorized amount of shares of Common Stock and of Preferred Stock may, without a class or series vote, be increased or decreased from time to time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon. FIFTH: - (a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted and managed by a Board of Directors. The number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be not less than five nor more than twenty-five as fixed from time to time by vote of a majority of the whole Board, provided, however, that the number of directors shall not be reduced so as to shorten the term of any director at the time in office, and provided further, that the number of directors constituting the whole Board shall be 5 twenty-four until otherwise fixed by a majority of the whole Board. (b) The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as the then total number of directors constituting the whole Board permits, with the term of office of one class expiring each year. At the annual meeting of stockholders in 1982, directors of the first class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting, directors of the second class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the second succeeding annual meeting and directors of the third class shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting. Any vacancies in the Board of Directors for any reason, and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the directors, may be filled by the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, and any directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors. At such election, the stockholders shall elect a successor to such director to hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that some lesser percentage may be specified by law, this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation), any director or the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation may be removed at any time without cause, but only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose. (d) Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder entitled to vote for the election of directors. Such nominations shall be made by notice in writing, delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the Corporation not less than 14 days nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of the stockholders called for the election of directors; provided, however, that if less than 21 days' notice of the meeting is given to stockholders, such written notice shall be delivered or mailed, as prescribed, to the Secretary of the Corporation not later than the close of the seventh day following the day on which notice of the meeting was mailed to stockholders. Notice of nominations which are proposed by the Board of Directors shall be given by the Chairman on behalf of the Board. (e) Each notice under subsection (d) shall set forth (i) the name, age, business address and, if known, residence address of each nominee proposed in such notice, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such nominee and (iii) the number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by each such nominee. (f) The Chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. (g) No action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, and the power of stockholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied. SIXTH: - The Directors shall choose such officers, agents and servants as may be provided in the By-Laws as they may from time to time find necessary or proper. SEVENTH: - The Corporation hereby created is hereby given the same powers, rights and privileges as may be conferred upon corporations organized under the Act entitled "An Act Providing a General Corporation Law", approved March 10, 1899, as from time to time amended. 6 EIGHTH: - This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a private Act. NINTH: - This Corporation is to have perpetual existence. TENTH: - The Board of Directors, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, may designate any of their number to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in said resolution, or in the By-Laws of the Company, shall have and may exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and shall have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. ELEVENTH: - The private property of the stockholders shall not be liable for the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever. TWELFTH: - The Corporation may transact business in any part of the world. THIRTEENTH: - The Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation by a vote of the majority of the entire Board. The stockholders may make, alter or repeal any By-Law whether or not adopted by them, provided however, that any such additional By-Laws, alterations or repeal may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class). FOURTEENTH: - Meetings of the Directors may be held outside of the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to time designated by the Board, and the Directors may keep the books of the Company outside of the State of Delaware at such places as may be from time to time designated by them. FIFTEENTH: - (a) (1) In addition to any affirmative vote required by law, and except as otherwise expressly provided in sections (b) and (c) of this Article FIFTEENTH: (A) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) with or into (i) any Interested Stockholder (as hereinafter defined) or (ii) any other corporation (whether or not itself an Interested Stockholder), which, after such merger or consolidation, would be an Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) of an Interested Stockholder, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to or with any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder of any assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or (C) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of any securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary to any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder in exchange for cash, securities or other property (or a combination thereof) having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or (D) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or (E) any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any similar transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity or convertible securities of the Corporation or any Subsidiary which is directly or indirectly owned by any Interested Stockholder, or any Affiliate 7 of any Interested Stockholder, shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, considered for the purpose of this Article FIFTEENTH as one class ("Voting Shares"). Such affirmative vote shall be required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that some lesser percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national securities exchange or otherwise. (2) The term "business combination" as used in this Article FIFTEENTH shall mean any transaction which is referred to in any one or more of clauses (A) through (E) of paragraph 1 of the section (a). (b) The provisions of section (a) of this Article FIFTEENTH shall not be applicable to any particular business combination and such business combination shall require only such affirmative vote as is required by law and any other provisions of the Charter or Act of Incorporation or By-Laws if such business combination has been approved by a majority of the whole Board. (c) For the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH: (1) A "person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other entity. (2) "Interested Stockholder" shall mean, in respect of any business combination, any person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary) who or which as of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote on such business combination, or immediately prior to the consummation of any such transaction: (A) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 10% of the Voting Shares, or (B) is an Affiliate of the Corporation and at any time within two years prior thereto was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of not less than 10% of the then outstanding voting Shares, or (C) is an assignee of or has otherwise succeeded in any share of capital stock of the Corporation which were at any time within two years prior thereto beneficially owned by any Interested Stockholder, and such assignment or succession shall have occurred in the course of a transaction or series of transactions not involving a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933. (3) A person shall be the "beneficial owner" of any Voting Shares: (A) which such person or any of its Affiliates and Associates (as hereafter defined) beneficially own, directly or indirectly, or (B) which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has (i) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (ii) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or (C) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such first mentioned person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. 8 (4) The outstanding Voting Shares shall include shares deemed owned through application of paragraph (3) above but shall not include any other Voting Shares which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options or otherwise. (5) "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective meanings given those terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on December 31, 1981. (6) "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation of which a majority of any class of equity security (as defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on December 31, 1981) is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation; provided, however, that for the purposes of the definition of Investment Stockholder set forth in paragraph (2) of this section (c), the term "Subsidiary" shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of each class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation. (d) majority of the directors shall have the power and duty to determine for the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH on the basis of information known to them, (1) the number of Voting Shares beneficially owned by any person (2) whether a person is an Affiliate or Associate of another, (3) whether a person has an agreement, arrangement or understanding with another as to the matters referred to in paragraph (3) of section (c), or (4) whether the assets subject to any business combination or the consideration received for the issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation, or any Subsidiary has an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more. (e) Nothing contained in this Article FIFTEENTH shall be construed to relieve any Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law. SIXTEENTH: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter or Act of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law, this Charter or Act of Incorporation by the By-Laws), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (considered for this purpose as one class) shall be required to amend, alter or repeal any provision of Articles FIFTH, THIRTEENTH, FIFTEENTH or SIXTEENTH of this Charter or Act of Incorporation. SEVENTEENTH: (a) a Director of this Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Laws as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. (b) Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification." 9 EXHIBIT B BY-LAWS WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AS EXISTING ON JANUARY 16, 2003 BY-LAWS OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY ARTICLE I STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the third Thursday in April each year at the principal office at the Company or at such other date, time or place as may be designated by resolution by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Section 3. Notice. Notice of all meetings of the stockholders shall be given by mailing to each stockholder at least ten (10) days before said meeting, at his last known address, a written or printed notice fixing the time and place of such meeting. Section 4. Quorum. A majority in the amount of the capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding on the record date, as herein determined, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of stockholders for the transaction of any business, but the holders of a smaller number of shares may adjourn from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum is secured. At each annual or special meeting of stockholders, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote, either in person or by proxy, for each share of stock registered in the stockholder's name on the books of the Company on the record date for any such meeting as determined herein. ARTICLE 2 DIRECTORS Section 1. Management. The affairs and business of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Section 2. Number. The authorized number of directors that shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by or pursuant to a resolution passed by a majority of the Board of Directors within the parameters set by the Charter of the Company. No more than two directors may also be employees of the Company or any affiliate thereof. Section 3. Qualification. In addition to any other provisions of these Bylaws, to be qualified for nomination for election or appointment to the Board of Directors, a person must have not attained the age of sixty-nine years at the time of such election or appointment, provided however, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may waive such qualification as to a particular candidate otherwise qualified to serve as a director upon a good faith determination by such committee that such a waiver is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer shall not be qualified to continue to serve as directors upon the termination of their service in those offices for any reason. Section 4. Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet at the principal office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. Section 5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, and shall be called upon the written request of a majority of the directors. Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the directors elected and qualified shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors. Section 7. Notice. Written notice shall be sent by mail to each director of any special meeting of the Board of Directors, and of any change in the time or place of any regular meeting, stating the time and place of such meeting, which shall be mailed not less than two days before the time of holding such meeting. Section 8. Vacancies. In the event of the death, resignation, removal, inability to act or disqualification of any director, the Board of Directors, although less than a quorum, shall have the right to elect the successor who shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred, and until such director's successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. Section 9. Organization Meeting. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after its election by the stockholders shall appoint an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and shall elect from its own members a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer and a President, who may be the same person. The Board of Directors shall also elect at such meeting a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, who may be the same person, and may appoint at any time such committees as it may deem advisable. The Board of Directors may also elect at such meeting one or more Associate Directors. The Board of Directors, the Executive Committee or another committee designated by the Board of Directors may elect or appoint such other officers as they may deem advisable. Section 10. Removal. The Board of Directors may at any time remove, with or without cause, any member of any committee appointed by it or any associate director or officer elected by it and may appoint or elect his successor. Section 11. Responsibility of Officers. The Board of Directors may designate an officer to be in charge of such departments or divisions of the Company as it may deem advisable. 2 Section 12. Participation in Meetings. The Board of Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, by conference telephone, video facilities or other communications equipment. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all of the members of the Board of Directors or the committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the Board of Directors or such committee. ARTICLE 3 COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Executive Committee. (A) The Executive Committee shall be composed of not more than nine (9) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Executive Committee shall have and may exercise, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all of the powers of the Board of Directors when it is not in session to transact all business for and on behalf of the Company that may be brought before it. (C) The Executive Committee shall meet at the principal office of the Company or elsewhere in its discretion at such times to be determined by a majority of its members, or at the call of the Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. The majority of its members shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Special meetings of the Executive Committee may be held at any time when a quorum is present. (D) Minutes of each meeting of the Executive Committee shall be kept and submitted to the Board of Directors at its next meeting. (E) In the event of an emergency of sufficient severity to prevent the conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company by its directors and officers as contemplated by these Bylaws, any two available members of the Executive Committee as constituted immediately prior to such emergency shall constitute a quorum of that Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of these Bylaws. In the event of the unavailability, at such time, of a minimum of two members of the Executive Committee, any three available directors shall constitute the Executive Committee for the full conduct and management of the affairs and business of the Company in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section. This Bylaw shall be subject to implementation by resolutions of the Board of Directors presently existing or hereafter passed from time to time for that purpose, and any provisions of these 3 Bylaws (other than this Section) and any resolutions which are contrary to the provisions of this Section or to the provisions of any such implementing resolutions shall be suspended during such a disaster period until it shall be determined by any interim Executive Committee acting under this Section that it shall be to the advantage of the Company to resume the conduct and management of its affairs and business under all of the other provisions of these Bylaws. Section 2. Audit Committee. (A) The Audit Committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board. (B) The Audit Committee shall have general supervision over the Audit Services Division in all matters however subject to the approval of the Board of Directors; it shall consider all matters brought to its attention by the officer in charge of the Audit Services Division, review all reports of examination of the Company made by any governmental agency or such independent auditor employed for that purpose, and make such recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect thereto or with respect to any other matters pertaining to auditing the Company as it shall deem desirable. (C) The Audit Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. Section 3. Compensation Committee. (A) The Compensation Committee shall be composed of not more than five (5) members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Compensation Committee shall in general advise upon all matters of policy concerning compensation, including salaries and employee benefits. (C) The Compensation Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. 4 SECTION 4. NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. (A) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be composed of not more than five members, who shall be selected by the Board of Directors from its own members, none of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Company, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall provide counsel and make recommendations to the Chairman of the Board and the full Board with respect to the performance of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, candidates for membership on the Board of Directors and its committees, matters of corporate governance, succession planning for the Company's executive management and significant shareholder relations issues. (C) The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall meet whenever and wherever its Chairperson, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or a majority of the Committee's members shall deem it to be proper for the transaction of its business. A majority of the Committee's members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The acts of the majority at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute action by the Committee. Section 5. Other Committees. The Company may have such other committees with such powers as the Board may designate from time to time by resolution or by an amendment to these Bylaws. Section 6. Associate Directors. (A) Any person who has served as a director may be elected by the Board of Directors as an associate director, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. (B) Associate directors shall be entitled to attend all meetings of directors and participate in the discussion of all matters brought to the Board of Directors, but will not have a right to vote. Section 7. Absence or Disqualification of Any Member of a Committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee created under Article III of these Bylaws, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. ARTICLE 4 OFFICERS Section 1. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such further authority and powers and shall perform such duties the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. 5 Section 2. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties pertaining to the office of Chief Executive Officer conferred or imposed upon him by statute, incident to his office or as the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. Section 3. President. The President shall have the powers and duties pertaining to the office of the President conferred or imposed upon him by statute, incident to his office or as the Board of Directors may assign to him from time to time. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall have the powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board. Section 4. Duties. The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, as designated by the Board of Directors, shall carry into effect all legal directions of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors and shall at all times exercise general supervision over the interest, affairs and operations of the Company and perform all duties incident to his office. Section 5. Vice Presidents. There may be one or more Vice Presidents, however denominated by the Board of Directors, who may at any time perform all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and/or the President and such other powers and duties incident to their respective offices or as the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned may assign to them from time to time. Section 6. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of notice of meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, as well as the committees thereof, to the keeping of accurate minutes of all such meetings, recording the same in the minute books of the Company and in general notifying the Board of Directors of material matters affecting the Company on a timely basis. In addition to the other notice requirements of these Bylaws and as may be practicable under the circumstances, all such notices shall be in writing and mailed well in advance of the scheduled date of any such meeting. He shall have custody of the corporate seal, affix the same to any documents requiring such corporate seal, attest the same and perform other duties incident to his office. Section 7. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have general supervision over all assets and liabilities of the Company. He shall be custodian of and responsible for all monies, funds and valuables of the Company and for the keeping of proper records of the evidence of property or indebtedness and of all transactions of the Company. He shall have general supervision of the expenditures of the Company and periodically shall report to the Board of Directors the condition of the Company, and perform such other duties incident to his office or as the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may assign to him from time to time. 6 Section 8. Controller. There may be a Controller who shall exercise general supervision over the internal operations of the Company, including accounting, and shall render to the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee at appropriate times a report relating to the general condition and internal operations of the Company and perform other duties incident to his office. There may be one or more subordinate accounting or controller officers however denominated, who may perform the duties of the Controller and such duties as may be prescribed by the Controller. Section 9. Audit Officers. The officer designated by the Board of Directors to be in charge of the Audit Services Division of the Company, with such title as the Board of Directors shall prescribe, shall report to and be directly responsible to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors. There shall be an Auditor and there may be one or more Audit Officers, however denominated, who may perform all the duties of the Auditor and such duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the Audit Services Division. Section 10. Other Officers. There may be one or more officers, subordinate in rank to all Vice Presidents with such functional titles as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, who shall ex officio hold the office of Assistant Secretary of the Company and who may perform such duties as may be prescribed by the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned. Section 11. Powers and Duties of Other Officers. The powers and duties of all other officers of the Company shall be those usually pertaining to their respective offices, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President and the officer in charge of the department or division to which they are assigned. Section 12. Number of Offices. Any one or more offices of the Company may be held by the same person, except that (A) no individual may hold more than one of the offices of Chief Financial Officer, Controller or Audit Officer and (B) none of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may hold any office mentioned in Section 12(A). ARTICLE 5 STOCK AND STOCK CERTIFICATES Section 1. Transfer. Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the Company and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. 7 Section 2. Certificates. Every holder of stock shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Company. The corporate seal affixed thereto, and any of or all the signatures on the certificate, may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. Duplicate certificates of stock shall be issued only upon giving such security as may be satisfactory to the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee. Section 3. Record Date. The Board of Directors is authorized to fix in advance a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of stockholders and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or to any allotment of rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, or in connection with obtaining the consent of stockholders for any purpose, which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days preceding the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date for the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect, or a date in connection with obtaining such consent. ARTICLE 6 SEAL The corporate seal of the Company shall be in the following form: Between two concentric circles the words "Wilmington Trust Company" within the inner circle the words "Wilmington, Delaware." ARTICLE 7 FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year. ARTICLE 8 EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS OF THE COMPANY The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President, however denominated by the Board of Directors, shall have full power and authority 8 to enter into, make, sign, execute, acknowledge and/or deliver and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall have full power and authority to attest and affix the corporate seal of the Company to any and all deeds, conveyances, assignments, releases, contracts, agreements, bonds, notes, mortgages and all other instruments incident to the business of this Company or in acting as executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, agent or in any other fiduciary or representative capacity by any and every method of appointment or by whatever person, corporation, court officer or authority in the State of Delaware, or elsewhere, without any specific authority, ratification, approval or confirmation by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee, and any and all such instruments shall have the same force and validity as though expressly authorized by the Board of Directors and/or the Executive Committee. ARTICLE 9 COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES Directors and associate directors of the Company, other than salaried officers of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for attending meetings of the Board of Directors as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Directors and associate directors who serve as members of committees, other than salaried employees of the Company, shall be paid such reasonable honoraria or fees for services as members of committees as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine and directors and associate directors may be authorized by the Company to perform such special services as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine in accordance with any guidelines the Board of Directors may adopt for such services, and shall be paid for such special services so performed reasonable compensation as may be determined by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE 10 INDEMNIFICATION Section 1. Persons Covered. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a "proceeding") by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity that is not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Company shall be required to indemnify such a person in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors. 9 The Company may indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any proceeding by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was an officer, employee or agent of the Company or a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person. The Company may indemnify any such person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Advance of Expenses. The Company shall pay the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding involving a person who is or may be indemnified pursuant to Section 1 in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by such a person in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by that person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article 10 or otherwise. Section 3. Certain Rights. If a claim under this Article 10 for (A) payment of expenses or (B) indemnification by a director or person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity that is not a subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, is not paid in full within sixty days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Company, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action, the Company shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law. Section 4. Non-Exclusive. The rights conferred on any person by this Article 10 shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Charter or Act of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Section 5. Reduction of Amount. The Company's obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity. Section 6. Effect of Modification. Any amendment, repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article 10 shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, repeal or modification. 10 ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, and any new Bylaw or Bylaws adopted at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by a vote of a majority of all the members of the Board of Directors then in office. ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS Whenever used in these Bylaws, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular unless the context requires otherwise and the use of either gender shall include both genders. 11 EXHIBIT C SECTION 321(B) CONSENT Pursuant to Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, Wilmington Trust Company hereby consents that reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon requests therefor. WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY Dated: By: ____________________________ Name: Title: Vice President EXHIBIT D NOTICE This form is intended to assist state nonmember banks and savings banks with state publication requirements. It has not been approved by any state banking authorities. Refer to your appropriate state banking authorities for your state publication requirements. REPORT OF CONDITION Consolidating domestic subsidiaries of the WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY of WILMINGTON - ---------------------------------------- ------------------ Name of Bank City in the State of DELAWARE , at the close of business on June 30, 2004.
ASSETS Thousands of dollars Cash and balances due from depository institutions: Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coins................................................371,886 Interest-bearing balances.............................................................................. 0 Held-to-maturity securities.................................................................................. 3,293 Available-for-sale securities.............................................................................1,535,318 Federal funds sold in domestic offices......................................................................355,110 Securities purchased under agreements to resell..............................................................64,592 Loans and lease financing receivables: Loans and leases held for sale................................... 0 Loans and leases, net of unearned income ........................ 5,901,882 LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses....................... 81,075 Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve.................................5,820,807 Assets held in trading accounts...................................................................................0 Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)....................................................142,845 Other real estate owned...................................................................................... 238 Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies...........................................1,604 Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding......................................................0 Intangible assets: a. Goodwill.......................................................................................... 157 b. Other intangible assets........................................................................ 11,692 Other assets............................................................................................... 150,459 Total assets..............................................................................................8,458,001
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE LIABILITIES Deposits: In domestic offices.......................................................................................6,295,396 Noninterest-bearing.............................................. 1,241,025 Interest-bearing................................................. 5,054,371 Federal funds purchased in domestic offices............................................................... 69,339 Securities sold under agreements to repurchase............................................................. 198,308 Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)..........................................................................0 Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases:............1,142,717 Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding..........................................................0 Subordinated notes and debentures.................................................................................0 Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)...................................................................... 94,479 Total liabilities.........................................................................................7,800,239 EQUITY CAPITAL Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus.....................................................................0 Common Stock....................................................................................................500 Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)....................................................112,358 a. Retained earnings.......................................................................................576,753 b. Accumulated other comprehensive income.............................................................. (31,849) Total equity capital........................................................................................657,762 Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity capital.......................................8,458,001

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R&G Financial Corporation		R&G Capital Trust VI
		R&G Capital Trust VII
		R&G Capital Trust VIII


Puerto Rico		Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
66-0532217		51-6557820 51-6557821 51-6557822
(IRS Employer Identification Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Numbers)






		Proposed Maximum	Proposed Maximum		Amount of
Title of Each Class of	Amount	Aggregate Price	Aggregate		Registration
Securities to be Registered(2)	to be Registered(3)(4)	Percent(5)	Offering Price(6)		Fee


Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Common Stock and certain guarantees of R&G Financial Corporation(7)

Trust Preferred Securities of R&G Capital Trust VI(7)

Trust Preferred Securities of R&G Capital Trust VII(7)

Trust Preferred Securities of R&G Capital Trust VIII(7)

	$500,000,000	100%	$	500,000,000	$63,350


SEC registration fee		$	63,350
Legal fees and expenses			*
Trustees’ fees and expenses			*
Accounting fees and expenses			*

	Total		*



Name	Title	Date


/s/ VICTOR J. GALAN Víctor J. Galán	Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)	September 10, 2004

/s/ RAMON PRATS Ramón Prats	President and Vice Chairman of the Board	September 10, 2004

/s/ JOSEPH R. SANDOVAL Joseph R. Sandoval	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal financial and accounting officer)	September 10, 2004

/s/ ENRIQUE UMPIERRE-SUAREZ Enrique Umpierre-Suárez	Director and Secretary	September 10, 2004

/s/ VICTOR L. GALAN FUNDORA Víctor L. Galán Fundora	Director	September 10, 2004

/s/ LAURENO C. ABARCA Laureno C. Abarca	Director	September 10, 2004

/s/ EDUARDO MCCORMACK Eduardo McCormack	Director	September 10, 2004


	Page

About this Prospectus		01
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements		01
R&G Financial Corporation		02
Use of Proceeds		03
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends		03
Description of Debt Securities		04
Description of Preferred Stock		09
Description of Capital Stock		12
Plan of Distribution		14
Legal Matters		15
Experts		16
Where You Can Get More Information		16
EX-4.1 FORM OF INDENTURE FOR SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
EX-4.2 FORM OF INDENTURE FOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
EX-4.3 FORM OF INDENTURE FOR JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
EX-4.5 FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST VI, VII AND VIII
EX-4.6 FORM OF DECLARATION OF TRUST OF R&G CAPITAL TRUST VI, VII, VIII
EX-4.7 FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
EX-4.8 FORM OF GUARANTEE OF R&G FINANCIAL CORPORATION
EX-12.1 COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
EX-25.1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE FOR SENIOR DEBT
EX-25.2 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE FOR SUBORDINATED DEBT
EX-25.3 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF WILMINTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE FOR SUBORDINATED DEBT
EX-25.4 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE UNDER THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
EX-25.5 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS GUARANTEE TRUSTEE UNDER THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE


Item 14.	*Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution*


Exhibit
No.			Description

	1	.1	Form of Underwriting Agreement**
	4	.1	Form of Indenture for senior debt securities (including form of certificate of senior debt security)*
	4	.2	Form of Indenture for subordinated debt securities (including form of certificate of subordinated debt security)*
	4	.3	Form of Indenture for junior subordinated debentures to be issued to R&G Capital Trust VI, R&G Capital Trust VII and R&G Capital Trust VIII relating to the trust preferred securities (including form of certificate of junior subordinated debentures)*
	4	.4	Form of certificate of designation of series of preferred stock**
	4	.5	Form of Certificate of Trust of R&G Capital Trust VI, VII and VIII*
	4	.6	Form of Declaration of Trust of R&G Capital Trust VI, VII and VIII*
	4	.7	Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust to be used in connection with issuance of trust preferred securities (including form of trust preferred security certificate)*
	4	.8	Form of Guarantee of R&G Financial Corporation relating to the trust preferred securities*
	5	.1	Opinion of Patton Boggs LLP**
	5	.2	Opinion of McConnell Valdes**
	5	.3	Opinion of Richards Layton & Finger**
	8	.0	Opinion as to certain federal income tax matters**
	12	.1	Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends*
	23	.1	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*
	23	.2	Consent of Patton Boggs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)**
	23	.3	Consent of McConnell Valdes (included in Exhibit 5.2)**
	23	.4	Consent of Richards Layton and Finger (included in Exhibit 5.3)**


	R&G CAPITAL TRUST VI
	R&G CAPITAL TRUST VII
	R&G CAPITAL TRUST VIII


	Víctor J. Galán,
	as Administrative Trustee

	By: /s/ JOSEPH R. SANDOVAL